Archive · modern edition Every bar New York on Tap knew, as it stood around 2008, with a 2026 check on each one. This page in the 2008 edition

No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Ella

Formerly Julep

9 Ave. A · btwn 1st & 2nd Ave.
East Village, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Wiggle Room

Checked October 18, 2026.

Overview

A bi-level jazz joint decked out in cheapskate 20's glam from the owners of the Gallery Bar and Plan B. For now the emplasis seems to be on contrived exclusivity rather than the music.

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