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Decibel

240 E. 9th St. · btwn 2nd and 3rd Ave
East Village, Manhattan

In 2026

Still pouring

Checked October 15, 2026.

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Overview

By Chris Lukic

Subterranean sake bar sure to impress your friends.

History

Impressing your friends since 1993

Decibel has been pouring sake since 1993, and its restaurant group calls it New York's original Japanese sake bar¹. We called it a subterranean sake bar sure to impress your friends, and it has had plenty of time to impress them. It's still listed at 240 East 9th Street, between Second and Third Avenues¹.

Sources

tic-nyc.com

Researched October 2026.

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