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Down the Hatch, photographed for New York on Tap
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Down the Hatch

179 W. 4th St. · btwn Jones & Barrow St
West Village, Manhattan

In 2026

Still pouring

Checked October 15, 2026.

Overview

Basement bar with cheap food and even cheaper beer. The name says it all.

History

Thirty-five years of wings and wedding proposals

Down the Hatch is still at 179 West Fourth Street, open daily and celebrating 35 years in the West Village1. Its site bills it as an Atomic Wings sports bar that has seen it all, wedding proposals included1. Back then we said the name says it all, and it still does.

Sources

  1. downthehatchnyc.com

Researched October 2026.

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