Doc Holliday's, East Village

Overview

This country and western dive bar is cheap, dirty and smells of piss and vomit, but unlike Coyote Ugly and Hogs & Heifers the bar dancing here is spontaneous not choreographer and there's nary a tourist or collared shirt in the place.

History

Spontaneous, not choreographed

Doc Holliday's threw itself an annual Prom Night¹. Our listing liked that the bar dancing was spontaneous, not choreographed, and that there was nary a tourist or collared shirt in the place.

It opened on April 6, 1994, on Avenue A at East Ninth Street^{2, 3}. In September 2013 the street artist STIK painted Liberty, a four-story mural, on the side of its building^{4, 5}, and in 2014 the bar turned 20³.

It closed in March 2020 for the pandemic and stayed shut, promising, "don't worry we will be back"^{2, 6}. It kept the promise in June 2021, when its owners, who also run Milano's, the Library and d.b.a., reopened it⁶.

In April 2026 the building was repainted, and the landlord was surprised by the outpouring of support on social media for Liberty^{5, 7}. Doc Holliday's is still there⁷.

Sources

Researched October 2026.

What's nearby

Lucy's under 0.1 mi Still pouring

Hop Devil Grill under 0.1 mi Closed; now Starbucks

Belgian Room under 0.1 mi Closed

Ten Degrees under 0.1 mi Still pouring

Luca Bar 0.1 mi Closed; now Hanoi House

Odessa 0.1 mi Closed; now St. Dymphna's

St. Dymphna's 0.1 mi Moved to 117 Avenue A

Hi Fi 0.1 mi Closed; now Lucinda's

Bar on A 0.1 mi Closed; now Rabbit Books and Bar

PDT 0.1 mi Still pouring

Doc Holliday's

In 2026

Overview

History

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What's nearby