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Tribe

132 1st Ave. · at St. Marks
East Village, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now The Lions Bar & Grill

Later here: Vbar St Marks (licensed 2017–19).

Checked October 15, 2026.

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Overview

By Chris Lukic

A shiny, polished, glowy Meatpacking lounge that somehow ended up here in the East Village. On weekends Tribe packs with enough urban professionals to obliterate any chance of actually lounging, but no ones here for that anyway. This is a place to look good and score digits.

History

Meatpacking gloss, meet the East Village rent

Our old listing called Tribe a shiny, polished, glowy Meatpacking lounge that somehow ended up in the East Village. It wasn't the first bar at the address: the St. Marks Bar & Grill was there in 1981¹.

Tribe's final day was Thursday, January 29, 2009². It closed after negotiations with the landlord failed; the landlord had asked for a "100 percent increase" in rent².

In February 2024 Eater reported that the space's new tenant would be the Lions, an American bar and grill with martinis, burgers and fries³. The Lions Bar & Grill is there now, at 132 1st Avenue^{1, 4}.

Sources

Researched October 2026.

What's nearby

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Lunasa under 0.1 mi Same bar, now The Grafton
The International Bar under 0.1 mi Moved to 102 First Avenue
Bua under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Revitali under 0.1 mi A different business is licensed at this address: Nudibranch
Cheap Shots under 0.1 mi Closed; now Area 140 First
PDT under 0.1 mi Still pouring
WCOU Radio under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Holiday Cocktail Lounge under 0.1 mi Still pouring
Lilly Coogan's 0.1 mi Closed; now International Bar