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Karavas Tavern, photographed for New York on Tap
Photo from the 2008 site

Karavas Tavern

162 W. 4th St.
West Village, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Poke Rice

Last licensed here under this name: 2014–16.

Checked October 20, 2026.

Overview

A bi-level drinkers bar that's almost always nearly empty upstairs, but the dimly lit downstairs pseudo-club packs on weekends. Oddly, thanks in large part to friendly/bored bar tenders, not at all a bad place for a drink.

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