Overview
New York on Tap listed this bar without a review.
History
A waterfront saloon, minus the water
The Landmark Tavern opened in 1868 as an Irish waterfront saloon, on what used to be the shores of the Hudson1. Its owner, Patrick Henry Carley, served workingmen from the surrounding factories and the waterfront1.
During Prohibition it worked as a speakeasy until it was closed, and it stayed boarded up until 19331. In 1989 the building was converted to "eating and drinking" on the first and upper floors1.
It closed in 2004, briefly by the standards of a bar from 1868, and was reopened a year later by Michael Young and Donnchadh O'Sullivan1. Eater, announcing the return in July 2005, called the gap "a year's holiday"2.
It's still at 626 11th Avenue, and its website still calls it a "Classic Old New York Tavern Since 1868"3.
Sources
Researched October 2026.