New York on Tap 2008
Archive · modern edition Every bar New York on Tap knew, as it stood around 2008, with a 2026 check on each one. This page in the 2008 edition
Lolita Bar, photographed for New York on Tap
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A New York on Tap pick

Lolita Bar

266 Broome St. · at Allen St.
Chinatown, Manhattan

In 2026

Closed; now Emma Peel Room

Last licensed here under this name: 2013–15.

Checked October 19, 2026.

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Overview

Comfortable and off the beaten track Lolita Bar is that rare Manhattan bar where you could almost imagine you were in Brooklyn.

History

Where Manhattan could almost pass for Brooklyn

Lolita Bar opened on Broome Street in 2001 and became a favorite of a young college crowd; in 2009 we called it the rare Manhattan bar where you could almost imagine you were in Brooklyn1. In February 2013 a sale to Matthew Kelly, the owner of Marshall Stack, was proposed2. On February 14 the NYPD issued a restraining order against the bar for serving alcohol to minors, the city sued it, and on February 26 Community Board 3's full board rescinded its committee's approval of the license tied to the sale2. The bar has since closed1.

Sources

  1. timeout.com
  2. evgrieve.com

Researched October 2026.

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