Hookah
13 bars that New York on Tap listed under “Hookah” around 2008, with what's licensed at each address in 2026.
Manhattan
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Cozy CafePick
43 E. 1st St. · East Village
Still pouring
The low key basement lounge feels more like the kind of Morrocan café you might actually stumble into in the South of France rather than the NYC idealized creation of one. There's only bottled beer, the food is just passable, and the average age of the clientel is what you'd expect in a country with no drinking age.
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198 Avenue A · East Village
Closed; now Auriga Cafe
Small lounge with hookahs and dancing.
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89 E. 2nd St. · East Village
A different business is licensed at this address: Shinzo Omakase
There's a bed in the window at this Egyptian hookah bar. Take it over with four or five friends and sample on the 45 tobaccos they have on hand.
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510 Laguardia Pl · Greenwich Village
No license found in 2026
Turkish owned, Egyptian themed lounge and restaurant.
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51 1st Ave. · East Village
Closed; now Conall's Public House
This dimly lit bar is one of the very few venues in the city with a smoking exemption. It's sexy, reasonably priced, and so much fun you can't help but feel sorry for all those people standing in line outside of Le Souk a few blocks away.
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191 Chrystie St. · Lower East Side
A different business is licensed at this address: Outer Heaven
$15 cocktails on the Lower East Side. We'll pass thanks.
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Lava GinaPick
116 Ave. C · East Village
Closed; now Ding-a-Ling Cocktail Lounge
Since 1999 this sexy lounge has attracted a crossection of New Yorkers and expats with world beats and live music. The friendly service and individual attention has ensured that they keep coming back.
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118 Macdougal St. · Greenwich Village
Licensed here under the same name
A cozy, inexpensive Moroccan restaurant and hookah bar.
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125-127 1st Ave. · East Village
A different business is licensed at this address: Nudibranch
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196 Orchard St. · Lower East Side
No license found in 2026
Egyptian themed hookah bar destined to be even more short lived than its namesake.
Brooklyn
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160 N. 4th St. · Williamsburg North Side
No license found in 2026
Hookah bar/restaurant with belly dancing and the occassional lesbian party.
Queens
Already closed by 2009
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The Door LoungeClosed by 2009
508 9th Ave. · Chelsea
A different business is licensed at this address: Scallywag's Irish Pub & Restuarant
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Le SoukClosed by 2009
47 Ave. B · East Village
No license found in 2026
Closed April 2008 when the local community board finally managed to get its liquor license revoked. It's loud. It's crowded. And on Thursday through Saturday there's a velvet rope scene to rival any club in the Meatpacking District, but it's Le Souk. And there's no where else in the city with quite the same sweaty, sexy, North African machismo, euro-dance vibe -- if that's your thing.