Reservations Required

13 bars that New York on Tap listed under “Reservations Required” around 2008, with what's licensed at each address in 2026.

Manhattan

• Cafe BouludPickRestaurant

  Surrey Hotel, 20 E. 76th St. · Upper East Side

  Moved to 100 E. 63rd St.

• CraftPickRestaurant

  43 E. 19th St. · Grammercy

  Closed

• CruPickRestaurant

  24 5th Ave. · Greenwich Village

  Closed; now Claudette

• Da SilvanoPickRestaurant

  260 6th Ave. · Greenwich Village

  Closed; now Chada

• DanielPickRestaurant

  60 E. 65th St. · Upper West Side

  Still pouring

• Gotham Bar & GrillPickRestaurant

  12 E. 12th St. · Greenwich Village

  Closed

• La GrenouillePickRestaurant

  3 E. 52d St. · Midtown East

  Closed; now Quanjude

  Practically a platonic ideal of elegance. There's a good reason why La Grenouille has been around for over 50 years

• The Mermaid InnPickRestaurant

  96 2nd Ave. · East Village

  Moved to 335 Columbus Avenue

  Unpretentious yet refined, it's hard to imagine a better rendition of the New England seafood shack.

• National Comedy TheatrePick

  347 W. 36th St. · Chelsea

  No license found in 2026

  Two teams battle for improv suppremacy at this "Whose line is it anyway" style competion. Unlike nearly every other comedy choice in the city there's no drink minimums, no age limits, and it's a totally clean show.

• OceanaPickRestaurant

  55 E. 54th St. · Midtown East

  Moved to 120 W. 49th St. (1221 Avenue of the Americas)

• Peter LugerPickRestaurant

  178 Broadway · East Village

  Still pouring

  Rated #1 steakhouse by Zagat readers 20 years and running. Make your reservations well in advance.

• Union Square CafePickRestaurant

  21 E. 16th St. · Midtown East

  Moved to 101 E 19th Street

• WD-50PickRestaurant

  50 Clinton St. · Lower East Side

  Closed

  The result of the culinary experiments of an enormously talented chef. A meal here will shatter your preconceptions, and leave you wanting more.