Morningside Heights
17 bars listed over the site's life. 12 were still open in 2009.
Those 12 bars in 2026
- 5
- still there
- 4
- replaced
- 3
- gone
Most common features
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1020 Amsterdam Ave
Still pouring
All the right ingredients for a good Columbia student hangout: cheap drinks, booth seating, pool and darts.
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940 Amsterdam Ave.
Closed; now Dive 106
A new student bar takes over the former Night Café spot.
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2867 Broadway
Still pouring
Columbia University kids are easily persuaded to leave the comfort of their fraternity and sorrority houses by the swan song of a beautiful glassed in rooftop and liver wrecking $6 margaritas.
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999 Columbus Ave.
A different business is licensed at this address: Homemade Taqueria IX
The defacto neighborhood bar on Columbus Avenue serves a decent coffee and offers free WiFi during the day, and once the sun falls it becomes a fullbar drawing an eclectic crowd that varies wildly depending on the night. Wednesdays is trivia night, Mondays there's live music, and Saturdays ladies drinks are half off.
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995 Amsterdam Ave.
Still pouring
Divey sports bar with incredibly cheap drinks. $2 PBRS, $4 Smithwicks, $9 Pitchers of Yuengling, and a $17 12-5pm all you can drink, all the wings you can eat special.
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St. Pauls Chapel
No license found in 2026
Enjoy a Pop-Tart with some coffee, mulled cider, or beer at this music venue in the basement of St. Paul's Chapel . Not only is the music all acoustic, it's also unamplified, which hasn't deterred the likes of Jeff Buckley, Ani DiFranco, Lisa Loeb, and Suzanne Vega from playing here.
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998 Amsterdam Ave.
A different business is licensed at this address: The Hamilton
Creative cocktails with an old school flair keep the Columbia set coming back to this coffee bar by day bar by night.
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3155 Broadway
A different business is licensed at this address: The Craftsman
24 beers on tap and students can nab a beer for just $3.
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992 Amsterdam Ave.
Still pouring
In an area devoid of gay bars this clean and stylish bar fits the bill nicely.
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955 West End Ave.
Closed
There's hardly a tourist to be found at this comfortable comedy club/neighborhood bar. Drop in for one of the stand-up events every Friday and Saturday night.
Already closed by 2009
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RoadhouseClosed by 2009
984 Amsterdam Ave.
Closed; now Amity Hall Uptown
Sure there are plenty of Columbia frat bars, but the Roadhouse isn't just any Columbia frat bar. It's vying to be the Columbia frat bar.
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The West EndPickClosed by 2009
2911 Broadway
Closed; now Hex & Co.
Not just a Morningside Heights bar, The West End is the Morningside Heights bar. The beat generation was born here, dizzy Gillespie played here, and virtually every student to ever attend Columbia has passed through here.