New York Dearest
The guide, $35
A bar · East Village · on three New York Dearest lists

Tile Bar

Worth it. Self-dubbed the best dive bar in the East Village, Tile Bar couldn't be cozier, especially during the evening hours when it swells with locals.

Antonina Pattiz
Antonina PattizFrom my list Best bars in the East Village
Address
115 1st Ave Directions
Subway
F to 2 Av, 7 min
Website
tilebarnyc.com

Every list it’s on

Worth it. Been? Say if you agree.
Worth it

Visit often enough and you’ll be on a first-name basis with the bartender, it’s that kind of joint.

What I wrote thereFold it away

Self-dubbed the best dive bar in the East Village, Tile Bar couldn’t be cozier, especially during the evening hours when it swells with locals.

Offering $5 drinks (well cocktails and beer), Tile Bar is a great destination to pregame before embarking on your East Village jaunt. Visit often enough and you’ll be on a first-name basis with the bartender, it’s that kind of joint.

Worth it

Offering $5 drinks (well cocktails and beer), Tile Bar is a great destination to pregame before embarking on your East Village jaunt.

What I wrote thereFold it away

Self-dubbed the best dive bar in the East Village, Tile Bar couldn’t be cozier, especially during the evening hours when it swells with locals. The bar has been a neighborhood staple forty years and doesn’t seem eager to change for anyone anytime soon.

Offering $5 drinks (well cocktails and beer), Tile Bar is a great destination to pregame before embarking on your East Village jaunt. Visit often enough and you’ll be on a first-name basis with the bartender, it’s that kind of joint.

Worth it
What I wrote thereFold it away

Offering $5 drinks (well cocktails and beer), Tile Bar is a great destination to pregame before embarking on your East Village jaunt. Visit often enough and you’ll be on a first-name basis with the bartender, it’s that kind of joint.

Best of New York 2026, New York Dearest
On The Best of New York

I put Tile Bar on three of my best lists

Get the digital sealRequest a window decal

Missing something?

Seen a closure, a price that moved or a better one next door?

Tell me. The answer lands on this page.

Tell me

The letter

One email a week when New York changes. A place closes, a date lands.

One a week at most. Unsubscribe in one click.