| The Cedar Tavern | |
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.jpg) Greenwich Village by Felix Stahlberg in 2017. | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1866 |
| Closed | 2006 |
| Previous owner(s) | Brothers-in-law Sam Diliberto and John Bodnar |
| Street address | 82 University Place and E. 8th Street |
| City | Greenwich Village |
| State | New York, NY 10003 |
| Other information | Primarily known as a watering hole for abstract expressionism. Jackson Pollock, Rothko, Willem de Kooning and many other artists frequented it, as did writers like Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, George Plimpton, N.H. Pritchard, Leroi Jones and, occasionally, musicians, including Bob Dylan. |
The Cedar Tavern (or Cedar Street Tavern) was a bar and restaurant at the eastern edge of Greenwich Village, New York City. In its heyday, known as a gathering place for avant garde writers and artists, it was located at 24 University Place, near 8th Street. It was famous in its day as a hangout of many prominent Abstract Expressionist painters and Beat writers and poets. It closed in April 1963 and reopened three blocks north in 1964, at 82 University Place, between 11th and 12th Streets.