Hopefully Walsh will retain the “GO wall,” a collage of GO Magazine covers in the ladies’ room.
The floor was replaced and she said she and her crew spent a lot of time just cleaning, especially the bathrooms, which she also plans to renovate. Kennedy’s assassinations-among vintage beer posters. Walsh also kept the pool table adjacent to the bar with surrounding seating making it easy to intimately converse while shooting a game.Īn aficionado of antiques, Walsh added her own décor-hanging framed antique newspaper clippings of the end of prohibition, and John Lennon and John F. The famed indie rock and pop playing jukebox still has its place on the wall with such favorites such as Wanda Jackson, David Bowie, Peaches and Adele ready to go. It has a dark, oldfashioned brick and wood ambiance with a bar counter that dates back 70 years. Located between 1st Avenue and Avenue A and open from 4pm to 4am, every day, the Phoenix is spacious for the East Village. The well-loved East Village bar, the Phoenix (447 East 13th Street), is back and open for business under new ownership.īrenda Walsh, who reopened the bar September 1st, has spruced up the old gay hangout while keeping its original vibe intact.
