(212) 982-2511
99 Ave B
(nr. 6th St.)
New York,
NY
10009
40.7247
-73.9813
Neighborhoods: Alphabet City, East Village, Downtown
Hours:
Daily, 2pm-4am
Last updated 8.31.11
Category:
Bars & Pubs, Nightclubs, Neighborhood Bars, Restaurants, Taverns
Payment Methods:
American Express, Discover, Visa, MasterCard
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What People Are Saying About Manitoba's
Featured Review
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Contributor
The Scene – Punk rock is alive and well in this retro Alphabet City dive named for and run by Handsome Dick Manitoba, lead singer of the Dictators. This transporting venue boasts dark oak paneling, appropriately low lighting, and a fabulous collection of candid, vintage rock and roll photos: Debbie Harry, Joey Ramone, Iggy Pop, Sid Vicious, all legends, all Manitoba's contemporaries. The handpicked, kick-ass jukebox selection includes everything from KISS to the Clash. The Monday night party Garageland! features tight rock sets, attracting both old-school icons and newbie upstarts.…
Editor's Tips
- The Extras:
- CBGB may have lost its punk edge years ago, but it's still standing on the Bowery.
| ambiance | 100.0% positive |
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| drinks | 100.0% positive |
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| menu variety | 100.0% positive |
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| service | 83.33000183105469% positive |
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| value | 75.0% positive |
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| wait time | 100.0% positive |
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The Truth
by pepelapeu
Manitoba's is the real deal. Handsome Dick Manitoba made sure to maintain an authentic, no-nonsense East Village bar when he decided to open this place. Great bartenders (Chris is the best), good drinks, air-hockey and one of the best jukeboxes in the city.
Great Bar for Punk and Garage Music Lovers
by rockerchick
Love this bar. My partner and I go there often just to hang out and have a few drinks and play music. Very cool, mature, low key, non pretentious crowd. Great atmosphere, cheap drinks and many cool pics on the walls. Most of the bars in this area are too trendy with over priced drinks, and the crowd is mostly made up of arrogant, young, annoying, snobby hipster types. At Manitobas, the crowd is all ages and the people are cool, "real", friendly people just out to have fun and socialize. Plus, Handsome Dick Manitoba is not bad on the eyes either, lol.
- Pros: Great jukebox, cheap drinks, Handsome Dick Manitoba
- Cons: None
OK Gin Mill
by barman99
Manitobas is an ok,no frills gin mill.Some cool photos of old time punk rockers and a pretty good juke.Only thing is I was there at like,midnight on a friday and the place was almost empty.Probably a good spot to meet up with friends before heading for someplace more jumpin'.
- Pros: good juke-cool photos
- Cons: not too busy-seems kinda tired
real deal
by jflow007
best bar in the east village. good bartenders,good drinks. nothing fancy shamancy, but who needs it? I don't know what the person that wrote the bad review is talking about. the place doe not smell anyworse then half the trendy little overpriced bars in the village. People here are friendly, its defiently NOT yuppie, and if you've seen the jukebox you have no room to complain.
- Pros: great bartenders,authentic
- Cons: ?
Laid-Back
by sg3000
Let me start with a story: A few months ago, I was waiting on line at 7B for the bathroom, but it was taking forever. I think someone was either dying or screwing in there. Anyway, I needed to go, I skipped across the street to Manitoba's. Their bathroom was lineless, and I did my business and walked out. My friend and I noted, however, that some good music was playing. We left. Flash forward to this past Friday night. I was on my way to 7B again to play photohunt, and I had to use the facilities before I got there. I remembered the bad bathroom conditions at 7B, and the good bathroom conditions at Manitoba's, so I stopped in there first to use it. Yet again, a really good song was playing. My friend and I stayed for a beer and then noticed that Manitoba's, too, has photohunt (the bar computer game). Not only that, I checked out the jukebox and the awesome bartender had loaded it with money so that customers could go through it and pick some songs. I put on 7 songs, including Joan Jett's "Bad Repulation." When it came on, the bartender showed me a glossy photo of her that he had autographed and lemented that he couldn't find the right spot to put it. We gave each other 5.
Well, anyway, Manitoba's is my favorite spot to have a beer, play Photohunt, listen to A+ punk rock, and use the bathroom. Highly recommended.
- Pros: Jukebox, friendly bartenders
The Details on Manitoba's
Place Categories:
- best bar
- great music
- really annoying bartender
- great drinks
- love place
- bad bathroom conditions
- favorite spot
- good bands
- good crowd
- great staff
- good time
- great beers
- great vibe
- great atmosphere
- really great long island iced tea
- best ive
- best pubs
- nice games
- recommended highly
- friendly people
- pretty women
- amazing pictures
- nice prices
- pretty good juke
- great killer jukebox

