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KGB Bar

Dive Bar$$$$

East Village, New York

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KGB Bar

7.9^/10

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Ranked #9 for dive bars in New York
"Baltika Extra is a boozy bargain!"(4 Tips)
"Check out fiction on Sunday or poetry on Monday."(2 Tips)
"weekly Sunday Night Fiction."(2 Tips)
"Feels like a Communist when I'm here."(2 Tips)

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Stefano BattagliaSeptember 13, 2014
In this Communist-themed bar you'll find dimmed lights and a friendly Barman with excellent taste in music (the mission and my bloody valentine among the others)! Well worth a visit if you're in NYC
Stefano GuidolinAugust 5, 2014
You come here for Russian beer right? It's the Baltika! Get the #9 if you are feeling brave, it's the best!
Nicholas BeckDecember 17, 2012
Former commie hangout hosts free readings with budding wordsmiths. Recommend Fantastic Fiction where notables Joyce Carol Oates and Jack Ketchum have appeared, and the weekly Sunday Night Fiction.
Young to PublishingSeptember 11, 2011
A fairly young institution, KGB Bar opened in 1993 and has since been a staple in the NYC reading series circuit, heavy on cheap drinks and literati. Check out fiction on Sunday or poetry on Monday.
Abner AcevesSeptember 23, 2015
I love this bar. It's on the 2nd floor don't confuse the entrance with the theater on the 1st floor (I did that)
Chiara MezzanottefondaSeptember 13, 2014
Incredible place hidden in the east village, and the guy likes new wave and noise music, so it's perfect!
Citybeams.comJuly 4, 2012
Voted best first-date place for drinks on a Saturday night in the East Village/ Lower East Side. Small and quirky, and quiet enough to have a conversation
Michael LambertOctober 7, 2014
Cozy theme bar that would make Lenin blush…in a good way. Check out the neat propaganda posters.
L. T.July 17, 2015
Can't go wrong coming in here. Drink prices are fair. Come for good poetry readings.
Julia KlothSeptember 29, 2013
You don't order a Grey Goose in a Russian bar (said the small girl who learned the hard way)!
Erin MurphyOctober 15, 2014
The name says it all. Once you are inside, go upstairs to find the bar.
David BanJune 24, 2014
Gloriously divey. KGB attracts a diverse crowd of drunk people, and skews slightly older and surlier.
Gellie ChayaFebruary 7, 2015
There's a bar on top that is more classy and loungey. Very cool.
Sarah WaltmanAugust 29, 2013
We stayed till 1 am on a Wednesday and they bought us a round :)
Calvin MultanenJuly 18, 2015
Interesting decor. Definitely more of an intimate date spot
Marcin PyszoraSeptember 26, 2017
Music is what makes this place special
Sherry CitronMay 29, 2011
Came back after 10 years and still the same awesome place. Erik is still the best!
Saif DiaSeptember 8, 2015
Been here 5+ times
Order Baltika, enjoy Baltika, repeat.
Hee Jung RyuApril 24, 2016
Fun vibe. The drinks are ok.
Fiona BaptisteSeptember 14, 2013
Good times! Drinks are super strong :)
Henry BridgeOctober 1, 2015
KGB = dive bar - loud music + Soviet paraphernalia.
Cameron BattenAugust 23, 2011
Get some h20. One of the A/Cs is not working. Their advice? Take off ur shirt!
Saarim ZamanJuly 27, 2015
Cozy atmosphere
Trevor HullAugust 26, 2014
Booze is great. Atmosphere is rad
Connor HoganAugust 9, 2010
Its a nice homey little bar. Get the Baltikaa Beer, most bang for your buck.
Sophia HoffenbergJuly 12, 2014
If this place were a person, I'd have sex with it.
TAMMY GIAJanuary 2, 2015
Crazy Monday night spot!
Jeff AmlinMay 20, 2012
Go for the Sunday night fiction readings!
James JOctober 3, 2014
Eah. Does the theme well.
Denice MartoneMay 8, 2013
Russian beer
Denice MartoneMay 8, 2013
Drink the Russian beet
Lou GubertiAugust 16, 2011
Take a date here for a covert meet-up. Nostrovia!
Nate NagyOctober 14, 2011
Well priced liquor if that's your thing
Angel VortexFebruary 7, 2016
Poem readings
Mike R.October 10, 2011
Baltika Extra is a boozy bargain!
Orta TheroxMarch 4, 2014
Went well.
Shani RajeshAugust 31, 2010
Kick ass staff, go late though...like reaaaaally late, when the crowd is gone.
ᴡ RodriguezOctober 25, 2010
Try to count the urinal cakes in the bathroom...You'll be there a while.
Barry LJune 23, 2009
Been here 5+ times
get the Brooklyn. vintage may 2009 is excellent
S TMarch 25, 2012
it gets reaaaal warm in there
JaniceNovember 22, 2009
Feels like a Communist when I'm here. Uh-oh parents wouldn't like that, would they...?
Nitin GoswamiDecember 15, 2009
Hah, communist. KGB reminds me of Rounders.
LightanceDecember 14, 2012
Να εδω στις τουαλέτες μου τον είχε γυαλισει μια γκαρσονα. Μπάνιο το μωρό
Jyrki MakkonenNovember 4, 2011
just order русски стандартных

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