Tuesday, July 5, 2022

The Ainsworth closes East Village location

That's all for the Ainsworth on the SW corner of Third Avenue and 11th Street. (Thanks to Steven for the photos.) 

The upscale sports bar, part of a mini chain, closed after service on Sunday.

Per the door signage, they'll be merging with the Chelsea outpost later this summer...
The EV Ainsworth opened in December 2017

Previously, this corner space was home to Village Pourhouse, the pub-crawling hosting hotspot ... for 11 years. 

And all together now — bring back the Roll-n-Roaster!

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Would much, much prefer Roll-n-Roaster to Ainsworth or anything even remotely Ainsworth-like.

Alan said...

I keep meaning to look into city records but I suspect this row of buildings is being bought up for development. There's like one other restaurant in this stretch left, and the buildings don't exactly look maintained.

Anonymous said...

The former bar Village Pourhouse had a more local feel to it which i liked. It was a great place to watch Sunday football or trivia. The Ainsworth felt too stuffy and pretentious. Ainsworth is more for the Midtown crowd.

Anonymous said...

Pourhouse was a good pre show place for when Webster Hall had good shows.

Anonymous said...

where do I take my bro's from finance now?

Anonymous said...

Maybe someone can turn it into a smokeshop? Those seem like the popular new blemish.

Alex in NYC said...

They will not be missed.

Anonymous said...

HAH BYE!

Anonymous said...

This was a nice place to watch a sports game in the cabanas with a few folks. Unfortunately the bro's and broette's just couldn't control themselves.

Anonymous said...

Buh bye! Maybe they'll reopen in Murray Hill.

Anonymous said...

I live right nearby and they won't be missed. Honestly, at this point, I almost welcome someone doing a big development on the block. I'm truly sick of the empty storefronts and general malaise. (Uh oh. This is how they get you to stop resisting...)