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!
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 5, 2022 at 8:31 AM

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

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  2. AlanJuly 5, 2022 at 9:20 AM

    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.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 5, 2022 at 9:50 AM

    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.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 5, 2022 at 10:12 AM

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

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  5. AnonymousJuly 5, 2022 at 10:42 AM

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

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  6. AnonymousJuly 5, 2022 at 12:10 PM

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

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  7. Alex in NYCJuly 5, 2022 at 12:10 PM

    They will not be missed.

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  8. AnonymousJuly 5, 2022 at 8:00 PM

    HAH BYE!

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  9. AnonymousJuly 6, 2022 at 11:51 AM

    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.

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  10. AnonymousJuly 6, 2022 at 11:09 PM

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

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  11. AnonymousJuly 8, 2022 at 1:06 PM

    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...)

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