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EVG photo from 2010]
Ninth Ward, the New Orleans-themed bar at 180 Second Ave., is closing its doors for good after service on Feb. 14.
Here is their official message via
Facebook:
Five years ago on Mardi Gras the Ninth Ward bar was born. After five wonderful years we are closing our doors. Please come by in the next two weeks and raise a glass to both Mardi Gras and Ninth ward!!
We will be closing on Sunday, February 14th - Valentine's Day. "It's not you, it's me"
According to a tipster, management informed staff on Tuesday night ... the
rumor is the new (as of 2014) owners of the building between East 11th Street and East 12th Street have designs on a gut renovation that will eventually yield condos.
The ownership here is also behind two other Second Avenue bars — Kingston Hall and Shoolbred's. In November,
Nic Ratner and Robert Morgan got the OK from CB3 for a beer-wine license to open a cajun-style restaurant in the former
10 Degrees Bistro space on Avenue A.
The Ninth Ward, which serves Abita beer, Sazeracs, absinthe and other cocktails. opened in June 2010. The opening announcement
reportedly elicited a strong reaction from Louisiana native Cajun Boy, who tweeted:
A New Orleans-themed bar in NYC called Ninth Ward has opened. Maybe I'll open a NYC-themed bar in New Orleans and call it World Trade Center
The opening was also discussed in New Orleans.
Per an item in the newspaper
Gambit: "As you might imagine, naming a NYC bar 'Ninth Ward' is fraught with complications, starting with the fact the Ninth Ward has never exactly been known as a hotspot for creative cocktails."
The address was, until 2010,
Thai on Two.