White Horse Tavern

Located in New York City's West Village, the White Horse Tavern is the perfect place for a quiet pint or drinks out with your mates. Conviently situated at Hudson Street and 11th Street, the White Horse Tavern is known for its role in 1950s and 1960s Bohemian culture. It is one of the few major gathering places for writers, poets, and artists from this period in Greenwich Village which still remains open.

Now the hang out for NYU students and locals, the tavern originally opened in 1880 and was known for years as a longshoremen's bar. The tavern gradually turned literary center when poet Dylan Thomas and other writers began to frequent the bar during the early 1950s. The tavern is perhaps most famous as the place where Dylan Thomas last drank and some say died right out front from too many whiskeys (legend has it Thomas holds the record with 18).

Other famous patrons include Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Norman Mailer, Ezra Pound, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg. Jack Kerouac is said to have been bounced from the tavern on several occasions and because of this writing can be seen on the bathroom wall saying "JACK GO HOME!"

For those out there who seek a little piece of the real historic NYC, the White Horse Tavern is a must-see! Stop in, have a pint, and relive the days of Greenwich Village bohemia in this truly unique and orignal establishment. 

For the New York Magazine write up on the White Horse Tavern click HERE

Address:
567 Hudson Street (@ 11th St.)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 989-3956

Nearest Subway Stops:
1 (red line) at Christopher St. - Sheridan Sq.
A,C,E (blue line) at 14th St.
L at 8th Avenue