chumley’s
Iconic NYC speak-easy Chumley's closes
Its famous fixtures are up for auction.
Speakeasy-turned-townhouse rented for nearly $18K per month
We’re not quite sure what Simone de Beauvoir and other writers, like F. Scott Fitzgerald, would make of the current status of their favorite former speakeasy. After closing in 2007...
New York's best speakeasy is back
From pickled playwrights to pickled black trumpet mushrooms. That’s the story of Chumley’s, a 95 year-old New York “institution” that was for many years easy to laugh at despite a...
Judge sides against residents who opposed noisy pub
A Manhattan judge tossed a lawsuit by Greenwich Village residents to block a famous, Prohibition-era pub from reopening because the bar attracted late-night, noisy patrons. Chumley’s at 86 Bedford St....
Judge urges West Villagers to allow Chumley’s to reopen
A Manhattan judge urged West Village residents who are suing to prevent storied former speakeasy Chumley’s from reopening to settle their differences out of court — after hinting the neighbors...
Prohibition-era Chumley's is more 'brothel' than speakeasy, says neighbor
A Greenwich Village resident who is suing to block the re-opening of a Prohibition Era pub bizarrely compared the literary landmark — a favorite haunt of authors F. Scott Fitzgerald...
Chumley's to neighbors: We're 'the fabric of Greenwich Village'
The owner of a shuttered Greenwich Village pub that dates back to the Prohibition Era says a lawsuit filed by neighbors claiming his planned reopening would turn their quiet block...
West Villagers want legendary speakeasy to stay closed
West Village residents are suing to prevent a Prohibition-era pub — where literary greats like Ernest Hemingway and Norman Mailer once guzzled grog — from reopening, claiming the area is...