BarChinatown

The River

Name: The River
Address: 102 Bayard Street, New York, NY, 10013, United States

Designed by the Green River Project, this is a downtown saloon for art locals. Wood-lined and moody, it's got a mural of the Hudson River above the bar and chairs made from Old Quaker furniture salvaged Upstate.

Photo by Effie Liu for Beholdr

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