Dive bar aficionados have been waiting for a sign that the expected demise of the East Village's Mars Bar is official, and they may have just received it. As seen on EV Grieve, the legendary Second Avenue hole-in-the-wall now sports a "thanks for the memories" message on its facade. Here come the condos? In other boozy news, iconic West Village speakeasy Chumley's might finally be bouncing back from the chimney collapse that shuttered it four years ago, but neighbors are already protesting the bar's reopening. [EV Grieve; Eater]
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