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Rodeo Bar

212-683-6500

375 3rd Avenue New York, NY 10016

www.rodeobar.com

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The urban cowboy's roadhouse of choice for Tex-Mex barbecue and free live music.

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Bars & Clubs, Nightclubs, Marketing Consultants, Bars & Pubs, Sports Bars, Restaurants, Barbecue, Mexican Restaurants, Southwestern Restaurants

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Live Music, Folk & Bluegrass, Country, Brunch, Family-Friendly Dining, Group Dining, Happy Hour, Late Night Dining, Lunch Spot, Margaritas

52 reviews

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Mon-Sat 11:30am-4am Sun 11:30am-2am

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At New York City's premier Southern roadhouse, Rodeo Bar, patrons will enjoy delicious Tex-Mex cuisine, live music and their world-famous margaritas. This New York Tex-Mex bar and restaurant boasts the city's longest running Honky Tonk. Owned by Mitch Pollak since 1994, Rodeo Bar's kitchen is open until 2am every night to accommodate the late night diners. The menu offers chicken fried steak, fajitas, and other Southwestern and BBQ favorites. While they eat, patrons will hear live country music seven nights a week without paying a cover. The unique NYC bar is built into a converted horse trailer and serves an array of beer, liquor and ten flavors of margaritas. Come celebrate your birthday party, girl's night out, or other special event at Rodeo Bar. If you enjoy Tex-Mex cuisine, a little country and a lot of fun, come to Rodeo Bar.

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The Scene
Happily distressed best describes the look of this inner-city honky-tonk. Weathered plank paneling, wagon wheel chandeliers and giant rusted signs assert the backwoods, despite the view of Third Avenue through contiguous, tinted glass windows. The three-story main room houses the primary bar, an informal restaurant and an upper level for drinkers and diners. In the second space, find a small stage for performances and another drink station constructed from a refurbished horse trailer.

The Draw
Country may be king, but you'll find a diverse music lineup. As well as torch-and-twangers like the foot-tapping Jimmy Nations Combo, audiences get an audio uplift from the swing band the Flying Neutrinos and the blues-rockabilly act the Mercy Brothers. The full menu of enchiladas, barbecue ribs and steak pushes pub grub in a decidedly Western direction. Kitschy delicacies like the Fat Elvis--a deep fried banana chimichanga with chocolate sauce--add to the charm.

Key Points

Live Music Nightly
Real Texas BBQ
No Cover Ever!

The Inside Scoop

Save Money - Happy Hour is Monday through Friday from 4pm through 8pm.
When to Go - You can hear free, no cover live music every night of the week, but you can get $3 drafts only on Mondays during football season.
Where to Sit - Head to the back of the second floor, where you'll find a lounge area with a handful of couches.
What to Drink - Play the part. Order a bottle of Lone Star. You're unlikely to find the brand at many other bars in town.

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Latest reviews from Citysearch.

Great Roundup of Bands

by BryanMiller_Citysearch 5 Rodeo Bar

This is the perfect venue for seeing live music if you like to be right up there with the action. The bar is always buzzing and it attracts a nice mixed crowd. Amazingly, there is no cover charge for nightly bands.

Posted 05/17/02

Great Free Music

by DMcAlvanah_Citysearch 4 Rodeo Bar

This old, woody venue is a favorite for live music...and if I'm not mistaken, the shows are free. Love that the floor is strewn with peanut shells. A perfect place to kick back, drink cheap domestic bottled beer, and listen to a band drum up a full-tilt version of "Whiskey River."

Posted 05/15/02

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