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Rusty Knot

425 West St., New York, NY 10014
nr. 11th St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-645-5668 Send to Phone

Reader Rating:
6.7 out of 10

3 Reviews | Write a Review
Scene: Bar Food, Dive Bar

Photo by Chris Mottalini

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Hours

Daily, noon-4am

Nearby Subway Stops

1 at Christopher St.-Sheridan Sq.

Profile

Rusty Knot, a nautically themed bar on the very Western edge of the city, is a "dive" as imagined by the Spotted Pig’s Ken Friedman and Freemans’ Taavo Somer, and run by Momofoku co-owner Joaquin Baca. The unconventional kitchen offerings—home-made spicy pickles, a chicken-liver-and-bacon sandwich with red-onion marmalade, meat pies with sweetbreads—and the prominent-nightlife-players involved may seem out of place, but Baca swears this is a true neighborhood joint: "We’ve got a 99-cent beer and $3 cans—it’s a bar bar." — Robin Raisfeld & Rob Patronite

Reader Ratings

6.7

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soniellum from 11211 | Posted on 7/18/08

Overall Reader Rating: 4 (Not Recommended)

I was very interested in trying out the bar but this place is not as unique as I hoped for, certainly not a old harbor bar feel where surly fishermen could frequent, not sure if that was the purpose but the...Read More

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wvshrknyc from 11201 | Posted on 5/19/08

Overall Reader Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)

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