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Julius' Bar
A gray stucco-faced building seen from across a street, with a brown and white sign saying "W. 10th ST" and people on the sidewalk in front.
South (front) facade in 2008
A map of New York City in yellow, with neighboring areas in pink. There is a red dot in Lower Manhattan near the Hudson River
A map of New York City in yellow, with neighboring areas in pink. There is a red dot in Lower Manhattan near the Hudson River
Location in Manhattan
A map of New York City in yellow, with neighboring areas in pink. There is a red dot in Lower Manhattan near the Hudson River
A map of New York City in yellow, with neighboring areas in pink. There is a red dot in Lower Manhattan near the Hudson River
Location in New York City
A map of New York City in yellow, with neighboring areas in pink. There is a red dot in Lower Manhattan near the Hudson River
A map of New York City in yellow, with neighboring areas in pink. There is a red dot in Lower Manhattan near the Hudson River
Location in New York
A map of New York City in yellow, with neighboring areas in pink. There is a red dot in Lower Manhattan near the Hudson River
A map of New York City in yellow, with neighboring areas in pink. There is a red dot in Lower Manhattan near the Hudson River
Location in the United States
Location West Village, Manhattan, NY
Built 1867
NRHP reference No. 16000242
Added to NRHP April 20, 2016

Julius' is a tavern in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood in New York City, located at 159 West 10th Street at Waverly Place. It is often called the oldest continuously operating gay bar in New York City. Its management, however, was actively unwilling to operate as such, and harassed gay customers until 1966.

The April 1966 "Sip-In" at Julius, located a block northeast of the Stonewall Inn, established the right of gay people to be served in licensed premises in New York. This action helped clear the way for gay premises with state liquor licenses.

Newspaper articles on the wall indicate it was the favorite bar of Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Rudolf Nureyev. In 2016, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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  • Michael Kors 2015

    Michael Kors, left, in January 2015, at Julius's, with a fan.

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