Nightlife · Upper East Side
Bemelmans Bar
Bemelmans Bar is a bar in the Carlyle hotel on East 76th Street in Manhattan, its walls painted in 1947 by Ludwig Bemelmans, author of the Madeline books, in exchange for accommodation.
Why it matters
Included for the murals, which are the only Bemelmans work still on public view in a space he decorated as a whole.
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Good for
- Date night — A single low-lit room with live piano; the murals are the reason to sit in it.
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Operational details last checked 2026-09-07. Facts of this kind are treated as current for 120 days.
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