Mars Bar

Penza passed away suddenly on Oct. 29, a friend said.

The owners hope to open the center, which includes a cafe, yoga studio, salon and bar, next week.

Guess who's really happy about Mars Bar becoming a wellness center?! Nobody. Nobody is happy.

The formerly gritty East Village dive bar will reopen with a new look and a new menu.

Mars Bar, the gritty East Village punk dive that closed in 2011, will return, but with changes.

Blue and Cream will remember the gritty and now demolished Mars Bar through photography.

Lumber saved from Mars Bar and other demolished buildings will be used in a furniture design exhibition.

A worker suffered a leg injury at the site of the former Mars Bar on Second Ave. and E. 1st St. Thursday.

Local activist John Penley organized the demonstration to coincide with the anniversary of the Tompkins Square Park riots.

The owner of the recently shuttered Mars Bar is reportedly looking at opening a new spot.

The dependably-divey saloon was busy being cleared out Friday after being shuttered by the Health Department.

The notorious East Village dive Mars Bar closed Monday after an inspection by the Health Department that found 850 fruit flies.

After the former dive at 25 E. 1st St. is torn down, former tenants reportedly can buy apartments in the new building for $10.

The Mars bar will be razed under a project to redevelop the property as mixed-income housing.

Second Avenue mainstays Mars Bar and Lit Lounge were used to stage a fashion shoot for Madonna's "Material Girl" line.