Mars Bar is hailed as the "standard bearer" of the East Village's dive bar culture in a lengthy profile in the Wall Street Journal, something that would have disqualified the bar from carrying the torch if there were more than four or five similar dive bars left in the neighborhood. Either way, the piece explains that the bar's changing art is curated by a rotating group of artists and that there is about a two year waiting list to participate. [WSJ]
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