You may only be expecting food and drinks when heading to a bar or restaurant, but there’s another hot commodity some of these spots are offering and it’s not edible–in fact, it’s not even on the menu at all! We’re talking about the classic matchbook.
They’re an object as old as time, but TikTok (though one step closer to being banned in the U.S.) recently made their popularity surge with users showing off their matchbook collections obtained from various bars and restaurants that they then place in a shadowbox and turn into wall art!
So if you’re looking to hop onto the trend here are some bars, restaurants, and other spots around NYC that have their own personalized matchbooks for you to collect:
NYC Bars With Matchbooks
Manhattan
- Center Bar – 10 Columbus Cir.
- Keys & Heels – 1488 2nd Ave.
- Panorama Room – 22 N. Loop Rd.
- Pony Bar – 1444 1st Ave.
- All & Sundry – 312 W. 58th St.
- Faces and Names Lounge – 159 W. 54th St.
- Pebble Bar – 67 W. 49th St.
- Russian Tea Room – 150 W. 57th St.
- Ophelia – 3 Mitchell Pl.
- Daintree – 25 W. 38th St.
- The Fleur Room – 105 W. 28th St.
- Goldie’s Tavern – 135 W. 30th St.
- Patent Pending – 49 W. 27th St.
- Bar Belly – 14b Orchard St.
- Beyond the Pale – 53 Spring St.
- Employees Only – 510 Hudson St.
- The Horny Ram – 951 2nd Ave.
- Ding-a-ling – 116 Loisaida Ave.
Brooklyn
- Doris – 1088 Fulton St.
- Grand Army – 336 State St.
- The Little Pig – 497 Atlantic Ave.
- The Red Pavilion – 1241 Flushing Ave.
- Congress Bar – 208 Court St.
- King Tai – 1095 Bergen St.
- Sixpoint Brewery – 445 Gold St.
- Sound + Fury Brewery – 141 Lawrence St.
- Common Mollies – 46 Bushwick Ave.
- Bar Americano – 180 Franklin St.
- Eavesdrop – 674 Manhattan Ave.
- Goldie’s – 195 Nassau Ave.
- Lake Street Bar – 706 Manhattan Ave.
- Please Tell Me – 749 Metropolitan Ave.
- Radegast Hall & Biergarten – 113 N. 3rd St.
- Skinny Dennis – 152 Metropolitan Ave.
- Happiest Hour – 121 W. 10th St.
- Pretty Ricky’s – 101 Rivington St.
- Ophelia Lounge – 3 Mitchell Pl.
- Westlight – 111 N 12th St.
- The Richardson – 451 Graham Ave.
NYC Restaurants With Matchbooks
Manhattan
- Bad Roman – 10 Columbus Cir.
- Cafe Luxembourg – 200 W. 70th St.
- Fred’s – Amsterdam Ave.
- Jalao – 2420 Amsterdam Ave.
- P.J. Clarke’s – 44 W. 63 St.
- Emmett’s on Grove – 39 Grove St.
- Le Bilboquet – 20 E. 60th St.
- Philippe Chow – 33 E. 60th St.
- Carmines – 200 W. 44th St.
- Gallagher’s Steakhouse – 228 W. 52nd St.
- Monkey Bar – 60 E. 54th St.
- Isla & Co. – 235 W. 38th St.
- L’Amico – 849 6th Ave.
- Al Pastor – 145 E. 39th St.
- Bar Pitti – 268 6th Ave.
- Bar Primi – 325 Bowery
- Boucherie – 99 7th Ave. S
- Chinese Tuxedo – 5 Doyers St.
- Don Angie – 103 Greenwich Ave.
- Fish Cheeks – 55 Bond St.
- Forsythia – 9 Stanton St.
- Jac’s on Bond – 26 Bond St.
- L’Artusi – 228 W. 10th St.
- Gab’s – 76 Carmine St.
- Rubirosa – 235 Mulberry St.
- BondST – 6 Bond St. / 20 Hudson Yards
Brooklyn
- Habibi – 154 Scott Ave.
- Turk’s Inn – 234 Starr St.
- Cafe Spaghetti – 126 Union St.
- Pizza Loves Emily – 919 Fulton St.
- Sisters – 900 Fulton St.
- Chino Grande – 253 Grand St.
- Miss Ada – 184 Dekalb Ave.
- Saraghina Caffe – 195 DeKalb Ave.
- Glasserie – 95 Commercial St.
- Oxomoco – 128 Greenpoint Ave.
- Cafe Colette – 79 Berry St.
- Le Crocodile – 80 Wythe St.
- elNico – 288 N. 8th St.
- Leuca – 111 N. 12th St.
- Lilia – 567 Union Ave.
- Llama Inn – 50 Withers St.
- Maison Premiere – 298 Bedford Ave.
- Misi – 329 Kent Ave.
Queens
- M. Wells Steakhouse – 43-15 Crescent St.
- Rolo’s – 853 Onderdonk Ave.
Other NYC Spots With Matchbooks
Brooklyn
- Behind the Circle Tattoo Studio – 1009 Broadway
- High Hopes Tattoo – 406 Himrod St.
- Harlequin Vintage – 1033 Flushing Ave.
- Friends – 56 Bogart St.
- Bedford Vintage – 207 Bedford Ave.