Here was an old Irish bar that had been transformed into a destination for food.

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This bar is simultaneously a local for hundreds, and a destination for thousands.

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Now owned by Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, Monkey Bar seems most likely of all of New York's classic hotel bars to be a destination for people out on the town.

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