Tooker Alley

Tooker Alley Elevate your mind to a lower level of thinking It is from this memorable place that Tooker Alley takes both its name and inspiration.

In the city of Chicago, from 1915 til about 1930, a complete cross section of early industrial America squeezed itself “through the hole in the wall, down Tooker Alley” in search of “the Green Lite over the Orange Door.” On that door was scrawled “Step High, Stoop Low, Leave Your Dignity Outside” and behind it lay a most peculiar institution—the Dil Pickle Club (yes, one “l"). Consciously nobrow,

militantly inclusive and ceaselessly creative, the Dil Pickle Club eschewed any and all social, economic or cultural limitations. Inside its walls itinerant hobos, society mavens, literati, mobsters & molls, high-toned swells, anarchisti, wobblies, suffragettes, professors, dancers, jazz players, politicos, and everyone in between coalesced, communed and cavorted. They dubbed this social cross-pollination “Hobohemia.”

Although never itself a bar, The Dil Pickle Club embodied all the elements that any self-respecting bar would want: a crowd drawn from all quarters of society; a high-spirited atmosphere; free-flowing banter; and, finally, pure and simple fun. As “founder and janitor” Jack Jones would say, “if you’re a nut about anything then you have to meet the Picklers”. Tooker Alley hopes to bring together consumption, culture and community in an integrated way that we feel is given short shrift nowadays. It is a bar that, as the denizens of the Dil Pickle Club so brilliantly put it, “elevates your mind to a lower level of thinking.”

Jabba Trio is here tonight 5/31 8-10:30pm!
05/31/2026

Jabba Trio is here tonight 5/31 8-10:30pm!

Happy Memorial Day! We are open today with our unhappy hour lasting from 5-7pm!
05/25/2026

Happy Memorial Day! We are open today with our unhappy hour lasting from 5-7pm!

05/21/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Tooker Alley! We will be open today at 3pm, so bring your mom after you take her to...
05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Tooker Alley! We will be open today at 3pm, so bring your mom after you take her to brunch!

Mon-Thur 5-7pm
04/21/2026

Mon-Thur 5-7pm

The Jabba Trio is back tomorrow 4/12 8-10:30pm for your listening pleasure
04/11/2026

The Jabba Trio is back tomorrow 4/12 8-10:30pm for your listening pleasure

Seasonal menu coming soon…. Stay tuned!
04/08/2026

Seasonal menu coming soon…. Stay tuned!

OFFICIAL TOOKER ALLEY MENU
04/08/2026

OFFICIAL TOOKER ALLEY MENU

YES we are open on Easter 4/5 and YES we have jazz!
04/03/2026

YES we are open on Easter 4/5 and YES we have jazz!

Nothing - and we mean nothing - says “cold weather drink” like putting a raw egg yolk in it. Based around a Blueberry Po...
03/31/2026

Nothing - and we mean nothing - says “cold weather drink” like putting a raw egg yolk in it. Based around a Blueberry Port from Long Island’s Duckwalk Vineyards, this little number serves equally well as an après-ski comfort quaff or a stiff morning bracer after a night of irresponsible adult drinking. Unfortunately, we don’t open for breakfast
Blueberry Port, Blueberry Purée, Apple & Blue Plum Brandy, Heavy Cream, Demerara & Simple Syrups, Raw Egg Yolk

Address

793 Washington Avenue
New York, NY
11238

Opening Hours

Monday 5pm - 2am
Tuesday 5pm - 2pm
Wednesday 5pm - 2am
Thursday 5pm - 2am
Friday 5pm - 4am
Saturday 5pm - 4am
Sunday 5pm - 2am

Telephone

+13479554743

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