Maccabee Hanukkah Pop-Up Returns To West Village Bar

WEST VILLAGE, NY — Specialty drinks, cocktails, bites and a six-foot menorah.

What else could you want from a Hanukkah pop-up bar?

The Maccabee Bar Hanukkah Pop-Up is now open for another year of festive Jewish fun at Ollie West Village, on Downing and Varick streets.

And this year, Eater NY calls it one of the top holiday pop-up bars in the city, according to a new list.

At the Maccabee Bar pop-up at Ollie West Village, the menu offers fun cocktails with names like Hebrew Hammer, Ocho Kandelikas, Hot Bubbie and of course, Manischewitz Jello shots alongside bites like latkes, bambas, a reuben and a sufganiyot from The Doughnut Project (Wednesdays-Sunday only).

Since 2018, the Maccabee Bar has been a pop-up tradition in both Boston and New York.

Bartender Naomi Levy founded the pop-up to help create a space for Jews who wanted to celebrate their own festive holiday during a time where it feels everyone is celebrating Christmas, according to the pop-up's website.

“I love Christmas and all of the Christmas bars that pop up this time of year,” Levy said on their website. “But I always felt like a tourist. There was never really anything for someone like me that wasn’t raised with Christmas.”

Regardless of your tradition, all are welcome to celebrate the fun and get their fill of cocktails, latkes and chutzpah.

The Maccabee Bar pop-up at Ollie West Village opened on Wednesday and will run until the end of the year.

To learn more, visit Maccabee's site here, and click here to visitOllie's site for reservations.