Julius (restaurant)

Julius' Bar
South (front) facade in 2008
Location155-159 West 10th Street (aka 186-188 Waverly Place)
Manhattan, New York
Coordinates40°44′4″N 74°0′5″W / 40.73444°N 74.00139°W / 40.73444; -74.00139
Built1867
Websitejuliusbarny.com
Part ofGreenwich Village Historic District (ID79001604)
NRHP reference No.16000242
NYSRHP No.06101.005602
NYCL No.2663
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 20, 2016
Designated CPJune 19, 1979
Designated NYSRHPMarch 24, 2016
Designated NYCLDecember 6, 2022

Julius' (also known as Julius's or Julius' Bar) is a tavern at 159 West 10th Street and Waverly Place in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is often called the oldest continuously operating gay bar in New York City. Its management, however, was actively unwilling to operate as such, and harassed gay customers until 1966. The April 1966 "Sip-In" at Julius, located a block northeast of the Stonewall Inn, established the right of gay people to be served in licensed premises in New York. This action helped clear the way for gay premises with state liquor licenses.

Newspaper articles on the wall indicate it was the favorite bar of Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Rudolf Nureyev. In 2016, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.