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Popular FiDi Bar ‘The Dead Rabbit' Closes Indefinitely After Fire Breaks Out

What to Know

  • The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog will be closed "until further notice" after a fire broke out on Sunday
  • The fire may have started in the bar's kitchen ventilation system, the FDNY said
  • No one was injured in the fire, according to the FDNY

Popular Financial District watering hole The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog will be closed “until further notice” after a fire broke out on Sunday, authorities and the bar's owners said.

Firefighters responded to bar at 30 Water Street after receiving a report of a fire in the bar’s kitchen ventilation system, the FDNY said.

The department said no one was injured in the fire, but in a Facebook post, the bar said it “received considerable fire and water damage and as a result will be closed until further notice.”

“Thank you for your support and understanding at this difficult time,” the post read. “We’ll let you know more here as soon as we find out.”

The cocktail bar, which opened in 2013, topped the list of “The World’s 50 Best Bars” back in 2016.

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