our story

Find us on floors 2, 3, and 4 of a legendary townhouse at Rockefeller Center. Formerly a watering hole named Hurley’s (1892-2000), our space has a storied history. Hurley’s was long known for famed regulars like Johnny Carson, who had a personal back entrance, novelist Jack Kerouac, whose writing on Hurley’s inspired the Pebble Bar name, David Letterman, who regularly filmed on-air on the third floor, and decades of Saturday Night Live cast and staff, who dubbed the space “Studio 1-H.” 

Pebble Bar, launched in Hurley’s spirit, opened in February 2022 from partners, friends and longtime New Yorkers Matt Kliegman, Carlos Quirarte & Matthew Charles — whose award-winning hospitality projects include The Smile, The Georgia Room, Bar Calico, The Jane Ballroom, Ray’s, Jac’s on Bond and Black Seed Bagels — and John and Christine Gachot of AD100 design firm Gachot Studios, whose projects include Glossier’s Soho flagship boutique, Marc Jacobs’ West Village townhouse, and Detroit’s Shinola Hotel.