If you ever stumbled into Siberia in the ’90s—or heard Anthony Bourdain call it his favorite bar on Earth—you know this is no ordinary dive. For years, the Hell’s Kitchen haunt was equal parts clubhouse and chaos, tucked first inside the 50th Street subway and later reborn on Ninth Avenue. Then, like all great New York stories, it disappeared.

Now, against all odds, Siberia is back. And fittingly, it has tunneled its way into yet another underground space: the Turnstyle Underground Market at Columbus Circle, hidden just steps from the 57th Street–Eighth Avenue subway entrance. It opened quietly last weekend, still labeled as “Gotham Taco” (the space’s former tenant), but regulars knew where to look. A red glow, a jukebox and the familiar grin of proprietor Tracy Westmoreland, Siberia’s

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