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Bar Vegan, an “experiential” restaurant and cocktail bar from Slutty Vegan founder Aisha “Pinky” Cole, opens Sunday, February 28, at Ponce City Market. The full-service restaurant takes over the space formerly occupied by the Mercury, which closed in 2019 after three years on the second floor of the central food hall. Expect riffs on classic cocktails like a pineapple and Texas margarita, the cosmopolitan, old fashioned, and gimlet, along with vegan beer and wine, non-alcoholic cocktails, and wildly over-the-top tableside drinks served in a fire extinguisher, Ferris wheel, or a gas ca...