Lord Ruthven is a vampire bar, part of the Vampire Connection, located in New York. It is named after the character in Dr. John William Polidori’s short story “The Vampyre” (1819), considered to be the first vampire Byronic hero in gothic literature.
The Lord Ruthven vampire bar appears in The Vampire Lestat (1985). For more perspectives on Lord Ruthven bar, read the Alphabettery entries Bela Lugosi, Carmilla, Dracula’s Daughter, Dr. Polidori, Lamia, Vampire Bar, and Vampire Connection.