KIPS BAY — Rose Hill Tavern, a home to fans of the New England Patriots, was shut down by the Health Department just days before the team is set to play in the Super Bowl.

The sports bar, at 337 Third Ave., was closed on Wednesday evening for failing to renew its food service establishment permit, which is required for a restaurant to stay open, according to a spokesman for the Health Department. The bar was still closed as of Thursday afternoon.

"Rose Hill Tavern was closed because, despite warnings to renew their permit, the owners were found operating with an expired food service establishment permit," said DOH spokesman Levi Fishman. "Once the permit is renewed, they can reopen."

In order to obtain a food service establishment permit, restaurants must show proof of workers compensation and disability insurance, that a supervising manager has passed a Food Protection Course and that the establishment meets food safety requirements, among other requirements, according to the DOH's website.

Restaurants are usually given two warnings when a permit expires before the DOH shuts the place down, Fishman said.

Rose Hill's managing director Jason Hewitt is aiming to reopen Rose Hill Tavern, which has a "Home of the Patriots" banner out front, before Super Bowl Sunday.

"We're doing everything we can to resume business operations," Hewitt said Thursday. "The problem was administrative, paperwork. Our goal is to open by this evening. We'll let the whole world know [through social media] as soon as that's complete."

Rose Hill Tavern recently released a winter cocktail menu, including Patriots Punch and Brady Banger.