| Drinking in New York is like drinking | | | | bar with a view; sadly only hotel guests can |
| anywhere else. But Americans will expect a | | | | drink here. |
| 15% tip according to most guides and this | | | | |
| means, in practice, forking out a one dollar | | | | Alcohol may be served on cheap flights to New |
| note extra every time you go to the bar. | | | | York but it is, surely, nicer to wait until |
| Bearing this in mind the canny drinker will | | | | you're there. Snowy Manhattan can be a |
| go somewhere with a pleasant view, at least | | | | stunning sight and the Pen Top Bar (700 Fifth |
| then he might feel he's getting his money's | | | | Avenue) is open all year. Perhaps an ideal |
| worth. | | | | stopping-off point during a Christmas |
| | | | shopping trip? Not only views, but hamburgers |
| The A60 (60 Thompson Street) is a hotel bar | | | | await the visitor to Rare View (303 Lexington |
| located on the thirteenth floor. The view | | | | Avenue). They are available from a Grill on |
| over the midtown and Manhattan skyline is | | | | the floor below. Culture and drinking combine |
| memorable. Another good hotel bar is the | | | | at the renowned Iris and B. Gerald Cantor |
| appropriately named High Bar (2 Lexington | | | | Roof Garden (1000th Fifth Avenue). This place |
| Avenue). This one's up on the eighteenth | | | | is on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of |
| floor so definitely best to avoid stairs. The | | | | Art. The view here stretches across Central |
| iconic Chrysler Building is prominent from | | | | Park to the spread of the Manhattan skyline. |
| here. The building is located in an agreeably | | | | |
| gentrified portion of the town. | | | | Hotels in New York are often the main expense |
| | | | of a trip here set against the cost of |
| More bohemian and therefore a more typical | | | | relatively cheap flights. However most of the |
| destination for those visitors who have taken | | | | bars mentioned here are in high rise hotels |
| cheap flights to New York, is the Hotel Metro | | | | and many say The View Lounge (1535 Broadway) |
| Rooftop Bar (45 West 35th Street). The bar | | | | offers some of the best views of Downtown. |
| has good value beer on tap. It is right next | | | | Entrance fee for non-guests is $7. The |
| to the Empire State Building that King Kong | | | | gimmick is that the bar slowly revolves |
| climbed for his last stand. Hudson Sky | | | | revealing the full New York panorama. |
| Terrace (700 Fifth Avenue) is another great | | | | |