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