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