Drinks with a Panoramic Punch

Drinks with a Panoramic Punch

In New York you can take in the sights without leaving your bar stool. The pot of gold at the Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza, between 5th and 6th Aves., Midtown West. 212/632-5000) is the view from the 65th floor of Rockefeller Center. Within the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park, Rise (2 West St., at Battery Pl., Lower Manhattan. 917/790-2626) has clear sight lines to the Statue of Liberty.

The River Café (1 Water St., near Old Fulton St., DUMBO, Brooklyn. 718/522-5200) under the Brooklyn Bridge, has unobstructed views of the city skyline. From the 23rd floor of the Peninsula Hotel you can nearly touch the sky at the Salon de Ning (700 5th Ave., at W. 55th St., Midtown West. 212/956-2888). The only sight more beautiful than the skyline is its reflection in the East River at the Water Club (500 E. 30th St., at FDR Dr., Midtown East. 212/683-3333).