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Inside The Wythe Hotel Roof Bar, The Ides: Williamsburg's New High Hotspot
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John Del Signore
Published May 29, 2012
Modified May 29, 2012
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Williamsburg's hippest rooftop drinking destination quietly opened about a week ago on the sprawling sixth floor of the Wythe Hotel. Though the owners are trying their best to keep their baby, The Ides, under the radar (our request to send a photographer was politely rebuffed), word-of-mouth has spread quickly, and employees tell us that they've been slammed almost every night. We popped in on Sunday right when the bar opened at 7 p.m., and there was already nearly a dozen eager customers lined up in the lobby, waiting for the elevators' magic number 6 button to start working.
The Ides is operated by Andrew Tarlow, the restaurateur who also runs the downstairs restaurant, Reynards (as well as the trailblazing Williamsburg joints Diner and Marlow & Sons)."I don’t want to come off as too earnest,” Tarlow recently told the Times. "But for me, a restaurant and hotel are all about expanding circles of community." No food is served up in the bar, where specialty cocktails are in the $10-$12 range you've come to expect—but there's no extra charge for the sweeping views and the refreshing breeze. It's currently open Wednesday through Sunday, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
80 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn // (718) 460-8000
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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