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Five Freshly-Opened Roof Bars To Defy The Rain & Rapture

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John Del Signore

Published May 20, 2011

Modified Jun 27, 2011

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Above 6: The hotel Six Columbus in Columbus Circle is run by the same hotel group that does the Thompson LES, so naturally they're not going to let a good roof go to waste. Above 6 just opened a couple of weeks ago; it's operating under the auspices of Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill. As you can see, the views are spectacular and the atmosphere is swish. Cocktails range from $8 on the low end to $13, and include such options as the Hummingbird, (Avinyo Cava, St. Germain, Club Soda, and Yama Momo), reinventions of old standards such as the Siberian Sunrise (Zyr Vodka, fresh grapefruit juice, and fresh lime juice), and a selection of sakes, wines, and spirits.6 Columbus Circle, (212) 204-3000, 5 p.m. - 2 a.m., Tuesday - Saturday

 

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Someday this rain's gonna end, and when it does, we will celebrate like Zion after Neo vanquishes Smith in the Machine City and ends the war. Here are five places that didn't make it into our most recent rooftop drinking roundup, except for Le Bain, which just reopened and wins at roofs. And for places to drink outside in general, we have exhaustive guides here, here, and here.

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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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