If you’re in New York this summer and you’re not drinking your cocktails or whiskey on a rooftop, are you really drinking? Of course you are, but those ‘gram photos may not be as enviable. This week’s pick offers both views (word to Drake) and amazing drinks.
The Lookup – located atop the soon-to-be Kixby hotel in Midtown Manhattan, is the newest outpost for renowned bartender Pioneer Mixologist Pamela Wiznitzer (Seamstress, Gibson + Luce). She’s teamed with Black Tap Craft Beer & Burgers‘ Chris Barish and Julie Mulligan to create a destination for guests to “look up from their phones and be in the moment”… or to get a photo of themselves with the Empire State Building up close and personal.
Wiznitzer’s bar program features a host original “order by number” cocktails like the #3, a riff on a Whisky Smash with rye, lemon, mint, red wine and a liquor-infused sorbet; #5, a refreshing watermelon drink with gin, lemon, mastiha, cucumber; and #2, a Margarita-Paloma blend with tequila, grapefruit, lime, ancho chili, pomegranate, pink sea salt. Each cocktail is priced at $16. They also feature all the classics that you know and love like Negronis, Old Fashioneds and Manhattans.
The Lookup also offers a menu of “elevated” bar food items including Whipped Green Chile Beer Cheese, Sriracha Carrot Hummus, Truffle Parmesan seasoned popcorn, rosé-infused meyer lemon shrimp cocktail, and Dippin’ Dots!
The space is divided into three zones with stadium seating, high-top tables and lounge areas – all anchored by a central peninsula bar.
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”12″ display=”basic_slideshow”]The Lookup NYC
45 W 35th Street, Rooftop
New York, NY 10001
