hile the Hotel Metro Rooftop Bar doesn’t exactly draw the same crew that hangs at the Ritz’s Batter Park Rise, you can’t beat the prices and stellar Empire State Building view at this post-9-5 workday watering hole.

A trip through the art deco lobby and a short elevator ride to the 13th floor (not for the superstitious) leads you to the bar where cheap beer and DJ spun hip-hop awaits. Don’t bring your mother-in-law, your 5th avenue born and bred date, or the boss (though you might see him hanging around here for Happy Hour).
-E.J.