Social Drink and Food

On top of midtown’s neon-purple–lit Yotel Hotel comes this equally bright rooftop bar from partner Gil Rubenstein (the Rooftop Bar at the Library Hotel), a 1960s-inspired lounge fitted with rainbow-hued circle chairs, exotic dragon trees and a yarn installation from Brooklyn-based artist London Kaye. Guests can sink into basket-weave sofas on the 7,000-square-foot terrace for summery, globally flitting cocktails like a fig caipirinha, a rosewater martini or a tiki-lite Tropical Triple (Flor de Caña rum, pineapple juice and coconut syrup) served out of a hollowed-out pineapple. Street-food snacks from chef Kfir Ben-Ari (Paradou of Provence, France) follow in global suit—spiced Moroccan nuts, marinated Mediterranean olives—with larger plates like tempura-battered fish and chips with caramelized lemon, and steak frites with chimichurri sauce and rosemary fries.