Gone are the days when hotel bars – much liketheir accompanying restaurants– catered entirely to guests . No , today , they ’re voguish and slick and draw topical anaesthetic and travelers alike with stunning vista and sophisticated cocktail . And while you might not book your hotel based on the Browning automatic rifle alone , in some case , you probably should . These are 20 of those cases .
Boston
The Hawthorne, Hotel Commonwealth
The Hawthorne beneath the Hotel Commonwealth look like a supporter ’s bread and butter room – a admirer with a good design sense , of course ! – and is a relaxed space to dictate up a cocktail or four while sitting fireside and contemplating the inevitably of death , dealings , and sink R ’s . But mostly traffic . Also , it ’s a freehanded supporter of Tiki civilisation in the summertime , so get quick for some wicked - coolheaded patio partying .
Los Angeles
Bar Marmont, Chateau Marmont
We ’re gon na feed diddly for this pick , and we already cognize it . Even so , with all of the fantastic rooftop and " speakeasy - style " hotel cocktail bar in LA , there is no position quite like the taproom at the Chateau Marmont – if for no other reason than its fabled position as THE station where the celebrities ( from Marilyn Monroe to Lindsay Lohan ) have flock for decade , evident in its tangible air travel of old Hollywood noir manginess . range the Sunset Sour to complete the vibe .
San Diego
JRDN Restaurant, TOWER23 Hotel
We could have describe a Gaslamp District hotel bar here , but we did n’t . Why ? Because this is San Diego , FFS , and anything not on the ocean is a waste of time that could have been expend on the ocean . JRDN Restaurant at TOWER23 Hotel is on the sea . give up back with some San Diegan craftiness beer ( there ’s nothing wrong with Sculpin all day , every Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , of course , but it has deal of others to take from , too ) and enjoy the breaker , sunshine , and knowing that where you are correct in that moment is the closest thing to paradise in the continental United States . Truth .
Chicago
Sable Kitchen & Bar, Hotel Palomar
In theheart of River North , where there is certainly no shortage of hotel bars from which to opt , Sable Kitchen & Bar at the Hotel Palomar is just a snatch above the residue . Chicago ’s cocktail game is strong , no doubt , and Sable is an exemplary entrant into the " best cocktail bar of [ such and such ] " category . First , it organizes its cocktail list by the four elements – globe , sky , ocean , fire . Then it has its house classic , as well as a long list of the classic classics . And then , it even has a section dedicate solely to Spanish - style gin and tonics , which will make any Douglas Adams fan happy . In fact , one of them SHOULD be named " Cuarenta y Dos " – Spanish for 42 . You ’re welcome , Sable Kitchen & Bar direction .
Atlanta
The Wine Room, St. Regis Atlanta
Welcome to Atlanta , where the players play and they sip on ok wine-coloured like ev - er - y mean solar day . The Wine Room at the St. Regis has a list of over 500 vino available by the nursing bottle that ’s centre on high - character American producer and single - vinery dress shop American winery . It also conduct a " Champagne - saber ritual " at 6 pm every day ( WHAT ? ? ? ? ) and has a endearing patio for you to sip your wine outdoors as the divinity intended .
Las Vegas
Skyfall Lounge, The Delano
You could pluck any one of Las Vegas ' many ( many ) top - base - with - a - funnies - view cassino - resort - saloon - lounges and bear $ 20 per potable and have aconsistently unremarkable experience : VEGAS , BABY . Or , you could head up to Skyfall , a more advanced establishment ( meaning the headline disc jockey go on before 2 am ) with a cocktail list that might actually earn Vegas its reputation as a cocktail city ( a reputation , take care you , build on market and myth).The newly remodeled Skyfall Lounge , formerly Mix Lounge , sits atop the 64 - floor Delano Las Vegas and rocks a solid aspect of the Strip . And it offer a novel departure from the usual Grey Goose - and - Bacardi drink ( although , yes , it still has those – it is Vegas ) with cocktails like the Kentucky Colada , made with Elijah Craig bourbon and Appleton rummy with coconut , fluxing lime juice , and Tiki spices .
Miami
The Broken Shaker, Freehand Miami Hostel
In the land of surfside South Beach radical - de luxe hotels with their extremist - voguish ultra - lounge bars , The Broken Shaker and the Freehand Miami Hostel stick out like a painful thumb and welcome haven . Enjoy the clever cocktails made with house - made elixir , sirup , and infusion ( and fresh herbaceous plant ) at this extremely acclaimed prevention that ’s been key out one of the best in America by the laudable Tales of the Cocktail . It ’s also one of our33 best cocktail bar in America . And it ’s practically surfside !
San Francisco
The Big 4, The Scarlet Huntington
This Nob Hill institution is the antithesis of the Silicon Valley / Silicon Valleytech view , and that ’s precisely what we eff about it . It is unrepentantly sure-enough … date back to ye olde 1976 , which , granted , is n’t OLD old , but it look the part , what with the Old World carved wood wall , studded unripe leather ( vinyl ? ) chair and banquettes , and the old mass who hang out here . It is NOT AT ALL HIP , and really , is n’t that kind of refreshing in a metropolis like San Francisco , where a piazza ’s measure of Charles Frederick Worth is straight off relative to the number of tech bros / trustafarian hipsters willing to pay off an exorbitant amount of money / wait an exorbitant amount of time just to be capable to mark off in on whatever the new Foursquare is and post a hard hashtagged photo of whatever the new Instagram is ? Order a barrel - aged Negroni for the not - derisory - for - San Francisco cost of $ 14 and be done with it . As Barney Stinson once had to find out the hard way , novel isnotalways well .
Austin
The Lounge, Hotel San José
In hip , hipper , and hippest Austin , where do you even begin ? Question and reply : at the lounge at Hotel San José , a zen - comparable garden courtyard with high disk jockey and Sunday wind brunches . It ’s hip without being too hip(ster ) – a bit artsy , a bit fartsy , and tucked by enough to draw in the locals and the tourists . consecrate a michelada ( made with Shiner Bock , OBVIOUSLY ) with some Jimmies dork poulet wings and hang out the Austin manner .
Minneapolis
Constantine, Hotel Ivy
Are we fond to this position because it happens to share the name of one of the greatest DC Comics character reference of all time , for which a moderately great , fairly underrated TV show was made then delete after only one time of year ( as well as a movie before it that was actually completely fucking cool , from Keanu Reeves right down to Tilda Swinton and Peter Stormare ) ? Fine , a bit , yes . Or how about because it has a freakin ' " Whiskey Chapel " ? And a mistily occultist theme . If vampires were real , they would totally hang out here .
Nashville
The 404 Kitchen, The 404
Why a hotel and restaurant inside repurposed shipping container ? Becauseit is a hotel and eating place inside repurposed transportation containers . The 404 is a five - room micro - boutique hotel with an connected eating house that shows off the possibilities and versatility of , well , living and work in a shipping container . The 404 Kitchen has an informal six - seat measure ( another way of enjoin it ’s really modest ) , and an excellent cocktail listing that boasts innovative twists on classics and an acclaimed lineup of bourbon , rare whiskey , and Scotch .
Detroit
Michael Symon’s Roast, The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit
It ’s the bar that kickstarted Detroit ’s culinary and cocktail renaissance ( and yes , that ’s a real thing ) and was the first true " see - and - be - view " spot there in a loooooooong sentence . The bar has served as something of a mixologist vocational training center , train some of Motor City ’s most talented bartenders since it opened in 2008 . The must - try drink ? The Last parole .
Louisville
Proof on Main, 21c Museum Hotel
If you get yourself at a 21c Museum Hotel anywhere in the area – like voguish Cincinnati , or glamorous Bentonville , Arkansas – just know you ’re in a good place . While we do n’t totally empathise the methodological analysis behind its location scouting , it unquestionably seems to be solve , and we ’re not complaining . At Proof on Main , you ’ll gawk at the 21c ’s collection of contemporary art as you tramp through the third house en route to the bar , then you ’ll gawp even harder at the all-embracing bourbon extract – you are in Bourbon Country , after all – and the inventive cocktail menu . Try the Missionary , the most expensive cocktail on the menu at $ 12 , or go all - in with a gun barrel - proof bourbon flight .
Washington DC
Off the Record, The Hay-Adams
In a urban center overflowing with skeletons stuffed in closets and where any variety of societal assemblage space doubles as a venue for elbow - rubbing and relentless networking , politicking , plotting , secret back - elbow room dealings … ooof , sorry , House of Cardsbinging in prep for the new time of year … anyway , it ’s courteous to be in a barroom that is knife - in - cheek about it all . It like to bill itself as Downtown DC ’s space to be " check and not heard , " which is a cunning mode of advert to all the networking , politicking , plotting , secret back - room dealings , etc . An older - school day DC bar that was once a hot spot for politicians and the diary keeper who have it away them ( hoo - son , if those walls could talk … ) , Off the Record is a top-notch - sexy outer space ( in that old - shoal DC way ) with a so - so cocktail list , worse beer list , slightly better wine tilt , and amazingly peachy Scotch listing . Therefore , this is a place where you order Scotch . Scotch Scotch Scotch .
New Orleans
The Carousel Bar, Hotel Monteleone
This is a no - brainer . New Orleans has lots and lots and lots and peck of barroom , and lots and lots and raft and good deal of hotels ( with measure ) , and so very many of them are big places to drink in – seriously some of the all - around salutary in the country . But the rotating Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone is so exceptionally iconic that it stand justthatmuch more above the rest . And when you ’re here , you must range a Sazerac , the actually IRL prescribed cocktail of New Orleans .
Philadelphia
Square 1682, Hotel Palomar
If the truffle Zea mays everta is n’t enough to sell you on the spot , perhaps the fact that it was named the routine - one bar in America byUSA Todayreaders will . Sure , it ’s possible you have dissimilar tastes from the typicalUSA Todayreader , but the publishing also managed to name Sable Kitchen & Bar in Chicago and Proof on Main in Louisville – both of which also made this list – so it ’s a pretty self-colored endorsement . An even more satisfying endorsement come courtesy of us , right here .
New York City
Top of the Standard, The Standard High Line
There is arguably no more visible , more prominent , more recognized , or more discussed adaptative reuse / urban greenspace project than the High Line in New York , a public park built on a historic freight rate line railing elevated above the street of Manhattan ’s West Side . Slap up a well - regarded dress shop hotel on one end of it with a top - floor outer space - age lounge , live jazz , dramatic views of the city , and drink damage that are not in keeping with the rest of the metropolis ( still not as speculative as Vegas , ya whiners ) , and you ’ve get yourself a must - have Manhattan experience . This might not be THE best bar in a hotel in all of New York City , but it is an prodigious New York City experience .
Portland
Clyde Common, The Ace Hotel
You get ta love a bar that has a middling robust option of absinthe . There was a push a few age back when it seemed like absinthe was going to become " a affair , " but it never really quite landed . Sure , the taste is n’t for everyone , but the rite is jolly much the coolest interactive drunkenness experience you’re able to have . So Clyde Common carries French , Swiss , and Washingtonian lad’s love – this being Portland and all , you have intercourse there ’s produce ta besomethingsemi - local – as well as a ample selection of minor - batch and single - barrel bourbons , and wheated bourbons , and cask - effectiveness bourbon , and Tennessee whiskeys , and rye whiskeys , and barrel - aged cocktail , and exclusively Oregon order of payment , and a whole separate menu of brunch cocktails that includes a brandy milk punch which you almost never see outside of New Orleans . Yeah , this is a position you need to drink .
Seattle
Six Seven Restaurant, The Edgewater
We picked this for the view . There may be better bar , and better hotel bar – or peradventure not ! Six Seven is a somewhat rattling bar in its own right , but there are absolutely no better views in the entire urban center of Seattle – OK , maybe from the Space Needle , but whatever . Thisparticular hotel is the only over - piddle and waterfront hotel in the Seattle area . That ’s it . Theonlyone . It ’s located on a pier in Elliott Bay , part of the Puget Sound , and Six Seven is a restaurant and bar with some severely jaw - drop outdoor seating . The cocktail menu is full of creative and Greco-Roman concoctions that will please any potable enthusiast , including a build - your - own mule menu , several barrel - aged cocktails , breakfast cocktails , and after - dinner cocktails . That ’s a lot of circular - the - clock cocktail . The spirits inclination is extensive and there ’s probably some beer and wine-coloured in there too , but who handle . Also , the view . Also also , this hotel has a long history of rock stock , having hosted The Beatles , The Rolling Stones , Led Zeppelin , and Kurt Cobain . The Seattle sound on the Sound – there ’s a sure verse to that , yes ? We ’ll drink to that !
Pittsburgh
Speakeasy, Omni William Penn Hotel
Speakeasy is a prohibition era - earned run average Browning automatic rifle that isactuallya proscription - era bar , dating back to the twenties ( although it was used as a storage quad for year before being restored to its former resplendence ) . Enjoy pre - Prohibition classics , Pennsylvania - inspired cocktail , and the " Signature Collins Service , " which is just like , " Yes , tableside Collinses please ! " and makes the Grey Goose bottle service at cake in , say , Las Vegas , just so … sigh .
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