• Me Bar

  17 W. 32nd St., 212-290-2460

  Okay, so it’s on the roof of the low-budget chain hotel La Quinta Manhattan. But once you get past the antiseptic lobby and elevator, this blessedly undiscovered rooftop boîte is the picture of romance. Wood planks and white-painted benches dotted with throw pillows are very beach-house deck, and the glowing Empire State Building looms above. Equally important, the Koreatown location is both very accessible and probably the last place your spouse will come looking for you.

From the 2006 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine