Glass Ceiling Rooftop

On our lists of the best rooftop bars and restaurants with a view in New York.

A retractable glass roof lets the light change over the course of an afternoon at this NoMad rooftop, five floors up on Broadway with the Empire State Building filling the skyline. Egg chairs stacked with pillows and blankets line an entry wall of pink flowers, and the room shifts from a daytime workspace to an evening lounge without much fuss. The kitchen runs an American fusion menu built around flatbreads, charcuterie boards and an angel hair pasta finished with parmesan and tomato, alongside a bottomless brunch on weekends. Cocktails lean sweet and citrusy, from a ginger-forward Tokyo Mule to a Malbec-based sangria with elderflower and pomegranate.