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A pricey N.Y. drink with a side order of calm and great views

Posted by guest October 9, 2009 08:36 AM


Across from Buddakan, we seek solace on top of Hotel Gansevoort in New York City. Fat chance. Up top, a hundred drunk kids in Prada are dancing their brains out while some dude plays drums on a bucket to accompany some loud music. Fun for another night.

We taxi north, walk through the lobby of the Hudson Hotel and get in the elevator. It lets us out on a deck halfway up the side of the building and we find a quiet nook. The city floats so calmly at our feet, it doesn’t matter that we’ve ordered another incredibly expensive and poorly-crafted drink. We’re paying for the view and the calm.

Worth every penny.


Hudson Hotel
356 West 58th St.
New York
212-554-6000
www.hudsonhotel.com

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Globe travel correspondent Joe Ray writes his own blog, Eating The Motherland and contributes to the English language version of Simon Says! the French food and lifestyle blog run by French food critic Francois Simon.


Photo by Joe Ray for The Boston Globe


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