A roof with a view
They could serve Spam in the can here and I’d still come back. With a view this good, it really doesn’t matter what you eat. At Alma, it’s all about the view of southern Manhattan from the roof.
I joined friends here -- they were nibbling on sturdy Mexican food -- and accidentally figured out a peculiar system that allows you to bypass the restaurant’s Mexican-themed drink offerings, get a tasty microbrew at the b51 bar downstairs (I recommend the Sixpoint Ale), then walk it topside and enjoy it with your guacamole and fish tacos.
“It’s almost winter!” you cry?
No worries -- the roof deck is still open on the weekend and imagine it to be just as blissful watching an autumn sunset or when the snow flies.
Alma - MAP
187 Columbia Street Brooklyn, NY 11231
718.643.5400
www.almarestaurant.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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