Jimmy at the James: SoHo Rooftop HH

SoHo rooftop pool bar. $13 cocktails Mon to Fri 4–7pm with downtown skyline views.

Jimmy is the rooftop bar atop The James Hotel in SoHo, a pool-level terrace with some of the best downtown Manhattan skyline views available. The weekday happy hour from 4 to 7pm brings cocktails to $13, wine to $11, and beer to $8 before the evening crowd arrives. The neighborhood below from this vantage point looks exactly like what you imagined New York would look like.