Haute Outdoor Cocktail Spots

Rooftop bars!  In L.A. and Miami, you’ll find these trendy hot spots everywhere. It makes a happy hour or a get together more interesting, right? (…especially if the drink menu is fun and cute, and the food is good and inexpensive!) Here are some Haute spots for you to check out in your neck of the woods before it gets too cold:

POV Roof Terrace @W Hotel, 515 15th Street NW, Washington, D.C., 202 661 2478 The red velveteen banquettes at the W Hotel’s POV Roof Terrace, across from the White House, are some of the capital’s most coveted seats. Famed New York City bar owner Sasha Petraske runs POV which features classic cocktails and hand-cracked ice.

Drink of Choice: The Presbyterian

ROOF @the Wit Hotel, 201 N. State Street, Chicago, Ill., 312 239 9501 On nice summer evenings, ROOF, the 7,000-square-foot bar on theWit Hotel’s 27th floor, is packed with revelers. Guests gather around stylish fire pits to snack on yummy pizzas and sip cocktails while gazing at the Loop’s skyline below.

Drink of Choice: Sex on the Roof

Monnalisa @ Hotel Sorella CITYCENTRE, 800 West Sam Houston Parkway N Building 9 Houston, Texas, 713.973.1600 Cute, chic, and sexy, this rooftop at the City Centre is the place to be in Houston. With live music to set it off, it’s the perfect setting for after work cocktails and weekend lunch dates.

Drink of Choice: The Monnalisa

Pavilion Bar & Café @ The Market Pavilion Hotel, 225 East Bay St Charleston, South Carolina 877.440.2250 Atop the Market Pavilion Hotel, every order comes with a generous serving of downtown Charleston and its harbor. With a nice panoramic view it’s the perfect setting for a romantic evening or a prelude to a night out.  Decorative fiber-optic lights make it charming.

Drink of Choice: Skyline Martini

Sky Bar @ 31 Ocean, 3001 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, Virginia 757. 213-3019 What a way to see the ocean: on the rooftop bar that seems to float above the boardwalk. It takes full advantage of its location atop the clear railings to preserve the view and an infinity pool that appears to spill into the ocean.

Drink of Choice: Pick Your Poison

Egg nightclub 200 York Way London N7 9AP, United Kingdom 020 7609 8364 Spread out over three floors, which are both inside and outside and there’s a 24-hour license, so you’re never stuck for time to explore what’s around you. Imagine that. Time well spent in London.

Drink of Choice: Any. You’ll be too enamored with the layout to care.