You’re starting to believe in summer. So much so that you just put your “patio hours” on your business cards. We understand. So our crack team of UD Labs technicians has been busy finding the optimal seats and the perfect times for you to soak up as many rays as possible at some of the city’s prime drinkeries. Bronze responsibly.
The Hot Minute: 11:12am, with the sun at 136°.
The Hot Seat: Just pick a seat, any seat. It’s all non-obscured, unadulterated vitamin D
on the water.
The Hotness: Bikini brunches on 10,000 square feet of good old-fashioned, trucked-in sandy
beach looking out at the Brooklyn Bridge from a white couch. Plus: beer.
The Hot Minute: 1:02pm, with the sun at 182°.
The Hot Seat: Straight through the lobby, through the large glass door on the right. Climb
the stairs to the patio and grab the first stone-slab communal table you see.
The Hotness: Attractive art lovers feasting on Oaxacan lobster and cognac-pear cocktails.
The Hot Minute: 1:50pm, with the sun at 180°.
The Hot Seat: Beeline for the back-right patio booth. If you’re facing a mural of a clown
child, you’re golden.
The Hotness: Conceptual bespoke refreshment at every turn. You’ve always wanted to turn
your favorite haiku into a gin cocktail.
The Hot Minute: 2:08pm, with the sun at 210°.
The Hot Seat: Find the back-middle table under the tent. Sit down. Next: pure
glow-basking.
The Hotness: German brews, hanging gardens and burly picnic tables, all baked to an even
tan. And don’t even get us started on the Kartoffelklößen.
The Hot Minute: 4:18pm, with the sun at 247°.
The Hot Seat: The action is along Avenue C, but the sun is at the last table along the 7th
Street sidewalk.
The Hotness: East Village people-watching at its finest over hard-clinked liters of German
beer and apple strudel.
