"Ariel Arce is opening her first hotel project on April 3: a two-level rooftop bar on the 16th floor of the Conrad Downtown (102 North End Avenue, at Vesey Street), replacing the former Loopy Doopy Rooftop Bar. The Italian-leaning rooftop offers snacks such as rosemary almonds, olives, Parmesan twists, and tapenade, and follows Arce's other dressed-up watering holes like the 1970s-retro Pearl Box above her restaurant Heroes, as well as Tokyo Record Bar and Listening Room (rebranded last year after a stretch as Air’s Champagne Parlor)." - Melissa McCart