The Ride-Along Report: First Takes From Last Night’s Dinner
"What It Is: An indoor/outdoor rooftop cocktail bar in Midtown Perfect For: Drinks And A Light Bite, Outdoor/Patio Situation Magic Hour calls itself an “urban amusement park,” and if you have no idea what that means, neither did we. So we went to check it out this roof of the Moxy Hotel Times Square, and witnessed the following: a spinning carousel in the middle of the dance floor, servers carrying big bottles in one hand and sparklers in the other, and mini golf - but instead of typical obstacles like windmills and clown faces, here we had to avoid big, pink animals doing things we’re not going to talk about here. We tried some bar snacks like pork belly bao and Korean chicken wings, but this is not a place to come for food. It’s a place to buy $250 large-format cocktails served in glittering disco balls. The Verdict: If you have clients or rich cousins you want to entertain, they might think Magic Hour is great. Or they might ask you to take them somewhere without giant pink animals." - hannah albertine, bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, chris stang, matt tervooren
