Nicole S.
Yelp
A neat place to sit and have drinks. You're up on a rooftop! You're above everyone, and when you look down, you can see downtown Carmel and all the people who aren't having $13 cocktails like you are. I feel like there's a metaphor here somewhere, but I'm not sure what it is.
We were starving when we visited, so we ordered the things that sounded the most filling and like they had the most calories: the "impossible" sliders (vegetarian burgers with cabbage salsa on pretzel buns) and the UP nachos (potato chips with braised pork, queso, green onion, beans, lime sour cream and tomatoes). Both of our "shareables" were really good, but we liked the nachos the best. We had never had nachos made with kettle-style chips, and we were pleasantly surprised. The chips stay really crunchy underneath all that melty cheese and pork.
They have a lot of interesting-sounding cocktails here. Lots of unusual botanical and alcoholic combinations. But I was feeling like something citrusy, so I got the Rooftop Roundabout, which is gin, grapefruit, lemon, aperol and rosemary. Delicious! It goes down easy (almost too easy), and was the perfect thing to sip while I sat outside on the rooftop and enjoyed the nearby fire pit.
By the way, they have outdoor rooftop fire pits at 3UP! They are first come, first served. We were able to snag one because we are old and eat dinner promptly at 4 p.m. There was only other couple there when we were there, and they were old too, so us old people got first dibs on the rooftop fire pits. Yay for eating early!
One interesting thing about 3UP is their restrooms. They have gender neutral toilets, and they also have a communal sink where you wash your hands. Me and some dude exited our respective restroom stall at the same time, and then we both met and washed our hands at the same sink. It was a little weird, but I guess I'm down with it.