Leonessa<\/a>, the new rooftop bar at the Conrad hotel in Battery Park City \u2014 it replaces the Loopy Doopy Bar \u2014 opened in April and I am sad to say I have only been able to pop over there once, but it\u2019s worth a visit. I was skeptical about the themed decor and the added walls and ceiling, but it is indeed atmospheric and still allows for weather (meaning it\u2019s now year-round). Think of it like a screened-in porch with rooftop views, and then bring your next out-of-town guests \u2014 though not if they are price-sensitive.<\/p>\n The Conrad brought in entrepreneur and impresario Ariel Arce to create the beverage program. Originally a NYC theater kid (she went to LaGuardia then Michigan for a theater degree), she toggled to hospitality during the recession and bought her first bar in 2016. She turned that into Air\u2019s Champagne Parlor on MacDougal and then opened Tokyo Record Bar in the basement. She also has Pearl Box in Soho and a caviar company called Big Pearl. The Times called her the \u201cThe Champagne Empress of Greenwich Village.\u201d<\/p>\n The cocktail menu is a \u201clove letter to Italy\u2019s rich drinking traditions,\u201d with spirits, wine, beer and soda organized into spritzes, bitters, frutte, martinis and specialty cocktails. There is no food for sale, but bar snacks are on the house \u2014 taralli, Marcona almonds, parmesan twists, tapenade. A cocktail runs between $22 and $27; a glass of wine from $20 to $30.<\/p>\n They are now open seven days and open for buy-outs Monday through Thursday. The space holds up to 70.<\/p>\n Leonessa<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Kid on the Block: Leonessa August 22, 2025 \u2022 Restaurant\/Bar News Leonessa, the new rooftop bar at…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":166368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-166367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115072225172313966","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Leonessa-7-420x298.jpg\")
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102 North End Ave.
16th floor of Conrad New York Downtown
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