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Restaurants with a View

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Restaurants with a View
Photo of Sixteen Restaurant, Chicago

Sixteen Restaurant, Chicago

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For a special meal, you don't only want great food -- you want a restaurant with a view. From the White House to the Wrigley Building, from Boston Harbor to Alcatraz, here are restaurants that deliver.

Chicago View: The Wrigley Clock Tower, the Chicago River, Lake Michigan.

  • Try Sixteen at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago. 401 North Wabash Street, Chicago, pictured above. Contemporary American food cuisine.

    Washington D.C. View: The White House and Lafayette Square

  • Book a table at The Lafayette at the Hay-Adams Hotel, Sixteenth & H Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. Contemporary American with Asian and Italian influences.
  • You'll have a good chance of spotting politicians and DC power brokers at The Oval Room.
  • Read about other DC restaurants with a view.


  • New York City View:The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.

  • Head to Morrell Wine Bar & Café, One Rockefeller Center, New York City, for sophisticated wine bar fare and a ground-floor view of the tree from mid-November to early January.
  • More restaurants with a view in world cities, including New York.

  • San Francisco View: The Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, and the city skyline.

  • Head to the Top of the Mark at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. One Nob Hill, San Francisco. Breakfast, brunch and cocktails (PDF).

  • Boston View: 365 degrees of Boston, including the city skyline, harbor and fading out towards New Hampshire.

  • Try The Top of the Hub, Prudential Center, Boston. Contemporary American with an accent on New England seafood.
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