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.