A Vintage East River Lounge
The Delegates Lounge at the United Nations gets The New York Times T Magazine’snumber one East River recommendation. A private smoker’s bar to this day, it offers stiff drinks and stunning river views from a canted panoramic window. The bar and lounge, musty and well worn, still reek of past style and power. It’s the sort of place where, in the ‘70s, the chic modernist furniture would have sat the likes of Princess Bagaaya of Uganda flanked by her spear-wielding bodyguards while taking a break from her ambassadorial duties. At the time, it was open to the public at happy hour, but these days your best bet of getting in is to work for an N.G.O. — or to date a U.N. official.
