"The iconic 30-foot-wide mural of Old King Cole is the main attraction at the St. Regis hotel bar, but there's also excellent free snack mix, top-tier people-watching, and a surprisingly welcoming atmosphere of fur coats and generational wealth. The Bloody Mary was supposedly invented here, and they make a good one—lightly spicy, smooth, and boozy." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, sonal shah, tiffany yannetta