One Martini, Ice Cold, With a Blanket and a Scarf
Drinking outdoors in the winter, thanks to Covid, can be painful, but bar owners are trying to make it feel like fun or at least less frigid.
Curling, anyone? Marcus at Nohu, the chef Marcus Samuelsson’s rooftop hotel bar in Weehawken, N.J., has a rink to keep customers moving in the cold.Credit.Adam Friedlander for The New York Times
By Robert Simonson
Jan. 21, 2021
In winters past, Del Pedro, an owner of Tooker Alley in Brooklyn, responded to snowfall by inviting a group of friends to drink martinis in the bar’s frigid backyard. Called the Polar Bear Martini Club, the gatherings were a wry gesture of hearty determination tossed into the teeth of inclement weather.