What's more intoxicating than the pulse of the city at night? Having a drink in your hand while you watch it all go by. Here are some top places to drink it all in:
• Savor some gnocchi and Montepulciano under the grapevine trellises at Acqua Santa
• Pretend you were born on the bayou as you listen to The Clash at Trout (102 Smith St., Brooklyn; 718-935-1294)
• Build a sandcastle (and a buzz) at L.I.C.'s makeshift Harry's at Water Taxi Beach
• Sit under the sparkling lights and twinkling stars in Union Square's Luna Park (212-475-8464)
• Don your vintage duds, $400 heels and air of hipster disinterest at the leafy rooftop refuge of The Delancey