City Hall Bar (Social Lobby)

If people-watching is on your LinkedIn profile as a skill, then the bar at the center of the historical Adolphus Hotel is your Huckleberry. There’s a treasure chest of options at this iconic downtown hotel, including the Rodeo Bar, The French Room and City Hall Bistro, all great spots on their own. But at the center of it all, past the dual fireplaces in the lobby, is a marble-topped bar surrounded in old money wood walls. There’s also a large communal table to relax or go sink into a couch in front of one of the fireplaces. Soak in the early-20th-century craftsmanship, which was a “passion project” of Anheuser-Busch cofounder Adolphus Busch. Sip a 1912 old fashioned and watch people stumble into and out of the elevators.