Free drinks as Canadians open Rock Center roof garden
Well hello, this is a travel website about New York, so why should there be an item here plugging the Canadian Tourism Commission? Simply put, the Canucks were smart enough to choose a magnificent venue rarely open to the public: the Rockefeller Center roof garden atop the British Empire Building.
The event -- scheduled for tonight and Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. -- is open to the public and completely free, including hors d'oeuvres (including some foie gras and lobster at last night's media preview,) and whatever you want from the full bar.
You'll get eye-level with the spires of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, you can gaze across at the old Scribner's sign and other private roof gardens and look down on Fifth Avenue and the weird contraption currently covering part of Rockefeller Center's main plaza. Oh, and you can learn all about Canadian tourism, too.
The location is the seventh floor of the 620 5th Avenue building, but enter on 50th Street.
