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Summer’s favorite sip now has an entire menu built around it. The
in The Gallery section of the Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza) can be booked on select nights in July. And the views of the Empire State Building and more from 65 floors above Rockefeller Center isn’t even the highlight here. Besides the expected rosé cocktails, rosé ciders and simple glasses of the wine, there’s an exciting lineup of rosé-inspired food specials. Try The Frisky Oyster (market price), six raw oysters topped with rosé granita, candied grapefruit and pink peppercorn. Desserts include the Champagne donut bouquet (above, r.), topped with Champagne icing and gold dust and served with rosé sorbet and a mountain of cotton candy ($15). The pop-up is offered on these nights only: July 21, 24 and 28, by calling (212) 632-5000 for reservations.
The Summer of Love is now an ice cream flavor. To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 social phenomenon — which saw about 100,000 hippies flock to San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood — mini-cupcake company
has teamed up with for a limited-time treat. The flavor blends pieces of Melissa’s tie-dye cupcakes into it Ample Hills’ sweet cream ice cream. It’s available by the scoop at Ample Hills locations (amplehills.com) and in half-pints ($5.50) at Baked by Melissa stores in New York City (bakedbymelissa.com) through the end of summer.
It’s called and billed as a cocktail bar — but you’ll find neither drugs, nor alcohol, here. which makes drinks designed to help with sleep, clarity, energy, skin and hair, has launched this pop-up open through Labor Day at 232 Elizabeth St. in Nolita. Inspired by 1950s-style pharmacies and soda fountains, it features hand-crafted versions of current Dirty Lemon elixirs as well as new products. Elixirs ($10 each) here include the Detox, a black drink made with fresh-squeezed lemon, muddled ginger, dandelion root and activated charcoal; and the new Rose Lemonade, which is exclusive to The Drug Store and made with lemon, rose water, chamomile and orange blossom honey. the experience. Guests can either choose a custom 18-course omakase menu prepared by Chef Tatsu, with prices starting at $120 (excluding tax and tip) per person; or order a la carte, with items averaging $6-7 per piece. Choose from pieces like sea scallop, fatty tuna, sea urchin and mackerel. The menu changes daily to ensure fresh, high-quality ingredients. The tiny eatery, with an eight-seat sushi counter, will be open for dinner Monday to Saturday with seatings at 6, 7:30 and 9 p.m.; reservations are required; visit omakaseroom.nyc.