Best view of...the cityscape

OTHER FAVORITES
C-View (166 E Superior St, 312-787-6000) When the 29th-floor, glass-enclosed patio at the companion bar to Marcus Samuelsson’s new seafood restaurant C-House opens in June, it’ll provide stunning views of the city’s South, East and West Sides, mod lounge furniture, a wall of lush greenery and fancy cocktails. Oh, and a Samuelsson-designed bar-food menu—because when you’re this high, you’re going to get the munchies. —David Tamarkin

Park Grill (11 N Michigan Ave, 312-521-7275) To the north: the diamond-shaped roof of the Smurfit-Stone building and the Art Deco Carbide & Carbon building. Just east: our debated, belated but beloved Millennium Park. And on Michigan Avenue, tourists trudge like drones to Bennigan’s. If only they were savvy enough to know that taking in a classic view while chomping on one of the city’s best burgers is much better than choking down a Turkey O’Toole. —Heather Shouse

NV Penthouse (116 W Hubbard St, 312-329-9960) It’s surprisingly easy to tire of this River North spot’s indoor eye candy: attractive, well-dressed people hemorrhaging cash for lackluster cocktails. However, the eighth-floor outdoor terrace, with its semiprivate bungalows, provides postcard-worthy glimpses of a Chicago skyline view that never gets old. —Jake Malooley

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