The Bar/Lounge at The Lucerne Hotel

"This beautifully restored 1904 brownstone, with its extravagant Baroque terracotta entrance, charming rooms and accommodating staff, is just a block from the Museum of Natural History and close to the liveliest stretches of Broadway and Columbus Avenue"

"But if you don't want to dine there, you can sample some of the neighborhood food at nearby Zabar's or H&H Bagels"

"This unusual 1903 structure breaks away from beaux arts in favor of the baroque with an ornately carved, terra-cotta-colored facade"

"Rates include Continental breakfast, and don’t miss the live jazz and blues in the stylish bar and grill"

"The bar draws plenty of regulars with its jazz"

"Stock up on sandwiches and coffee at famed deli Zabar’s, pick up a delectable lobster roll from Luke’s Lobster, and have a romantic rendezvous at the The Tangled Vine, a candlelit wine bar – all are just two blocks away Less than half a mile from the Hudson River on the west side (lunch at the Boat Basin Café, an alfresco restaurant open during warmer months, comes with great river views), the hotel is also just minutes from Central Park and the American Museum of Natural History, the largest of its kind in the world and home to some of the most spectacular dinosaur skeletons ever found"