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The MAD Lounge & Bar features modern takes on cocktails reminiscent of the \u201950s and \u201960s, plush velvet bar stools and live jazz music weeknights. On my Friday stay, an opera singer, performing in front of the piano room\u2019s fireplace, serenaded guests of the smart cocktail den, a dimly lit space inspired by the Mad Men TV series about a 1960s New York advertising agency. I had never watched the drama, which aired from 2007 to 2015 on the AMC cable channel, but after my trip I checked out a DVD of Season 1 from the local library and now I\u2019m really into it. The show won 16 Emmys and five Golden Globes.<\/p>\n
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The hotel\u2019s Serafina Restaurant, decorated with vintage photos of New York, serves contemporary Italian cuisine and has a marble-tiled, wood-burning pizza oven. The luxurious sofas, colorful artwork, exquisite marble floor and stunning granite-and-marble bar lend a sophisticated, upscale feel. Don\u2019t miss the elaborate, European-style breakfast buffet.<\/p>\n
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Some rooms have a terrace offering views of the Empire State Buiilding.<\/p>\n
The Hotel Makes a Perfect Base for Sightseeing<\/p>\n
Helping me get into a New York state of mind, my room featured one wall papered with a sepia-tone subway map and a tiled shower wall depicting the Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n
Within walking distance of the hotel (formerly the Jolly Hotel Madison Towers) are the Empire State Building, Morgan Library & Museum, Grand Central Terminal, Fifth Avenue and Times Square.<\/p>\n
On Friday night I walked a few blocks down Madison Avenue to the Morgan Library & Museum. Housing the collection of rare books, manuscripts and art acquired by Gilded Age financier J. Pierpont Morgan, it\u2019s one of those under-the-radar places in New York that I seek out. There\u2019s always a Gutenberg Bible on display. The ornately decorated galleries and Morgan\u2019s lavishly appointed personal study are reasons enough to spend time there. I chose Friday night because it\u2019s free with advance reservations. A special exhibition of Renoir drawings, the first mounted since 1921 in Paris, was the big draw when I visited.<\/p>\n
After the Morgan, I went up to the Empire State Building\u2019s 86th-floor observation deck before it closed.<\/p>\n
The NH Collection New York Madison Avenue certainly boasts an ideal location. It\u2019s nice to be close to the action but not in the middle of it.<\/p>\n
NH Collection Hotels & Resorts is the high-end brand of Minor Hotels, which has lodgings across six continents.<\/p>\n
For information on hotels in other destinations,\u00a0subscribe to Leisure Group Travel for FREE<\/a><\/p>\nBy Randy Mink, Senior Editor<\/p>\n
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