This beer garden has been in action for the past 2 years. Supposedly the Guinness has been checked on by a beer specialist and the eats are cheap and tend towards the … Irish. Oh yeah, and there's also a 1,500 sq. ft year-round patio for drinking your face off.[link]

The Park in Chelsea boasts a year-round 4,000 sq. ft garden decked out with trees, vines, tin deer, bird feeders and gnomes (!), but this ain't your small town-neighbor's … lawn ornament-strewn yard. Try the ginger fizz or cucumber margarita and remember to come back when it's actually warm![link]

A calm respite from the clubs in the Meatpacking District? Paradou serves up provencal dishes and champagne brunches on tables made out of wine crates in their "hidden" … garden, and as a bonus, host a regular "Dirty Bingo" night.[link]

If you haven't heard about The Delancey's rooftop bar, well, where have you been?!? It is now "fully heated," and I'm glad they make that distinction as opposed to those … bars, such as Pete's Candy Store, that, yes, have heaters but are nowhere near to being FULLY heated. N.B.: it is also FULLY crowded.[link]

Go for the ambiance, the hookah bar, and the covered heated patio, but do not go for the food: the menu, with fettuccine Alfredo, French onion soup, and buffalo wings, … does not quite fit the setting. But the courtyard is strikingly beautiful and lush enough to make a trip worth the mediocre eating.[link]

A penthouse lounge extends to the roof 15 stories up on top of the Dream Hotel, and while you can sit in style on white banquettes, sipping $19 cocktails and gawking at … erotic art, you will be doing so at the mercy of the elements, i.e., check on the heaters, no check on enclosure.[link]

In the words of the invaluable New York Post, August is "super intimate, super chic and super tasty", but don't trust a review with a bad case of "super" anaphora; … rather, check out critically acclaimed restaurant with rustic decor and a small menu with mostly satisfying dishes, in addition to a similarly themed garden in back, seen in this post's main pic.[link]