This revamp is the best restaurant in NYC for top floor dining almost as good as Windows on the World

Peak, the 101st-floor restaurant atop 30 Hudson Yards, has reached new heights.Opened by London-based Rhubarb Hospitality just before the pandemic, the eatery never quite hit its stride.Last fall, Tao Group took over as management.

After a thoughtful redesign, it reopened as Peak With Priceless at the end of May.It’s now the city’s top place to dine with a view — conjuring the spirit of Windows on the World.Nighttime reservations for window tables are already hard to come by and the festive vibe from Peak’s same-floor neighbor, Avenue Sky Lounge — a second coming of the fabled West Chelsea nightlife spot and home to a Knicks victory celebration — spills over onto the dining floor.There will never be another Windows on the World, the sprawling venue at the top of the World Trade Center north tower that was the city’s No.

1 celebration venue until its destruction on 9/11.Like millions of others, I cherish memories of festive nights there.

But its vertical windows were too narrow for full appreciation of the skyline.Peak has bigger windows, a bettter uptown location and consistently better food — not to mention free access to the 100th-floor outdoor observation deck Edge, which starts at $42 per person for non-diners.

Although Tao Group operates scenester favorites such as Tao uptown and downtown, Crane Club, Cathedrale and Beauty & Essex, Peak has none of their party-time excesses.It’s a traditional restaurant with a lively, well-chosen rock-and-disco soundtrack.  As if to emphasize Peak’s continuity with the original Peak, general manager Francesco Fazzari and many other staff are back under the Tao flag.The original David Rockwell-designed dining room was tweaked by Tao Group’s Susan Nugraha and iCrave, part of architectural firm Journey.

Velvet draperies and booths and banquettes in blue and grey have a softer look than their predecessors.Tables were repositioned to better frame the skyline from every seat.

The bar that previous...