Searching for intelligent nightlife at the airport? Try this architecturally important restaurant and bar with great views of airport comings and goings.

Decked out like "The Jetsons" on acid, the flying saucer-shaped monument Encounter fuses campy and cool with lava lamps and soda dispensers that sound like ray guns. The food is overpriced and not all that inspired, but that's not really what drives this Encounter. It's about playing air-traffic controller while watching planes zoom by, lubricating the imminent meeting of the in-laws with a stiff martini, and feeling like a lost member of the B-52s.