Email Author Tara Nieuwesteeg

2010 Stories by Tara Nieuwesteeg

• Epica's Symphonic Metal Coming to Culture Room

  published December 9, 2010

  Epica is not to be taken lightly. Yes, the Dutch symphonic metal band features string instrumentals and choral scores juxtaposed with mad-crazy... More >>

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  The Swingers' Den at Trapeze

  published November 4, 2010

  Clad in a black bra that barely concealed her astonishing rack, the woman carried drinks over to her husband, a lanky gent with graying hair... More >>

• Having a Gay Old Time

  published July 15, 2010

  This week, join me as I take a trip into the most classic gay bars in Wilton Manors. These are two tried-and-true exemplary specimens of... More >>

• Tim Finnegan's in Delray Beach Is a Real Irish Pub; Duffy's in Deerfield Is a Corporate Wonderworld

  published July 1, 2010

    Gentle reader, I have downed many Guinnesses and feigned (terrible) Irish accents on many occasions. I've sat at dark-wood bars... More >>

• The Green Room in Fort Lauderdale: a Club Inside a Club at America's Backyard 

  published June 24, 2010

  I'd been wandering around America's Backyard for a while. I was misdirected twice by bartenders and nearly knocked out by some unwieldy dancing... More >>

• Boca Has Dive Bars Too!

  published June 17, 2010

  What do you do in Boca after all the frozen-yogurt shops have closed? And more specifically, where do you go if you just want to kick back,... More >>

• Review: Hollywood Bars Octopus's Garden and Mickey Byrne's

  published May 27, 2010

  Hollywood Boulevard boasts about a thousand little cafés, supercute boutiques, and squeaky clean bar/restaurants. But where do the... More >>

• Fort Lauderdale's Indie Performance Space the Bubble Lives Up to Its Reputation

  published May 20, 2010

  If there's anything that I don't like giving, it's validation to other writers. This is because most of them are trendy hipsters who refer to... More >>

• Greenbrier Restaurant and American Rock Bar: Where Raucousness and Partial Nudity Prevail

  published May 13, 2010

  What does it mean to be American, if not celebrating good music, cheap booze, and scantily clad ladies? This week, I journeyed north to... More >>

• Straight-Friendly Wilton Manors: Naked Grape Wine Bar and Red's Bar

  published May 6, 2010

  Sometimes Wilton Manors bars get a bit of a reputation as packed, low-lit meat markets where dancing, shirtless men slap skin and sip bitch... More >>

• Never Underestimate the Power of Rod Stewart — or His Impersonator

  published April 29, 2010

  As we walked through the parking lot of Sullivan's — past a Corvette with a vanity license plate (JAK POT) — I glimpsed a flash of... More >>

• Coheed and Cambria's Melodies Glisten Behind Metal's Dark Cloud

  published April 22, 2010

  Coheed and Cambria is known for its emotional, narrative-driven lyrics, little-girl-on-helium vocals, and rip-roaring '80s-metal-style guitar... More >>

• Some of Broward's Best Bartenders Are at Café Maxx, Cancun Bar, and City Pub

  published April 22, 2010

  A bar is only as good as its bartenders. And while most can make a mean drink, an elite few can make your bar experience truly magical. Here's... More >>

• Music, Booze Reign Supreme at Havana Hideout Cigar Garden/Bar and Brogues on the Avenue

  published March 25, 2010

  English composer Frederick Delius once said, "Music is an outburst of the soul." Most of my "outbursts" are alcohol-induced tantrums... More >>

• Rosie's, Funky Buddha, and Antea Among Our Happiest Bars

  published March 18, 2010

  When the weather is shitty, your boss is pissed, your dog dies, and no one seems to understand, there's only one thing to do: Stop being a... More >>

• Still Wrecked

  published March 11, 2010

  On a melancholy Friday evening in May 2009, glasses were clinked and rum was swallowed as South Florida bid its most legendary bar a fond... More >>

• Staggering in the Realm of Fights and Fondling at Beach Bars

  published March 4, 2010

  There are some places where spring break never ends. People there will always be dancing and drinking till they publicly pass out. There will... More >>

• The Manor in Wilton Manors Is Anything You Want It to Be

  published February 18, 2010

  I like my nightspots to feature partial nudity, enough bitch martinis to drown a sorority, thumpin' bass, tit-grabbing, dirty grinding, liquor... More >>

• Swigging and Swilling From Bar to Bar in Oakland Park

  published January 28, 2010

  Shooters Waterfront Cafe: "I thought you were really... different. That was the first thing about you that really caught my attention,"... More >>

• Coeds and Cocktails

  published January 7, 2010

  For those of you who are like me and wish you could remember your college days better but all the alcohol-poisoned brain cells make that next... More >>