Boat Show Night Out at Esplanade Park Tonight

Sure the weather looks lousy today, but the forecast calls for clearing by this afternoon, and you're going to need to bust out of the house after three full days of rain. Lucky for you, Boat Show Night Out, the official preparty for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, is...

By Laine Doss

October 19, 2011

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Sure the weather looks lousy today, but the forecast calls for clearing by this afternoon, and you're going to need to bust out of the house after three full days of rain.

Lucky for you, Boat Show Night Out, the official preparty for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, is tonight at Esplanade Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale from 6 to 10.

Enjoy live country music and DJs courtesy of KISS Country and more than 20 food trucks.

Partygoers

are invited to come by boat and tie up at the New River floating docks,

located adjacent to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

Don't have a boat? Plenty of parking is available for your four-wheeled mode of transport too.

Food

trucks serving dinner include Big Kahuna, Bite Gastrotruck, CheeseMe, Divan Bakery, the Fish Box, the Flying Saucer,

Guiseppe's Italian Sausage, Jefe's Original Fish Taco, Latin Burger, the

MexZican Gourmet, Moty's Grill, Mr. Good Stuff, Ms. Cheezious, Nacho

Bizness, Nacho Mama's, the Rolling Stove, Slow Food Truck, and Sugar

Yummy Mama.

Esplanade Park, 400 SW Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale

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Laine Doss is the food and spirits editor for Miami New Times, covering the restaurant and bar scene in South Florida. She has been featured on Cooking Channel’s Eat Street and Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race. Doss won an Alternative Weekly award for her feature on what it’s like to wait tables. In a previous life, she appeared off-Broadway and shook many a cocktail as a bartender at venues in South Florida and New York City. When she’s not writing, you can find Doss running some marathon then celebrating at the nearest watering hole.

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