Dada Restaurant and Lounge is dark — mysterious, even. Its shell, a renovated Jazz Age home, is an appropriate house for this random collection of art, food, alcohol, and music. Inside the old house/restaurant/bar/lounge, you’ll see Dadaist paintings and near-pitch-black corridors and rooms, each as mysterious as the last. The…
Every week, it seems, fewer people are getting out. You can blame the economy or the gas prices, but you can’t blame Porterhouse Bar and Grill. Porterhouse, the Riverwalk cornerstone at Himmarshee and SW Second Street, brings you DJ Ed Whitty and the band Friction every week without ever charging…
Sugar Lounge is about as big as your bedroom, but it has all the charm of an Ikea commercial. Silky curtains and velvety couches show off the violet light installations. It’s a sexy effect that goes down better with a vodka tonic than an icy pint. This isn’t a beer…
In Dania, hidden behind a tree, is a portal to rural Irish life – at least the way I’ve always imagined it. It’s Tuesday afternoon, and that’s a good enough reason to celebrate. It’s also reason enough to drink, so the entire town has poured into this quaint public house…
Back in the day, the address 1903 Hollywood meant O’Hara’s – a constant blend of jazz and blues brewed for nearly 15 years. Today, the new Mix Ultra Lounge did away with O’Hara’s Americana- and New Orleans-inspired décor. Mix is well-dressed, glowing in purple and red. A brick industrial grit…
The smooth jazz sets the tone. The bartenders keep their distance, approaching only when called. And the wine is taste-tested before it’s added to the list. It’s little things like this that make the Grape Merchant a necessary stop if not the perfect spot for date night. If you know…
At Sports Rock Lounge, you get more than you’d expect from your neighborhood dive. Here, you get free pool, dirt-cheap alcohol, and animated conversation about topics ranging from the Second Amendment to women’s role in society — though you won’t exactly hear it put in those terms. You also get…
Alonzo Mourning is a man of many trades. He rebounds, he blocks shots, and he flexes his muscles with more passion than Adonis in front of a full-body mirror. But it’s Zo’s legacy off the court that makes him a Renaissance man. He has survived a kidney transplant, he has…
On weekends, after the dinner crowd goes home to sleep off the food coma, Tequila Ranch gets clubby. The tables are pushed away, and the dance floor emerges. It wraps around Tequila Ranch’s most popular attraction, the mechanical bull. And there I am. It’s 2 (or 3) in the morning,…
Coffee District has the neighborhood Starbuck’s by the tea bags. To complement the District’s constant flow of coffee, it’s got a roomy floor plan, enough alcohol to sedate even the perkiest barista, and a stage that is regularly furnished with a stock of local musicians and poets. The art district…
In the northwest corner of South Africa, the Kalahari is a small patch of dry rock and red sand where meerkats roam and thirst is part of the landscape. On the corner of 20th Avenue — a hair east of Federal Highway, between Commercial and Oakland Park on 45th Street…
You might not have heard, but Texas Rose Saloon is home to a little cover band called Shadow Creek (2008 Best Of country band). They take the tiny triangular stage in the corner every Thursday. The rest of the week, this quaint little place known around these parts as the…
Shipwrecked has a full bar, a raw bar, and a perpetual supply of $1 drafts. OK, so they’re only ten-ounce glasses, but even on a New Times budget, that’s just enough beer to help suck down a very slimy, very slippery bivalve mollusk. That’s an oyster, in case you’re wondering. Here…
School’s out, but this college crowd is going nowhere. It could be the gas prices, but from the looks of it, it’s the need to consort with schoolmates that keeps these collegians at the Bull Bar. The name pays homage to the bull dolphin — you’ll know it by the…
The Stained Glass Pub has been cooking up a calypso-inspired groove since 1972. The Dutch-style bungalow now sports green, red, and blue side panels — symbols of the ever-cheery outlook here (especially during happy hour). This is a happy place and any attempt to upset that will be met with a…
There’s a Super Target, an Office Depot, and a GameSpot. And myriad other chain stores and fast food eateries in this colossal shopping center, which anchors the flatlands that bring Cooper City, Hollywood, and Davie together. Drowning, almost entirely obscured if not for an LED text scroller making lots of…
In the club culture of Las Olas Riverfront, among the booze and the miniskirts, you’ll find a wholly different atmosphere at Atmosphere Lounge. The Lounge is best known for its espresso, but the wine, beer, and live entertainment make this a sleeper destination for weekend night dwellers. Coffee shops that…
Yeah, it’s got a silly name. And the concept makes you think of Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan head bobbing at the end of A Night at the Roxbury. But as the weather gets warmer and the clothes get smaller, a nightclub that models itself after a neighborhood cookout is…
It’s all about perspective at Harrison’s Wine Bar: It’s either a small place, or an intimate setting. The people are either (how do I say this without pissing off the PC police?) older, or they’re mature. The brunet in the low-cut blouse and her date are either discussing your excellent…
Beirbrunnen Pub 425 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-462-1008 Bierbrunnen means “beer well.” And when you’re talking beer, well, you’re probably speaking Deutsch. No, you’re not under the bridge in one of Berlin’s famed pub crawlers. You’re a 30-second walk from Fort Lauderdale’s beaches, and you’re…
Geronimo’s 3528 S. University Dr. Davie 954-474-9998 It’s not uncommon to find Geronimo’s packed at the end of the workweek. You’ll find the same crowd during happy hour as you’ll find stumbling out at 2 in the morning. Geronimo’s is one of those rare neighborhood bars whose regulars aren’t crusty,…
O’Malley’s Sports Bar 1388 N. State Rd. 7 Margate 954-979-8540 O’man, O’Malley’s is fucking nuts. I mean, what goes better with a frosty glass of Heiney than a comfortable stool? Poker? Check. Pool? Check. NBA on a big-ass telly? Check, mate. (That thing could play center for the Phoenix Suns…
