Roxy’s Pub 309 Clematis St. West Palm Beach 561-296-7699 The coaster under my Rogue Dead Guy Ale reads “Roxy’s, licensed in 1933.” That’s the year Prohibition ended. Clematis Street was not the original home of Roxy’s Pub. That was a little spot on Okeechobee Boulevard and Dixie Highway. As the…

The Back Room Blues Bar 7200 N. Dixie Hwy. Boca Raton 561-988-8929 Imagine North Dixie Highway as the Yellow Brick Road. You’re Dorothy, and you’re looking to get to where people lived and died by their music. Where each note bled straight from the soul. Where blues travelers still roamed…

Sauer Apple Saloon 814 Harrison St. Hollywood 954-929-0755 This isn’t your father’s downtown Hollywood, buddy boy. The streets are spiffy. The boutiques and eateries have gotten makeovers. And the bars — oh-ho, the bars — they have no reason to envy the smug party scene of South Beach. Anchoring this…

The Lion & Eagle English Pub 2401 N. Federal Hwy. Boca Raton 561-447-7707 Irish pubs, British pubs, German brew houses — many places bill themselves as heirs to some distant, drink-happy culture. Few places deliver the sights, sounds, and tastes of the originals. Lion & Eagle English Pub, however, is…

All Stars Sports Bar 2440 State Rd. 84 Fort Lauderdale 954-734-2424 The doors opened and CBS commentators Rich Gannon and Kevin Harlan’s voices washed over the left side of my brain like a tall glass of cold Amber Boch. It’s like I died and went to sports-watching heaven. Unfortunately, even…

Beer Barn Lounge 4223 SW 64th Ave. Davie 954-583-7151 The building, which looks like the architectural love child of a tool shed and a barn house, stands barely upright on a patch of dry grass and old concrete. The Beer Barn Lounge shares the structure with its sister liquor store…

Jesse’s Xtreme Sports Bar 5442 W. Atlantic Blvd. Margate 954-917-2855 Week 16 marked an extremely depressing end to an abysmal Dolphins season. Realizing the severity of the situation, I found it fitting to absorb the season finale at Jesse’s Xtreme Sports Bar; you’ll recognize the sign by the little cartoon…

A1A Dive Bar 3233 N. Ocean Blvd. Fort Lauderdale 954-565-9264 Navigate up A1A — past all the cars with Canadian plates, past all the tiny resorts and minihotels, past the part of Fort Lauderdale most of us townies don’t usually see — and discover the Dive Bar. By the name…

Bill’s Filling Station 2209 Wilton Dr. Wilton Manors 954-567-5978 Wednesday marks the midway point of the workweek. It usually marks ladies night too. But this is a good ol’ boys bar. At Bill’s Filling Station (by far one of the coolest bar names I’ve come across), you won’t see any…

Ganey’s 2301 W. Sample Rd. Deerfield Beach 954-974-0251 The indoor waterfall in Ganey’s in Deerfield Beach is the perfect backdrop to my double Johnny Walker on the rocks. Then again, so is the marble top and everything else in plain sight. You see, Ganey’s is almost perfect in terms of…

Cagney’s Bar 5983 S. University Dr. Davie, FL 33328 954-680-9578 You’ll probably miss the sign as you drive past Cagney’s on Stirling Road. I did. Many times. And I live a few blocks down the street. What you won’t miss is the dozen or so hogs, choppers, or whatever they…

Duck Soup 3809 Powerline Rd. Fort Lauderdale 954-561-9134 From the road you’ll read “Soup” in big, bubbly, yellow and orange letters, but the name is Duck Soup, as in the 1933 Marx Brothers classic. Don’t mention that, though. No one’ll know what the hell you’re talking about. The light on…

Kevro’s Art Bar 166 SE Second Ave. Delray Beach 561-ART-WORK Kevro’s Art Bar is a place “created by artists, for the artist in you,” which means instead of getting drunk while shaking your ass to Britney Spears (gimme, gimme more), you’ll probably be engaged in deep discussions on the importance…

Swig Bartini 1744 Main St. Weston 954-349-2102 On the corner of the Disney-like maze of uniformity that is Weston’s — er — downtown district, stands Swig Bartini. If you’re in the neighborhood already, you probably won’t have a problem with the $5 cover charge ($10 on special occasions), and you’re…

Cloud 9 Lounge7126 Stirling Rd.DavieYou can learn a lot about women at Cloud 9 Lounge, a local’s bar in Davie where on many nights the majority of the patrons are lesbians. Cloud 9, with its many faces, can act like a dive bar one night, then put on its dancing…

Boston’s on the Beach40 S. Ocean Blvd.Delray Beach561-278-3364To celebrate the second World Series championship for everyone’s lovable losers, I visited a place whose name says it all: Boston’s on the Beach. The smell of victory, I learned as the Boston Red Sox smashed their Louisville Sluggers into the hopes of…

Tipperary Pub 1540 SE Third Ct.Deerfield Beach954-421-9769The combination of a hot, greasy, delicious breakfast and lots and lots of alcohol usually goes like this: You drink lots and lots of alcohol until the sun comes up, then you hop over to the nearest IHOP for a hot, greasy, almost-delicious breakfast…

Locos por Juana (Crazy About Jane) is one of those bands that make us music-writer types appreciate what we do. These guys are not about money. Or fame. They speak of music the way poets speak of life. Seven years ago, nine Miami kids were drawn together by a common…

3770 NE Third Ave. Pompano Beach954-781-6209It ain’t pretty. It smells like smoke. No one dances. But damn it, it feels like home. At closing time at Dr. Philgoods, we’re all too attached to our own little corners, to our drinks, to our conversations, to leave until they kick us out…

Himmarshee/Side Bar 210 SW Second St. Fort Lauderdale 954-524-1818 The plan this week was to find a trashy, dirty place to wash off the sexy, pretty residue left behind by VooDoo Lounge. I wanted grimy and drunk, but I had company this week, and my needs took a back seat…