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 to impossible, several SoFla bars will help you recapture those memories of empty wine coolers, trash-can punch, and walks of shame (and hopefully a…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. The Isle Casino & Racing in Pompano proved a good place to erase a bad day. After sampling $1 happy hour specials at the bar inside the casino, my friend Beard and I made our…
The Isle of Casino Racing, located in Pompano Park, is like Disney World for degenerate adults, myself included. Seriously, you lose entertainment- and booze-filled hours in a casino and walk out to find it’s already dark (or light, whichever the case may be). So when my buddy Beard was having…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. The Isle Casino & Racing in Pompano has its own universe of bars and restaurants to explore — and if you’re dressed well enough, you can hit all of them. When my friend Beard and…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. The Isle Casino & Racing in Pompano is seriously like Disney World for degenerate adults. Seriously, you lose entertainment-and-booze filled hours in a casino and walk out to find it’s already dark (or light, whichever…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. Tryst4 E. Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach 561-921-0201 The halls of Tryst had been more than significantly decked. The tree in the back patio dining area was full of lights; inside, poles had been wound with…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. The Bull Bar 2 E. Atlantic Ave.Delray Beach 561-274-8001, thebullbar.comAcross from the Bull Bar was a park with an “ice skating rink” and a giant Christmas tree all decked out in blue, purple, red, and…
Night Watch is a regular column about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. Downtown Delray was awash with Christmas lights. They were crawling up tree trunks and stretching across storefront windows; they dangled from awnings and snaked around wreaths at every art gallery, pet salon, clothing boutique, and…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg. Porterhouse Bar & Grill201 SW 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale 954-522-1253 There are very few locations on Himmarshee Street acceptable to bring a date that you still have to impress (i.e., haven’t yet slept with). But…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg.Trina Restaurant and Lounge 601 N Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale 954-567-8070; trinarestaurantandlounge.comTrina, the Atlantic Hotel’s classy oceanfront bar, is decorated with abstract art, dark wood furniture, small round tables, retro-chrome chairs, and plush outdoor…
If love makes the world go ’round, alcohol makes love a little easier to find. That’s why, this week, I’ve selected a few great places you can go to have ultimate success in liquoring up (and scoring with) a hot date. Consider this your Christmas present — from my home…
Night Watch is a regular feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg.Mai-Kai 3599 N Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale 954-563-3272; maikai.com If love makes the world go ’round, alcohol makes love a little easier to find. That’s why, this week, I’ve selected a few great places you can…
Locals will tell you it’s a little-known hot spot. The Commercial Boulevard pier area in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea boasts a strip of high-quality dining establishments, gift stores, and, my favorite destination of all, boozin’ joints. The whole walking district has a supercool, ultrarelaxed vibe; the perfect smattering of savvy tourists (the ones…
It was in the low 70s — breezy but pleasant — as my wingman and I walked up starry Hollywood Boulevard. The air was crisp, and the street was alive with the clicking of high heels, the kind of loud talking that alcohol consumption causes, the crackling of different languages,…
Night Watch is a regularly-occurring feature about bars and clubs by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg.When we walked in to the Whiskey Tango All American Bar and Grill (1903 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood Call 954-925-2555 or visit whiskeytangofl.com), we were assaulted by the sounds of an atrocious cover band playing “Summer of…
Night Watch is a regularly-occurring feature about bars and clubs, written by nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg.This week, I bar-hopped in Hollywood and stumbled into the PRL Euro Café (1904 A Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood. Call 954-980-8945 or visit prlcafe.com). PRL is a narrow venue with a few chairs at the front…
Night Watch is a regularly occurring bar review with nightlife columnist Tara Nieuwesteeg.Liquor is a cruel, messy mistress, and she doesn’t love me. The last time I saw her, she left me with a hangover that lasted for three days. So, as I do every time she leaves me aching,…
Liquor is a cruel, messy mistress, and she doesn’t love me. The last time I saw her, she left me with a hangover that lasted for three days. So, as I do every time she leaves me aching, I swore her off. It won’t last, of course — but it…
Night Watch is a regularly-occurring feature by Broward/Palm Beach nightlife columnist Tara NieuwesteegThe sign for the Village Well glowed through the darkened shopping plaza like a beckoning blue promise of beer and all that is good and pure in the world. The smoky, rectangular room was homey but still classy;…
Night Watch is a regularly-occurring feature by Broward/Palm Beach nightlife columnist Tara NieuwesteegOn a recent evening in advance of the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, I decided to check out bars near the 17th Street Causeway, and ended up at the yachtie mecca, Southport Raw Bar. It’s a 1960s-style, let-it-all-hang-out…
Note: Night Watch is a regularly-occuring feature by Broward/Palm Beach nightlife columnist Tara NieuwesteegYou’ve got to love Fort Lauderdale: where stilletoed women drink directly from the beer tap, where “happy hours” last eight-hours, and where the geriatrics can put ’em away with the best of them. During a single outing,…
You’ve got to love Fort Lauderdale, where stilletoed women drink directly from the beer tap, where “happy hours” last eight hours, and where the geriatrics can put ’em away with the best of them. During a single outing, I can rest my happy bar-hopping self at a classy hotel bar,…
