Boardwalk

Boardwalk male dance club’s four platforms feature men in skintight briefs and boots or sneakers undulating to club versions of Top 40 mixes. The dancers range from svelte boyish men who can do dead-on “Single Ladies” impersonations to beefy dudes who can hold the room’s attention just by marching and flexing. Despite the sexual energy […]

Boatyard

Boatyard’s decidedly contemporary-American menu highlights fresh fish, wood-fired premium steaks, and fancy seafood charcuterie. Make sure to try the Bimini bread, the original restaurant’s most iconic offering: puffy blocks of sugar-sweetened, butter-bathed bread served with whipped honey butter.

Briny Irish Pub

A “traditional” Irish bar located smack dab on the corner of Sleazy Street and NE Drunk Avenue in Pompano. Really doesn’t sound like it should work, right? But the clientele that packs the Briny every night (especially Saturday night, when Rob Rage, the Briny’s own rock ‘n’ roll cover band, plays) doesn’t give a shit. […]

Brother Tuckers

Remember Friar Tuck, that rotund disciple of Robin Hood whose proselytizations involved food and booze more often than God? Well, if the goodly father had found his way from 11th-century England and somehow landed smack in the middle of Pompano Beach, he’d have quit the priesthood and opened Brother Tuckers, a saintly themed gastropub that […]

The Bubble

Founded by local promoter couple-extraordinaire Garo Gallo and Yvonne Colón, IWAN space the Bubble warehouse/gallery/music venue serves as a hub for Broward County’s creative base. Imagine concert-hall-quality acoustics, 3,000 square feet to boogie your ass off or wallflower around (this doesn’t include the giant space outside), two stages, and loads of local art littering the […]

Buccaneer Lounge & Liquor

This Pompano neighborhood bar is for storytellers. Sure, the bartender will tell you, sometimes they’re the same stories. You’ll be the thousandth ear that’s heard that Buccaneer regular, the middle-aged ex-yachtie or rabble-rouser, relate the time he got pulled over with rum and pot. Spoiler: The cop let him go — phew. But here you’re […]

Bull Bar

At the beginning (or end, depending on how you look at it) of Delray Beach’s downtown strip on Atlantic Avenue is the Bull Bar. Named after the bullhead dolphin, the tiny but extremely lively bar is one of the more laid-back spots on “the Ave.” There are no red velvet ropes, jeans are acceptable, and […]

Bull Market

Inspired by the ups and downs of the stock market, this downtown Fort Lauderdale bar is all about offering deals on drinks – that is, if you stick to the ticker. Every seven minutes, prices on the screen adjust to reflect demand on drinks. While the selection is mostly of beer (with a nice selection […]

Cafe Iguana Pines

Dining here would seem to be a completely superfluous activity (just try to find a menu online) compared to the real draw of the place: Ten bars with nearly 100 televisions; a “Media Room” beaming 8 satellite sports stations at once; big-party weekend blowouts with VIP rooms, $250 bottles of liquor and a $10 cover […]

Cafeina

One day, 23rd Street might resemble Ocean Drive, but for now, it’s a dark street on a dark block on a dark side of town. This bar and lounge, the Wynwood Café District’s first, is an oasis. The venue includes a spacious outdoor area with couches under glowstick-lit tree branches, a goth-like candlelit interior, an […]

Cagney’s Saloon

Cagney’s is a true biker bar, with plenty of spots out front to park your ride. Cruise up and refuel your gut with daily happy hours from noon to 6 p.m., because waiting until 5 o’clock for happy hour is for the weak. Check out live and loud rock bands four nights a week, or […]

Camelot

An upscale lounge dedicated to the “Camelot lifestyle,” this West Palm Beach dancehall is, as owner Rodney Mayo puts it, where the “sophisticated South Floridian” comes to party. The place is an homage to the Kennedys’ love of the ocean, sailing, and Palm Beach. Inside, the decor is yachty and preppy with framed photos of […]

Capone’s

Capone’s on Himmarshee Street in Fort Lauderdale embodies the sort of one-track-mind nightclub that either keeps you coming back for its consistency or sends you running for some place with at least a shred of personality. Things you can count on from Capone’s: DJs playing a stream of Top 40s and in-your-face dance hits and […]

Casablanca Cafe

A classy respite from the noise and hubbub at Beach Place, Casablanca Cafe sits on A1A across from Fort Lauderdale Beach in a quasi Mediterranean-style structure. You’ll know you’ve arrived because there is no other establishment as packed for at least half a mile north or south. Sure, there may be a wait, but enjoying […]

Cheers Food and Spirits

In Fort Lauderdale, bars come and go quicker than the tide rolls in, but every now and then, one opens and decades later new generations of locals are filling up the barstools, just like here at Cheers. From neon signs to pool tables and sports memorabilia, the drinking hole has all the quintessential trimmings, but […]