The Garret at Grand Central

The Garret is a secret hideaway club within downtown indie hot-spot Grand Central. It has its own side entrance (use 7th street), and a steep flight of stairs, so watch your footwork. The bar is dark, the drinks are cold, and the intimate room hosts artists and DJs well into the early morning.

Geronimo’s Casual Gourmet Grill & Bar

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, chain-smoking curmudgeons. Young professionals and younger college students from nearby Nova, BCC, […]

Gerri’s Sports Pub

Gerri’s in Margate looks fairly small from the outside, but once you get inside, you see it’s surprisingly large. The bar is front-and-center, with darts on one wall and a pool table a bit farther away. Locals flock to this joint afternoon and night to have a few beverages and poke fun at one another. […]

Ginger Bay Cafe

Ginger Bay Café is known for its smooth Caribbean vibe, featuring tunes as spicy as the jerk chicken. With live music five nights a week, you’ve got several options to choose from. Wednesdays at the Bay is “dance hall night.” Thursdays feature soca and calypso music. Round out the weekend with reggae on Friday and […]

Grand Central

This midsize live-performance venue has a killer light show and sound system. The open warehouse-like space in downtown Miami includes a stage, plenty of dance floor, a range of seating options, and an outdoor area. Management procures buzz-worthy underground indie acts from around the world.

Green Room

The multilevel Green Room is the latest addition to the America’s Backyard/Revolution family, providing the downtown Fort Lauderdale locale with a unique nighttime hangout. Although chic in décor with white leather couches, fancy lighting systems, and Marie Antoinette-style chandeliers, the attitude is far from that of red-velvet roped-off club. An enormous dance floor fills up […]

Hard Rock Live

A 5,500-seat indoor stadium provides the perfect staging, acoustics, and ambiance for an epic evening of music on any given night at the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Casino in Hollywood. Whether it’s Lionel Richie, OneRepublic, Hall & Oates, Diana Ross, or Loretta Lynn, each act that graces the stage at Hard Rock Live […]

Hard Rock Stadium

Ahhhhh, Miami’s changeable professional sports arena extraordinaire. Currently known as Hard Rock Stadium, this 76,000-seat arena is the stadium formerly known as Joe Robbie, Pro Player, Dolphins, Land Shark, and Sun Life. This Miami Gardens landmark has hosted five Super Bowls, two World Series, countless rock stars, Wrestlemania and all kinds of other major events. […]

H.G. Roosters

There’s an easy-going kitsch permeating the vibe inside H.G. Rooster’s, and it shines throughout all the incredible activities set up seven days a week. On Sunday alone, there’s a free barbecue on the patio at 5 p.m., male dancers at 6 p.m., and karaoke at 11 p.m. There’s bingo on Mondays (affectionately named Sissy Bingo, […]

J’s Bar

High-decibel hip-hop feeds the frenzy on weekends at this friendly neighborhood watering hole. J’s boasts both pool tables and a mirror ball, and every Thursday, full-contact karaoke brigades liven up the dance floor.

JB’s on the Beach

This restaurant is the one to set up your photo at in February and mail it as a postcard to all your friends stuck in snow up North. Directly on the beach, the expansive multilevel interior offers sea views at every table, and with seating on the open-air patio, you’re at the sand’s edge. It’s […]

Johnny V Restaurant

In his decade long run as one of South Florida’s most praised practitioners of New American cuisine, Johnny Vinczencz has been nicknamed everything from “The Caribbean Cowboy” to “The Guava Gaucho,” but his food is always recognizable by familiar flavors rooted in our country’s regional cuisines — just disguised a bit with worldly-wise additions and […]