Whiskey Blue at W Fort Lauderdale Hotel

A ritzy alternative to the beach-bum bars at Beach Place and farther along A1A, the W Hotel’s Whiskey Blue boasts a sultry décor: Low, blue lights artfully drip from the ceiling, and a muted yellow glows behind the liquor on the shelf at the horseshoe bar. The bar shape is mimicked by the half-circle, black […]

Wild Sea Las Olas

Inside one of the oldest buildings on Las Olas, the Riverside Hotel, a fresh restaurant and a young chef are breathing new life into the tourist-trap-lined boulevard. The 130-seat Wild Sea Oyster Bar replaced the hotel’s Grill Room in March 2013. Chef de cuisine Jon Sanchez, who previously worked for Thomas Keller, sources the best […]

Wine Watch

Living in a town packed with chain wine megastores like ABC Wine & Spirits and Total Wine had winos thirsting for a proper wine shop. Enter Wine Watch. If there is one thing proprietor Andrew has, it’s a palette for vino. Like wine aficionados the world over, his prospective is of a taster, not a […]

Wreck Bar

Steps away from the sand, inside Fort Lauderdale’s Yankee Clipper Hotel lurks a passageway into the underwater world of magical mermaids. Once inside the Wreck Bar, you’ll forget that you just walked through a hotel lobby. Dripping in nautical garb, the room is lined in fishtanks, and a bit reminiscent of the once popular theme-park […]

Xtreme Indoor Karting

If it’s got XTreme in the name, you can pretty much bet it’s gonna be good. And at Xtreme Indoor Karting, anyone with a need for speed can race around the 90,000-square-foot complex in agile little vehicles designed to zip, zoom and haul ass. There’s a results board, a bar, Nascar simulators, a pro shop, […]

Ye Olde Falcon Pub

Sometimes, British-themed pubs exist primarily for drinking and listening to live music, not so much for the dining experience. Olde Falcon isn’t one of those, even though their 50-odd strong draft beer list is the main draw. On one hand, the Falcon Pub is stereotypical: dark-wood-paneled interior, sports on the TVs. The music is cranked […]

Yellow Green Farmers Market

This massive open-air market is flea market/ food mall/ farmers market where you’re as likely to find socks as spinach. Though where produce is from and whether it’s organic is anybody’s guess, the selection of native and exotic goods is a feast for gawkers. There are 300 stalls in a 100,000-square-foot facility. Homemade olive oils, […]

YOLO Restaurant and O Lounge

YOLO stands for You Only Live Once, which is probably the owners’ way of saying, “Spend money and have another cocktail.” Kidding aside, YOLO is run by a group of Broward County power peeps who know how to run a solid business — the same guys who brought you Tarpon Bend, Himmarshee Bar & Grill, […]

Young at Art Museum

Art, when presented in the right way, can be utterly inspirational. And Young at Art seeks to fuel that creative fire and awaken the inner artist in every youngster that walks through its doors. This Davie kids museum is all about imagination, education and discovery in the form of 55,000-square-feet of interactive fun. They host […]