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10 Best Happy Hours in Fort Lauderdale

By Jesse Scott

Jan 23, 2025

From $5 drinks and tacos at Rocco's Tacos to half-off beer at Shooters, here are the ten best happy hours in Fort Lauderdale.

American Grill With Secret Upstairs Bar to Open in Fort Lauderdale

By Olee Fowler

Dec 30, 2024

A new American grill will open in Fort Lauderdale very soon with live music and plans to add an upstairs speakeasy in 2025.

Two South Florida Spots Named Best Mezcal Bars in U.S.

By Rachel Costa

Aug 22, 2024

Two South Florida restaurants have been named two of the best mezcal bars in the U.S. for their impressive mezcal selections.

Hidden Speakeasy in Oakland Park Is an Elegant Enclave for Cocktails

By Liz Tracy

Aug 25, 2023

A door marked "pantry" inside the lively Spanish restaurant Etapas offers guests a secret enclave where they can find expertly crafted cocktails.

West Palm Beach Hotspot Voltaire Turns One, Celebrates Through the Weekend

By Jesse Scott

Aug 24, 2018

Bands and DJs will hit the WPB spot Thursday through Sunday. Oh, and there will be no cover and free drinks, too!

The Top Five South Florida Tattoo Parlors Offering Friday the 13th Deals

By Natalya Jones and Celia Almeida

Jul 12, 2018

Although the exact origin of getting inked on Friday the 13th is unknown, it is speculated that Oliver Peck of Elm Street Tattoo in Dallas started the tradition of charging only $13 for tats on every Friday the 13th since 2001. If his name rings a bell, this is because Peck made the Guinness Book of World Records in 2008 for "Most Tattoos" drawn in 24 hours. How many did he ink, you ask? Exactly 415. We're hoping the last ones didn't come out too shaky. Here's a list of five tattoo parlors in Broward and Palm Beach counties that are keeping the tradition going strong.

Maguires Hill 16 Closing After Five Decades in Downtown Fort Lauderdale

By Chuck Strouse

Jan 4, 2017

Maguires Hill 16, Fort Lauderdale's classic Irish bar, is scheduled to close Sunday night after 50 years in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The haunt that draws hordes every St. Patrick's Day and has been home to thousands of lovers, haters, fighters, and geniuses, has been purchased by a hospitality group, owner Jim Gregory says.

Lover of All Things '90s, Le Youth Comes to Rhythm & Vine

By David Rolland

Nov 10, 2016

Give Le Youth a time machine, and it's clear where he'll go. "There was something cool about the '90s. the California-based, Ohio-born electronic musician, DJ, and producer says. "I think everyone knows what I am talking about." His bio describes his music as a "?'90s sounds refracted through a thoroughly...

Donovan, Headed for the Parker Playhouse Thursday, Gets No Respect

By David Rolland

Sep 6, 2016

When I first heard the song "Mellow Yellow" on a good time oldies station, my reaction was, "Why haven't I ever heard this before?' It was a perfect blend of pop and cool, mixing folk and psychedelia After a little digging, I learned it was by Donovan. Perusing his catalog...

Ten Best Labor Day Weekend Parties in Broward and Palm Beach

By David Rolland

Aug 30, 2016

Labor Day is the first Monday of each September. It is meant to be a tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. Somewhere along the way, though, it transformed into a weekend bidding farewell to summer through pool parties, barbecues, and...

Respectable Street Still Rules Thursday Nights

By Olivia Feldman

May 26, 2016

Eleven years ago, girls wore studded belts and tastefully ripped jeans, and guys wore trucker hats and Livestrong bracelets. Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance ruled the rock radio airwaves, and 2005 wouldn’t have been complete without “scene kids” wearing black hoodies and tight jeans. Despite the fashion changes...

Cheers Food and Spirits Is Fort Lauderdale's Best-Kept Secret

By Angel Melendez

Sep 17, 2015

The 1980s sitcom Cheers launched a tagline that, two decades after the show went off the air, is still easily recognizable in the lexicon of pop culture; a place “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” is a comforting idea for anyone who's frequented a bar or a pub with any regularity...

Hollywood Vine-nyl Society Hosts Quarterly Pop-Up Record Store in Downtown Hollywood

By Falyn Freyman

Sep 14, 2015

"Today I was a little worried because we had football and we had a Jewish holiday, but it turned out being even better than the first one," said Hollywood Vine-yl Society organizer and local music encyclopedia Steve Toth on Sunday afternoon at the second edition of a new quarterly meet-up...

Mac's Club Deuce: An Oral History

By Ryan Pfeffer and Laurie Charles

Sep 9, 2015

On September 19, 1914, Mac Klein was born — just 49 years after Robert E. Lee's army fired the last bullet of the Civil War and two months into World War I. The Ford Model T was celebrating its sixth year on the road. Miami Beach didn't exist, and neither...

Nina Las Vegas Brings Her House Party to Stache, Friday Night

By Dyllan Furness

Jul 23, 2015

It’s difficult to leave something you love behind. It's even harder when you’ve helped develop that thing and it's done the same for you. This is where Nina Agzarian — aka Nina Las Vegas — found herself in 2014 when she abdicated her position as DJ of Australia’s electronic radio...

Ten Best Local Bars in Broward and Palm Beach

By Ryan Yousefi

Jul 7, 2015

There are few things we can all agree on these days, but having a favorite local bar is one of those few things. Everyone needs that one place they know they can go have that hard-earned brew without all the fuss that comes along with those overrated-overpriced places. Sometimes you...

Snoop Dogg Is Coming to Boca, so We Made Him an Itinerary

By Ryan Pfeffer

Jun 10, 2015

On Tuesday, Snoop Dogg will drop by Boca Raton to perform at Sakred Nightclub. That's an odd pairing, Snoop and Boca. The forefather of West Coast gangsta rap and connoisseur of only the stickiest of the icky-icky will mesh with Boca about as well as Mel Gibson on spring break...

Eric and His Jazzers Impress Crowds at the Kreepy Tiki on Wednesdays

By Michelle de Carion

Jun 8, 2015

Professional trumpet player, Yamin Mustafa, can teach you how to play the trumpet in three seconds. Though that may sound crazy to you, Mustafa proves it to be true every Wednesday night at the Kreepy Tiki Lounge & Bar in Fort Lauderdale. Last week, Mustafa went up to a young...

Things Will Get Weird at Poorhouse's Clown Night This Sunday in Fort Lauderdale

By Stephen Feller

Apr 10, 2015

We’re now both six months past and six months away from Halloween. But if you happen to be in downtown Fort Lauderdale this weekend and see a bunch clowns roaming around, it’s not hallucination. They’re really there. At least, we think they will be. The Best Day Ever Clown Club...

Hollywood’s Beloved PRL Cafe Celebrates Ten Years

By Stephen Feller

Apr 10, 2015

Hollywood’s not the "underground" by any stretch of the imagination. But while Polish-born Jay Rottermund was on a month-long vacation traveling around Europe, he decided to open a bar here in Hollywood, Florida, that reminded him of the small, interesting, hole-in-the-wall bars that some squares refer to as “the underground.”...

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