Miami's nightlife is still
unsurpassed.
Drinking
tends to take second place
to eating and partying, but
a number of friendly local
bars double as very good
live
music venues.
Reggae
is particularly strong;
Miami has a sizable Jamaican
population, and local as
well as flown-in acts appear
regularly. Miami's
clubs
- especially those
specializing in salsa or
merengue and hosted by
Spanish-speaking DJs - are
among the hippest in the
world, with most of the
action at South Beach. Door
policies are notoriously
obnoxious at current
in-spots; the places listed
below include laid-back
local haunts and some of the
hotter bars.
Friday's Miami Herald
carries full weekend
entertainment listings
; the free weekly New
Times has reliable
information on cafés and
clubs, while the free TWN
( The Weekly News )
is the key source of gay
and lesbian info .
If you want to try out
the local sports
scene, the Marlins
pro baseball team,
who won the World Series in
1997 in only their fourth
season, and the Dolphins
, Miami's pro football
team, play at the Pro Player
Stadium, sixteen miles
northwest of downtown at
2269 Dan Marino Boulevard
(box office Mon-Fri
10am-6pm; tel 305/620-2578).
Bars and live music
The Abbey Brewing Company
1115 16th St, South Beach
tel 305/538-8110. The small
yet homey spot is South
Beach's only microbrewery.
(Try the creamy Oatmeal
Stout - their best and most
popular brew.) Happy hour
Mon-Fri 1-7pm.
Churchill's...
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Clubs
B.E.D. 929 Washington Ave,
Miami Beach tel
305/532-9070. This
restaurant serves its meals
on curtained beds where
everyone lounges,
Roman-style, to try the
so-called
FrancoFloribbeAsian food:
get there early to snag one
of the beds. B.E.D.
stands...
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