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Entertainment in Florida

  1. Space 39

    An art gallery–hip lounge with live jazz and snazzy cocktails.

    reviewed

  2. Side Bar

    A sleek, grown-up bar for the wine-sipping set, with a popular happy hour.

    reviewed

  3. Seven Seas

    Seven Seas is a genuine Miami neighborhood dive, decorated on the inside like a nautical theme park and filled with University of Miami students, Cuban workers, gays, straights, lesbians and folks from around the way. The best times to come are on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for the best karaoke in Miami – there's plenty of Spanish-language music, which adds some Latin spice.

    reviewed

  4. Regal Point Orlando Stadium and IMAX

    Just north of the Peabody Hotel on International Drive.

    reviewed

  5. Red Rock Saloon

    Unpretentious, friendly newcomer attracts young tat-and-biker crowd.

    reviewed

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  7. Plaza Cinema Café 12

    Downtown Orlando.

    reviewed

  8. Oyster Pub

    Perpetually crowded, this sporty pub has a zillion TVs, tons of outdoor seating and all the fresh Gulf oysters you can suck down.

    reviewed

  9. Orlando Venues

    City-owned corporation sells tickets for theater and live-music events ranging from Taylor Swift to The Lion King, at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Center, Citrus Bowl, Amway Center and other smaller venues.

    reviewed

  10. On the Rocks

    Deep in mid-Miami Beach, this may be the only Cuban-Sports-Seedy-Dive-Bar we've visited in the USA.

    reviewed

  11. O Cinema

    Indie screenings in Wynwood.

    reviewed

  12. O Bar

    Moneyed hipster types sip 'Aum-Foys' (Lillet Blanc, ruby grapefruit, sparkling white wine), guava margaritas and other chic cocktails at this sleek, moodily lit bar in the trendalicious Omphoy hotel.

    reviewed

  13. New World Symphony

    Housed in the New World Center – a funky explosion of cubist lines and geometric curves, fresh white against the blue Miami sky – the acclaimed New World Symphony holds performances from October to May (tickets $20 to $70). The deservedly heralded NWS serves as a three- to four-year preparatory program for very talented musicians who have already graduated from prestigious music schools.

    reviewed

  14. Mai Tai Bar

    A party-happy crowd downs crayon-colored rum drinks at this fun Hawaiian-themed bar.

    reviewed

  15. Mai-Kai

    This old-school Polynesian joint is pure kitsch, with Vegas-style dinner shows and froofy tiki cocktails (try the potent 'mystery drink'). Mai-Kai is a short drive north of downtown Fort Lauderdale toward Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.

    reviewed

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  17. Magnum Lounge

    This gay piano lounge is…wait a second. Let's go over those three words again: “Gay piano lounge.” Do we need to tell you more? Oh, fine: Magnum is located on the edge of gentrification, so it feels cool to 'discover' this spot. The interior is all dark shadows and deep reds but not to the point you're blind, and the clientele is a nice mix: gays, lesbians, straights on dates or just looking for something different – and by the way, the drinks are stiff, the prices are reasonable and the piano music is quite good.

    reviewed

  18. Lou's Beer Garden

    We're frankly surprised it took so long for a beer garden to open in Miami. The weather's perfect, right? Nonetheless, this is the first beer garden to open in the Magic City in anyone's memory. Gather around long tables under tropical trees, order a cheese plate or a Kobe beef burger and down pints of Belgian craft ales. What could be better?

    reviewed

  19. Louis

    The resident club at the Gansevoort South is dark, crowded, expensive and loud, the music is meh and a 17% gratuity is automatically added to your bill, so the bartenders have little incentive to be nice to you. But Louis, whose interior resembles Marie Antoinette's boudoir after it collided with a Sex Pistols party, is located in the aforementioned Gansevoort, and as such this is the sort of place where you may well rub shoulders with a celebrity. It's Miami Beach; you came here to drink with models and superstars, right? Well, here's a place to do just that.

    reviewed

  20. Leopard Lounge

    This swanky fresco-and-leopard-print place attracts a mature crowd and the occasional celeb (neither photos nor autograph hounds are allowed). Live music nightly.

    reviewed

  21. Kyma

    Circle the round bar in the Epic Hotel, then wander past the Euro crowd onto a terrace that juts out over the slow-moving Miami river. Wander back in under 30ft ceilings for a drink, jam out to the soft pumping house music, and revel in this posh take on Miami Vice.

    reviewed