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Studio A
Next to ginormous Space, Studio A is something between an edgy gig venue and mega-main-stage. It's very hit or miss; as a club it can suck, but as a concert hall it pulls in some incredible acts.
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Sylvano South
This popular Italian eatery converts into a lounge that pulls in models and their hangers-on as the evening sets in. It's a great spot to sit under the humid Miami night and think sultry thoughts about all the gorgeous types smoking (in every sense of the word) on the sidewalk.
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Table 8 Bar
Before you settle in for an excellent meal at Table 8, rock up to the bar and order the best drink in Miami: a Basil 8. It's like a mojito for grown-ups: more mature, with more bite, but still perfect on a hot day.
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Taverna Opa
Peer inside and you might think you've stumbled upon some sort of wild, audience-participation theatre performance. Step inside and you'll realise it's an eatery - serving mezze, grilled meats, fish and some veggie dishes. Perhaps most important, though, is the ouzo they keep pouring. This place stays open 'till the ouzo runs out!'
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Ted's Hideaway
Somewhere in the Florida panhandle is a bumpin', fabulous gay club, which clearly switched places with Ted's, a no-nonsense, pool table and sports-showin' 'lounge' smack in the middle of Sofi's elegant chicness.
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Titanic
By day, it's an All-American type bar and grill, but at night Titanic turns into a popular University of Miami watering hole. Thursdays tend to be big nights out here.
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Touch
Touch's owners turned Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry box into a lounge: a vintage-y, opulent mess of sensory glitter, gaudy overkill and refined elegance. Drink alongside a slew of Miami's hiperati at this new Lincoln Road resto-lounge and try not to be overwhelmed.
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Twist
Never a cover, always a groove. This gay hangout has serious staying power, and a little bit of something for everyone at its two-story space: seven different bars, including a rooftop patio, go-go dancers, drag shows, lounging areas and a small dance floor. Best to come after midnight.
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Wave Hotel
Dark blue, plush molded furniture and curving, cool lines - painted into the floors, arranged along the ceilings and hinted at in the couch arrangement - give the lobby a sense of tidal momentum. There's a space-race-age theme (as in '50s Sputnik-era retro chic) going on in the rooms; you gotta love the lamps, which look like cartoon bubble helmets from Buck Rogers. Parking costs around US$20 per day.
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White Room
Miami's hipsters are so, well, Miami - artsy yet glam compared to their London and NYC counterparts. They flock here, where there's the requisite weird movie playing on open-air projectors, Lawrence of Arabia tents curving around an exposed-industrial mainstage and, according to promoters, a shared design-aesthetic-lifestyle-blah blah blah. Hot hipsters get drunk and dance with other hot hipsters. You go, White Room. The very popular Poplife party goes off here on Saturdays.
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