Lounge entertainment in Miami
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Karu & Y
Karu smacks of an Atlanta hip-hop megaclub in ways good and sundry. Basically, it’s a bottle of iced-out Cristal given club form – there’s a Dale Chiluly chandelier in the entrance, waterfall out front and restaurant (Karu; Y is the lounge) that serves foie-gras lollipops. It’s all (literally) smack on the tracks that separate tatty but gentrifying downtown Miami (bling!) from Overtown’s worst projects (bang!). Come here to star in your personal MTV video, and expect to pay for the privilege.
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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 movies playing on open-air projectors, Lawrence of Arabia tents curving around an exposed-industrial main-stage 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 Saturdays.
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Buck 15
Located in a loft above Miss Yip, B15 manages to blend everything we like about going out – kinda edgy but not scary graffiti chic, cast-off action figures, consistently awesome DJs (Did they just mix ‘Your Love’ by the Outfield into ‘Low’ by Flo Rida? Oh yes they did), free entry, a good mix of the hip and the hot and the drunk and the folks who just don’t care but definitely wave their hands in the air – into one shot of nightlife fun.
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Circa 28
Miami can work its magic on anyone, even Wynwood’s angst-y artists. Like Cinderella touched by a fairy godmother (or a very good DJ), they become glamorous club kids in this two-story hepcat hotspot. Circa is as sexy and gorgeous as Miami gets, but with its modish library and (semi) literati clientele, it’s also intelligent enough to hold a conversation.
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BED
You probably know this drill: someone sets a bunch of beds around a DJ booth. House music ensues. People go crazy. Except the music is really loud here, and you have to order bottle service to lounge, so come with cash if you want to lay down (which seems opposed to the whole, ‘Let’s go dance’ thing, but hey).
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PS 14
In a city with justice, PS 14 would be packed every night of the week. Live gigs burn up the cute red-lit front room, while the back opens into a lush garden (you could almost forget you’re on the edge of Overtown…) where DJs spin and folks chill if they ain’t dancing, which you should be.
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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 Rd resto-lounge and try not to be overwhelmed.
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Oxygen Lounge
This is in the mall underground – literally – Coconut Grove. It’s an elegant, sprawling sushi bar-dance land with space-age decor and packs of Grove beauties. Theme-night parties rock your fine booty every night of the week.
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Bond Street Lounge
After the sushi eaters head home, a new crowd rolls in – one that prefers litchitinis (lychee martinis) over yellowtail. Throw yourself over a white couch or cylindrical white ottoman, order up, sip and stare at the crowd.
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Pawn Shop
This den of hipness still has its original pawn-shop facade, with signs announcing ‘We buy diamonds’ and ‘We buy gold.’ It’s all about true (but glamorous) grit here – and varying DJs who spin funky, edgy electronica.
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Purdy Lounge
It’s half club, half lounge and all intimate fun at this spot, tucked away from the fray and open to all, based on the mixed hetero-homo-white-Latino rainbow coalition clientele.
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Sandbar
Sandbar’s a little slice of Florida Keys culture – nautical crap on the walls and sport-n-surf-n-fishin’ ambience – in the midst of the urban jungle.
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