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360˚ Roofbar
This innovative open-air lounge atop the Altamira Suites attracts hip scenemakers, who come to chill out on hammocks and sofas, sip wacky cocktails and enjoy panoramic views of the city. Access is through the hotel's rear entrance on 1a Av.
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Bar La Fragata
Thumping beats and cheap booze guarantee a packed house most nights at this mostly male establishment.
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Birras Pub & Café
Appropriately named with the Italian word for beer, this stubbornly rough-around-the-edges pavement bar has its priorities right, boasting the cheapest beers around, plus an emergency fridge devoted to energy drinks to keep the rumba (party) rolling.
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Café Boo
Frequented by a college-age crowd, this tiny bar is popular for its around US$1 Soleras and pleasant open-air terrace, augmented by rock videos and drinking snacks.
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Centro Comercial San Ignacio
Yes, it's a mall, but by night it hosts a major party scene for upper-class youth, particularly on the lower level along Av Blandín, where dozens of restaurants morph into bars, all with front terrace seating. Most popular at the moment are the Eastern-themed Suka and jet-setter franchise Whisky Bar, but you can jump in anywhere.
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Cool Café & Pub
There's usually some performance event going on at this relaxed lounge for a mixed crowd, though the tranny cabaret acts are the biggest draw.
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Cordón Bleu
Just up from Plaza Venezuela, 'the hipster bar' is a 50-year-old lounge with a retro vibe and good music. The decor reflects its earlier use as a bordello, with red plush sofas around the perimeter and kitschy art on the walls.
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El Naturista
Nominally an arepa joint, after hours this turns into a major beer drinking hangout, frequented by hippies, punks and other outlaws, despite the sign which expressly prohibits this sort of behavior.
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El Sarao
A prime destination for middle-class rumberos, this narrow, subterranean space provides a continuous flow of rum and great live music. Access is through the parking garage.
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Gohka Club
DJs, pulsing lights and smoke machines cast a hypnotic spell upon the crowds of well-heeled 20-somethings who crowd into this cavernous hall each weekend for equal doses of electronica, Latin Rock and Caribbean rhythms.
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Gran Pizzería El León
This is the most famous beer-guzzling spot in Caracas - mostly thanks to its cheap prices and good pizza. It's an open-air affair on a vast terrace below towering buildings. At the weekend, you'll find a large college crowd jovially debating over row upon row of beer bottles.
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Greenwich Pub
This tiny, dim English pub with a rock 'n' roll attitude really packs them in most nights. The crowd gets progressively younger and the music more up-to-date as the weekend draws near.
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La Cotorra
One of the city's first gay bars, La Cotorra is a dark, old-school pub with a barricaded door and a conspiratorial air, appealing to a mature crowd who'd rather hear Wham! or Gloria Gaynor than electronic beats. To find it, take the escalator one level up from the cinema, turn into the parking garage, then left along the perimeter. Afterward, you could head over to the other end for the more youthful Royal Club.
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La Terraza del Ateneo
The breezy, upstairs terrace of the Ateneo cultural center, La Terraza del Ateneo, becomes an after-hours gathering place for a diverse, arts-minded crowd in the mood for relaxed conversation and off-the-wall music. Meanwhile downstairs, the Café Rajatabla, adjacent to the famous experimental theater of the same name, is an even more laid-back, open-air affair frequented by performing arts types.
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Maroma Bar
The Rasta bar. The upstairs lounge is where the real skanking goes on - a dim smoky environment where a DJ works from the front section of an old bus, pumping out a righteous blend of dub, dancehall and more commercial reggae.
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Restaurant Metrolandia
For something completely different, check out the terrace in front of this restaurant, just east of the Plaza Venezuela metro stop. From around to each evening, local singers clad in cowboy hats perform karaoke versions of Vallenatos and ballads, some quite soulfully.
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Royal Club
Entrance to this vanguard club is from the parking garage, up the ramp from the cinema level. Beyond an acclimatization zone with three bars, you cross a curtained threshold to reach the main attraction - a cavernous, strobe-lit dance space.
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Samoa
The self-proclaimed 'Island of Happy People' takes up the top level of a mock jungle hut, where groups of 20-somethings share mega cocktails through multiple straws while surf videos play continuously beneath the glare of Polynesian gods.
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Tasca Pullman
One of the most frequented en ambiente bars in Sabana Grande, the cozy Pullman has an egalitarian vibe. Though primarily a place to meet and chat, spontaneous dancing is not uncommon. Tuesday is oldies night.
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Trasnocho Lounge
The Trasnocho cultural center's minimalist bar is a place to pull up a beanbag chair, sip a martini and chill out with friends as guest DJs work their magic.
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Vintage
Clinging to the top-level of the San Ignacio mall's fabulous main hall, the futuristic Vintage features narrow raised dancing platforms with killer views of the city for an exclusive, flashily dressed clientele.
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Wassup
This youthful, American-style bar-restaurant provides plenty of distractions for its clientele, from bands on the front terrace to dominoes to at least a dozen TVs tuned to the baseball. So why is everyone staring at their cell phones?
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