Bars

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

American Social Fort Lauderdale is a sprawling waterway-adjacent sports bar and social venue on the New River along East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale's premier entertainment corridor. The large outdoor deck, multiple bars, and combination of sports viewing, craft beer, and social dining make it one of Fort Lauderdale's highest-traffic bars.

721 E Las Olas Blvd 33301

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Elbo Room in Fort Lauderdale Beach is a legendary beach bar that has been serving Fort Lauderdale Beach since 1938, one of America's most iconic beach bar locations. The multi-story corner bar on A1A was featured in the 1960 Spring Break film and has remained a mandatory stop for Fort Lauderdale Beach visitors for generations.

241 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd 33316

Gainesville, Florida

1982 in downtown Gainesville FL is a video game bar and entertainment venue combining vintage arcade games with craft cocktails and a nostalgic 80s atmosphere, one of the most creative bar concepts in the University of Florida college entertainment scene.

100 SW 1st St 32601

Gainesville, Florida

First Magnitude Brewing in Gainesville is one of North Florida's most respected craft breweries, presenting award-winning beers alongside live music events in a spacious taproom that draws the University of Florida community and craft beer enthusiasts from across north-central Florida.

1220 SE Veitch St 32601

Gainesville, Florida

The Gainesville entertainment scene surrounding the University of Florida campus along University Avenue and SW 13th Street includes the Backyard outdoor amphitheater, the Social nightclub, and dozens of bars and restaurants serving Florida's third-largest university community in one of the Southeast's most vibrant college towns.

1221 SW 11th St 32601

Jacksonville, Florida

Intuition Ale Works in Jacksonville FL is one of Northeast Florida's most celebrated craft breweries, producing award-winning beers and operating a taproom in the St. Elmo W. Acosta Bridge area of downtown Jacksonville that has become an anchor of the growing downtown Jacksonville entertainment scene.

929 E Bay St 32202

Jacksonville, Florida

Corkscrew Wine Bar is Jacksonville's most beloved wine destination — a San Marco neighborhood wine bar serving exceptional wines by the glass and bottle in a warm, European-style setting that serves as the social hub for Jacksonville's most affluent residential neighborhood. Jacksonville's emergence as Florida's largest city by area and its growing creative professional population create increasing demand for sophisticated wine bar experiences that Corkscrew serves with genuine expertise.

San Marco, Jacksonville, FL 32207

Key West, Florida

Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West FL is one of America's most famous bars, an open-air Key West institution that operated as Ernest Hemingway's preferred watering hole in the 1930s. The bar hosts an annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest and presents live music seven days a week in the heart of Duval Street, making it one of the most historically and culturally significant bars in the United States.

201 Duval St 33040

Key West, Florida

Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West is one of America's most famous bars, a Hemingway-era institution on Duval Street open since 1933. The bar's association with Ernest Hemingway, continuous live music, frozen drinks, and conch republic atmosphere have made it one of Florida's most iconic and visited drinking establishments.

201 Duval St 33040

Miami, Florida

Ball & Chain on Calle Ocho (8th Street) in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood is a legendary 1935 cocktail bar reborn as a vibrant Latin jazz and cocktail destination, one of Miami's most culturally authentic bar experiences. The outdoor covered patio, live salsa and Latin jazz music nightly, and tropical cocktail menu make Ball & Chain a quintessential Miami experience in a historically significant Cuban-American neighborhood.

1513 SW 8th St 33135

Miami, Florida

Ball & Chain is a historic Calle Ocho institution in Little Havana, a vibrant tropical bar and music venue operating at the same address since 1935. The garden bar hosts live salsa, jazz, and Latin music nightly, making it the cultural centerpiece of Calle Ocho and a mandatory stop on any cultural tour of Miami's Latin heart.

1513 SW 8th St 33135

Miami, Florida

Bar Lab is Miami's most creative cocktail pop-up and hospitality company — best known as the creative force behind Broken Shaker and some of Miami's most celebrated bar concepts. The Bar Lab team's extraordinary influence on Miami's cocktail culture, through training generations of Miami bartenders and establishing the standards that the rest of the city reaches for, has made them the most important cocktail force in the Florida bar industry.

116 NW 23rd St, Miami, FL 33127

Miami, Florida

Broken Shaker is one of the world's most acclaimed hotel bars — the Freehand Miami's pool bar and garden lounge that has appeared on the World's 50 Best Bars list and won every major American bar award for its extraordinary seasonal cocktail program built around fresh Florida ingredients. The bar's combination of Miami's tropical abundance, a genuinely talented team, and the Freehand's beautifully restored hostel-hotel setting creates a bar experience that only Miami Beach could produce.

2727 Indian Creek Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33140

Miami, Florida

Gramps is one of Wynwood's most beloved neighborhood bars, a divey-but-cool music venue and bar with an outdoor patio, craft cocktails, and eclectic programming ranging from indie bands to comedy nights to drag shows. The unpretentious vibe and diverse programming make it a counterpoint to South Beach's velvet-rope scene and a community favorite.

176 NW 24th St 33127

Miami, Florida

The Anderson is Miami's most acclaimed neighborhood cocktail bar — an Upper Eastside institution that has consistently ranked among America's best bars for its extraordinary craft cocktail program and genuine neighborhood bar character in one of the world's most glamorous cities. Its resistance to Miami's tendency toward velvet-rope exclusivity and its commitment to excellent drinks for anyone who walks through the door make it the most authentically Miami bar experience available.

709 NE 79th St, Miami, FL 33138

Miami, Florida

The Corner in Wynwood Miami is a relaxed dive bar with a long happy hour and a reliable neighborhood bar atmosphere that provides a counterpoint to Wynwood's trendy cocktail bar scene, beloved by Wynwood residents and creatives for its unpretentious character.

1035 N Miami Ave 33136

Miami, Florida

Bardot is one of Miami's most respected music and cocktail bars in Wynwood, occupying a converted art deco space with opulent French Riviera-inspired décor. The vintage lounge aesthetic, thoughtful cocktail program, and consistent booking of underground DJs make Bardot a favorite of Miami's music-oriented, cocktail-focused crowd seeking an alternative to the South Beach mega-club scene.

3456 N Miami Ave 33127

Miami, Florida

Wynwood Brewing Company is Miami's pioneering craft brewery, an indoor-outdoor taproom in Wynwood that helped establish the neighborhood as an entertainment destination beyond just art. The brewery's rooftop bar and street-level taproom serve their flagship Pop's Porter and rotating craft releases to a steady crowd of locals and Wynwood tourists in an accessible craft beer setting.

565 NW 24th St 33127

Miami, Florida

Wynwood Brewing Company in Miami's Wynwood Arts District is one of Florida's most celebrated craft breweries, brewing award-winning South Florida craft beers in the heart of the world-famous street art neighborhood and hosting one of Miami's most vibrant outdoor taproom and event spaces.

565 NW 24th St 33127

Miami, Florida

Wynwood Marketplace is an open-air food hall and social gathering space in the heart of Miami's Wynwood Arts District, combining food vendors, craft cocktail bars, and regular DJ programming in a relaxed outdoor setting surrounded by some of Wynwood's most notable street murals. A more accessible and casual entry point into Wynwood's nightlife than the area's dedicated clubs.

2250 NW 2nd Ave 33127

Miami Beach, Florida

Regent Cocktail Club is Miami Beach's most beautifully designed craft cocktail bar — a 1930s Art Deco hotel bar in the Boulan South Beach Hotel presenting classic cocktails in one of the most authentic period-correct atmospheres on South Beach. Its extraordinary commitment to pre-Prohibition cocktail technique, period-accurate decor, and the understated hospitality of a truly well-run small bar make it the antidote to Miami Beach's typical nightlife excess.

1752 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139

Orlando, Florida

Cask & Larder is Orlando's most acclaimed brewpub — a Winter Park-adjacent institution brewing extraordinary craft ales alongside a Southern heritage menu in a warm, community-focused environment that serves as the gathering place for Orlando's food and beverage community. Its role in elevating Orlando's culinary and brewing identity beyond the theme park resort environment makes it essential to understanding the genuine dining and drinking culture that exists beyond Disney World's shadow.

Winter Park, FL 32789

Orlando, Florida

Tin Roof Orlando is a live music bar and restaurant on International Drive, part of the national Tin Roof chain known for daily live music from talented local and touring musicians in a relaxed honky-tonk inspired atmosphere. The International Drive location makes it especially accessible to tourist-area visitors seeking authentic live music experience.

8371 International Dr 32819

Palm Beach, Florida

Worth Avenue in Palm Beach anchors Florida's most exclusive bar and restaurant scene — the Mediterranean Revival shopping street of one of America's wealthiest communities whose bars and dining establishments cater to the global ultra-high-net-worth community that makes Palm Beach its seasonal winter residence. The Palm Beach bar experience, combining the most expensive real estate in Florida with an international clientele whose wealth is measured in billions, creates a distinctly rarefied drinking culture.

Palm Beach, FL 33480

St. Augustine, Florida

Trade Winds Lounge in historic St. Augustine is a beloved local dive bar in the heart of the city's historic district, serving cheap drinks and live music to locals and tourists alike in an unpretentious atmosphere that has made it one of the most authentic non-tourist bars in a heavily tourist-oriented city.

124 Charlotte St 32084

St. Pete Beach, Florida

The Don CeSar Hotel on St. Pete Beach is a historic 1928 pink Mediterranean Revival hotel known as the 'Pink Palace of the Gulf,' with Maritana Grille and the Beachcomber Bar serving the Gulf Coast resort community. F. Scott Fitzgerald and other celebrities stayed here, and the hotel's bar is one of the most atmospheric resort hotel bar experiences on the Florida Gulf Coast.

3400 Gulf Blvd 33706

St. Petersburg, Florida

3 Daughters Brewing is St. Petersburg's most beloved craft brewery taproom — a destination for Florida craft beer enthusiasts that helped establish St. Pete as one of the most vibrant craft brewing cities in the South. The brewery's outdoor taproom space, food trucks, and events programming have made it a community gathering point for one of Florida's most creatively vibrant and rapidly growing urban neighborhoods.

222 22nd St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33712

St. Petersburg, Florida

Ferg's Sports Bar & Grill is St. Petersburg's most beloved sports bar, an institution directly across from Tropicana Field that draws the entire Tampa Bay Rays fanbase for pregame parties, watch parties, and general St. Pete social gatherings. Multiple indoor and outdoor bar areas, dozens of screens, and a legendary local reputation make it a must-visit for Tampa Bay sports fans.

1320 1st St S 33701

St. Petersburg, Florida

Green Bench Brewing Company is St. Petersburg's pioneering craft brewery, one of the first craft breweries in the city and a model for the neighborhood taproom concept that has since spawned dozens of craft breweries across the Tampa Bay region. The lush outdoor beer garden and community events make it a neighborhood anchor.

1133 Baum Ave N 33705

Tampa, Florida

Batch Gastropub is one of Tampa's most celebrated craft beer destinations — a Hyde Park neighborhood bar with 60 thoughtfully selected taps and an exceptional food menu that has made it the gathering place for Tampa's craft beer community. Tampa's Florida Aquifer brewery culture, which has seen craft breweries grow from zero to 50+ in a decade, finds one of its most accessible representatives in Batch's curated tap selection and welcoming community atmosphere.

1555 S Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33629

Tampa, Florida

The Whammy Bar in downtown St. Petersburg is a dive bar institution beloved by the creative community of St. Pete, with strong drinks, great pinball machines, and a consistently excellent jukebox that makes it one of the most unpretentious and beloved neighborhood bars in Florida.

500 1st Ave N 33701

Vero Beach, Florida

The Caribbean Court's tiki bar represents the quintessential Florida beach bar experience — a Vero Beach resort bar with frozen cocktails, fresh seafood, and the unhurried Florida beach culture that the state's natural beauty and eternal sunshine make possible. Vero Beach's position as Florida's most exclusive beach community, drawing the most discerning residential and resort visitors, ensures a clientele with high expectations that the Caribbean Court meets.

Vero Beach, FL 32963