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SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

ENTERTAINMENT
For hot days and sultry nights, these neighbor-
hoods and hot spots will keep you entertained
around the clock, seven days a week.
Fans of fine beers, ales, rums and more
can enjoy local libations throughout the
Keys. For the ultimate bar-hopping
adventure, complete with plenty of local
music, Duval Street is party central in Key
West. At the end of the stretch, Mallory
Square is the perfect place to sip a tropical
cocktail and watch street performers during
the nightly sunset celebration. Tour the Key
West First Legal Rum Distillery, located in a
former Coca-Cola bottling plant and on the
site of a former pre-Prohibition-era bar
named Jack’s Saloon, and sample free rum.
The Jolly II Rover Land and Sea Combo Tour
blends food, libations, strolling and sailing.
OUTDOOR MURALS BY TATI SUAREZ, HOLLYWOOD • JILL C. WEISBERG
The pirate-themed tour introduces visitors
to the history as well as the present-day cultural elite to hobnob over sophisticated
beauty and charm of Key West. It features a cocktails, luxurious shopping and celebrity-
variety of food and rum tastings on land as helmed restaurants. Joining other trendy
well as two hours on board an 80-foot pirate neighborhoods, there’s a resurgence of the
ship replica. Passengers can help raise the MiMo Biscayne Boulevard Historic District,
vessel’s red sails, participate in a “firing” of where you’ll find hip restored hotels and bars
the cannons, and view the Key West Historic from the 1950s. MiMo, short for Miami
Seaport, Sunset Key, Christmas Tree Island Modern, describes a design aesthetic unique
and Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park. to Miami that was influenced by American
Miami has so many popular entertain- fascination with futurism, jets and space
ment districts you could spend weeks here exploration. Lush and tropical Coconut
and still not hit every hot spot. Two of the Grove is experiencing a resurgence with new
most famous areas are Ocean Drive and restaurants and boutiques opening up on a
Lincoln Road on South Beach. Home of the regular basis. And, in Little Havana, stroll
Art Deco Historic District, renowned down Calle Ocho to savor a taste of nostalgic
nightlife, luxurious hotels and tons of local Cuban culture where eateries serve authentic
eateries, both locations offer the ultimate pastelitos and Cuban coffee that packs an
South Beach experience. The Time Out impressive punch. Not to be overlooked,
Market on Drexel Avenue just off Lincoln CityPlace Doral near the Miami International
Road in Miami Beach features a curated mix Airport is a recent development with dining
of 17 kitchens, three bars, a video installation options, shopping venues and residences.
wall and a demonstration kitchen. Clubs like For casino fun, head west toward the
LIV at the Fontainebleau and Hyde Beach at Everglades and the Miccosukee Resort &
SLS South Beach draw the hottest DJs Gaming, which includes non-stop thrills like
and late-night revelers. Back on Miami’s high-stakes poker, jackpot games and a 1,000-
mainland, the Mary Brickell Village near plus-seat bingo hall. Catch year-round horse
downtown is a popular spot for locals to live, racing at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale
work and play, thanks to a bevy of skyscraper Beach, home of the Florida Derby. Check out
residences, rooftop bars and posh eateries. some 800 Vegas-style slot machines, poker
Both the Wynwood Arts District and Miami tables, international restaurants, an open air
Design District have been drawing the mall, bowling alley and art galleries. There’s

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