Florida

Just look for drag queens with bouffant hair, à la Sarah Palin, taking a cigarette break, and you've arrived at Aqua Nightclub, a hotbed of frivolous fun...more

Bella Rose's Sunday-night bash is a more locals-driven alternative to Nikki Beach's tourist-heavy scene. The dark South Beach lounge is filled with...more

This burgeoning Florida chainlet of upscale lounges is stashed unprepossessingly on the ground level of the Galleria Mall. It's a shame about the location,...more

Of all the gay bars on Duval Street, this is the most inclusive and is packed with as many locals as tourists. There's always a party going on here, with video...more

Shopping mall City Place is full of the suburban staples (Banana Republic, Ann Taylor), which makes it all the more random a place for this brewpub. There are...more

Buck 15 occupies the upper floor of popular Asian restaurant Miss Yip's on Lincoln Road, but setting is more akin to a friend's basement than a South Beach...more

You wouldn't be caught dead at Duval Street's big-name watering holes (Sloppy Joe's, Margaritaville), but there's no shame in making your way to this...more

The CityWalk entertainment plaza is notably hipper than the tame offerings at Disney's Pleasure Island. An outpost of New Orleans mainstay Pat O'Brien's ladles...more

Dinner service at this restaurant ends at 10 pm: That's when the tables are cleared and the place morphs from brassy but fun Italian eatery into one of the...more

Just what downtown Miami's nightlife scene needed—that's the universal refrain about the Democratic Republic of Beer, which opened to the hops-happy...more