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Game
Day Drink and Dine
By SunPost
Staff
So you don’t know
where to watch the big game, eh? With ticket prices now well into
the four figures, not bloody likely it’ll be from inside Dolphin
Stadium, is it? Well, you’re in luck. Although anywhere with a TV
works (which includes the waiting room of most hospitals —
inevitably some of us will be watching the Super Bowl from there),
we’ve narrowed it down a tad. Here are a few places you can yell a
lot, drink beer and stand up and sit down as a group. Don’t worry, a
Catholic church is not one of them.
Down in the Grove
you can watch the game on a 20-foot screen in the Cocowalk
courtyard at 3015 Grand Ave. for free. Also at this event, a DJ,
giveaways and lots of fun times provided by neighboring restaurants.
Good luck with parking. We, however, are exploring this carpooling
thing we’ve heard so much about. 305-772-4612.
If, for you, the
bigger the game the better, way up there on the South Florida radar
Cinema Paradiso in Fort Lauderdale is devoting its
movie-sized screen and theater-plush seating to the event as part of
the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (going on now).
Watch the game at the movie house, 1314 East Las Olas Blvd., and
then venture outside (you’ll be in the thick of it downtown), where
you can honk, jeer and cheer with the best of Broward County.
954-525-3456.
You better believe
Miami Beach will host a paddy wagon full of Super Bowl events, too.
Some SunPosters who wished to remain nameless are choosing
Norman’s American Bar & Grill, 6770 Collins Ave., in the North
end of town, for its multiple gigantic TVs and free shooters with
every touchdown. Also on the bill, giveaways and beer specials. Oh,
and did we mention the free shooters with every touchdown?
305-868-9248.
But then, how can
you watch the Super Bowl in Miami Beach without stopping in at
Quarterdeck Seafood Bar. You watch every other damn game there
so, you know, if it ain’t broke. Besides, since Quarterdeck (at 1430
Alton Road) is situated nicely off Washington Avenue, you
won’t have (as much) gridlock to shake your fist at, and you can
still stumble Mardi Gras-style over to the main drag if you just
feel way too law-abiding. Annnnd it’s a $75 cover, top-shelf,
import, all-you-can-swill event. So you’ll be able to save some
scratch for bail. They sure saw us coming.
Or save your
fist-shaking for the game. At Mike’s at Venetia (555 NE 15th
St. 9th floor, Miami), all appetizers will be under $7, buckets of
beer — yes literally buckets of beer, well, in bottles anyway — at
five Buds for $9. 305-374-5731.
And how could we
compile a list of places to watch the game and leave out Coconut
Grove’s Coyote Ugly Saloon (3015 Grand Ave.)? After all, what
better place could there be to watch the game than a place where you
won’t be watching the game at all? Girls dancing on the bar. Girls
dancing on the bar while scantily clad. Yeah. ‘Nuff said.
(305-460-UGLY)
Other ideas: The
Clevelander (1020 Ocean Drive) has a chicken wing buffet and
halftime lingerie show (chicken not involved). 305-804-4640.
Hooligans’ Pub and Oyster Bar, at 9555 S. Dixie Highway,
down near Pinecrest, is charging $10 for reserved seating, but for
the all-important “free” you get a chance to win $10,000, shooters
and a halftime buffet. Money, booze and chicken wings. Whoa! Did
someone say chicken wings?! On South Beach, The Stadium, 754
Washington Ave., is not giving away $10K but it is giving
away french fries with any bucket or pitcher of beer, and if that’s
good enough for us nameless SunPosters, it should be good enough for
you. See you Sunday!
— Research by
Agustina Prigoshin |
