Mai-Kai Restaurant and Polynesian Show

The United States was once filled with roadside tiki bars and dinner-show venues. There, your grandparents would dress up to watch fire dancers and hula girls while dining on crab rangoon and pu-pu platters and sipping drinks called the Jet Pilot and the Zombie. These days, only a handful of those places remain. South Florida […]

Main Street Playhouse

There’s something utterly charming about community theater, and Miami Lakes’ Main Street Playhouse has it in spades. This little troupe has been plugging away in various incarnations since 1974, staging more than 150 plays and musicals. While short on resources, they’re tall on talent, and bring impressive presence to the performances they stage in their […]

Manor Lanes Bowling Center

Bowling is at its best when done in less than swank surroundings. There’s just something about the sport that begs broken-down buildings and flickering neon lights. And at Manor Lanes Bowling Center, you can enjoy cheap, hassle-free games in just such a vintage atmosphere. The booze and the balls are inexpensive, and you can’t beat […]

Market 17

Located at Portside Center in Fort Lauderdale, launched in 2011, Market 17 offers a special array of culinary experiences including a blind tasting menu with Dining in the Dark and over 600 bottled wines curated by in-house sommeliers. Youthful and talented Chef Lauren DeShields actually chooses from a large array of organically grown produce, humanely […]

Miccosukee Golf and Country Club

Deep in the heart of Kendale Lakes lies one of South Florida’s best courses. The three-course, 27-hole Miccosukee Golf and Country Club has hosted plenty of PGA and LPGA events – plus their annual Miccosukee Championship. The tribal-owned club also has an Olympic-size swimming pool, a huge driving range, banquet facilities, a sports bar and […]

Michy’s

Run by Miami’s hottest chef, Michy’s is like the classical European restaurants of yesteryear, when everything was made from scratch. Whole chickens, ducks, and fish are taken apart and portioned, the bones reserved for stocks. Steaks are carved from the whole sirloin. Pastas, gnocchi, French fries, mayonnaise: all prepared on the premises. The dinner menu […]