Something always seems to be going these days at the former working-class dive once known as Two Last Shoes. The family also operates a fish market and a fishing accessories store next to the restaurant. The Sonia of the name is Sonia Salomon, who opened the place in 2000 with husband Luis. The menu is generous, offering everything from a $4 steak sandwich to a nice $9 conch salad to the ambitious seafood combo for two, a hearty plate of lobster, shrimp, mussels, clams, scallops, calamari, oysters, crabs, and fish in Creole sauce, all for $45. Bottles of beer are typically served in buckets of ice. Naturally there's a small stage for live performances. These visual elements compete with an impressive array of beer signs, all to an effect that recalls a Key West bar set in Havana. The sheer profusion of decoration suggests that here, at least, what goes up never comes down - oversized Christmas bulbs dangling from green fishing nets, tinsel tossed over trees growing up through wooden tables on the deck, Mardi Gras beads, a witch hat and wig perched on a pole. The theme is unfinished wood plank tables bordered by thick nautical rope and a deck that overlooks the retention pond/lake beside the restaurant. This neighborhood place, tucked in an unlikely spot just east of the 826, is at once down-home and charmingly tacky in a delightful Miami kind of way. Female patrons should be aware that the mirror over the ladies' room creates a fun-house image and is no reflection on your level of consumption. and runs specials between midnight and 2:00 a.m., with most well drinks half price (they're only about three dollars to start) and draft beers a mere 75 cents.
As befits a local hang, Billy's has dartboards, a pool table, a genuinely friendly bartender chatting amiably with newcomers and regulars alike, and an eclectic jukebox with selections ranging from the Violent Femmes' "Blister in the Sun" to Gordon Lightfoot's mournful "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." The evening vibe is so low-key you'd be drinking backward if it were any chiller, but Billy's comes into its own in the wee hours.
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Tags on drinks are just as appeasing as the attitude, from $6 for cocktails.ĭriving along Biscayne Boulevard, you could easily zip past this watering hole, tucked into the end of a modest strip mall that appears all the humbler for its location across from a brash new center with a Jumbo Buffet and a Starbucks. The only impression you need to leave on the doorman is that you're over 21. Come as you are, leather shoes or worn-out sneaks. No cover, just show up before the line does - around midnight. The DJs play everything from 50 Cent to Lynyrd Skynyrd. Short-attention-span patrons can play one of the board games stacked up on the back wall. It's homey, spotted with cushy velvet sofas. South Beach smoothies, beer-binging frat boys, girls gone wild, and a 60-year-old Russian who plays like he owns the place rub past each other for a spot at the bar. Purdy's no-hassle affair attracts all kinds. It's the place on the Beach to hang out away from the spirit of the club strip without missing out on beautiful people. This off-the-beaten-path (as in off Washington Avenue) bar on Purdy Avenue has the beer-hall vibe of a street-corner hook-up joint. Purdy Lounge is the alternative for nightlifers worn out by South Beach glam slam and boulevard clubbing. (officially) Tuesday through Thursday till midnight (officially) Friday and Saturday.įew places on South Beach have $4 Heinekens (that's change on the Beach) and $5000 tits sitting side-by-side.
Probably when the last soul decides to call it a night." Open 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. It's like on a neighborhood street just north of the Design District, kinda feels like you're just going to a friend's house. One thing, make sure you check out the bathrooms, decorated by artist Charo Oquet, they're even cooler than the décor in the main room. Actually, one of the jamming parties there is the Sunday brunch. No way, save your appetite, the food is awesome, or you can have an incredible cheese plate. Maybe there'll be a live band or a DJ, pretty fine stuff. The owners? They're always milling about, like it's their party. Artists, musicians, writers, designers - you know.
What kind? Usually some Argentineans, Anglos, Cubans, Haitians, blacks - well, I guess just about every kind. No, no, there are several tables inside and outside too, and of course the bar. Shoot some pool, chill to some funky world lounge in one of the plushy chairs or couch.
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