🍸 Bars & Nightlife

Three dance floors. Two levels. One VIP room. RuPaul's Drag Race alums perform here regularly — on weekends from 1am onwards, this is the party in South Florida.

A 28+ year institution: 4 bars, drag shows nightly, and $3 LITs on Thursdays. Where most first nights on the Drive begin.

Disco, go-go dancers, cryo blasts, and themed nights — spirits elevated since 1980, with the largest video screen on the Drive.

Velvet wallpaper, smoked old fashioneds. The grown-up cocktail bar on The Drive.

South Florida's iconic leather bar. Strong pours, no attitude, legendary back patio — plus CODE, the old-school bar within the bar.

One of America's most fun and friendly gay sports bars — game days, jockstrap nights, and a loyal local crowd.

Low-key vibes, cheap shots, late-night dancing. The locals' third stop every Saturday.

The corridor's gay male strip club, running 34+ years — dancers nightly, late hours, and Gussy's Cafe attached.

Wilton Manors' only Black-owned LGBTQ+ bar — self-billed 'heartbeat of Wilton Manors nightlife', and earning it.

Intimate martini lounge on the Drive — craft cocktails, daily happy hour energy, afternoon-to-midnight hours.

All-male speakeasy and burlesque club — male dancers, VIP liquor lockers, and nothing else like it in Fort Lauderdale.

The newest room on the Drive (2026) — upscale cocktails and hoop dancers from the Myth Gastro Bar team.

Stylish nightclub-lounge in the Shoppes plaza — craft cocktails, DJs, and a Sunday drag show.

The 9 a.m.-to-midnight workhorse of the strip — patio, drag shows, cheap pours, and the Drive's longest pour window.

The leather institution of the corridor since 1994 — Levi/leather/uniform culture done for real, a few blocks south of the Drive.

South Florida's only gay country-western dance bar — line dancing lessons, Sunday T-Dance, and boots since 2003.

Cigar and wine lounge with live music and Thursday karaoke — the strip's slow-burn hangout.

Gay-owned neighborhood dive since 2010 — pool tables, jukebox, charity cookouts, zero pretense.

LGBTQ-owned bar and restaurant in the old Hamburger Mary's — drag brunch, community fundraisers, and an all-day room.

Palm Springs-styled cocktail lounge (2024) with Broadway performers and symphony musicians on the small stage.