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January 7th - January 13th, ' 09
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White Room One Year Anniversary Birthday Party
Saturday, January 10th
undisclosed open bar, midnight champagne toast, no cover before midnight / 10pm-12pm

It's White Room's one-year anniversary, and to help celebrate, there is an open bar at 11pm with a champagne toast at midnight. It's also Jipsy's birthday tonight, if that means anything.

As usual, Poplife brings together an interesting mix of boozers to this change-of-pace venue in the midst of Overtown. DJs Induce, Mike Deuce and Aramis spin tonight, but you can also hit up the side (red) room to listen to a different lineup including Pusher FM and friends.


White Room
1306 N Miami Ave. , Miami, (305) 995-5060

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Wednesday, January 7th
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Nightdrive
half-off Tuchers, $6 Russian Standard drinks, no cover / 9pm-11pm
The News
5582 NE 4th Ct.,
MiMo District
(305) 758-9932


The News offers enough weekly drink deals to get you through the rest of the work week. This outdoor lounge also offers music, movies and a chance to take in some Miami nightlife.

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Official University of Florida BCS Party
complimentary cocktails 11pm-12am, complimentary admission before 1am, must RSVP / 11pm-12am
Mansion
1235 Washington Ave.,
Miami Beach
(305) 531-5535


Miami is home to plenty of UF alumni, so if you're into both football and drinking (gasp!), here's your chance to hit it up on the house. There's a dress code which forbids jorts, and you have to RSVP beforehand for entry.

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Ladies' Night
ladies drink free, no cover / 10pm-1am
Bougainvillea's
221 SW 58th Ave.,
(305) 669-8577


Ladies' Nights are a despicable concept, really, but three hours of free booze is hard to pass up. Ladies: organize!

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Wing It Wednesday
free order of wings with every pitcher purchased / 11am-close
Flanigan's
2721 Bird Rd.,
(305) 446-1114


Ditch the New Year's resolution early, buddy: a free order of wings with every pitcher tonight.

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Wine Down Wednesdays
all featured wine specials are five dollars per glass, no cover / 5pm-8pm
Conrad Hilton Hotel, Level 25
1395 Brickell Ave.,
Brickell
(305) 503-6500


Celebrate the half-way point of the work week with a $5 glass of wine and a false sense of entitlement that comes with drinking on the 25th floor of a swank Brickell hotel. Take in views of downtown, and every half-hour take your chances with the dice. Roll a 2 or a 5 and you've scored yourself an extra glass of wine on the house.

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Thursday, January 8th
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(((SHAKE)))
$1 Colt 45 tallboys or $7 Dirty Shake combos during Dirty Hour, no cover before 11pm / 10pm-12am
The Vagabond
30 NE 14th St.,
Overtown
(305) 379-0508


Colt 45 is just the ticket to taking your night in a different direction. A mix of hip-hop and (as of late) hipster vibe, it's either really cool or really trashy, but you're not quite sure which until you actually take down a quart during a drinking contest.

(((SHAKE))) features "Dirty Hour" deals like $1 Colt 45 and the $7 "Dirty Shake" combo – a shot of Jäger and a Colt 45 during "Dirty Hour" and Colt 45 in quarts all night long.

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Super-Size Me
all mixed drinks served in super-sized cups, no cover / 10pm-1am
The Bar
172 Giralda Ave.,
(305) 442-2730


Not really an open bar nor is it a happy hour of any sort – just a logical conclusion to the good old American tradition of super-sizing every fucking thing you can imbibe, ingest or inhale.

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Friday, January 9th
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Cocktail Hour
hors d'oeuvres and champagne, no cover, drink specials after 8pm / 6pm-8pm
View Bar
10295 Collins Ave.,
Regent Bal Harbour Hotel


If hors d'oeuvres and champagne is how you roll then check out the View Bar for some of both tonight.

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Fridays At The Vagabond
one dollar PBR & Stella drafts, no cover before 12pm / 10pm-12am
The Vagabond
30 NE 14th St.,
Overtown
(305) 379-0508


This bar gets a little intense before midnight with PBR and Stella drafts being $1 and all. Tonight, check out Panic Bomber and his unique style of MIA electronic music.

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Black Fridays Drink Specials
$0.96 Coronas, $0.96 Patron Cointreau Margaritas, super premium $1.96 / 6pm-7pm
Tobacco Road
626 S Miami Ave.,
Downtown
(305) 374-1198


The Road, Miami's oldest bar, is still providing a Friday happy hour opportunity for cheap drinks in 2009. Stick around for Almost Da Blues, on the main stage, from 10pm to 3am.

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Friday Happy Hour Extravaganza
ladies drink free, no cover / 5:30pm-7:30pm
The Bar
172 Giralda Ave.,
(305) 442-2730


Another Ladies' Night. Throw in low lighting, dank atmosphere and above-average bar fare and you have a solid plan B.

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Elevated Fridays
complimentary hors d'oeuvres, $6 cocktails / 6pm-7pm
Conrad Hilton Hotel, Level 25
1395 Brickell Ave.,
Brickell
(305) 503-6500


Stop in for a little happy hour action and flashy Brickell views from up on the 25th floor of the Conrad Hilton. Six-dollar cocktails, from 5-8pm, should tie you over until your next night's stop; stick around for some toothsome bites by Chef Michael Gilligan served from 6 to 7pm.

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Saturday, January 10th
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White Room One Year Anniverary Birthday Party
undisclosed open bar, midnight champagne toast, no cover before midnight / 10pm-12pm
White Room
1306 N Miami Ave.,
(305) 995-5060


It's White Room's one-year anniversary, and to help celebrate, there is an open bar at 11pm with a champagne toast at midnight. It's also Jipsy's birthday tonight, if that means anything.

As usual, Poplife brings together an interesting mix of boozers to this change-of-pace venue in the midst of Overtown. DJs Induce, Mike Deuce and Aramis spin tonight, but you can also hit up the side (red) room to listen to a different lineup including Pusher FM and friends.

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Wynwood Art Walk
Bombay Sapphire cocktails, artsy booze, no cover / 7pm-10pm
Bombay Sapphire Art Lounge
2234 NW 2nd Ave.,
Behind David Castillo Gallery
Wynwood


The second Saturday of the month means it's time to make your way out to Wynwood for a chance to take part in the opening receptions of this month's exhibitions. Interesting art along with plenty of artsy booze make this a great night out.



My suggestion is to start out here with a few Bombay Sapphire concoctions and grab an art walk map. All of the galleries on the official map, as well as the others in Wynwood, will provide you with artsy booze to drink and plenty of good art to look at. Hit them up and then head back here for one last drink and some mingling before you're off to the after-party.


Galleries Include: David Castillo Gallery, Spinello Gallery, Gallery Diet, Federic Snitzer Gallery, Harold Golen Gallery, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Damien B Contemporary Art Center, & O.H.W.O.W.

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Exploration of the Spirit
complimentary wine, light hors d'oeuvres, live music, no cover / 7pm-11pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th St.,
Design District
(305) 573-5730


Art Fusion Galleries is throwing their first international group exhibit of the new year. The event, which features thirty artists from around the world, kicks off with artsy booze and light hors d'oeuvres from Grass.

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Mix It Up Saturdays
2-for-1 well drinks and domestic beer, no cover / 11pm-2am
Fox's
6030 S Dixie Hwy.,
(305) 666-2230


By 11pm, Fox's will be standing-room only with a motley crew of drinkers overflowing into the parking lot. Most of the barflies will be chased away and the scene will be harder to figure out than the plot of a late-night Cinemax movie.

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Tony Chimento - One Man Show
artsy booze, no cover / 7pm-10pm
Museo Vault Project Room
346 NW 29th St,,
Wynwood
(305) 987-4722


As part of the Wynwood Art Walk, The Museo Vault Project Room hosts this opening reception for Tony Chimento. This is only the second time he has presented a show down here in Miami. Go here for a preview of the show.

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From Warsaw to Mexico City via New York
artsy booze, no cover / 7pm-11pm
Lurie - Kavachnina Gallery
46 NW 36th St.,
between N. Miami Ave and NW 1 Ave.
Wynwood
(305) 448-2060


The gallery kicks off this month's opening cocktail reception with an exhibition from artists Leseks Skorki from Poland, Ben Freeman from New York, and Luis Sanchez from Mexico. Check out this link to learn a little bit about the artists and stop in this Saturday during the art walk to view their work.

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Sunday, January 11th
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Two for One Sundays
2-for-1 everything, no cover / 9pm-close
Transit Lounge
729 SW 1st Ave.,
Brickell
(305) 377-4628


You're probably beat down from the weekend so he's your chance to hang at an uncharacteristically easy-going bar in the Brickell area. After a couple rounds of toofers go test your skills at some board games.

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Monday, January 12th
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Karaoke Mondays
get on the mic – get a chance to spin the wheel for free stuff, no cover / 10pm-3am
Automatic Slims
1216 Washington Ave.,
(305) 695-0795


Mondays are fairly quiet in Miami so you might as well make some of your own noise over at Slims. Jump on the mic and you get a chance to spin the wheel for free stuff, which does include free booze.

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Tuesday, January 13th
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Shuffle Tuesdays
2-for-1 well drinks and domestic beer, no cover / 11pm-2am
Fox's
6030 S Dixie Hwy.,
(305) 666-2230


My friend Cheryl put it best: "Fox's is cheap and loud, just like my date last Tuesday, except it's fun and won't pretend it left its wallet in the car and then try to feel me up in the parking lot."

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Takeout Tuesday
2-for-1 specials, no cover / 11pm-1am
Buck 15
707 Lincoln Lane (Above Miss Yip),
South Beach
(305) 534-5488


Okay so if you haven't found it yet, Buck 15 is the loft space above Miss Yip's Chinese Café and directly behind the gay club on Lincoln Road out in the back alley. Decorated with hand-me-downs, Buck's vision is to appeal to everyone, although it probably caters more to hipsters than high-class. Takeout Tuesdays offers two-for-one specials and is hosted by Keen One.

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Wine Tuesday
all bottles of wine 1/2 off / 6pm-close
Novecento Brickell
1414 Brickell Ave.,
Brickell
(305) 403-0900


Looking to make up for dropping the ball after getting your girlfriend cookware for the holidays? Your side is more likely to be heard out after a couple of bottles of half priced wine, as you try to get out of the dog house.

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Bombs Away
Jager, Grape, Cherry, & Irish Car Bombs all $3.50 / 10pm-12am
The Bar
172 Giralda Ave.,
(305) 442-2730


The go-to spot for those of you looking to grab a pint in Coral Gables. Take some time out from the brew to drop some bombs on the cheap.

EVERYDAY!!!
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Happy Hour
entire bar 2-for-1 / 8am-7pm
Mac's Club Deuce
222 14th St,
South Beach
(305) 531-6200


Oh, I know what you're thinking. "Dude, this is not an open bar." Slow down, turbo. When drinks are already about as cheap as a roadside arepa, the least you could do is cough up a coupla quarters and make it appear as if you serve some purpose in life.

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Happy Hour
complimentary vodka, rum, and gin, no cover / 7pm-8pm
Chesterfield Hotel
855 Collins Ave,
South Beach
(305) 531-5831


Can't talk; call me at 8pm.

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Happy Hour
Monday through Friday, half-off all liquor, 40% off beer / 4pm-8pm
Monty's Raw Bar
300 Alton Rd.,
(305) 672-1148


If you were looking for a cheap happy hour place on South Beach, you found it. Monty's also has a raw bar, so if you were looking for one of those, you found that as well.

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Happy Hour
2-for-1, entire bar / 5pm-7pm
Clinton Hotel
825 Washington Ave.,
South Beach
305-938-4040


Any place that names its restaurant Ratatouille immediately after a film of the same name is respectfully shady in my book. I'll drink to that.

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Happy Hour
2-for-1, entire bar / 4pm-8pm
Indian Creek Hotel
2727 Indian Creek Dr.,
South Beach
305-531-2727


Get your date drunk enough so she won't want to eat at the delicious Creek 28, which won't be 2-for-1.

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Happy Hour
2-for-1 Everything / 12pm-12am
Bellini
510 Ocean Dr.,
South Beach


This address changes hands more often than Pee Wee Herman at the movies.

This just in: this place is now called Barolo; same deal.

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Happy Hour
Monday through Friday, 2-for-1 drinks, no cover / 4pm-7pm
The Playwright
1265 Washington Ave.,
South Beach
(305) 534-0667


Okay, so it's not exactly every day, but it is every weekday. If it makes up for it, this place is easier to get laid at then a brothel.

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Happy Hour
half off entire bar, no cover / 4pm-7pm
Berries
2884 SW 27th Ave.,
(305) 448-2111


The ladies love this place. Don't bitch to me later about not hooking you up.

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Happy Hour
all drinks half price, no cover / Tuesday through Saturday, 4pm-7pm
UVA 69
6900 Biscayne Blvd.,
Upper East Side
(305) 754-9022


Miami has some of the worst drivers in the country. Sometimes I drive around thinking I'm in a real live game of Paperboy. That's probably not helping things out.

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Happy Hour
half off drinks, no cover / 4pm-7pm
Dolores But You Can Call Me Lolita
1000 South Miami Ave.,
Brickell
(305) 403-3103


I haven't figured out the name, but I don't think it has anything to do with the Long Island Lolita. This is still Miami though, so I guess you never know.

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Happy Hour
2-for-1 beer specials, no cover / Monday through Friday, 4pm-8pm
Joe's Tiki Bar & Grill
3301 Rickenbacker Causeay,
(305) 454-3385


You don't get more local then Joe's. Located next to the marina, with views of Biscayne Bay and Downtown Miami, it's worth the trip down the causeway just to take in the view.
Hold on to your toll receipt because Joe will pick it up.

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Happy Hour
half off all drinks, no cover during happy hour / 4pm-7pm
Blue Martini
900 S Miami Ave.,
Brickell
(305) 350-5051


I've heard that if you can't bag a cougar here that it's time to hang up your hunting rifle.

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Happy Hour
2-for-1 entire bar, no cover / 3pm-9pm
Black Sheep Bar
721 Lincoln Ln.,
South Beach
(305) 531-7700


If you tell your boss you're taking a half-day, you can hit up this entire 6-hour happy hour. This might call for more cowbell.

Mee Drunk Nao
every Sunday, Monday, & Thursday, free Miller Lite with $12.95 food purchase / 11am-11pm
Sum Yum Gai
1403 Washington Ave.,
South Beach
(305) 604-8889


Miller Lite provided with $12.95 food purchase. DNA testing of the food is up to you.