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JAM @ MAM
Thursday, December 18th
cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, music, art, $10 for non-members, free for members / 5pm-8:30pm


Tonight, JAM @ MAM jams it with cocktails, music, eats and art to keep you busy for a few hours You can safely check off your "culture" box for the week afterwords.

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Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler St , Miami, (305) 375-3000

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Wednesday, December 17th
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Nightdrive
Shipyard Pumpkinhead $2.50, Zyr cocktails $6, no cover / all night
The News
5582 NE 4th Ct.,
MiMo District
(305) 758-9932


It might cost you a little more then pocket change to score a drink here, but the party features DJs R3K+, Treasures, and DJPJ.

Besides, surely you can throw out a ten-spot for a quartet of beers (damn, check out that math). Who wants to be the richest man in the cemetery anyway?

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Next In Line Holiday Toy Drive
complimentary appetizers from Grass, cocktails from Chivas, unwrapped toy or $20 donation at the door / 7pm-9:30pm
Grass Restaurant & Lounge
28 NE 40th St.,
Design District
(305) 573-3355


Next in Line and the Cuban American National Council (CNC) invite you to Grass for appetizers and Chivas. Bring a new, unwrapped toy, or make a $20 donation at the door. Support a good cause in tough times.

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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


No need to get down from your ivory tower just because it's the middle of the week. Take in the view, 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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Wing It Wednesday
free order of wings with every pitcher purchased / 11am-close
Flanigan's
2721 Bird Rd.,
(305) 446-1114


If you can't have free booze, at least the poultry's on the house. Still awaiting word on any hidden hot sauce charges.

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Ladies' Night
ladies drink free, no cover / 10pm-2am
Bougainvillea's
221 SW 58th Ave.,
(305) 669-8577


Alright ladies: it's probably too late to score yourself a date to the company holiday party. Cheers to four hours of free drinking and trying to find a date tonight for New Year's.

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Penny Beer Night
penny beers / 10pm-12pm
SandBar
3064 Grand Ave.,
(305) 444-5270


Stopping by SandBar is like slowing down to look at an accident on the side of the road. You know you shouldn't, but you just can't help yourself. Of course, $0.01 beers will help alleviate the guilt.

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Thursday, December 18th
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JAM @ MAM
cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, music, art, $10 for non-members, free for members / 5pm-8:30pm
Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler St,
(305) 375-3000


Tonight, JAM @ MAM jams it with cocktails, music, eats and art to keep you busy for a few hours You can safely check off your "culture" box for the week afterwords.

Click here for information on becoming a member.

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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


The Vagabond throws this old school hip-hop party, featuring "Dirty Hour" deals like $1 Colt 45 and the $7 "Dirty Shake" combo -- a shot of Jäger and a Colt 45. Hit up the Nintendo games, barbeque, and Colt 45 in quart form all night long, and drink like the king of Overtown.

(((SHAKE))) is cover-free until 11pm and $5 after 11pm.



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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


This deal still reminds me of a Walphin. Who knew a whale and a dolphin could mate? True, something smaller can always go into something bigger. If all else fails, feel free to use this fact to distract your coworkers from your hangover.

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


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

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Friday, December 19th
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Fridays At The Vagabond
one dollar PBR & Stella drafts, no cover before 11pm / 10pm-12am
The Vagabond
30 NE 14th St.,
Overtown
(305) 379-0508


This hipster hideaway, over on the mainland, comes alive every Friday night with one of downtown Miami's most popular parties. A dollar scores you a PBR or a Stella draft until midnight, so throw down a few duckets for a sixer early on and you'll be feeling pretty good about your night later. On stage tonight is Mod'lone.

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Club Kids Toy Drive
bring a toy and get a free Asahi beer, no cover / 10pm-12am
Transit Lounge
729 SW 1st Ave.,
Brickell
(305) 377-4628


A few things are going down tonight at Transit Lounge. When you bring a toy for the Charlee Program you get a free Asahi beer. Also, Monkey Village Project, a showcase of local volunteer-based Miami artists and musicians, will release their latest installment, Music From the Fourth Dimension. Entry is free and the entertainment kicks off at 11pm.

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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


The Bar offers the opportunity to hit up a happy hour spot after a long workweek in probably one of the oldest and more laid back bars in all of Coral Gables. Ladies drink free for two hours, which is never a bad thing for mostly everyone involved. Good bar food and a fully packed jukebox make this an easy place to spend the night drinking.

Editor's note: psst, the Steak Sandwich.

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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


On Fridays, enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres and champagne from 6 to 8pm at this high-class hangout. You've been thinking about doing something class-ey one of these days so here's your chance to hit it up, on the house.

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Unwind
free well drinks, 2-for-1 premium, no cover / 7pm-11pm
Black Sheep Bar
721 Lincoln Ln.,
South Beach
(305) 531-7700


Black Sheep Bar is providing you with drinks so long as you show the bartender a business card, pay stub, or anything that identifies you as a member of the working class.
This may provide the perfect opportunity to get your otherwise cheap friends tanked tonight.

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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


This weekly happy hour runs from 5 to 8pm with $6 cocktails to help you get into the weekend mood. Show up for some toothsome bites served from 6 to 7pm, courtesy of Chef Michael Gilligan, and enjoy the sick Brickell views from your high horse up on the 25th floor.

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Martini Fridays
martinis half price, no cover / All Night
UVA 69
6900 Biscayne Blvd.,
Upper East Side
(305) 754-9022


Perfect for a Miami winter, this Biscayne Blvd place is just what you needed to wind down from the crowded Miami happy hour you're coming from. Sip on half-price martinis and try out some quality mid-priced eats.



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Love & Happiness
half of drinks 5pm-8pm, ladies drink complimentary Flirtinis 6pm-9pm with business card, no cover / 5pm-9pm
Badrutt's Place
1250 S. Miami Ave.,
Ground Floor of The Vue Condominium
Brickell
(305) 415-0070


Badrutt's Place has jumped into the Friday happy hour scene on Brickell with a few different deals. This is your chance to head down from your high-priced condo early so you can mingle with the rest of the middle management world.

Here's the deal: from 5 to 8pm, everyone benefits from half-off drinks; from 6 to 9pm, ladies drink complimentary Flirtinis when they present a business card, and after 8pm it's Ketel One and Dewars cocktails for $8.

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Saturday, December 20th
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Club Kids Toy Drive
bring a toy and get a free Asahi beer, no cover / 10pm-12am
Transit Lounge
729 SW 1st Ave.,
Brickell
(305) 377-4628


Tonight is a continuation of last nights toy drive, but without the music release. When you bring a toy for the Charlee Program you get a free Asahi beer. Entry is free with an 11pm on-stage kickoff.

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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


Just like a wiley old veteran, Fox's can still get it done. This South Miami hangout has seen its fair share of action and it has been the scene of one too many drunken stupors. Stop in for the well-timed two-for-one action and pass by the take-out window on the way out.

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Poplife
2-for-1 cocktails, no cover before midnight / 10pm-12pm
White Room
1306 N Miami Ave.,
(305) 995-5060


Yes, it's called the White Room because the main bar is a big white room. It's worth the trip into Overtown just to see the greatest collection of fauxhawks ever assembled in one place. Besides, aren't you tired of driving out to the beach?

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Red Bull Saturdays
2-for-1 Red Bull Vodkas, no cover / 6pm-10pm
Hemisphere Bar
1601 Collins Ave.,
Inside the Loews Hotel
South Beach
(305) 604-1601


There's nothing like killing off a little sleep deprivation with a kick-start of a couple rounds of Red Bull & Vodkas. Friday may have been a late night, but if you're falling asleep after a few here, it's time to stop reading this list.

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Sunday, December 21st
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Happy Hour Sun Shower
complimentary cocktails, no cover / 7pm-8pm
The Catalina Hotel & Beach Club
1732-1756 Collins Avenue,
South Beach
(305) 674-1160


Catalina will hook you up with drinks during this complimentary cocktail hour. It's a perfect spot for locals to watch the South Beach newcomers walk around like zombies from a bad B-movie.

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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


A low key Brickell hangout, Transit Lounge offers two-for-one drinks from open to close on Sundays. If you're looking for a no-frills, no B.S. spot where you can grab a board game, score a moderately priced drink and listen to music, give this a try.

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Signature Cocktail Night
2-for-1, no cover / 6pm-10pm
Hemisphere Bar
1601 Collins Ave.,
Inside the Loews Hotel
South Beach
(305) 604-1601


Sunday Funday means you're going to have to skip the shave and push you alarm clock back to an 8am wake-up tomorrow.

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


You're not going to get a better South Beach deal than unlimited Miller Lite when you buy $12.95 worth of Miami Chinese food.

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Monday, December 22nd
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Karaoke Mondays
get on the mic -- get a free drink, no cover / 4pm-8pm
Automatic Slims
1216 Washington Ave.,
(305) 695-0795


Stop putting it off. Sing a song, get a free drink. Do it.

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


For the price of a South Beach martini you get unlimited Miller Lite and something to snack on.

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Tuesday, December 23rd
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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


A shady-looking joint that looks like it could be the set of a 8mm snuff film, Fox's offers old-school feel, good food and a great jukebox. If you're planning on ordering the prime rib, make sure that you call ahead because it doesn't last. And of course you can hit up the walk-up liquor store window on your way out.

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


Half-priced wine might mean your girlfriend lets you hit up poker night with your buddies while she goes to grab some vino with her friends.
Or it might mean she hits you up for a twenty sport before leaving and keeps you up later with stories about her friend Cindy's doomed engagement. Survey says: "Probably worth it."

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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


You haven't heard more about bombs being dropped since Najeh "Deuce" Davenport visited Barry University in 2002.





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


Check this out: toofer one drinks at Takeout Tuesdays hosted by Keen One – basically a rotating DJ gig in a back-alley upstairs loft space that looks like it was decorated with goods from a shut-in's garage sale.

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Beer Night
2-for-1 draft beer, no cover / 6pm-10pm
Hemisphere Bar
1601 Collins Ave.,
Inside the Loews Hotel
South Beach
(305) 604-1601


And to wrap up this week's list, we present you with this week's beer Haiku:
Have four more tonight
You will hate me, tomorrow
You can sleep all day

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.