#3
Connolly’s Sports Bar & Grill
Connolly’s enters this list not as a velvet cocktail temple, nor as a rooftop where the sea poses for photographs, but as something South Florida also needs: a game-day hearth and live music venue, oh BTW dont forget to try their wings!
Palm Beach County | game days, neighborhood regulars, casual groups, wings-and-beer nights, sports fans
#4
The Blind Monk
The Blind Monk is the Palm Beach County room that feels most like a thoughtful friend who owns better glassware than you do. The report calls it an elegant neighborhood answer for locals who actually return, praising its cocktail and wine balance, its grounded atmosphere, dinner service, bar bites, and confirmed parking arrangement through the AKA West Palm garage.
Palm Beach County | wine lovers, cocktail drinkers, civilized dates, downtown West Palm locals
#12
Mai-Kai Restaurant and Polynesian Show
Mai-Kai is less a bar than a tropical republic with its own weather system. Founded in 1956 and restored after a major renovation, it remains one of America’s great tiki cathedrals. The report highlights the Molokai and Bora Bora bars, flickering torches, theatrical garnish, the enduring Barrel O’ Rum, and the dinner-show engine that keeps the place from becoming merely a museum.
Broward County | tiki pilgrims, theatrical dates, group celebrations, bar-history lovers
#19
The Fitz Bar & Lounge
The Fitz is a warm watering hole rather than a velvet trap. The report notes its Harbor Beach Margarita, Las Olas Lush, food trucks, approachable cocktails, and founder John Fitz’s emphasis on conversation.
Broward County | local hospitality, casual cocktails, low-key meetups, warm neighborhood nights
#20
Twice Removed
Twice Removed is a gentler Broward entry, praised in the report for relaxed temperament and peanut-butter or roasted-pecan old-fashioneds.
Broward County | neighborhood cocktails, relaxed coastal-local nights, small groups
