South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
WHERE TO WATCH THE BIG GAME
10 Super Bowl LIII watch parties in Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Boca
Never mind that the Miami Dolphins haven’t appeared in a Super Bowl since 1985: South Florida football fans can sure throw a watch party, and they’ll do so again when Super Bowl LIII arrives on Feb. 3.
As the New England Patriots prepare to face the Los Angeles Rams at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 3, bars, restaurants, hotels and breweries in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and beyond are preparing watch-party blowouts with huge projection screens, along with food and drink specials.
Here’s where to belly up for the big game.
Broward Big City Tavern
609 Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale;
954-727-0307 or BigCityTavern.com
Big City Tavern, a Patriots hangout, is offering $2 off all wine, beer and cocktails during its pre-Super Bowl tailgate party from 4 to 7 p.m. Hot dogs, soft pretzels and wing specials are Happy Hour specials. Patriots/snowbird alert: You can find Philadelphia cheese steaks and New England clam chowder here.
Royal Pig Pub
350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale;
954-617-7447 or RoyalPigPub.com
During the Super Bowl, the gastropub promises to crank up the volume on all 31 of its TVs for game-day action. The restaurant also is offering a hamburger, French fries and a beer for $10, along with bottomless Grey Goose cocktails for $27.97 starting at 5 p.m.
LuLu’s Bait Shack
17 S. Atlantic Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954-463-7425 or LulusBaitShack.com
The beachside Cajun mainstay boasts 25 bigscreen TVs, which will create the kind of NFL frenzy that can only be tamed with LuLu’s tailgate menu: loaded potato skins, baked pretzels, grilled bratwurst, bacon cheeseburgers and Buffalo chicken sliders. Buckets of Bud, Bud Light and Bud Light Lime will cost $19.
Doc B’s Restaurant and Bar
452 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale; 754-9002401 or DocBsRestaurant .com
The downtown kitchen boasts a generous open-toclose happy hour menu of dishes under $12. When a team scores a touchdown, the bar will pour $6
16-ounce drafts, $4 bottles,
$7 well drinks and $10 craft cocktails. Watching from home? On game day, it’s 30 percent off Doc B.’s catering menu.
American Social
721 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954-764-7005 or AmericanSocialBar.com
The sports bar, which boasts 12 TV screens and has locations in Miami and Boca Raton, will feature a $10 Super Bowl menu, including smoked Buffalo wings, mac and cheese, and pepperoni pizza.
Palm Beach
Crazy Uncle Mike’s
6450 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; 561-931-2889 or CrazyUncleMikes.com
Savvier Super Bowl revelers will take note of Mike’s impressive beerand-booze offerings for game day, starting with endless mimosas and beer bloody marys during the American Social in Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Boca Raton will have a $10 Super Bowl menu during game day.
pub’s 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. brunch. That follows with $1 hot wings, $4 License to Pils (the brewery’s house pilsner) and $9 premiums (Don Julio, Crown, Johnnie Walker Black, Tanqueray, Captain Morgan). Prosperity Brewers
4160 NW First Ave., No. 21, Boca Raton; 561-961-0573 or ProsperityBrewers.com and Eventbrite.com
The Boca Raton taproom and brewery will offer a halftime buffet spread, along with an unlimited open bar (beer and wine), to Super Bowl partiers for $50-$60 during the game. Or, consider splurging by reserving a lounge for $500, which includes two private TVs and a dedicated bartender.
Roxy's Pub
309 Clematis St., West Palm Beach; 561-296-7699 or RoxysPub.com
The downtown West Palm Beach pub is throwing a giant Super Bowl block party from 2 p.m. to midnight on the Clematis Street drag outside, featuring a chicken wing-eating contest along with giveaways, games, live music by DJ JayR and a giant outdoor projection screen.
Miami
Wynwood Kitchen and Bar
2550 NW Second Ave., Miami; 305-722-8959 or TheWynwoodWalls.com/ wynwood-kitchen-bar
During the PatriotsRams matchup, the Wynwood mainstay will offer an extended happy hour with $5 bites and a Super Bowlthemed special of firegrilled chicken wings with ancho chile glaze.
E11EVEN Miami
The swoon-worthy vocals of halftime performers Maroon 5, aided by rappers Big Boi and Travis A hamburger, french fries and a beer at Royal Pig Pub in Fort Lauderdale will cost $10 starting at 5 p.m. during Super Bowl Sunday. Roxy's Super Bowl Block Party will return Feb. 3 to downtown West Palm Beach with live DJs, games, contests and giveaways.
Scott, will look that much better on E11Even’s 30-foot projection screen perched on the nightclub’s rooftop. The club, which has 52 TV screens, will also dish plates of barbecue, which includes Asian barbecue
rubs, mac and cheese, potato salad and coleslaw for $30-$50. Beer buckets will cost $11, and doors will open at 5 p.m.