Best Gay Bars in Miami Beach, Florida 🍺🏝️

[@KevenTalks]

Update: I somehow totally forgot about the bar at Hotel Gaythering! Hotel Gaythering is - you guessed it - a "gay hotel" on the other end of South Beach. There's a dive bar inside that is frequented by its guests as well as some locals who prefer a gay bar away from the tourist-heavy region. If you want to explore the popular gay bars in Miami Beach, I'd recommend just sticking to Twist and Nathan's 😎

[@nelsondesousa9304]

Hotel Gaythering was fun too. Miami has a good mix of venues. I feel it’s just right.

[@shazamdeal]

Miami Beach is so over and tired now - it was once a blast ( I lived there in 1990’s and early 2000’s

[@KevenTalks]

Tell us more about the heyday of Miami Beach! 🤩

[@philambrez]

Yeah I know, everyone from Ft Laud used to drive to Miami for fun, now everyone from Miami drives to Ft Laud. This idiot doesn't know shit.

[@jazzyflorida3757]

Miami Beach has gotten ghetto. No thanks! It’s not even gay anymore. Ft. Lauderdale is it!

[@jlynch751]

Miami is no longer a gay town. Not like its heyday in the late 90's and 2000's. South Beach has really gone downhill. It's gross tbh. Had Gianni Versace not been murdered, he would have moved out a looooooooooong time ago. Sad really considering how beautiful it once was.

[@KevenTalks]

I actually think about this all the time that there's NO way he'd still live on Ocean Drive if he were still alive!

[@michaelmorin6235]

There were so many gay places in miami city. Back in the day

[@GentleGiantPSP]

I used to go to Twist when I lived in SoBe in the mid 90s. I had some good times there as well as Warsaw, Kremlin, Amnesia for Sunday tea dance, and the club on Washington that used to be Prince's club. I also used to work at the Kenmore Hotel across the street from Twist. I moved to SoBe when I was 28 and lived there twice for a total of 7 years. I like to watch your videos because it makes me reminisce about my youth. I also miss 12th street beach, Ocean Drive, and Lincoln Road. After Hurricane Wilma, and being tired of being broke, I returned to my roots in SoCal and now live in Palm Springs with all the other old men like myself.😂 Have you met the other gay KZbinr who lives in SoBe named Thomas Matthew? He's in your age range and I think he is single. You 2 should get to know each other. By the way, good luck with your transition in finding your next job opportunity. I've also been in your shoes and I guarantee things will eventually fall into place. Take care, Skip

[@KevenTalks]

Love hearing these nostalgic stories of SoBe back in the day ;) I'm sure it was amazing. I know it was a totally different scene back then.

[@alexanderpons9246]

Yes Amnesia was a great Club, that open no roof was awesome and forgot about the Tea Dance on Sundays! They hosted few Foam and Undie's Parties also.

[@pfmills]

WOW! I miss all of those places you mentioned!! The Cactus was my Spot as well!

[@philambrez]

Yeah I know, everyone from Ft Laud used to drive to Miami for fun, now everyone from Miami drives to Ft Laud. This idiot doesn't know shit.

[@orlensguerra9486]

Warsaw was the best​@@alexanderpons9246

[@FrancoAir]

Always hit Twist for happy hour with bartender Charle.

[@alexanderpons9246]

Oh wow funny to see how things have changed! Let me share with you some Gay Clubs that use to exist in Miami decades ago. There used to be one called Uncle Charlie's near US1 and SW 40th Street, Cheers on US1 and SW 72 Street, O'Zone on SW 57 Avenue near UM, Cactus Bar on Biscayne Blvd and NE 21 Street. In Miami Beach was Salvation's on 18th Street and West Avenue, Loading Zone on 14th Court and Alton Court, Torpedo on Collins Avenue between 6th and 7th Street, Warsaw Ballroom on Collins Avenue and Hispaniola Way, Score on Lincoln Road and Twist which is the only one that survived. Much success in Life handsome young man!

[@KevenTalks]

Wow! There were so many. Funny how things change, right? It sounds like some of these were also off the beach and in the city (?)

[@alexanderpons9246]

@@KevenTalks Yes there were few in The City as I mentioned! Also back then there were also other Clubs in Fort Lauderdale, back then Wilton Mannors was what it is today. One that my group of friends and I liked was The Copa, it was just like wha Twist is now but bigger and had an outside stage where The Drag Queens Performed.

[@philambrez]

@@alexanderpons9246 Yeah, the Copa was burnt down by arsonists who lived behind it throwing Molotov Cocktails on the tiki hutches. The fire department took its sweet time showing up to put out the blaze. In fairness to the residents who lived behind the club, I can imagine how the noise from their outdoor speakers would drive people batshit.

[@alexanderpons9246]

@@philambrez Not sure but if memory serves me right The Copa was off Federal Hwy close to Port Everglades and behind it was some industrial massive plant.

[@philambrez]

@@alexanderpons9246 You're right, but there were houses back there too constantly complaining about the noise. Ft. Laud was not very good at zoning way back in the day. Those houses had been there forever before the industry showed up. I almost bought a house that was right next to a 7-11, but the opera music they played 24/7 to keep the kids from hanging around made it a no-go for me. Luckily, the crime there now is horrible. Wasn't so bad back in the day.

[@lp1]

What about lauderdale ? Any recs there ?

[@marcoego]

Im surprised that you didn’t mention that years ago there probably were 20 gay bars in Miami and now there are 3 or 4. I think it would have been an important observation and piece of information for your audience. In recent years, all of the gay nightlife has moved up to Wilton Manors (a small municipality adjacent to Fort Lauderdale). Miami/Miami Beach basically is no longer gay.

[@KevenTalks]

I mentioned more about gay life in Miami here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWLCpZiNfNmlq7c

[@philambrez]

Couldn't agree more. My post says the same.

[@yettamarmelstein5095]

Keven, When it's 103-degrees with 100% humidity in another month or so, you should visit Chicago. There's an entire neighborhood called "Boystown!" The city is like NYC only much prettier (no garbage strewn on the sidewalks because Chicago has alleys), more spread out and A LOT less frenetic. Friendlier too. Btw, how is the job hunt going?? Your followers are worried about how you're doing, baby!!! 🥰❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@yettamarmelstein5095]

P.S. -- What I meant to say is "When it's 103-degrees with 100% humidity IN MIAMI in another month or so..." :)

[@KevenTalks]

I definitely need to check out Chicago at some point! Thank you for asking about my employment situation - life update video coming shortly..

[@Haggiedc2]

I am from Chicago... BoysTown is everything

[@LenHealsU]

I remember, when I was much younger, when Ocean Drive was a bunch of modest hotels for seniors. I mean every hour you could hear an ambulance come and rescue some elderly person from whatever. That was back in the 1970s.

[@KevenTalks]

lol!

[@joemcgunagle8146]

Twist is always vibing.

[@philambrez]

More like "tweeking", be honest

[@andyswainson8114]

My bar going days are over - one too make rudé Queen and wateres down drink have taught me well.

[@rory1733]

Many years ago (like 20+) I had a big gay drug filled Miami weekend that started at Lucky Chang’s and then we went on to twist and then (remember this) is like 1999 / 2000 we wound up that this huge gay super club in wait for it downtown Miami in a warehouse but I don’t remember the name ….. of it ! Sound familiar ?

[@KevenTalks]

lol I wouldn't know 😅

[@rory1733]

@@KevenTalks I think it was called Sanctuary! It was at the time by far one of the best weekends of my life. Great memories.

[@rory1733]

I thought South Beach was not where locals hung out but more on the city side but I guess you mentioned that there are only three gay bars in the area that can’t be true?

[@KevenTalks]

Yep, they're all in South Beach which is otherwise mostly a tourist area

[@ninjask8ter]

I remember going to Twist in 2007!

[@KevenTalks]

I wonder how it's changed since then. That's almost 20 years ago!

[@ninjask8ter]

@@KevenTalks Time flies!

[@thegodblogger3812]

Off topic but Rawhide in New Orleans' French Quarter is decent. The night I went the dark room wasn't really popping except for a few people in the bathrooms. I've heard Phoenix in N.O. has an upstairs where the action is wicked. Gotta make it there before the end of the summer.

[@KevenTalks]

Gotta make a New Orleans video at some point ;)

[@thegodblogger3812]

@@KevenTalks Supercool

[@KevenTalks]

@@thegodblogger3812 It's such an unusual city!

[@thegodblogger3812]

@KevenTalks It's amazing, especially the Quarter. Park your car and everything is walkable: clubs, restaurants, open container drinking, party atmosphere 25 hrs a day, 8 days a week. Very friendly to LGBT. Fun, fun, and more fun. 😍

[@kooldavewarren]

I’ve been to Phoenix in New Orleans. The upstairs is dark so one can explore. Oh, I remember getting taken on the pool table!😮

[@SaschaStraub]

now I know…thanks for sharing…since I will be in Miami next week 😊

[@KevenTalks]

Have fun!

[@SaschaStraub]

@@KevenTalks Thanks, gonna be fun - my husband and our son are with me. Hope the weather will be nice… :-)

[@h.l.silets6893]

That's it, Keven?!?? Just 3 gayy bars in Miami Beach?? 😮 That's tragic.😢

[@KevenTalks]

Lol it's the reality though!

[@kmarie7051]

I'm not an expert on nightlife but I would have thought in a way it makes it better there being fewer gay bars because more gay men are going to accumulate there. If you got tons of gay bars you're probably going to get more straight people going there in order to fill them and for the bar to make the money to keep it afloat. They are going to start catering more to straight people in order to do that and then it just becomes more of a mixed club and less gay. Does that make sense? I'm sure they could do with a few more than 3, but you don't want too many of them. I've just noticed that in some of the cities where they have a lot of gay bars a some of them have become very mixed and barely like gay bars because they are filled with so many straight people. Straight attracts more straights.. I've seen groups of women outside a gay bar and then a straight group of men will pass see the girls and then go to that bar lol If those straight men had seen that bar was just packed with men they would likely not be interested as a lot of the single ones are out searching for girls to flirt with just as gay men are other men.

[@KevenTalks]

@@kmarie7051 Good point!

[@brijmsn]

There's at least 12 gay bars in my city. I agree thats shocking they have so little going on.

[@trustnoone3007]

Has P. Diddy ever visited these bars…..🤭

[@KevenTalks]

omg lol 🙈

[@jacobhughes8056]

Interested if you have any insight into this. Sort of through mutual acquaintance got to know these two guys probably in mid 20s they go to gay clubs every weekend. At least one of them has mentioned hooking up with girl recently. Do you think they are at least DL? Or do you think there are truly straight guys that only go to gay bars?

[@KevenTalks]

Could be so many things...bi, curious, maybe they say it to attract guys at the bar for a group thing? Who knows!

[@jacobhughes8056]

True great points. I guess I could just find a delicate way to find out the story next time. I just got the sense they were trying to project as straight who knows

[@dee3522]

Downtown Miami and Wynwood need some gay nightlife. It's sad residents have to travel across a bridge to Miami Beach.

[@KevenTalks]

True, but apparently a new gay bar just opened in Wynwood literally like a week ago!

[@dee3522]

@@KevenTalks That's good. I didn't know that.

[@jacobhughes8056]

I feel like maybe there are few bars because twist would be hard to compete with? Honestly I am with you, nights at gay bars are a mixed bag. The benefit is meet so many people. But So many guys old enough to be grandpa hit on me and offer to buy drinks. I’m not in mood to share life story to these people generally. How do you shut these moments down?

[@KevenTalks]

lol to be honest at this point, I'm so jaded and irritated by guys wasting my time or lacking manners that I have zero problem walking away from someone if they annoy me somehow. That's exactly what I did last time I went to Twist! 😅 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKutp6BphburhtE

[@jacobhughes8056]

Haha exactly. I need to start shutting more down immediately when get red flag because often times when I let them buy drink they take it as permission to touch inappropriately and make sexual advances

[@KevenTalks]

100%, they always play the same game!

[@Haggiedc2]

so are you saying the "grandpa" is not welcomed at these locations... warn me now... I am 56 years old.

[@fourthcasper6161]

I have been to twist and i now hate it bc i was left in the parking lot😢

[@philambrez]

Was that the Twist's fault or your choice of shitty friends?

[@Thomas-xy4sh]

Shame you missed the heyday of gay bars in MIAMI AND Miami Beach. Uncle Charlie’s, Cheers, The Hole, Ozone, On The Waterfront… all in Miami, not on the Beach. I was at Twist the day it opened, right before Andrew hit. However best gay clubs that held THOUSANDS was 1235, The Warsaw, The Copa, Amnesia, literally held thousands of people. The mainland always supported gay bars. Look at how all the gay bars in Lauderdale are on the mainland, in Wilton Manors, not on the beach. Twist was always the smallest bar even after the expansion of next door incorporating 2 more rooms. The dance floor has always been tiny. The patio is refreshing, however back in the day most gay bars had patios, most notable, Cheers, Copa. Space used to be cool as well after hours in Miami proper. It was huge. Kremlin, Amnesia (foam parties and Sunday t dance). Paragon and Liquid were also cool. YES Miami WAS the gay Mecca. There were this many clubs plus Ft. Lauderdale. The 90’s were amazing, so glad to have grown up there.

[@KevenTalks]

Love hearing these Miami tales from the past - thank you for sharing!

[@Neon_Nostalgia-1980]

Oh, O'zone! South Miami really needs to bring back the gay nightlife scene.

[@tjedwards807]

What happened to Clique? Or Score? Are they closed now as well? Lauderdale was better iMO. Copa, Electra, saint, 825 club, Johnny’s, and of course georgies alibi.

[@afritimm]

How could a gay bar last....in the City of Miami with a mere population of 3 million? Huh? Yea, tourists go to Miami Beach, but..........there's also a large city of Miami with hundreds of thousands of gays!

[@KevenTalks]

Well why no gay bars there then? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@daviddahl8186]

I thought azucar is a gay bar in Miami. Isn't there a bar called Club BOI in the Miami area? This is from a google search.

[@KevenTalks]

Just googled both - neither of those is really in Miami lol. Outskirts. It would take close to an hour for me to get to either from Miami Beach.

[@gf2443]

Yes there was a black gay bar in north west 7th ave and 79th street called BOI. There were really cute all male nude dancers. Black, whites and Latins dancers. It is closed now.

[@Haggiedc2]

First off... YOU ARE GORGEOUS.... okay... so for a man in his 50's ... what do you recommend??

[@evanhickam]

Latin Gay Bar in Coral Gables called Azucar. It's been around a long time and doesn't seem to be going anywhere

[@KevenTalks]

Coral Gables ain't Miami Beach babe ;)

[@evanhickam]

Ok but in the video you said “Miami” not “Miami Beach”.

[@KevenTalks]

The title of the video is "Best Gay Bars in Miami Beach, Florida"

[@evanhickam]

@@KevenTalks no shit dude Jesus Christ maybe make your vid match your thumbnail

[@Theegothkid]

There’s Azúcar in The City of Miami

[@KevenTalks]

I just googled it - it's out in the suburbs lol