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Miami Nightlife Has Three Capitals: South Beach, Brickell, Wynwood
Miami Nightlife Has Three Capitals: South Beach, Brickell, Wynwood
South Beach's Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue still run the big-room club culture — LIV at the Fontainebleau, Story, E11even (the 24-hour club). Brickell is the cocktail-and-rooftop corridor: Sugar at EAST, Area 31 at Kimpton.
Wynwood runs the younger, less-polished version — Gramps, Wood Tavern, Wynwood Yard. For live Latin music: Ball & Chain in Little Havana, Cafe La Trova — these are the real ones, not the tourist photo stops.
Miami bars run to 5 AM in Miami-Dade (with proper licensing); E11even is the 24/7 outlier. Uber is the only rational movement between districts at 3 AM.