

Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, there is a dependable group of regulars at the bar almost every evening. But things change on Saturday and Sunday: The Palace's huge afternoon crowds spill onto the sidewalk to watch drag queens do cartwheels in the streets and terrorize tourists, which is hilarious.



Score hosts nightly events that are popular with locals, including "Planeta Macho" latino nights on Tuesdays. Weekends are busy.

Spris is next door to gay club Score, and is great for a quick bite while the rest of the world saunters by. Pizzas are the main draw, with 30 varieties of thin-crusted pizza baked in a wood-burning brick oven.


Beautifully restored with the Art Deco motif preserved, The National has nice rooms and a beautiful pool. Service is low-key and friendly.


Renovated a few years ago, the big selling point for Hotel Nash is the location: walking distance to gay bars, the gay beach, and the rest of what South Beach has to offer.