Mac's Club Deuce
Bar · Art Deco Historic District
222 14th St, Miami Beach, FL 33139, USA
Highlights
Dive bar with pool tables, jukebox, and 2-for-1 happy hour
Dive bar with pool tables, jukebox, and 2-for-1 happy hour
"Our favorite kind of landmarks are the ones that serve booze, and Mac’s—the most famous dive bar in South Florida—does just that, every day from 8am-5pm. Sure, this 50-plus-year-old South Beach spot is rich in history (the neon lights were installed by the Miami Vice crew during a shoot) and you might walk in on a retired rock star sipping whiskey when you come here. But we like it because Mac’s is just a phenomenal dive bar. It’s grimy but friendly if you play by the rules, which essentially boil down to three things: cash only, don’t touch the blinds, and don’t be an ass." - ryan pfeffer, mariana trabanino, virginia otazo
"Mac’s in South Beach feels like a place where they’d film an episode of Miami Vice—because they did. The neon that still hangs above the bar was installed by the show’s crew. It really hasn’t changed much since then, and if you listen closely, you can still hear Don Johnson screaming, “Do you know who I am?!”" - ryan pfeffer, mariana trabanino, virginia otazo
"Mac’s is our own personal zombie apocalypse bar. This classic South Beach dive is where we want to be during the end of the world (or when it’s just raining very bad). The blinds are always closed so you don’t have to think about the outside world, and it’s small enough to meet everyone who’s drinking inside over the course of an hour. Plus, they have a legendary 7am-7pm two-for-one Happy Hour. If you get a good seat at the pink bar, which winds throughout the space like an angry snake, the minutes go by like hours. And if you get hungry, La Sandwicherie is right across the street." - ryan pfeffer
"If fate has led you to a dive bar man, you should bring them to Mac’s (if they haven’t already suggested it). The snaking pink bar is a great place to get lost in the scent of Marlboro Reds at 4pm. If the conversation lulls, don’t worry. A regular will inevitably insert themselves into your conversation, which will be charming and funny for the first five minutes, then rapidly get weird and uncomfortable. When that happens, stand up and head to the pool table, where you can escape that conversation and bond over what just happened." - ryan pfeffer
"To wash the taste of glitzy restaurants with stupid dress codes out of your mouth, go to Mac’s. The minute you enter Miami’s most perfect dive bar, you’re slapped in the face by the dense smell of stale cigarettes and cheap beer. The cash-only bar’s very existence, and the loyal regulars who ensure it’s crowded on any random weekday at 11am, prove that South Beach wasn’t always ruled by tan-obsessed gym rats. No matter what day of the week it is, you’re likely to bump into a man in his late sixties who’s been enjoying the bar’s two-for-one Happy Hour for the last thirty years. He’ll tell you unbelievable stories about Miami’s “good old days” that’ll make you a little sad you weren’t there to see them." - virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer, mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, virginia otazo, ryan pfeffer, virginia otazo, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino, virginia otazo, mariana trabanino, mariana trabanino, virginia otazo, virginia otazo
