Name: American Social
Address: 690 Southwest 1st Court, Miami, FL, 33130
Telephone: (305) 223-7004

Nation

Photos courtesy of Shaun Stewart and Grey Poupon; Design by Maitane Romagosa for Thrilist

Drink

Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

Are Mustard Drinks a Thing Now? 

Las Vegas

Las Vegas doesn't really have suburbs the same way bigger cities like Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia do.

The 12 Best Nevada Restaurants Outside Las Vegas

Flickr/Viv Lynch

Travel

Explore adventure guides and design a custom itinerary for the destination of your choice in and around the city.

Best Travel Guides, Cool Hotels and Interesting Events - Thrillist

Hollywood has long painted Appalachia as a hotbed of banjo-strumming inbreds with rotting teeth and unintelligible twangs.

Haunted Places to Visit in Appalachia, America's Spookiest Region

Photo by Nicci Radhe, Courtesy of Visit Tucson

Like many Arizonans, we have an unwavering appreciation for the natural spaces and outdoor recreation destinations found across every corner of the Grand Canyon State.

The Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Arizona

Nashville

Tribe Nashville

There’s more to Nashville than honky-tonks, Carrie Underwood karaoke, bachelorette parties, and hot chicken—a whole lot more.

The Best LGBTQ Bars in Nashville

Purple Carrot

Shopping

Shopping - Deals, New Products & Gift Ideas From Across the Web - Thrillist

Eating healthy meals can be a challenge, even with the best intentions.

The Best Meal Kit Services to Help You Eat Healthier

Star Tripping

We’re looking to the night sky for our summer road trip plans in 2021. Here’s where and how to hit the road for a stargazing-themed trip, including destinations near your city.

Star Tripping: Best Places to Travel for Stargazing

Cheri Alguire/Shutterstock

For a minute there, it seemed like society's obsession with aliens had become a thing of the past.

The Best Places in America to See UFOs

Chicago

BLVD Steakhouse

Between Michelin stars, James Beard titles, and a discerning crowd’s ever-evolving palate, Chicago has come a long way in establishing itself as a frontrunner in global and contemporary cuisine.

The Best Steakhouses in Chicago

New York

Jim Vallee/Shutterstock

Upstate New York is probably already on your fall travel radar for everything from leaf peeping to apple picking, but there’s a lot more to it than that.

The Most Beautiful Places in Upstate New York

Washington DC

With concerts, sporting events, and visits to landmark museums back in full swing, that can only mean one thing: Chinatown and Penn Quarter are bustling with foot traffic again.

The Best Bars and Restaurants Near Capital One Arena

Philadelphia

Eastern State Penitentiary

JackHyper_Jun16

In a relatively ancient city like Philadelphia, there are plenty of spots that may very well be haunted.

The Most Bone-Chilling Haunted Places in Philadelphia

Atlanta

Chrome Yellow Trading Co.

There’s no doubt about it: Atlanta is a coffee lover’s city.

The Best Coffee Shops in Atlanta

Miami

American Social Brickell (Miami)

United States

American Social

Here are Miami's best places to tailgate, celebrate, and cheer on the Dolphins.

Photo courtesy of The Clevelander

There are a great many lifebloods running through South Florida, but local football fandom is not one of them. Not only because neither of our local teams has sniffed a championship since leaving the Orange Bowl, but also because any time we go out to watch a game, we’re inevitably outnumbered by fans from Philadelphia and New York who, er, really love spelling. And yet, while our skills may be mediocre, our parties never are—so if you can handle the opposing fans’ jawing and still enjoy a good weekend of debaucherous football, here are the 11 best places to tailgate or catch a game around Miami.

There are a great many lifebloods running through South Florida, but local football fandom is not one of them. Not only because neither of our local teams has sniffed a championship since leaving the Orange Bowl, but also because any time we go out to watch a game, we’re inevitably outnumbered by fans from Philadelphia and New York who, er, really love spelling. And yet, while our skills may be mediocre, our parties never are—so if you can handle the opposing fans’ jawing and still enjoy a good weekend of debaucherous football, here are the 11 best places to tailgate or catch a game around Miami.

Yes, there are inherent disadvantages to having your football stadium light years from downtown and isolated from anything other than <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/miami/best-strip-clubs-miami-miami-strip-clubs-2015" target="_blank">Tootsie’s</a>. The upside, however, is the abundance of tailgating space, where both Fins and Canes fans fire it up every weekend. Some might credit our tailgate intensity to the fact that blacking out during the game is often preferable to watching it, but it’s a testament to our fans’ collective dedication that no matter how bad local football gets, it never affects the action in the parking lots.

Hard Rock Stadium

This Wynwood tribute to all things sneakers is like walking into a cavern dripping with televisions, where rows of flatscreens hang from both the indoor and outdoor spaces. Grails’ shady back patio makes for a perfectly pleasant place to enjoy a game now that the weather’s cooled off. And the creative cocktail menu surpasses anything you’d expect from a sports bar, highlighted by the Sneaker Cocktail, served in a ceramic shoe you can take home with you.

Grails Miami

Grails

Miami’s best party brewery is no slouch when it comes to sports, setting up big projection screens on its patio and giving viewers buckets filled with six of their beers for just $20. Not content to leave the pachanga at the brewery, Veza Sur also rolls its famous party bus over to Hard Rock for all Dolphins home games, posting up with a pre-game DJ and abundant beer samples, including the Blood Orange Kolsch, the first-ever beer brewed in collaboration with the Miami Dolphins.

Veza Sur Brewing Co

Veza Sur

The most Miami way to watch football isn’t at a stadium—it’s watching on a yacht in the middle of the Miami River. No, you won’t be able to climb aboard and pose like you just made “friends” with the team owner, but for big games you can sometimes kick back at Riverside and watch the game projected on a mega-yacht. For less-important contests, this sunny drinking space brings in tons of slightly-smaller screens, making it the ideal locale for catching pigskin al fresco in South Florida.

Riverside Miami

Riverside

Miami’s classic spot for cold brews on the water is also among its longest-running homes for NFL Sundays. Regardless of whether or not you can tell a nose tackle from a nose job, it’s hard not to have fun when you’re pounding five-for-$20 beer buckets while literally standing over Biscayne Bay. On weekends, Shucker’s broadcasts all the action on TVs behind the bar and on the dock, alongside a full menu of $12 appetizers like Blackened Chicken Nachos and Loaded Cheese Fries.

Shuckers Waterfront Bar & Grill

Shuckers Waterfront Grill

In Miami, “football” can also mean the sport played with a spherical ball, two nets, and a LOT of flopping around on the ground with alligator tears. For fans of that game, the tailgate scene for <a href="https://www.intermiamicf.com/" target="_blank">Inter Miami</a>—our new MLS team—is surprisingly boisterous. The small-but-dedicated supporters have a fervor and passion typically dedicated to American football, and the scene outside DRV PNK Stadium reflects it. Don’t expect acres of debauchery like you’d find at Hard Rock, but if you’re looking to pregame Inter Miami-style, you won’t have to look far.

Inter Miami CF

DRV PNK Stadium

If going to the real stadium is just a little too depressing for you and you’d rather immerse yourself in Miami football’s glory days, instead, do your game-watching at Black Market. The walls are literally papered in reminiscences of the Dolphins and Hurricanes ‘70s and ‘80s heydays, so you can ignore the score on TV and focus on better times. The drinks will also help you forget the current state of South Florida football, with creations like the Eleven After This, a blend of Don Julio Tequila, fresh lime juice, watermelon, agave, and muddled jalapeño, complete with cayenne-salt rim, plus $5 beers and Bacardi drinks during the games.

Black Market Miami

Black Market

The last vestige of Coconut Grove’s college bar persona lives on at Sandbar, where students and alumni still pack the place on Saturday for the Hurricanes. No, not the football team anymore, but the sweet, rum-packed drinks which run from category one through five, turning the place into an indoor tailgate by halftime. Stop by for NFL Sunday Ticket, where those same students show up to watch all the pro teams from “back home.”

Sandbar Sports Grill

Sandbar and Grill

For sheer quantity of sports on TV, nowhere in South Florida does it better than Duffy’s, who stuffs both its indoor bar and sprawling waterfront patio with screens. The two-for-one drinks keep flowing during the games, too, meaning you can watch football here every week and still spend less than you would on your cable bill. The food is similarly tailgate-worthy, boasting one of the <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/eat/miami/best-burgers-miami" target="_blank">best burgers in Miami</a>, and a surprisingly strong selection of steaks.

Duffy's Sports Grill

Miami has <a href="https://www.thrillist.com/drink/miami/17-best-sports-bars-in-miami-including-duffy-s-bokampers-and-bru-s-room" target="_blank">plenty of fantastic sports bars</a> perfect for taking in a game in air-conditioned comfort surrounded by folks who live here. But if you wanna watch football at a place where live DJs spin during commercial breaks while dancers in body paint gyrate around them and you sip frozen drinks under a palm tree, hit the Cleve. Locals daring to brave the tourists are rewarded with 20% off food and drinks, and beer buckets are a reasonable-for-the-Beach $30.

Clevelander

The Clevelander

While Miami might not have boat-up tailgating like they do in Seattle or Knoxville, we do have boat-up sports bars, which might be even better. Sun-kissed revelers pull up to this spot on the Brickell side of the Miami River all day long, pausing their rosé-fueled photo sessions long enough to come ashore and down $18 buckets of Bud Light during the game. Toss in the hoards of Brickell locals who’ve made this spot a weekend go-to for all things sports, and you’ve got the closest thing to a Miami yacht party you’ll ever find on land.

<a href="https://www.thrillist.com/authors/matt-meltzer" target="_blank">Matt Meltzer</a> is a Miami-based contributor for Thrillist.

Entertainment

Thrillist's entertainment section covers every facet of popular culture. If you care about television, music, film, or celeb news; we've got it covered.

Entertainment - Latest Entertainment & Pop Culture News - Thrillist

Bars

Where to Tailgate and Watch Football in Miami

Where to Tailgate and Watch Dolphins Football in Miami

There are a great many lifebloods running through South Florida, but local football fandom is not one of them.

American Social

Featured In

Where to Tailgate and Watch Football in Miami

More From Thrillist

Are Mustard Drinks a Thing Now?

Grey Poupon wine and mustard-gin cocktails have arrived.

The 12 Best Nevada Restaurants Outside Las Vegas

Where to eat on the outskirts of Sin City.

Haunted Places to Visit in Appalachia, America's Spookiest Region

The Blair Witch, Mothman, and an underground coal fire still haunt these hills.

The Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Arizona

Sycamore Falls to Saguaro National Park, and every beautiful place in between.

The Best LGBTQ Bars in Nashville

Go out and celebrate.

The Best Meal Kit Services to Help You Eat Healthier

It's easy to be overwhelmed by the variety of "healthy" meal kit options out there, so we compared 14 of the best offerings to help you decide which one(s) you may want to give a try.

The Best Places in America to See UFOs

The truth is out there.

The Best Steakhouses in Chicago

From swanky Gold Coast venues to old-school River North standbys.

The Most Beautiful Places in Upstate New York

Plan a getaway to see these must-visit destinations IRL.

The Best Bars and Restaurants Near Capital One Arena

For all your pre- and post-game dining needs.

The Most Bone-Chilling Haunted Places in Philadelphia

From a famous abandoned penitentiary to a haunted performance venue.

The Best Coffee Shops in Atlanta

A pick for every type of coffee lover.