Lost Weekend

South Beach


The Weekend is a grimy, sweaty, slovenly dive, filled with pool tables, cheap domestics and – hell yeah – Golden Tee and Big Buck Hunter arcade games. God bless it. Popular with local waiters, kitchen staff and bartenders.


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4. Post Office

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5. Carlyle

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8. Miami Beach Community Church

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