Saturday night in downtown Fort Lauderdale.... So many things to do!
We started out our Saturday night at a funky new restaurant downtown called
Tap 42.
Tap 42 is Ft. Lauderdale's newest craft beer bar and kitchen. They have 42 different beers on tap and over 100 bottled beers. AND... right up my alley, though it is new construction, they've used as much local, recycled and refurbished materials as possible... Awesome! Located off Andrews Ave and SE 14th Street it's easy to get to from whatever area you're coming from. This entire downtown area is going through a revitalization... or as Keith said, "Gentrification" - We all learned a new word.
We had an awesome table outside (and impeccable timing as it poured rain like an hour or so after we left) Unfortunately I didn't take any pics of my own here, so I had to rip some off of their website (I was too consumed in our bottle of wine)
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| Outside of Tap 42... |
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| Outside area where we sat and view indoors... |
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| Inside Area of Tap 42... |
We were there around 6:00pm and didn't have a problem getting a great table outside for a party of 6. It definitely got a lot busier the later it got. We dined happily on our bevy of appetizers which included an awesome meat and cheese platter... Yum!
For the main course most of us had burgers, which were yum! The price was reasonable for the service and ambiance - Very cool in that you're at a restaurant surrounded by high rise buildings and the hospital. Just an overall fun experience - Great for date nights or a night out with friends. Very glad we tried it out!
You can see the entire
Tap 42 menu
here.
You can also check out the entire beer menu
here.
After dinner we went to an art walk downtown that I have been wanting to check out for a while. Every month there is an event called
FAT Village Art Walk... FAT (Flagler Arts and Technology) Village is located downtown just North of Broward Blvd on the intersection of 1st & 5th. The Art Walks are held on the last Saturday of every month from 7:00pm-11:00pm.... Oh and did I mention it's all FREE?
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| Fat Village Art Walk Map | | | | |
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We had such a great time walking around here - Our favorite (and I really hope I'm getting it right from the map) was the Fort Lauderdale Scenic Studio in 523A. This studio holds all of the props, costumes and whatever other fun stuff you've seen from events around Ft. Lauderdale. Like parade floats, massive Hard Rock signs from the boat parade, mermaids... And all of it is there for you to play with. You can touch everything, climb on it, take pics with it, go inside...whatever you want. So much FUN! All of the people that work here are so nice too. We were talking to one woman who said they just open the warehouse up because they love to see peoples reactions to everything. She even helped us pull out the 7 foot Rio Jesus that you'll see in the pics... Yep!
Here's some silly pics from inside...
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| Me with a massive Hollywood sign... |
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| Another massive boat parade sign... |
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| Cari and a giant 7 foot plaster copy of the Rio Jesus... |
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| Rachel and Cari in a mini gingerbread house.... |
As you can see, you can spend hours in this place playing! After this were a few more galleries with serious artwork. Serious expensive artwork! There was also a bar with a live band playing with a free open bar! Of course the line was crazy, so we spent our $3 on a glass of wine each (cheap, right?) Such a great time!!!
There were food vendors and a couple of art vendors in the street.
Cari bought a pretty new turquoise necklace outside of the next gallery we went into which was the
Rolling Stock Gallery and Rolling Stock Alley. They also had a live band playing and artists doing graffiti in the back alley. In the middle area there was a blank banner with spray paint and sharpies in all colors to play with.... So we did!
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| Green Cycle Designs.... |
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| Doopie Moos..... |
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| Andy's contribution... Our initials and anniversary... What a cutie! |
So..... that was our night out at
Tap 42 and
FAT Village Art Walk - We definitely recommend checking out both of these destinations. You can also check out my Yelp on
Tap 42 - See you at the next Art Walk!
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