Miami's oldest bar turns one hundred this year and refuses to act its age. Cash only, neon lit, open to 5am.
Mac's Club Deuce has held 222 14th Street since 1926, which makes it the oldest bar in Miami and, as of this year, a centenarian. It opens at 8am, closes at 5am, and takes cash and nothing else.
The two for one happy hour runs from open until 5pm, nine hours of doubled drinks under pink neon. Miami New Times keeps it on the city's best bars roster, and Anthony Bourdain made it his Miami local on camera.
Who would hate it? Anyone who needs a menu, a mixologist, or a card reader. Everyone else stays longer than planned.
One room, a wraparound bar, a pool table, and the pink neon squiggle left over from a Miami Vice shoot. The jukebox does the programming and the light stays low at noon. The bar's own clippings count Top Dive Bar nods from CNN, Conde Nast, Time Out, and GQ.
Order a beer and a shot or a well drink; happy hour makes everything two for one until 5pm. Nobody comes for garnish.
Bring cash. The pours run generous, the prices run decades behind the beach, and the register has outlived every card network fad.
Industry crews land after close, sunburned tourists wander in off Washington Avenue, and old South Beach holds the corner stools. The 4am hour belongs to the strange and friendly.