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Carlos Fuentes and Danielle Gonzalez smoke from a hookah at Oasis Cafe in Coconut Grove. Photo: Ronna Gradus
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BISTRO 82
Location: 8201 Biscayne Blvd.
Mediteranian food. Saturday nights they have a Belly Dancing show and GREAT food. Hookahs start at $15. Check it out! Order at the counter or at the table. People that work there are very nice and willing to help when you ask.
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Im a regular at Aladdins in the grove.
Its a really cool start to a friday or sat night with a group of friends. before hitting a club or party.
Get something to eat, blow some smoke, and get your party on.im actually on my way to d'vine now.highly suggest it.... Read more
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Well it looked good and I succumbed to peer pressure at D'Vine since all my friends were getting "high" off air, okay flavored air. It looks better than it is and I ended up getting terrible bronchitis that took me nearly 2 months to finally get rid of. So thank you, I would prefer to smoke real things and leave the hookahs to people needing to look cool. ... Read more
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Great review...surely something different to do at a lounge...will try some of these places.
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My group of friends and I usually hit the hookah bars on Friday nights right before going to a party or club. We've tried numerous places for hookahs and have had a great time. We've been so into the hookah 'thing' that we each bought one to have at all our get togethers or other events.
If your looking for a nice dinner experience with a club like atmosphere I highly recommend Tantra on Pennsylvania Ave. in Miami Beach, and Off the Hookah in Las Olas Riverfront in Ft. Lauderdale.
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...with all we know about smoking, do you really think it's wise to be promoting these type establishments?
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I love going to hookah bars once in a while. I always feel so relaxed afterwards. My fave is D'Vine Hookah Lounge on Lincoln Rd.
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The recent explosion of hookahs in Miami has been interesting. I believe there's at least one more place on Lincoln that offers them. Does D'Vine still exist at their original location on Collins?
I've also seen them being smoked in front of some kind of business on Biscayne around 76th Strett.
The new head shop at Alton and 15th sells the equipment. I fairly surprised to see this place open. We'll see how long it's tolerated by the City of Miami Beach. In the meantime, plenty of business from the Flamingo alone.
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Up in smoke: a hookah bar guide
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Friday nights Alexis Newell heads to Miami Beach, where she plops down on cushioned outdoor seats on Lincoln Road and orders a beer and a hookah. She goes to D'Vine, one of more than a dozen hookah lounges that have popped up in South Florida in recent years in hip spots such as South Beach and suburban neighborhoods including Plantation and Kendall.
While hookahs vary in size and extravagance, they're generally set up the same way, with a glass, water-filled base connected to a upright pipe topped with a bowl. The bowl holds the maassel, tobacco soaked in a mix of molasses, semidried fruit and honey with the occasional artificial flavoring. On top of it, separated by a thin sheet of aluminum foil peppered with tiny holes, is a lump of hot coal. A flexible tube connects to the water bowl, from which the user sucks in smoke that is cooled by the liquid, producing a smooth taste that doesn't feel as rough as that of a cigarette.
In South Florida, hookahs can be found in restaurants, cafés and lounges. They include the cheap and minimal, such as Michael's Café in Kendall -- a small, converted gas station -- where it's $10 to rent a pipe and most foods are priced the same, to posh D'Vine, where a premium hookah can set an aficionado back up to $45.
Most places, such as Oasis Café in Coconut Grove, fall in the middle. An Internet café, coffee shop and hookah lounge at once, it's been open four years and charges $21 per single-hosed pipe with tobacco and offers flavors including strawberry, cherry, melon and double apple -- that's mixed red and green apples, one of the most popular -- plus dozens of others.
Here's a handful of places you can hit the hookah:
Dade
Delido Beach Club at the Ritz-Carlton, 1 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach; 786-276-4000. Free hookahs during happy hour, 5 to 8 p.m. Thurs. & Fri. with purchase of food. Open noon to 8 p.m. daily.
D'Vine Hookah Lounge, 445 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach; 305-534-1414. Hookahs are $18-$45. Open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily.
Layali Miami, 11402 NW 41st St., Doral; 305-403-0188. Hookahs are $15. Open 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mon.-Fri., to midnight on weekends.
Marhaba Mediterranean Cuisine, 5701 Sunset Dr., South Miami; 305-740-5880. Hookahs are $20. Open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m. to midnight Fri.-Sat.,
11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.
Michael's Café, 9851 SW 88th St., Kendall; 786-497-0841. Hookahs are $10 Sun.-Wed. and $16 Thurs.-Sat.. Open 11 a.m. to midnight Mon.-Thurs. and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Fri.-Sat.
Oasis Café, 2977 McFarlane Rd., Coconut Grove; 305-446-6565. Hookahs are $15 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. or $21-$26 after 6 p.m.. Open 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Mon.-Wed., 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. Thurs.-Sat., 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sun.
Tantra, 1445 Pennsylvania Ave., Miami Beach; 305-672-4765. Open 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. daily. Hookahs are $20 per hour.
Broward
A La Turca, 2027 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; 954-925-5900. Hookahs are $15. Open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sun.-Thurs. and 11 a.m. to midnight Fri.-Sat.
Exotic Bites, 1848 Harrison St., Hollywood; 954-921-6667. Hookahs are $15. Open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Mon.-Fri. and until 4 a.m. on weekends.
Off the Hookah, 300 SW First Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-761-8686. Hookahs are $20. Closed Mon. Open 5 p.m to 2 a.m. Tues.-Thurs., 4 p.m to 4 a.m. Fri.-Sat., 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sun.
Posh, 110 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale; 954-763-3553. Open 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sun.-Thurs., 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. Fri., 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. Sat.
Published: 4/08
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