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Happy's Stork Lounge and Liquor

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Photo courtesy of Happy Stork Lounge
If you seek a place where the booze is cheap and the patrons are salty drunks, look no further than this bar and package store on the 79th Street Causeway, midway between the mainland and the beach. Order a beer or cheap-for-Miami-rail cocktail and strike up a conversation with someone who will proceed to fill you in on what's really going on around here. Maybe it'll turn out to be the brilliant/crazy dude who has lined the walls with his weird straw sculptures. Or the ornery drunk who's about to get thrown out for refusing to pay his $30 tab because (he insists) his glass is dirty. This dive, which has been around since the 1950s, found a new home in 2023 just 800 feet west of its original location after that land was sold to a developer (so Miami). The new space is a hair brighter and not nearly as dingy, but the vibe survived the short journey intact. And now there's food — bar staples like smash burgers, Philly cheesesteaks, wings, and more, available until 2 a.m. every night of the week. Happy's also continues to operate as a package store that's open until 5 a.m., in case the occasion requires moving the party elsewhere for the wee small hours of the morning.
1624 79th St. Cswy., Miami Beach, 33141