America's Backyard

Do Not GO Here for New Years Eve! I bought premium tickets last year for open bar for 3 hrs. What a joke, first the place was packed, second they had two bartenders working the main bar-I got one drink during my open bar, my friends also got served once, what a joke and a big waste of money. They should of had more staff working. I only got more free drinks when the champagne came out.

America's Backyard is crazy. this huge venue is awesome! Came here back in the summer when I was down in Fort Lauderdale for a little getaway. After doing some research and getting tired of Miami nightlife, we came across Fort Lauderdale nightlife. Unbeknownst to us, Fort Lauderdale is just as good as Miami, maybe even better. While doing the research we found America's Backyard. It looked really amazing in the pictures provided and they had a yelp deal going on, sweeeet!. We decided to check this place out and if it were not a place for us, there were plenty other lounges in the area.

Arriving at the downtown Fort Lauderdale area on a Thursday night was fairly quick for us. The area was very live and vibrant with club-goers and bar hoppers, some even just for dinner. Everyone seemed to be having a good time. We parked in a lot right across from America's Backyard which is actually on a side street and not the main street with the other lounges, clubs, etc. Walking over the first thing I noticed was that it looked like a factory from the outside and had art on the outside walls. Also it had no roof! It was completely open with just a tent over it. Duh....hence the name "backyard" it was designed to be out in the open like a backyard. They checked our I.d.'s and let us in. I loved it in inside! The big circular shaped bar was in the middle of the room and it had two floors with seating. It wasn't crowded much, but I figured it wouldn't be for a Thursday night. We walked over to the bar and grabbed some seats. The bartender was hot! Lol she gave us the menus and we told her about the yelp deal, which she then informed us that we had to tell the guy at the front door.

One friend went over to tell the guy and we stayed. Looking over the menu, they had good food and drinks. We were all in the mood for frozen drinks but they did not have. Bummer. Not a problem, we decided on the "Pink Lemonade" drink and got a pitcher of it since there were three of us. Since we didn't have dinner we also ordered food. We ordered the "Sliders with homecut fries" "Traditional West Coast Wings" and I think  another friend ordered the "Crab Cakes". My friend came back with tickets for the yelp deal we had purchased. We gave them one ticket for the drink and one for the food. We had an extra one and they even gave us one more! The hot bartender was super sweet! And the "Pink Lemonade" she made was really good! Just like regular plain lemonade!.

The food came and I must admit it was yummers! The sliders were my favorite so so good! The wings were perfect and crispy with the right amount of sauce and so were the fries. I did not try the crab cakes but my friend said it was just okay.

By now a few more people had came in and were dancing and having a good time. The staff at America's Backyard encourage you to get on top of the bar and dance. They even provide hula hoops and whistles. On the other side of the bar they literally have shower heads where you pull a chain and they turn on. They apparently get really wild at this venue lol.

I will most definitely come back here just because I enjoyed everything about this place. And I will also like to see it at its full potential on a real party night.

i LOVE Americas...its very old school and enbraces its name. Very backyard bbq feel.  DJ goes through old school songs and some current ones but they keep you on the dance floor.

No cover for broward or palm beach residence, sell food early in the night and best buy would be the lemonade pitchers