Monkey Business Bar

You must come for the drag show ... not because its good, but because its so terrible its hilarious !!! I believe even the "entertainers" know that they are a laugh and so they dont mind ... Patrons are quite interesting too. the lady sitting next to me had two teeth and when she inhaled on her cigarette, she could blow the smoke out through her gums. Between that and the drag show I had a GREAT time :) .

It's basically a low rent gay neighborhood bar in Wilton Manor. The drinks are easy on the wallet, they serve a free Sunday omelet breakfast and have a rather cheap, lack luster drag show on Saturday nights. Has the usual collection of young gay alcoholics, younger ones on the prowl for a Sugar Daddy and some Sugar Daddies looking for Sugar Boys. However those pickup actions are not too obvious or blatant.

It can just be a nice stop for a cheap beer and some uncomplicated chat where smoking isn't generally an issue. The parking however is cramped and some of the people leaving the place are clearly in no condition to be driving, but are probably driving only because they are too drunk to walk. So, as a hint, it is best to park your car as far as you can from where most of the other patrons park.

On Friday and Saturday night they have drag show, female impersonating lip singers on their tacky adorned Illusion Stage. Some of them are rail thin others equal to the size of any line backer that the Green Bay Packers ever fronted. What they do have in common however, is a lack of talent, meaning that they certainly aren't the equal to what you might find performing at the Manchester Room of the Alibi, at the back bar at Bill's or at Lips. However, they appear dedicated, enjoy what they are doing, and the crowd enjoys them.

Sunday mornings Monkey Business serves free omletes and also has various other special events.

Monkey Business Bar, located at 2740 N. Andrews Avenue, several blocks  south of Oakland Park Blvd, has a small "neighborhood bar" feel.

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Monkey Business is an okay place to have a drink, or two, or three, or more.... and watch a drag show on a Saturday night.  Bar celebrities include Dina Kingsley, Miranda, Tonna McKenzie, Sharde' Ross, Nancy Ross, to name a few.  That said, they tend to hang out at Monkey Business less and less due to repeated and widely observed behavior issues by one of the owners.  

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CONS:
__Tends to be VERY smokey with minimal circulation.  An additional air-conditioner was recently added, but doesn't seem to be helping much.
__The owners (and patrons) will often open the windows to relieve the smoke. Between the open windows and the often opened back entrance, the bar becomes too hot to bare. A common-sense solution would be to leave the windows and doors shut and install (or make use of existing) air circulators-filters.  
__On site parking is very limited. Back lot parking is available periodically.  Arrive early to get the best parking.

WARNING: DO NOT PARK AT THE WALGREENS LOT ACROSS THE STREET - YOU MAY BE TOWED !