Smarty Pants Bar

I just left this place about an hour ago and I swear I had the best 23rd birthday a gentleboy could have. Yes, it is filled with regulars around their 30s to 40s, and yes there is a karaoke setup.

It is absolutely the best karaoke set up you have ever seen. The song selection is practically the best sound selection I have ever seen or heard at a bar.

Absolutely everyone was friendly and the drinks were reasonably priced. It was my birthday though... I might have gotten special treatment

I would like to hail this bar as a fantastic refuge in the sea of lowly dives in ft. Lauderdale. Def visit if you are of the queer mentality. DEF visit if you are of the FUN mentality.

Difficult to believe that I am the first to review Smarty Pants as it has been around for a long time, operated under various names in the past but remains essentially the same.

Smarty Pants would probably be best classified as a gay neighborhood bar, generally attracting a steady flow of resident patrons as opposed to the tourist traffic. What they have to offer is that it is an establishment in which one may smoke. It does have entertainment on certain weekdays (Friday) and weekend nights, mostly karaoke which carries on until the early hours of the morning or until that last drunk has sung.

It brings in a rather mixed crowd, mostly comprised of the 30 or 40 something age groups, mostly gay male but a few lesbians with a token bi or straight tossed into the mix. However, it essentially is known as a gay bar.

A lot of its draw comes from the fact that it offers a good drink at a reasonable price and provides an atmosphere conducive to conversation on nights when entertainment isn't offered.

Located in corner strip mall section on the South East corner of Oakland and Federal, there is plenty of free parking and the area is generally considered to be safe.