Originally posted by New Hampshire 'Cats Fan
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Your best bet may just be to head ‘Uptown’ and see what you find. The Uptown area along High Street (and along its off-shoots) will be walkable from the Arena and is loaded with bars and restaurants. I think you’ll be surprised how many options you’ll find for a small college town - however it’s a small college town so it will all be very collegy. As Greg has noted, it can be a bit ‘Disney for college kids’ after all...
Thinking back to my time and my last couple visits - I’d probably suggest Mac & Joe’s. It’s a dive bar/hole in the wall, but can have a fun atmosphere and was your best bet for pre- and post-Miami sporting event traffic when I was there. Think Libby’s but without windows, haha...
There are plenty of other sports bar type spots - including Brick Street and a few chains (BWW, Scotty’s Brewhouse). Skippers is a casual place that can be fun if not spectacular. The only places that really stand out for being unusual relative to what you’d find on most campuses is Steinkeller, a German brewhouse with a lot of heavy German beers in full steins, Kona, a fresher, healthier and more creative type place, and Paesanos, an Italian restaurant that people seem to like (more restaurant than bar/pub like many other spots)...
You may not find much in the way of food to write home about, but there should be plenty of options to find something to hit the spot. Plenty of Libby’s type places to grab a bite and plenty of beer everywhere...
The only real recommendation I’d have would be to eat early and walk the campus on your way to the arena. The real site to see is Oxford and Miami itself. The Uptown is really well done and the campus is beautiful. The ‘most beautiful’ per Robert Frost...
After the game if you want to hit a bar, know that Uptown will be overrun with students. It’s 18+ at a lot of places so they’ll be extra crowded compared to most campuses. Again, plenty of college options - if you want something quieter or more relaxed than your best bet is probably Circle Bar (or the townie bar). It’s supposed to be a nice place, but I’ve never actually been.
And there is always $0.75 Natty Light bottles at CJ’s or Mind Probes at Brick Street, if you want to make a night of things!!
At some point you HAVE to try Bagel and Deli. It’s not a sit down place, you just order and eat on the sidewalk or walk with your bagel. The steamed bagel sandwiches are incredible. I like the Ben’s (Roethlisberger) Best or the Tonya Harding Club. Great place for a post-game/post-bar meal, but FYI it will get packed late night...
Hope that helps. Again there are a lot of ‘new’ places (for me) so there will be so much I haven’t mentioned. Maybe I’ll see you there. If not feel free to drop any further questions leading up to or during the weekend...
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