
Promoter Joe Freedom (left) and rising porn star Jerrod Steed (right) at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale Saturday (Michele Sandberg/Special to Page2Live)
When it comes to the nightlife, the once gritty Fort Lauderdale Beach occupies a no-man’s land.
SoFla after-dark belongs to Miami Beach, Hollywood’s Seminole Hard Rock, the Clematis-CityPlace corridor in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach’s restaurants.
Somewhere in the middle, there’s Fort Lauderdale Beach.
So, the area is out to remind the tri-counties that its newer chi-chi hotels and clubs, too, are a legit nightlife destination — one where, like this weekend, you can find yourself hanging with former Miami Dolphin Zach Thomas at the steakhouse or porn star Jerrod Steed.
On the first three Saturday nights in August, vendors and bands are scheduled to line up the strip while hotels and restaurants and clubs are in “open house” mode.
And Page2Live caught the event’s first installment Saturday to check out what the buzz is about.
The findings? You no longer need to subject yourself to the stale-beer stench at the world-famous Elbo Room!
Between the avant-garde Tinseltown airs of the W Hotel, and the hushed luxury of the Ritz-Carlton, the modern elegance of the Atlantic Hotel and the social zoo at Exit 66, there’s plenty to occupy a night on da beach.
Check out Michele Sandberg’s pictures below.