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WHAT: If pairing sunsets with music, good eats and a scenic sail appeals to you, a new Intracoastal experience awaits, courtesy of Shooters Waterfront and the Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi.
On Friday evenings, the Sunset Music Cruise starts with happy hour at Shooters — in the VIP section of the patio, of course — where you get half-off well liquor, wine by the glass and beer. There’s also an extended happy hour menu.
Then for dinner, the SoFlo feast of coastal favorites includes dishes for purchase such as guava-chili chicken wings, smoked fish dip, coconut shrimp and flatbreads.
Aboard the Water Taxi, the voyage — part of its Signature Cruise Series — starts with a Champagne toast as you take in the sunset views, waterfront mansions, mega yachts and historic landmarks along the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale, the “Venice of America.” There’s also a cash bar.
Shooters Waterfront
Enjoy happy hour and dinner at Shooters Waterfront in Fort Lauderdale before the Water Taxi voyage. (Shooters Waterfront/Courtesy)
Live music will flow all night, from the al fresco dinner to the deck on the Water Taxi. And the party doesn’t have to end when you disembark. You also get a $10-off coupon to use post-cruise at Shooters Waterfront for cocktails and late-night bites while you enjoy the skyline views back at the dock.
WHEN: Every Friday, with 5 p.m. happy hour/dinner and 7 p.m. Water Taxi departure
WHERE: Shooters Waterfront, 3033 NE 32nd Ave., Fort Lauderdale
COST: $54 a person
INFORMATION: watertaxi.com
EXTRA TIDBITS:
• Shooters Waterfront has also added “Martini & Mahjong Mondays,” where you can play the game and enjoy happy hour bites and martinis. A brand-new special: a Mini Martini Flight featuring Dirty, Lychee and Florida-inspired Guava martinis. The biweekly series kicks off Monday, June 22.
• The Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi also recently launched their Premier Sightseeing Cruise, a 90-minute narrated tour through Fort Lauderdale’s Intracoastal departing three times a day from Las Olas Landing.
Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi
A view of Fort Lauderdale’s Intracoastal Waterway from above. (Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi/Courtesy)
Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi
The Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi has an Intracoastal tour – with live music and a cash bar – on Fridays that starts after happy hour drinks and shareables at Shooters Waterfront. (Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi/Courtesy)