Hunters Fort Lauderdale

About this place Hunters Fort Lauderdale

Hunters Fort Lauderdale has been on Wilton Drive long enough to qualify as one of its founding institutions. The bar operates in the mode of the great American neighbourhood gay bar: accessible, unpretentious, reliably busy, and oriented toward the community that has been coming through its doors for years rather than the tourist trade. The space includes a main bar, a dance floor that runs DJs and themed nights, a patio for outdoor drinking, and regular entertainment including drag shows and themed events. The clientele skews local — the regulars at Hunters are the people who live in Wilton Manors and Fort Lauderdale, the snowbirds who return every winter, and the visitors who discovered Hunters on a previous trip and return specifically for its atmosphere. The bar sits comfortably in the middle ground between Georgie's Alibi's restaurant-bar complex and The Manor's entertainment venue format — it is simply a good gay bar on a good gay street. For visitors wanting to understand Wilton Drive beyond its headline venues, Hunters is the essential local stop.