Best South Florida Rooftop and Waterfront Bars

Sunset drinks with a view are the point of this South Florida bar guide, which covers high-rise rooftops and Intracoastal decks from Miami to Jupiter. Stops include Miami Beach, Brickell, Key Biscayne, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and the Jupiter Inlet. Sugar, on the 40th floor of EAST Miami, sets a hand-carved Balinese bar among tropical plants with views of downtown and Biscayne Bay. Watr at The 1 Rooftop looks east over the Atlantic and west across the Miami Beach skyline. In Fort Lauderdale, Shooters Waterfront has a 300-seat outdoor deck and free dockage, so many guests arrive by boat. Topside at The Beacon faces the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse from a Polynesian-inspired rooftop.

At Sugar, a weekday around golden hour is quieter, and the Rusty Pelican's patio is the place to be at dusk.