Tobacco Road
(305) 374-1198
626 S Miami Ave
Miami,
FL
33130
25.7681
-80.1935
Neighborhood: Downtown Miami
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In Short
Established more than eight decades ago, Tobacco Road is Miami's bar of choice for great blues and food. Its two stages have played host to many blues legends, including B.B. King, Koko Taylor and Albert Collins. It's also one of the few places in town where local bands regularly perform. Even Al Capone used to hang at the Road during its days as a speakeasy. The Road also holds Miami's liquor license No. 1.
User Reviews
MiamiMadHatter
February 19, 2009
Markis: The barmaid you are referring to is actually very nice and usually works very fast. I believe her name is Crystal. When you first meet her she can be intimidating, but believe me that she is very nice. You might just have caught her on a bad night. Everyone is entitled. I am sorry to hear that you had such a bad experience. Give them another shot. BBV: I am a local artist and I happen to play at The Road a lot. I'm not sure how you got your information, but Tobacco Road always pays me when I play for them. The tickets thing you are referring to is not a Tobacco Road gig, those are festivals organized through a 3rd party promoter. I am sorry to say that your facts are a bit off. As for the reference to "bad music" I will say this: The Road is very eclectic. Sometimes they have jazz bands, sometimes heavy metal bands, sometimes folk, sometimes blues. If you happen to show up on a night when someone is playing a style of music that is not to your liking you will not enjoy the show. My advice to you is to check their website before going and find out who is playing and what style of music they play. If you don't like heavy metal then you should not be there when they have heavy metal bands. Get what I mean? Lastly, I want everyone to know this: The Road has one of the most amazing bowls of chili I have ever eaten. And every Friday they have all drinks for 96 cents during Happy Hour - which is pretty amazing and awesome I think. And if you ever hear of a band playing there called "The Coffee House Gypsies" you should really attend and check it out. That band rocks. Hehehehe. And yes, that's my band, and I am shamelessly promoting myself here so shoot me. We are also on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby, MySpace, FaceBook, Rhapsody, and a zillion other sites. Just look us up in Google. And oh, yeah... we play at The Road almost once a month, so go see us... SEE Y'ALL AT TOBACCO ROAD!!!! :) ###
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bbv1979
February 16, 2009
The bar staff is always overworked and hard to get a hold of. The food is good, but the staff needs to be trained in service. And the bands used to be good here but now they have a whole lot of really bad bands most of the time. Maybe cause they went from being a live music venue that paid their entertainment (with cash and food/drink tickets) to a venue that expects bands to play for free (or for tickets that the bands are expected to sell?) and bands must pay for their parking and their drinks and their food at full price (on top of not getting paid to play), so essentially if you are a good or semi decent performer or band you will not play here. Because you lose money by playing here. They care more about quantity than quality. The end result is poor quality of service and a whole lot of bad music. Shame. I used to like this place a lot.
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Markis13
January 01, 2009
HORRIBLE!!!! Don't let the Dennis Rodman look -a -like bartender at the main bar serve you. Rudest bartender I've ever had...Ordered the most expensive steak on the menu at ther bar, took me 10 minutes to get her and the other brunette bartender attention as they did not give me a steak knife...also asked for steak sauce but never got it. Got so frustrated I decided to just take the meal home...the topper, THEY MADE ME PAY CASH AS IT WAS NEW YEARS EVE!!!! The bar was far from busy, I was not ordering a quick drink, I ordered a full meal for myself and a friend and they tell me when they deliver the bill they are only taking cash??? Perhaps they were skimming, not sure but I have been into this bar a half a dozen times and other than the great live music outdoors, there is nothing to draw me to this overrated bar.
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The Extras:
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Smoking Permitted:
Yes
