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Deuce has best people-watching in town!
There are so many opportunities for people-watching in Miami Beach, but none compare to Mac's Club Deuce.
Nov 27, 20251 min read


Mac Klein Day 2025
Today, like every September 19th, we celebrate the birthday of Mac Klein; owner of Mac's Club Deuce for over 50 years before he passed at the age of 101. We celbrate Mac's legacy a little more, remember a little further, and miss him a lot deeper. Cheers to you Mac, may we continue to do you proud and rival your bar in the sky.
Sep 19, 20251 min read


Mac Klein Day 2024
Today, like every September 19th, we celebrate the birthday of Mac Klein; owner of Mac's Club Deuce for over 50 years before he passed at the age of 101.
Sep 19, 20241 min read


Mac Klein Day 2023
Today, like every September 19th, we celebrate the birthday of Mac Klein; owner of Mac's Club Deuce for over 50 years before he passed at the age of 101.
Sep 19, 20231 min read


Mac Klein Day 2022
Today, like every September 19th, we celebrate the birthday of Mac Klein; owner of Mac's Club Deuce for over 50 years before he passed at the age of 101. Join us today for a drink as we celebrate Mac Klein Day 2022.
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Sep 19, 20221 min read


Fashionistas are us
You know what we love more than love? Seeing Pete Davidson sporting our Mac's Club Deuce Classic Black Satin Bomber Jacket! Hey Pete, we see you! Thanks to MEGA for snapping the pics, ENews for the mention, and most of all Pete for being the fashionista we all love.
Stop by the bar or order your very own online.
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Jun 1, 20221 min read


64 not 46
We had the pleasure of meeting Jenna Kelley from Narcity Miami recently and the Florida Associate Editor shared her visit online. Prompted by learning of Miami's oldest bar, Jenna shared her experience and a bit of Mac's Club Deuce. Although we would love to extend the legend of Mac Klein by eighteen years, we're compelled to keep his story straight.
May 9, 20221 min read


Mac Klein Day 2021
Today, like every September 19th, we celebrate the birthday of Mac Klein. Mac didn't just put his name to Club Deuce when he bought it in 1964; he put his heart and soul in this gem of a joint. Mac knew what mattered; building a community one drink, one story, on day at a time. So join us for Mac Klein Day 2021 as we enjoy a drink n his honor and share stories of this legend of a man.
Sep 19, 20211 min read


Bourdain hits us in the feels
When a man professes his love, you listen. We've been listening to our friend, celebrity chef, Anthony Bourdain tell the world how much he loves Mac's Club Deuce for as long as we can remember. Like true love, it never gets old. In Anthony's latest book World Travel: An Irreverent Guide, written with Laurie Woolever, Bourdain once again, hits us in the feels. Like many a love, we believe it was fate,
Apr 19, 20211 min read


Mac Klein Day 2020
Today, like every September 19th, we celebrate the birthday of Mac Klein. Around here we call it Mac Klein Day. It's a day filled with all the best stories about Mac and his beloved bar Mac's Club Deuce. If you're in town be sure to bring your story and stop by for a drink. Not around? No problem, grab a drink at a dive near you and send us your stories on IG or FB.
Sep 19, 20201 min read


On the favorites list
In a tribute to one of our favorite Deucers, Anthony Bourdain, writer Ryan Pfeffer offered a bit of history on the love the celebrity chef had for Mac Klein and his bar Mac's Club Deuce. With more insight than most, Ryan looks back at the kinship of Bourdain and Klein, both singing the accolades of the other. You see, Ryan had the good fortune of to interview Mac for a feature in another publication about his 100th birthday back in 2015. Ryan recalls Mac speaking "fondly of
Jun 8, 20181 min read


Stick with Mac's
Taylor doesn't say how the group stumbled upon our little slice of paradise in the middle of chaos, but she appreciated our "unashamed and glorious" bar with Its 2-4-1 happy hour. Moral of the story. Stick with Mac's.
Apr 3, 20181 min read


Don't Blink
Blink and you might miss the mention of Mac's Club Deuce in Frommer's article The Bar Scene in Miami. We only kiss and tell years after, but we agree with Frommer's when it comes to stargazing in South Beach at The Deuce.
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Mar 31, 20161 min read


UMTV hits The Deuce
Erika Orstad from UMTV stopped by Mac's Club Deuce recently to talk with Mac Klein, bartenders, and patrons alike. Highlighting Mac, this interview proves, age is just a number as he recently celebrated his 101st birthday.
Jan 29, 20161 min read


Mac Klein 101
Be certain to check out Ryan Pfeffer and Laurie Charles' latest article in the Miami New Times. The two stopped by Mac's Club Deuce recently, sitting down with Mac Klein to learn more about his and the bar's history. Along the way they also spoke to a number of our favorites to get their take on the bar's history.
We'll kick off this history lesson with a bit of math. If you don't already know, you will learn that Mac Klein was one of the 16 million Americans to serve in W
Sep 9, 20151 min read


Legendary Friends
It's been nearly a decade since Anthony Bourdain first walked into The Deuce and struck up a conversation with Mac Klein. There isn't a visit to Miami that Anthony doesn't stop to see his friend Mac. He does just that for the Miami episode of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, now in it's fifth season. It's fitting that Bourdain opened the episode with Mac, a man who celebrated his 100th this past year. With over fifty years as the sole proprietor of Mac's Club Deuce and nearly
May 2, 20151 min read


Bourdain's Notes
Anthony Bourdain is a man with many notes. Taken of decades in the kitchen and beyond, Anthony is an observer of the world around him. Bourdain's notes are also personal, like these, thanking Mac Klein, Iggy Pop, Michelle Bernstein, and Questlove for sharing their Miami with him.
Explore more of Parts Unknown and Bourdain's Field Notes: Miami.
May 1, 20151 min read


1 of 9
There are just as many ideas of what makes a bar a dive as there are dive bars in America. CNN decided that a dive bar "includes decades of history and everything from octogenarian bartenders and surly bouncers to pooping chickens and giggling ghosts." and "most are neighborhood standbys". Were you checking the boxes while reading that last statement? We were and are delighted to be 1 of 9 classic U.S. dive bars.
Jul 9, 20131 min read


Who would have thought?
Forbes sat down for a drink with Anthony Bourdain. Delighted to know we're still number one in his heart. FORBES; who would have thought?
Jun 19, 20131 min read


Miami Beach Visual Memoir
Miami Design Preservation League and Close-Up Productions sat down with our legendary proprietor Mac Klein for the Miami Beach Visual Memoir project. In collaboration with Florida International University Collections and Miami Metropolitan Archive Oral History Collection, Kathy Hersh and the Close-Up Production team spent an afternoon with Mac in his office at Mac's Club Deuce.
Jun 14, 20131 min read
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