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Nightlife

What are you doing tonight? Use this guide to figure out your nightly game plan-make reservations, purchase and print tickets, and study a map on how to get to all the best spots. Find out how to locate restaurants, bars and nightclubs, theaters, concerts, and sporting events in your hometown or elsewhere. The sites we've found will help you be as hip or low-key as you see fit on any night of the week.

Nightlife Overview

Although certain directories specialize in finding restaurants or certain types of events, there are a few notable sites that find and review all kinds of goings-on. Visit the links below to peruse the nightlife in your area. Plan an entire night by using just one of these directories.

Dulcinea's Insight

  • A great resource in many of these guides is the user reviews. Read as many as you can to get a comprehensive perspective. While reading these reviews look for specifics-often people will mention particular dishes in a restaurant, for example, or will give advice on where or where not to sit.
  • The Web sites of local city magazines are a good source of lots of nightlife information. Check and see if your city or town has a cultural paper to pick up-or search for its Web site and find your kicks online.

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Citysearch.com is "your guide to everything local," providing current information on restaurants and other businesses. The site hosts thorough comments from users in addition to its own editorial information on all businesses. Hours, location, and payment types are all listed. You can find maps to your destination and the Web site and contact information of the business you are researching.
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TimeOut offers international directory services, although its listings in the United States cover only the biggest cities. Visit "Time Out Cities A-Z" to determine if your city is included. You can find virtually any kind of event on this site-just select from the long list of categories and you will find upcoming events and "most viewed" links.
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Yelp.com consists primarily of reviews. Contributors post comments on restaurants, nightlife, and arts and entertainment. Select your city and plug in an address if you want to localize your search. The site will always show you a map and will even point to other areas of interest near the location you're searching.
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