English Tap and Beer Garden, Boca Raton

With more than 150 craft beers and ales, English Tap and Beer Garden lives up to both its name and Best Beer Garden award from Gold Coast magazine. Knowledgeable bartenders help guests translate their roster of stouts, IPAs, and lambic brews while customizing beer flights with such draft selections as Magic Hat #9 and Napa Smith Grateful Dog. For those who prefer other adult elixirs, bartenders concoct a roster of inventive specialty drinks and pour global wines. 

In the kitchen, a team of chefs prepare upscale pub food to pair with their libations, creating an expansive menu of classic burgers, spicy wings, and gourmet flatbreads. They even make a hybrid adult-child dish: the lobster mac 'n' cheese that evokes an eight-cylinder red wagon. It wouldn’t be English Tap and Beer Garden if the kitchen team didn’t also present staples of England’s cuisine, such as fish 'n' chips. 

Beyond the kitchen, then main dining area features lots of natural light and elegant wood accents. Outside, the patio bar resembles a five-star hotel with its light colors, flat-screen TV, and pervasively clean aesthetic.