Big Daddy’s
3001 Corrine Drive, 407-644-2844; bigdaddysorlando.com
After work or after hours? After hours
Beer/wine or liquor too? Beer, wine and liquor
Check all that apply: ☐ fancy cocktails
☒ make ’em strong and keep ’em coming
☒ wine list (5 choices or more)
☐ craft beer
☒ beer: the usual suspects
☒ wide selection of bottles/cans (more than 15)
☒ wide selection on tap (more than 15)
Food? Y ☐ N ☒
Smoking allowed inside? Y ☒ N ☐ Oh yeah. You’ll walk out smelling like a Marlboro commercial.
Outside drinking? Y ☒ N ☐
Dog-friendly? Y ☒ N ☐
Bathrooms: nightmare or not bad? Surprisingly, not bad. Squeaky-clean toilets.
Bag hooks? Y ☒ N ☐
TVs? Y ☒ N ☐
What’s on? Sports!
DJs? Y ☒ N ☐ If you count karaoke hosts as DJs
Live music? Y ☐ N ☒Every night
Loud music or background music? It’s loud, but not too loud.
Songs we heard here: “Somebody to Love” by Queen, “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera, “Something” by the Beatles, “Wannabe” by Spice Girls, “Slide” by Goo Goo Dolls
Games? Check all that apply: ☐ pinball
☐ video
☒ pool
☒ darts
☒ other: Interactive golf, TouchTunes, Big Buck World
The drinks are cheap, but the experience is rich. You don’t have to be fearless to get up on the Big Daddy’s stage for karaoke; no one cares if you sound like a strangled cat. Go ahead and sing that Madonna song you’ve always wanted to belt out in front of a crowd, because your fellow patrons will be poorly singing their favorite songs from high school. The bar rats will just keep sipping their Bud drafts while they watch SportsCenter.
This article appears in Feb 24 – Mar 1, 2016.