-Florida

Eat / Play / Shop

PALM BEACH

Favorites Places to Eat:

Palm Beach

–Palm Beach Grill (everyone loves the French dip; shrimp creole is out of this world)

-Honor Bar (beside Palm Beach Grill – same owners; don’t need reservation)

-Buccan (one of the most creative menus)

-Buccan has a sandwich bar that is open during the day that is beyond (favorites are beef carpaccio and tuna sandwiches; great hand-made chips); important: order online before you go (can go to Palm Beach or South Dixie location; nice to go to Four Arts Society and eat at table under the shade)

 

West Palm Beach

-Johan’s Joe (best sandwich of my life: croissant with lox, cream cheese, cucumber, dill, capers – it sounds weird but is heavenly!!!)

-Grease (great burgers; you can choose any version and substitute a vegan patty)

-Elisabetta (huge Italian menu; make a reservation; big resto with fun energy and great setting)

-Cholo Soy (Mexican; eat out back; get the rock shrimp ceviche; corn salad; crispy chicken, brisket and short rib taco; brisket nachos)

-Grato (owners of Buccan and Imoto)

-Sushi Jo

-Grandview Public Market (food court)

-Tropical Smokehouse (I get the salad with smoked fish – amazing; everyone else gets brisket sandwiches which they love)

-Toojay (at Palm Beach Outlet Mall or Royal Ponciana Plaza)

-Cheesecake Factory (City Place)

-Capital Grille (pricey but one of our favorite all-time restaurants)

-Hive (nice for lunch)

-Harry’s (originally from New York)

 

North Palm Beach

-Brass Ring (dive bar; cheap drinks and food)

-Riverhouse (one of our favorite restaurants)

-Malakor (Asian Food)

 

New to Try:

Tropical BBQ Market

Meat Market

Queen of Sheba

Marcello’s La Sirena

Oceano

The Regional

Okeechobee Steakhouse

Mediterranean Market and Deli

Aoli Bakery

Benny’s On the Beach

Tacos Al Carbon

Jupiter:

Spoto

The Woods (Tiger Woods)

Little Moirs Leftovers

Limoncello

Great Night Spots:

Cucina Dell’Arte  (busy late-night bar scene)

The Brazilian Court Hotel (singing in intimate Cafe Boulud lounge)

HMF (at the Breakers)

Stroll down Clematis and have drinks on a patio; good happy hour at Elisabetta’s

The Colony Hotel (go for trivia night)

Norton Museum (Jazz on Friday nights)

The Brazilian Court

 

Food Shopping:

-Trader Joe’s

-Whole Foods

-Saturday Morning Palm Beach Green Market (A MUST!)

 

Favorites Stores to Shop At:

-The Gardens Mall (if you like malls; I like Bloomingdale’s, Saks)

-Hive (great women’s clothing store)

-Breakers Hotel (great shoes store; jewelry; bathing suits)

-Main Street (it’s based on the Breaker’s Gift shop but it’s on Royal Ponciana; pricey but pretty stuff)

-stroll along Worth Avenue (I like Kapsiki, Ann Fontaine, Jennifer Miller Jewelry, Aerin, CJ Lang, Altona, Saks, Unsubscribed; for men: Peter Millar, Fore, Saks)

-Royal Ponciana Plaza (Zimmerman, Veronia Beard, Nili Lotan, Kerna Zabete, Alice and Olivia, Zadig & Volter)

-Michelle Farmer and Five Story on South County

-Free Est (Free People beach line)

-Palm Beach Outlets (Saks Off Fifth is hit or miss; my kids like this mall for clothes and shoes)

-Brett Benson vintage jewelry; you can’t afford anything in his store but it’s like going to a museum; the stuff is beyond!!!

-there are lots of consignment shops:

• Palm Beach Vintage 3623 S. Dixie Hwy
• Cashmere Buffalo 3300 S. Dixie Hwy
• City Girl 2900 S. Dixie Hwy
• Nearly New 2218 S. Dixie Hwy
• Dina C’s Fab and Funky 1609 S. Dixie Hwy
• Back on the Rack 219 S. Olive Ave.
• Church Mouse 374 S. County Rd.
• Kismet on Clematis

 

Itinerary

PALM BEACH COUNTY

Things to Do:

-Ann Norton Sculpture Garden (live Jazz second Sunday of the month; pretty setting)

-The Bunker Artspace (a must – it’s the personal collection of an art collector in an old warehouse; need to book a visit at https://thebunkerpay.square.site/)

-Norton Museum (well worth a visit; usually have great current exhibits)

-beach: best beach is in Singer Island (park in Ocean Reef Park – just Waze it)– the entry feels like you are in the jungle, very wide beach (unlike Palm Beach which is tiny) and parking is very easy; washrooms and place to rinse off; lifeguards

-The Society of Four Arts (in Palm Beach; great to walk around; gorgeous garden; lots of shade; bring a book to hang out for a while)

-Morikami Japanese Garden (absolutely stunning; feels like you are in Japan)

-art galleries on Worth Avenue

-Green Cay (nature centre; boardwalk around entire place; lots of birds)

-rent bikes and bike along intercoastal (rent from Top Cycle Palm Beach or Palm Beach Bicycle Trail Shop)

-rent surf boards at Palm Beach Boys

-rent jet skis or stand-up paddle boards in Riviera Beach at Get Wet Watersports

-Blowing Rock (in Jupitor; it’s a cool beach)

-International Polo Club in Wellington (Sundays at 3 pm)

-some other nice nature spots: Gumb Limbo, Wakodahatchee Preserve, Jonathon Dickinson State Park, Okeeheelee, Grassy Waters Preserve, Riverbend, John D. MacArthur Beach State Park (Munyon Island), Lokahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

-fun with kids: Palm Beach Zoo, Butterfly World, Lion Safari

-Christmas Lights: there’s a neighbourhood with awesome lights during Christmas time: take I-95 north to Donald Ross Rd and go east; get in the left lane immediately so you can turn left onto Height Blvd; go about a mile and look to your left; you can go down any road but make sure not to miss Hollywood

 

Nice day trip:

-Sanibel Island

-Blowing Rocks and Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge Beach (Jupiter)

-Ten Thousand Islands (sea shelling)

-Everglades National Park (Seminole; Homestead: Knaus Berry Farms cinnamon buns; Coral Castle; Fruit and Spice park)

MIAMI

-graffiti at Wynwood Walls (when visiting, eat at 1-800-lucky- it’s a cool food court with Asian food; drive up and down the street to see the graffiti)

-Bal Harbor Shops

-eat in Espanola Way

-rent bikes and ride along the South Beach boardwalk

-Perez Art Museum

-The Bass Museum

-Viscaya Museum and Garden

-Miami Design District

-people watch on Lincoln Road

 

MELBOURNE

A friend of mine went with her kids and loved it (one of her sons is a space fanatic. It’s a 1.5 hours drive from West Palm Beach.

Here’s what to do:

-Kennedy Space Centre

-Cocoa Beach Surf Museum

-Pelican Beach Park

-Police Hall of Fame

-Sebastian Inlet

-Valian Air Command

-Ron Jon Surf