Welcome to this edition of The Palm Beach Weekender. In today’s newsletter I’ll be featuring a weekend events preview (full list is sent out on Thursday), a new flight deal section, the weekly scoop, and more!

In today’s TPBW edition:

🖼️ Art on the Square
👚 Lilly Resale Weekend
🎵 Nights in Northwood Village
🛥️ Palm Beach International Boat Show

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🍣 Palm Beach Gardens has a new Asian restaurant
Red Phoenix, a new upscale Asian fusion restaurant, is now open in Palm Beach Gardens. Their menu features dishes like Peking duck, Tuna Tataki, and Dan Dan Noodles. You can find them in the Carmine’s Market plaza at 2401 PGA Blvd #160, Palm Beach Gardens.

🛒 Winn-Dixie is closing in Palm Beach Gardens
Winn-Dixie has announced that it will be closing its store on Northlake Blvd next month. The grocer was re-purchased from Aldi by Southeastern Grocers, now operating as The Winn-Dixie Company, and is currently undergoing a major rebranding and strategic shift.

🖼️ New African American Museum & Research Library coming to WPB
The design for the new African American Museum & Research Library (AAMRL) has been approved. It will be the county’s first African American museum and will be built on the historic grounds of Roosevelt High School. The space will include exhibition galleries, a research library, an outdoor cafe, and community focused spaces. Phase I of the project broke ground in 2024 and is set to be completed this year. Phase II is expected to begin later this year, with the museum slated to open in 2028. 

🍽️ West Palm gets a new restaurant
Moxies, an upscale casual restaurant with a globally inspired menu, is now open in CityPlace. Their menu features everything from Poutine to Red Thai Curry. You can find them near Alo at 565 S Rosemary Ave, West Palm Beach

🔒 Popular Lantana restaurant closes
Ravish Off Ocean, a popular restaurant in Lantana, has officially closed its doors. It appears they couldn’t come to an agreement on a new long term lease with their landlord. You can still visit its sister restaurant, Pomona, in Lake Worth.

🥩 New Outback Steakhouse opening soon in Boca
The new Outback Steakhouse is expected to open by the second week of April. It’s located at Somerset Shoppes, where Saito's used to be, at 8841 Glades Rd, Boca Raton.

🍔 An iconic Delray burger joint is coming back
Doc’s All American, the beloved retro burger and ice cream joint, will be returning to Delray after closing in 2021. It will reopen in the same corner as part of a larger mixed use development called City Center Delray. No dates have been announced yet.

Palm Beach → Lisbon, Portugal
Current Price: $718 ($247 cheaper than usual)
Dates: April 27 - May 6, 2026
Stops: 1

Palm Beach → Tokyo, Japan
Current Price: $1,216 ($484 cheaper than usual)
Dates: August 30 - September 8, 2026
Stops: 1

Fort Lauderdale → Bari, Italy
Current Price: $541 ($103 cheaper than usual)
Dates: May 4 - May 12, 2026
Stops: 1

Deals move fast! Prices and availability may change by the time you check.

📍19075 Dubois Rd, Jupiter
👙 Check water quality here
🌊 See tide chart here

Living in Palm Beach County means paradise is never far away. Check out one of the most beautiful parks in our county.

🏊‍♀ Calm Lagoon
One of the reasons why Dubois is so popular is because of the protected swimming lagoon. The water stays shallow and gentle, making it a great place to go for a swim or float around in a river tube without dealing with the strong ocean waves. The best time to go is during incoming tide (a few hours before high tide), that’s when the water will be the clearest.

😍 Beautiful Views
The park sits right along the Jupiter Inlet, so you get amazing views of boats speeding by and the Jupiter Lighthouse. There are also plenty of picnic areas scattered throughout the park, shaded by large palm trees, each with its own beautiful view. Oh and the sunsets here are spectacular, especially in the fall and winter. 

📜 A Little History
DuBois Park is home to the DuBois Pioneer Home, a historic 1898 home built by the DuBois family atop an ancient Native American shell mound (one of the last coastal shell mounds in southeast Florida). Some artifacts found at the park date back at least 5,000 years, which means that ancient Floridians lived here long before the pyramids were even built. 

ℹ What To Know Before You Go
First off, people forget that the lagoon is full of life and think it’s just a swimming pool. I've seen everything from sea turtles to manatees swimming through it, so always be mindful of that. 

Dubois is also known for occasionally having high levels of Enterococcus bacteria, which can trigger no swim advisories, so make sure to check the water quality before going. 

And last but not least, parking can be a pain especially during season, so I’d recommend getting there super early or parking at Jupiter Beach and walking over.

📍28655 S Dixie Hwy, Homestead
🕒 Open Daily From 9 AM - 7 PM
🎟 Admission: Free - $25

Check out this mysterious limestone structure in South Florida, built by one man in the early 1900s.

🕴 Built By One Man
Coral Castle was created by Edward Leedskalnin, a Latvian immigrant who supposedly built the entire site by himself over the course of nearly 30 years. What’s fascinating is that many of the stones weigh several tons, yet no one ever actually saw him move or carve them. He often worked late at night, which only added to the mystery.

💔 A Love Story Behind It
Ed built Coral Castle supposedly as a tribute to his lost love, whom he called his “Sweet Sixteen.” She apparently called off their wedding the day before it was supposed to happen. Many people see the entire site as a kind of heartbreak monument.

🗿 Massive Coral Structures
The entire site is made from limestone, with some pieces weighing up to 27 tons. Some of the impressive features include a 20ft tall obelisk, a functional sundial, a dining table, a telescope that is aligned with the North Star, and a 9 ton gate that once moved with the touch of a finger. Images don’t do it justice, you have to see it in person to truly be in awe.

👽 The Mystery Of How It Was Built
One of the main reasons this place is so popular is that no one really knows how Ed, being only 5ft tall and around 100 pounds, managed to build it alone. Many of the tools he used were ones he created from old car parts. He claimed to understand how the ancient Egyptian pyramids were built, and over the years people have come up with all kinds of theories, from levitation to aliens. Only Ed knew, and that’s what makes this place so interesting and unique.

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