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:

🕺 Dirty Dancing in Concert
🪧 Village Wide Garage Sale
🎵 Beatles On The Beach
🦐 Seafood Festival

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🍔 New Shake Shack location
Shake Shack, the popular American chain known for its delicious burgers and shakes, has opened its fourth Palm Beach County location in Jupiter. You can find them at the former Burger Fi location in the Chasewood Plaza, 6220 W Indiantown Rd, Jupiter. 

⚽ Two FIFA World Cup teams will be training in our county
Palm Beach County will play a key role in the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, serving as a hub for two teams. Palm Beach Gardens will host Portugal as its team base camp, and Boca Raton will serve as the base camp for Curaçao. 

🛒 New Publix coming soon to downtown West Palm 
Downtown West Palm Beach is one step closer to getting a brand new Publix. Last week, the city approved selling some of its land to Publix, which they’ll combine with land owned by Related Ross to build a new full size store. Publix has agreed to a minimum 15 year commitment, and a second commission vote on March 16 will make the deal official. If the deal goes through, it’ll be located at 206 N Sapodilla Ave, near the police department, and will open around summer of 2028. 

🏡 First Mortgage Loan Assistance Program
The SHIP First Mortgage Loan Assistance Program helps approved first time homebuyers in Palm Beach County secure a mortgage with a fixed 4% interest rate. Applications open tomorrow, learn more by visiting the link above.

🎟️ Tickets are now on sale for 2026 Taste Of Wellington
You can now purchase your tickets for Taste of Wellington 2026, taking place on Friday, April 24 from 6PM to 9PM at the Wellington Town Center. Expect an evening of food tastings from local restaurants, live entertainment, and many family friendly activities. Tickets are only $40 and include food sampling and two free drinks. 

🍫 New Kilwins location
Kilwins, the beloved chocolate and ice cream shop, has opened a new location in Boca. You can find it in the Park Place Plaza, 5560 N Military Trail, Boca Raton.

Palm Beach → Atlanta, Georgia
Current Price: $67 ($113 cheaper than usual)
Dates: April 4 - April 11, 2026
Stops: 0

Palm Beach → Charleston, South Carolina
Current Price: $98 ($120 cheaper than usual)
Dates: May 8 - May 11, 2026
Stops: 0

Fort Lauderdale → Austin, Texas
Current Price: $70 ($70 cheaper than usual)
Dates: March 26 - April 1, 2026
Stops: 0

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

📍1695 W Indiantown Rd, Suite 6, Jupiter
📍 4833 Okeechobee Blvd, Suite 105, West Palm Beach

A small local artisan bakery known for its naturally leavened sourdough breads made using simple locally sourced ingredients.

🧑‍🍳 How it all started
Johnny VanCora started baking bread at just 14 years old in his parents’ kitchen, selling his loaves to neighbors and at local green markets. He would even bring a few loaves to school and sell them to customers in the high school parking lot. Johnny later opened his first shop in Jupiter, and from that point there was no slowing down. He now has a second store in West Palm.

🥖 What makes the bread so special
Nearly every loaf is made by hand using locally sourced ingredients and naturally leavened with his own sourdough starter and freshly milled organic flour. This is what gives his bread a deeper flavor with that perfect chewy interior and crispy crust. His sourdough is true sourdough, which makes it more nutritious than regular bread and ideal for those sensitive to gluten. If you want to learn more about sourdough, check out this article.

🛒 Where to buy
You can buy Bread by Johnny at his two dedicated bakery locations in Jupiter and West Palm, as well as at two local green markets (WPB GreenMarket & Gardens GreenMarket). You might’ve also had some of his bread while dining at local restaurants, as he’s partnered with many over the years, including Buccan, La Goulue, and The Breakers. 

🥯 What to expect
They bake a variety of different breads, including focaccia, Brooklyn rye, filone, bagels, banh mi rolls (my favorite), and more. They also offer specialty breads throughout the week, ranging from chocolate brioche rolls to sourdough pretzels. Check out their full list of breads here.

📍1200 Crandon Blvd, Key Biscayne
🎟 $8 per vehicle

One of the most underrated state parks in South Florida.

🔆 Cape Florida lighthouse
The park’s most recognized landmark is the Cape Florida Lighthouse, originally built in 1825, making it one of the oldest lighthouses in the state. It has gone through many hurricanes, Seminole attacks, explosions, and decades of history. You can tour the lighthouse for free (included with park entry), Thursday through Monday from 10AM to 12PM. 

🏖️ One of the best beaches in Florida
The beaches in Key Biscayne are beautiful and have been ranked among the best in the country. Here at Bill Baggs, you’ll find soft white sand paired with clear turquoise water, with almost no waves due to the fact that most of the shoreline is super shallow. 

🛶 Saltwater Railroad
Few people know that this park was once part of the Saltwater Railroad, a route many enslaved people escaping from Southern slave states took while seeking freedom in the 1800s. They would make their way down to Cape Florida, and from here many boarded sloops or sailed in Indian dugout canoes to the Bahamas in search of freedom.

🌆 Best sunsets on this side of Florida
One of the most underrated things about the park is the sunsets. If you go to the very southern tip of the island, you can watch the sun drop behind the Biscayne Bay with the Miami skyline faintly visible in the distance. Easily the place to watch the sunset in Southeast Florida (not counting the Keys).

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