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), weekly scoops, and more!

In today’s TPBW edition:

• 🥩 SeaHawk Prime is officially open

• 🔦 Local Spotlight: a little piece of Japan

• 🌴 Beyond The Palm Beaches: Stone Crab Capital of the World

Weekend Events Preview

🎡 South Florida Fair
🍓Strawberry Festival
🥁Battle of The Bands
🍺Prost! Series Winterfest 2026
🚰Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour

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Weekly Scoop

🥩 New steakhouse debuts in Lake Park
SeaHawk Prime, a new waterfront steakhouse, has officially opened its doors at the beautiful Nautilus 220 in Lake Park. The menu features prime steaks, fresh seafood, and seasonally inspired dishes. Check them out at 220 Lake Shore Dr, Lake Park.

🖋️ Dim Sum and Calligraphy this Thursday
This Thursday, join and support the WPB Library Foundation for a lovely evening of calligraphy at Shanghai’d. Your ticket includes two glasses of wine and, of course, some delicious dim sum.

🍵 Downtown WPB has a new tea bar
Arya Tea Bar, a new tea focused concept, is now open on Clematis. Their menu features both hot and cold teas with a focus on matcha. Check them out at 508 Clematis St, West Palm Beach

🎡 Advance discount fair tickets
The South Florida Fair kicks off this weekend, and if you plan on going this year, you have until Thursday to buy tickets and wristbands at a discount. They can be purchased at the link above or at any PBC Publix.

🧑‍💻 Lake Worth has a new co-working office space
Trophy Spaces, a brand new co-working office space, has opened its doors in Lake Worth. They provide many workspace and membership options, including rare day passes. You’ll find them at 406 Lucerne Ave, Lake Worth Beach

🍤 New Bud's opening in Boynton
Bud’s Chicken & Seafood is opening a new location next month in the Aldi plaza on Lyons in Boynton. The official address is 8801 Boynton Beach Blvd, Boynton Beach

🍗 New Nashville hot chicken spot coming to Boynton
Cluck Face, a popular Nashville hot chicken spot from Boca, is expanding to Boynton with a planned opening in April. They’ll be located at 1787 N Congress Ave, Boynton Beach

Trivia

Local Spotlight

Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens

📍4000 Morikami Park Rd, Delray Beach

If you want to take a trip to Japan, you don’t have to go far. This museum in Delray is a full on zen escape that’s totally worth checking out.

📜 History
The museum is named after George Morikami, one of the last remaining settlers of the Yamato Colony, who donated his land to the county. You can read more about the museum’s history here, and learn more about the young Japanese farmers of the Yamato Colony who once lived in Boca here.

🌸 Japanese Gardens
Beautiful Japanese gardens inspired by different eras. You’ll be surrounded by bamboo forests, koi ponds, water features, and seasonal blooms throughout the year. 

🏯 Museum
The museum is quite small but full of cultural displays, rotating exhibits, a Japanese cafe, a tea house and more. They also host many events throughout the year, check out their upcoming events here.

🍵 Tea Ceremonies
Morikami hosts traditional tea ceremony classes in its beautiful tea house that you can partake in. They are held on select Thursdays and Sundays, you can learn more about that here.

👉 Quick Tip
Go earlier in the day or visit on a weekday if you want to avoid larger crowds, it can get busy, especially during the winter months.

Beyond The Palm Beaches

Everglades City, FL

Last year on my way to Naples, I made a quick stop in Everglades City, and it was way more interesting than I expected. Definitely worth checking out if you’re ever driving by.

📜 History
Everglades City is a small town of less than 500 people, located about 35 miles southeast of Naples. It’s known as the gateway to the Ten Thousand Islands and was once the home to the Calusa, who flourished in the area more than 2,000 years ago. Read more about the city here.

🏫 Museum of the Everglades
The Museum of the Everglades is a small museum in an old commercial laundry building that opened in 1927, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its exhibits explore the history of the area and the settling of “Florida’s Last Frontier”.

🦀 Stone Crabs
Everglades City is the birthplace of the stone crab industry and is known as the stone crab capital of the world, as one of the largest suppliers of stone crab claws. The city also hosts the Everglades Seafood Festival every February, learn more about that here.

🏚️ Smallwood Store & Museum
The Smallwood Store was founded in the early 1900’s by pioneer Ted Smallwood on Chokoloskee Island, serving as a general store, post office, and Indian trading post. Today, it has been preserved as a museum filled with original artifacts that are more than 100 years old. 

The store is also known for the shooting of Edgar Watson, an infamous businessman and serial killer tied to the area’s darker history. You can read more about that here.

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