SUNDAY JUNE 28 · SATURDAY JULY 4, 2026
The best of the 561, handpicked. What's open, happening, and worth your time today, near you. Free, from The 561 Scoop.
Happy Sunday, Boca. It's Fourth of July week. 🇺🇸
Fireworks shows stacked across the week. A new restaurant at Boca Center worth knowing about. A sea turtle hospital you can walk through for free. Fourth of July corn straight from the farm. And a gooey dessert the whole 561 keeps talking about. It's all inside.
The Uruguayan Market and Restaurant That Took Over the Old Joseph's at Boca Center
Narbona is a market-and-restaurant brand out of Uruguay that opened in the old Joseph's Classic Market space at Boca Center, off Military Trail. One side is a grocery: house-made pasta, private-label honey and herbs, a fresh fish and meat counter, and a wall of Narbona Wine Lodge bottles. The other side is a full kitchen. Mornings lean brunch, with acai bowls, avocado toast, and pancakes; lunch and dinner run to empanadas, cheese boards, brick-oven pizza, and entrees like grilled branzino and a New York strip. Go for breakfast, then walk the market on your way out.
Read the Full Story →Boca's Fabulous Fourth: Fireworks Over the Water and a Sunrise 5K
The city's main July Fourth event runs at Countess de Hoernle Park and the Spanish River Athletic Facility, with live music starting in the early evening and a 20-minute fireworks finale over the water at 9:10pm. Earlier that morning, the Firecracker 5K starts at FAU, with a shirt, finisher medal, and post-race snacks for registered runners. Park free at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus and take the complimentary shuttle, or walk the Liberty Trail to the park.
Read the Full Story →Three Free Days for America's 250th, Capped by Saturday Fireworks
Wellington marks America's 250th with three days of events. Thursday, July 2 brings tribute bands, food trucks, and a market to the Wellington Amphitheater from 5pm. Friday, July 3 is a $2.50 Patriotic Pool Party at the Aquatics Center. The fireworks come Saturday, July 4 at Village Park, with activities from 6pm and the show at 9:15pm. About 35 minutes northwest of Boca.
Visit a Sea Turtle Hospital for Free While Nesting Season Peaks
Loggerhead Marinelife Center runs an actual sea turtle hospital you can walk through, with recovering turtles in outdoor tanks and an exhibit hall built for kids. Admission is free, donation-based, and it is open daily 10am to 5pm. Nesting season is at its peak right now, which makes the boardwalk and beach next door worth the roughly 45-minute drive north.
Read the Full Story →Get Your Fourth of July Corn and Tomatoes Straight Off the Farm
Bedner's Farm Fresh Market is a working farm with a market attached, about 20 minutes west of Boca on Lee Road. It's an easy move for a Fourth of July cookout: local corn, tomatoes, and produce, plus a bakery, a deli counter, and homemade ice cream. Note that the U-pick fields are out of season in summer and return in the fall, so a July visit is all market, bakery, and weekend petting zoo. Open daily 9am to 6pm.
Read the Full Story →The Gooey Cookie Skillet People Keep Posting From the Hilton Restaurant
Galley sits inside the Hilton West Palm Beach on Okeechobee, and the dessert that keeps showing up on local feeds is its Gooey Oven Baked Cookie Skillet, served warm out of the pan. The kitchen runs dinner 5 to 10pm nightly, with the bar opening at 4pm and a 4 to 6pm Galley Hour happy hour. Park once downtown, eat, and end on the cookie. About 30 minutes north on I-95.
Read the Full Story →Sat 4 Jul |
4th on Flagler on the WPB Waterfront Downtown WPB Waterfront · Free West Palm Beach's free July 4 celebration on Flagler, 5-10pm, with live music, a kids' area, and a laser and fireworks show over the Intracoastal. About 30 minutes north. |
Sat 4 Jul |
Delray 4th of July on Atlantic Ave E Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach · Free A 60-foot flag-raising at 6pm, food trucks and entertainment down Atlantic, and Zambelli fireworks over the ocean at 9pm. About 15 minutes south on Federal. |
Sat 4 Jul |
Boynton Fireworks Over the Intracoastal Intracoastal Park, 2240 N Federal Hwy, Boynton Beach · Free Food, music, and one of the county's bigger fireworks shows over the water, 4pm to 9:30pm with fireworks around 9:05pm. About 20 minutes north. |
Wed 8 Jul |
Train, Barenaked Ladies + Matt Nathanson at iTHINK iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach · Tickets The opening night of Train's Drops of Jupiter 25th anniversary tour, with Barenaked Ladies and Matt Nathanson. Outdoors at the amphitheater, about 30 minutes north on I-95. |
Fri 10 Jul |
Allman Revival at Arts Garage 94 NE 2nd Ave, Delray Beach · Tickets A full Allman Brothers tribute in the intimate Delray room. About 15 minutes south on Federal. |
Sat 11 Jul |
Boca Burger Battle Sanborn Square, Downtown Boca · Tickets · 21+ South Florida restaurants compete for best burger and you do the judging. Tickets at bocaburgerbattle.com. |
That's the scoop for Issue No. 017.
Have a great Fourth, Boca.
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