SUNDAY AUGUST 23 - SUNDAY AUGUST 30, 2026
Happy Sunday, 561.
This week: an island you can only reach by a free boat, Pig-Sty BBQ turns its smokers back on inside a Boynton music venue on Wednesday, and the Boynton bakery where people are waiting 45 minutes for a pistachio croissant.
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An Island You Can Only Reach by Boat, and the Boat Is Free
Deerfield Island Park sits in the Intracoastal just past the county line, and the only way on is the free county water shuttle from Sullivan Park on Riverview Road. It runs Friday through Sunday, on the hour from 10 AM to 3 PM, and the crossing takes about five minutes. On the island you get a mangrove boardwalk, a butterfly garden, an observation platform over the water, and picnic tables and grills if you pack a cooler. It is a designated gopher tortoise refuge, though the upland areas where they burrow are closed to visitors, so treat a tortoise sighting as a bonus. Iguanas you will almost certainly see. Parking at Sullivan Park is free once you register your plate at the kiosk, and no pets are allowed on the island. Weather can cancel the boat, so call 954-357-5100 the morning you go. The number rings Quiet Waters Park rather than the island, but they will tell you whether it is running.
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Pig-Sty BBQ Fires Back Up on Wednesday, Inside a Live-Music Venue
Pig-Sty went dark at its old Boynton Beach Boulevard location in July, and their own site now says they reopen Wednesday, August 26 inside The Bungalow Bar & Grill on NE 4th St, a Key West style bar and grill with a stage. Same owners, same smoker, same crew. The brisket, the spare ribs and the wings all survive, but the big platters are being cut in favor of sandwiches and baskets, and being a block off the water finally shows up on the menu with a smoked fish dip and a blackened mahi-mahi sandwich. Go opening day and get there at 4, when the doors open and happy hour starts.
Read the Full Story →Man Ray Is Open on Lucerne Ave: Murals, Martinis, Retro American Plates
Rodney Mayo's Subculture Group, the people behind Dada in Delray, threw a costume gala on August 12 and started full service in downtown Lake Worth Beach on August 19. The pitch, in their own words: retro American plates with an artistic wink, 60s-inspired cocktails with a sharp modern twist, murals, martinis, and late-night discourse. The room is built around a 30-foot mural of 13 artists by Fernando Cano. The plan is for Subculture Coffee to pour at the same address from 7 AM, with the restaurant taking over later in the day. Hours are still settling, so check their Instagram before you drive over.
The Boynton Bakery With a 45-Minute Line for a Croissant
A husband and wife opened Vosarya Pastry at the Boynton Beach Promenade this summer with almost nobody watching. Then Nas of @gasolinereviewss posted about them and scored the visit a 10 out of 10, and locals started reporting 45-minute waits. The pistachio croissant is the one people come back for, and it is usually gone by early afternoon. Weekdays 10 AM to 6 PM and weekends 9 AM to 3 PM, and they close early once the case empties. There is no website and no published menu, so @vosarya.pastry is the only place to find them.
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The Glimmer Cafe Team Opened a Candlelit Dining Room Across the Street
If you have ever grabbed a crepe at Glimmer Cafe on NE 3rd Ave, you already know the people behind Ethereal. Designer Nick Alain and chef Estuardo Mira opened it directly across the street at 324, and it could not feel less like breakfast: low light, romantic industrial design, doors that open at 5 PM. Ethereal does not publish its menu anywhere, so you book a table and find out what the kitchen is doing that night. Dine-in only, no delivery. Reservations on Resy or at (561) 270-2738, and call ahead if anyone in your party has an allergy.
Del Mar Comps Your Starter and Dessert If You Eat Before 5:30
Walk into Del Mar on a weekday between 4:00 and 5:30, order one entree off the Early Dining menu, and the starter and the dessert both come off the bill. It is a standing menu on their own site, not a coupon, and it is weekdays only. Order the $39 half roasted chicken, add the free hummus and the free baklava, and that is a three course dinner for the price of one plate in a room where the ribeye is $71. The kitchen runs the Mediterranean coastline from Greece and Spain through Morocco and Turkey.
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| → | Ichiyami Buffet & Sushi (Royal Palm Place, Boca Raton) All-you-can-eat at 145 SE Mizner Blvd: lunch is $18.95 on weekdays, dinner starts at $30.95, kids priced by age, two-hour table limit. Last lunch seating is 3:30, but the kitchen and hibachi station shut down at 3:30 too, so sit by 2:45. Prices and hours. |
| → | Laurie Kilmartin at Boca Black Box (Sat Aug 29) The Emmy-nominated Conan writer, now on staff at Jimmy Kimmel Live, plays 8221 Glades Rd this Saturday. Two shows in one night starting at 6 PM, and her own tour page says it is her first time in Boca Raton. Tickets and exact showtimes at bocablackbox.com. |
| → | Schoolhouse Children's Museum (Downtown Boynton Beach) Two floors of hands-on exhibits at 129 E Ocean Ave, open Tuesday to Saturday 9 AM to 4:30 PM. Best for kids around 8 and under, adults have to be accompanied by a child to get in, and reservations are recommended. The indoor answer to late-August heat. |
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| Thu 27 Aug |
🌙 Full Moon Yoga & Night Market OLD SCHOOL SQUARE AMPHITHEATRE · 51 N SWINTON AVE, DELRAY BEACH · FREE A Delray DDA night on the amphitheatre lawn, 6:30 to 9:30 PM: a full moon yoga flow with Jessica Om and Pedro Luna, then an ecstatic dance set with a DJ, with a market of local vendors running alongside. Free, with a $5 donation suggested. Bring your own mat. |
| Fri 28 Aug |
🎬 Summer of Cinema: The World on a Screen SUGAR SAND PARK COMMUNITY CENTER · 300 S MILITARY TRAIL, BOCA RATON · FROM $12 Subtitled international films for the 25-and-up crowd, introduced by film expert Shelly Isaacs, who leads a discussion after each screening. Fridays 4 to 6:30 PM, and August 28 opens a four-week run. $12 residents and $15 non-residents per session, or $40 and $50 for the series. You register in advance on WebTrac, this one is not a walk-up. |
| Sun 30 Aug |
🎸 311 & Dirty Heads with Atmosphere and ROME ITHINK FINANCIAL AMPHITHEATRE · 601 SANSBURYS WAY, WEST PALM BEACH · 5:30 PM · 🎟 TICKETED Two co-headliners with Atmosphere and ROME opening, doors on Sansburys Way at 5:30. This is the final date of the entire So Glad You Made It tour, and the last big outdoor show of the month. |
| Thu 3 Sep |
🌴 Clematis by Night: The Landsharks Band GREAT LAWN · 100 N CLEMATIS ST, WEST PALM BEACH · FREE A free waterfront Jimmy Buffett tribute on the Great Lawn at the foot of Clematis, 6 to 9 PM, with island-inspired food and drink and Parrot Head trivia contests for prizes. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket. |
| Sat 5 Sep |
🍖 BBQ, Brews & Blues HEART & SOUL PARK · 825 N ROSEMARY AVE, WEST PALM BEACH · FREE The 11th annual smoke-and-blues night in the Historic Northwest, free, 5 to 9 PM, with live blues, local pit bosses and craft brews. Selwyn Birchwood closes it out on the main stage from 7:30 to 9. |
| Sat 12 Sep |
🤠 Luke Bryan ITHINK FINANCIAL AMPHITHEATRE · WEST PALM BEACH · 7 PM · 🎟 TICKETED Luke Bryan plays the amphitheatre on Sansburys Way at 7 PM on the Word On The Street Tour. This is one of only two Florida stops on the whole run, so it will move. Check Ticketmaster. |
| Sat 12 Sep |
🎨 Family Fun Day: Dragonfly Clip MORIKAMI MUSEUM · 4000 MORIKAMI PARK RD, DELRAY BEACH · WITH ADMISSION A hands-on family craft day at noon in the Kamiya Room at the Morikami in west Delray, free with paid museum admission. Come for the workshop, stay for the gardens. |
That's the scoop for Issue No. 025.
Have a great week, 561.
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