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Welcome to Grandview Gardens Concierge, a Restaurant & Event Blog for the Palm Beaches! We welcome over 1000 guests annually to the Grandview Gardens Bed & Breakfast and Vacation Homes Resort. As is typical for a B & B, we only serve breakfast. For lunch and dinner, we send guests to all types of restaurants around the area for every imaginable occasion. When we're serving breakfast in the morning, we hear about the escapades and adventures from the night before... especially about the restaurants where everybody ate. As a result, our friends and neighbors regularly ask advice about the current "ins and outs" of the local restaurant and party scene. So Rick, Peter and Jan have put together a "short list" of our most often recommended restaurants, which you'll find in the side bar. You will notice that most of our recommendations are for West Palm Beach and Palm Beach, but we do have a few favorite restaurants included in neighboring cities and towns. In addition to the short list, we'll occasionally be posting blog articles about restaurants and local events which could be of interest to visitors and locals alike. If you become a "Fan" of the Grandview Gardens Facebook Page, you'll automatically get a notice when we post an article. Enjoy!
Downtown West Palm Beach will be rocking for St. Patricks Day (Saturday, March 17). There will be multiple block parties, restaurant and bar parties, costume contests and lots of other festivities. Here is a short overview:
- O’shea’s Irish Pub, St. Patty’s Day Block party, 531 Clematis St. – Starting from 10 a.m. until the wee hours, O’Shea’s will close the 500 block to
make room for its annual St. Patrick’s Day street-wide celebration. Festivities
will include live Irish music performed by the “Killbillies”; an Irish-themed
menu consisting of shepherd’s pie, corned beef and cabbage, and bangers and
mash; face painting; bagpipe performances; Irish dancing; and a parade
featuring… St. Patrick himself!
- Roxy’s Pub, 4th Annual St. Patty’s Day Block Party, 309 Clematis St.
- World of Beer, Green Beer & Live Music, 101 N. Clematis St.
- WPB Antique & Flea Market, St. Patty’s Day Costume contest, 200 Banyan Blvd.
For a full listing of St. Patty’s Day fun in West Palm Beach, visit WPBGO.com
From March 01 – 04, The Norton Museum of Art presents BIJOUX!, a contemporary art jewelry fundraiser, offering the public the chance to purchase one-of-a-kind contemporary art jewelry pieces directly from their creators. At least two dozen of the more than 40 international artists represented at BIJOUX! are expected to attend the event, including seven artists from AIDA, The Association of Israel’s Decorative Arts. The show will be open to the public during regular Museum hours (and with regular admission). A discussion will be held at 3 p.m. on March 2 at the Museum with panelists Ela Bauer, Gloria Lieberman, Suzanne Ramljak, Davira Taragin and Donna Schneier as the moderator, and a workshop with Nirit Dekel is set for 11 a.m. on March 3rd. Limited seating available. Proceeds from BIJOUX! benefit the Norton’s exhibition and education programs.
President’s Day Weekend marks the halfway point of Palm Beach’s “Season”, which is the period between Christmas and Easter. Dating back to the time when Henry Flagler resided in Palm Beach, the weekend before George Washington’s birthday (February 22nd) has always been the peak of the Palm Beach Season. Mr. Flagler was patriotic and decided to honor the first president’s birthday with a ball at the Royal Poinciana Hotel. That ball became the most popular event of the season…and so later, when the US Congress decided to use that date to honor the birthdays of all presidents, the tradition continued in Palm Beach. The weather is perfect this year (79 degrees and sunny skies!) and there are many cultural events, charity balls, sporting events and private parties, offering something to do for everybody. The largest event currently is the 9th Annual Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show. The show, which features the collections of more than 180 renowned international dealers, attracts tens of thousands of private collectors, museum curators, investors and interior designers who are eager to search for treasures and purchase some of the most unique and coveted fine art, jewelry and antiques in the world.
A highlight of this year’s show will be the “Hope Designer Showcase,” curated by AD100 interior designer Scott Snyder. The exhibit will feature five room vignettes created by Snyder and other top interior designers, including Geoffrey Bradfield, Jim Aman +John Meeks, Bruce Bierman and Campion Platt. The designers will utilize fine art, furniture and decorative accessories from exhibitors in the show to create beautiful spaces that exemplify how antiques integrate into today’s lifestyles.
The 9th Annual Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show runs through February 21st at the Palm Beach County Convention Center located at 650 Okeechobee Boulevard. There will be a private preview party tonight, February 17th. Hours of the show are Saturday, February 18, Sunday, February 19 and Monday, February 20 from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., and Tuesday, February 21 from 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $15 daily and $25 for a 4-day pass. However, we do have some passes here at Grandview Gardens, so if you want to go, drop by for a pass.
Inside Tip: The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach is showing an unusual, fun exhibit through April 15th. The exhibition is called “Recapturing the Real West: The Collections of William I. Koch” and explores western expansion in the 19th and 20th centuries. This unique exhibit features several rare and unusual artifacts, including the only existing photograph of Billy the Kid, an entire authentic saloon as well as stagecoaches, paintings and sculptures. Clothing, guns and photographs illustrate social concepts that shaped the era – such as the power of the brothel, and the attitudes that led to Native American displacement. This comprehensive private collection is rarely seen by the public eye and has been loaned to The Society of the Four Arts by William I. Koch. This is a “must see”!
Admission: $5 (free for members). The Esther B. O’Keeffe Gallery is open during season (December through April) Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. For additional information, call (561) 655-7226.
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