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Things To Do in Boca Raton
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Boca Raton Museum of Art
Much like Florida, the collection here ranges from very old to very young: statuettes from 800 BC to 21st century paintings by the likes of Kehinde Wiley. It’s a relatively small, but well-chosen permanent collection, with photographs, contemporary sculptures and paintings, studio… - Park/Garden
Daggerwing Nature Center
Seen enough snowbirds? Head over to this 39-acre swampy splendor way out in suburban West Boca, where birds of another feather reside, including herons, egrets, woodpeckers, and warblers. The trails come complete with a soundtrack provided by songbirds hovering above (watch your… - Park/Garden
Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex
If manicured lawns and golf courses aren’t your idea of communing with nature, then head to Gumbo Limbo. Named for an indigenous tree, the 20-acre complex protects one of the few surviving coastal hammocks (subtropical hardwood forests), in South Florida. Nature trails feature lush… - Museum
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Slip off your shoes and enter a serene Japanese garden that dates from 1905, when an entrepreneurial farmer, Jo Sakai, came to Boca Raton to build a tropical agricultural community. The Yamato Colony, as it was known, was short-lived; by the 1920s, only one tenacious colonist…
Boca Raton Shopping
Once a high end shopping mecca, Boca Raton’s Mizner Park has sadly become a retail desert, but still remains a place for freshly coiffed women to lunch at outdoor cafes. It has a bowling alley, small indoor theater, outdoor amphitheater, movie theater, and a grassy island with gazebos, potted plants, and garden benches. Mizner Park is on Federal Highway, between Palmetto Park and Glades roads (tel. 561/362-0606).
Boca’s Town Center Mall, on the south side of Glades Road, just west of I-95, has a few remaining department stores, including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Add hundreds of specialty shops, an extensive food court, and a range of other restaurants, and you have the area’s most comprehensive shopping center.
On Delray Beach’s Atlantic Avenue, especially east of Swinton Avenue and in the Pineapple Grove area, you’ll find a few shops, clothing stores, and galleries shaded by palm trees and colorful awnings.
Boca’s Town Center Mall, on the south side of Glades Road, just west of I-95, has a few remaining department stores, including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Add hundreds of specialty shops, an extensive food court, and a range of other restaurants, and you have the area’s most comprehensive shopping center.
On Delray Beach’s Atlantic Avenue, especially east of Swinton Avenue and in the Pineapple Grove area, you’ll find a few shops, clothing stores, and galleries shaded by palm trees and colorful awnings.
Boca Raton Nightlife
Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach has finally gotten quite hip to nightlife and is now lined with sleek and chic lounges, and bars that attract a young crowd. Although it’s hardly South Beach or Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas and Riverfront, Atlantic Avenue can definitely be fun after dark. In Boca Raton, Mizner Park and nearby ‘downtown’ Boca is the nucleus of nightlife, with restaurants masking themselves as nightclubs or, at the very least, sceney bars.
The Performing Arts
For live concerts, featuring one hit wonders, cover bands, and, once in a blue moon someone you actually would pay to hear live, the Count de Hoernle Amphitheater aka the Mizner Park Amphitheater Centre for the Arts in Mizner Park (tel. 561/393-7890) is the place to see them in an open-air format, under the stars and, at times, in the rain. Tip: If you don’t want to splurge for an admission ticket, you can still hear (but not see) the concerts from Mizner Park. Also within Mizner is The Studio at Mizner Park (tel. 561/203-3742) a 300-seat black box theater showing nationally recognized performers, comedians, musicians, and shows.The Wick Theatre & Costume Museum, 7901 N. Federal Hwy., features dramas, comedies, classics, off-Broadway hits, and new works throughout the year, PLUS, a fabulous costume museum housing original wardrobes from over 35 Broadway productions and revivals, including the Julie Andrews production of “My Fair Lady” and the Sarah Jessica Parker production of “Once Upon A Mattress.”
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- Bars & Pubs
Boston's on the Beach
Chill nightlife, for post-sunbathing, is the draw here, with popular happy hours Monday through Friday from 4 to 7pm, and live music nightly. Boston’s two decks overlook the ocean, making it an ideal place to mellow out and take in the scenery. Directly next door is Boston’s all… - Dance Clubs
Cosmo’s
The cheesiest—and only—dance club in the entire area, Cosmo’s is a disco lover’s dream come true, an old school, dark, somewhat dingy, neon lit discoteque where people, gasp, actually dance. That’s because the median age here is about 60, but still, it is the most fun you will have… Crazy Uncle Mike’s
A sprawling brewery, restaurant, and live music venue, Crazy Uncle Mike’s is a magnet some of the best traveling bands in the country. There’s a daily happy hour from 3 to 7pm that attracts a huge crowd of locals waiting to hear who’s up next onstage. There’s also Taco, Tango and…- Bars & Pubs
Dada
Dada is a nocturnal outpost of food, drink, music, art, culture, and history. In other words, here you can expect to find neobohemian, arty types lingering in their dark glasses, beards, and tattoos on one of the living room’s cozy couches, listening to music, poetry, or… - Bars & Pubs
Johnnie Brown’s
This open-air Delray Beach institution is right on the train tracks but you’ll probably never hear the train’ a comin’ unless it’s from a band singing Long Train Coming or Folsom Prison Blues. For rockin’, honky tonkin’ live music, this is the place to go. It gets mobbed, so crowds… The Funky Biscuit
Live music is alive and well in this Boca Raton club dedicated to just that. A favorite for Deadheads, Funky Biscuit is home to some local jam bands, but they also host blues, funk, jazz and rock bands. Oftentimes you may get a show by a musician who is passing through with a major…- Wine bar
Vino Wine Bar & Kitchen
This tiny, candle lit five table restaurant and bar serves stellar Italian fare, but we tend to come here for a glass of late-night, expertly chosen red—especially on nights they have live music (usually a singer/songwriter).
