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Worth Avenue
TALKING SHOP Like Fifth Avenue in New York City or Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, the three-block stretch of Worth Avenue on the island of Palm Beach has international bona fides as a shopper’s street of dreams. For friends and families with the heftiest of bankrolls, it’s a place to buy jewelry in the six or seven figures, an impeccably tailored suit and a bottle of Chanel No. 5. But the palm-lined street, with its Mediterranean-Revival architecture, tumbling bougainvillea bushes and quasi-secret vias of delight, appeals to window shoppers, too. With its more relaxed dress code, (semi)affordable restaurants and year-round array of family activities, it’s become a street for everybody. Meanwhile, Boca Raton’s Town Center (6000 Glades Road) remains the upscale shopper’s retail smorgasbord of choice in South Palm Beach County. Home to Tesla and the Apple store, Cartier and Tiffany, pizza and pretzels, it’s a golden throwback to the dominance of the suburban mall in American culture—the only place where you can purchase dancing lessons, LEGOs and a Louie under one roof.
QUIZLINGS For a certain kind of visitor— the kind who binges on TED podcasts and DVRs “Jeopardy!” —there is no better attraction than a local trivia night. Countless bars offer daily opportunities to flex the muscles of the mind, but our favorite is the quirky, laidback trivia night known as Think & Drink, which features three rounds of general-knowledge questions in a variety of categories both traditional and eccentric. (A typical Think & Drink experience
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included topics such as “Finance,” “Everyday Items” and “Bodily Fluids.”). The hosts provide an unusually generous gap between question and answer, all the more time to argue amongst your fellow-players or grab another beer. Compete Tuesdays at Death or Glory Bar (116 N.E. Sixth Ave., Delray Beach), Wednesdays at Bull Bar (2 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach), Thursdays at Delray Beach Market—or literally 37 other venues around Palm Beach County.
Silverball Retro Arcade
GAME STOP The former Silverball Museum recently changed its name to Silverball Retro Arcade (19 N.E. Third Ave., Delray Beach), and it’s a distinction with a difference. Museums imply passive spectation, but Silverball is all about releasing your inner teenager at the dozens of pinball games inside—vintage machines themed around “Star Trek” and “The Addams Family” and the Who. There’s also Centipede, Donkey Kong, Frogger and other 8-bit wonders that collectively put the joy in joystick. And unlike in the ‘80s, there are no quarters required; a $15 hour-long pass allows guests free play of the whole two-story building. Even if you’re not deft of flipper, Silverball is a lively hangout with a two-for-one happy hour noon to 7 p.m. weekdays, and it hosts DJ-spun dance parties on Friday nights until 1 a.m.
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