October 22, 2026
Park Tavern's PT cheesesteak was shaved prime rib, caramelized onions, forest mushrooms, jalapeños and fontina on a roll. For 15 years it was served half a block off Atlantic Avenue at 32 SE Second Avenue, alongside the Farmhouse chicken sandwich, fish and chips, and chicken and waffles. According to The Palm Beach Post, the restaurant set Sunday, October 18 as its last day of service. Its farewell post raised "a glass to the guests, team members and community who made Park Tavern what it is."
That reported date was this past Sunday. Park Tavern's announced closing makes it the fourth Atlantic Avenue restaurant to go this year, and very little of what opened on the street in 2026 is a full-service dining room like the ones that left.
Boca Raton Magazine counted Park Tavern as the fourth Atlantic Avenue restaurant to close in 2026. The magazine also reported that the restaurant's own post did not give a closing date. The October 18 date came from an administrator of the Delray Beach Community Forum Facebook group.
| Restaurant | Location | How long it ran | What's known about the exit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Tavern | 32 SE Second Avenue | 15 years | Last service reported for Sunday, Oct. 18. No reason given. |
| Cut 432 | Atlantic Avenue | Opened in 2010; closed at the end of April 2026 | The farewell message said the company hoped to expand the concept. No new location had been chosen. |
| Lefkes Estiatorio | Delray Beach Market | Opened August 2024; closed by late May 2026 | No closure statement from the restaurant. |
| True Vegan | Atlantic Avenue | A short run that began with a November soft opening | Relocating to 815 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach. |
Two of the four had the same owner. Boca Raton Magazine's report on Park Tavern says both Park Tavern and Cut 432 belonged to Modern Restaurant Group. That leaves El Camino as the group's last dining concept, with locations in Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and Delray Beach.
Cut 432's own farewell said "After 18 incredible years," which doesn't match the 2010 opening date Boca Raton Magazine reported in the same article. Either way, it had been on the street for well over a decade. Park Tavern and Cut 432 together come to roughly three decades of dinner service on or just off the Avenue.
True Vegan is the one with a known next address. In its announcement, quoted by Boca Raton Magazine, the restaurant said the move to Belvedere Road would let it better serve customers and run as a family business. The new location was expected to open this past summer.
The restaurants that gave statements didn't give reasons. Park Tavern didn't explain its closure, and Lefkes made no public statement. Commenters were less reserved. The Palm Beach Post collected responses such as "there goes the best happy hour on the Ave." Some commenters speculated that the area had become "a victim of its own incredible success," and that rising rents were pushing restaurants out. According to Boca Raton Magazine, commenters named the happy hour, the Sunday brunch and the espresso martinis as what they would miss.
Rent is the commenters' theory, not something any of the restaurants has confirmed. What they listed is clear enough, though. Happy hour, brunch and a cocktail are all reasons to sit down and stay for a while.
In May, the Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority published a roundup of businesses that had recently opened downtown, carried by the Boca Raton Tribune. Eight of the names are clearly food or drink businesses. Five of those eight are cafés, dessert shops or drink counters:
Three of the eight are restaurants. Geronimo Tequila Bar and Southwest Grill, at 105 E. Atlantic Ave., serves Santa Fe-style Southwestern food. It belongs to Geronimo Hospitality Co., which runs restaurants in Connecticut, Florida and Massachusetts. Selini, at 502 E. Atlantic Ave., is listed as a restaurant in the DDA directory. The third is Barcelona Wine Bar, which isn't on East Atlantic at all.
The places that left were built for long meals: a steakhouse, a Greek estiatorio and a gastropub known for brunch. Most of the new storefronts east of Swinton serve a cup, a shake or a pastry that people take with them.
Apart from Geronimo and Selini, the full-service openings are clustered at a single address on West Atlantic. Barcelona Wine Bar, at 22 W. Atlantic Ave., Suite 140, serves Spanish tapas, wine and a weekend brunch. In September, Boca Raton Magazine described it as one of the first concepts to open at Sundy Village earlier this year. Double Knot shares the 22 W. Atlantic address and is also on this month's Restaurant Month list. Drinking Pig BBQ, which pairs Southern smoked meats with Caribbean dishes, announced plans for the same complex. The Palm Beach Post reported a September target in June.
Brunch is a good example of the shift. Brunch was one of the things commenters said they'd miss at Park Tavern, and the newest brunch to get press coverage this fall is Barcelona's, on the west side of Swinton Avenue.
The Avenue's fall calendar runs through the businesses that are staying.
Most of the Restaurant Month list is made up of full-service dining rooms, Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse, Big Al's Steaks, Campi Italian and Dada among them. Every reservation made there before October 31 goes to a dining room that's still open.
Our team at The Buchbinder Group follows which Delray storefronts change hands and what moves into them, block by block, from the GreenMarket's first Saturday on. If you'd like to talk through what that turnover means for your own corner of downtown, request a private consultation.
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