If you spent June on the sand between Pier 60 and the Sandpearl, you would swear nothing about this summer is different. The umbrellas are in the same rows. The Sunsets at Pier 60 buskers still set up around six. The afternoon storm still rolls in around four and clears by five thirty.
The change this year happened on the perimeter. A landmark restaurant on Bay Esplanade quietly changed owners in February. Opal Sol added a new signature name that will define its street level for the next decade. The Wyndham Grand's summer concert calendar has grown into something residents actually plan around. And the Fourth of July doubled in size. If you only ever cross the sand and the sidewalk in front of your building, you missed all of it.
The Palm Pavilion Corner Is Now Crabby's, And It Still Serves Grouper Nuggets
The single most-asked question on the north end this spring was what would happen to the old Palm Pavilion space at 10 Bay Esplanade. The answer arrived on February 20, when
