Along Third Street South, the pace of life is steadily picking up. Stores have reopened their doors, and diners again grace outdoor courtyard tables at local cafés. The flowers are blooming and the fountains' waters provide a lovely sound. There are differences, of course. Shoppers and shopkeepers wear colorful face masks, and restaurants have spaced their [...]
Third Street South businesses are reopening in response to Governor DeSantis' Phase 1 recommendations Third Street South’s restaurants and retail stores, following Governor DeSantis’ announcement this week that Florida businesses may begin Phase 1 reopening, are each individually planning how they will open and simultaneously respect the rules necessary to protect their patrons and staff. Everyone [...]
While the Third Street South Farmer's Market is on temporary hiatus during the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, we wish to share with you information about how each is continuing to serve, and how you may support. These small businesses and farms rely on the Farmer's Market throughout the year, and we encourage you to seek out your [...]
Third Street South is working to ensure that the flowers, plants, trees and all the other horticultural efforts stay bright, cheerful and happy for everyone to see on their walks. We hope they send a message of pleasure in the midst of a disruptive time.
The 19th-century Italian Fleischmann Fountain, fully restored after nearly 100 years of constant use, is once again providing delight. Originally brought in the early 1920s from Italy for the spectacularly landscaped gardens of Winding Creek Farm, it anchored a circular seating area that led to cascading fountains, leading in turn down under a long parterre to [...]
Third Street South’s Campiello and The Continental are on the 2019 list of OpenTable’s 100 Best Al Fresco Restaurants in America. OpenTable compiles diner-generated feedback to determine qualifying restaurants and the Third Street South mainstays both are known for their outdoor appeal, centering on inviting and lovely courtyards for lunch and dinner that is served with [...]
Michael Vollbracht, the renowned artist and fashion designer who designed the Third Street South logo, died in 2018. The logo, named Dorette after Dorette Fleischmann, who with her husband, Junkie, was responsible for the launch of Third Street South as we know it today, has the indelible grace of line that was Michael Vollbracht’s hallmark. Trained [...]
It’s a few days into the New Year, and how are your resolutions going? It’s early days. Perhaps some of you are still on track, but some of us – those who actually made resolutions – are already goners. Big-scale changes are the first to go, so try some smaller ones. The New York Times has [...]
A brain teaser is a good way to pass a little time. If you think a garden path is only a defined route in a garden, you are wrong. It is also a type of sentence that can cause our brains to jump to an expected conclusion about the sentence's meaning – and be totally wrong. [...]
The award-winning Third Street Farmer’s Market, open year-round every Saturday from 7:30am to 11:30 am is about to gear up for season, nearly tripling its summer roster of vendors and moving a half-block from the big Neapolitan parking lot to Third Street South between Broad Avenue and 13thAvenue South. Once again, there will be the impressive [...]
