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The Best Restaurants in Jupiter, Tequesta, and Palm Beach Gardens
A dozen restaurants that show how far dinner in this corner of Palm Beach County has come.
By Eric Barton
Updated Oct. 14, 2026
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AUTHOR BIO: Eric Barton is editor of The Adventurist and a freelance journalist who has reviewed restaurants for more than two decades. Email him here.
There was a time when eating in northern Palm Beach County meant picking between a seafood shack, a spring training crowd, and whichever chain had the shortest wait. That version of Jupiter, Tequesta, and Palm Beach Gardens hasn’t vanished, but it no longer tells the whole story.
The best restaurants in Jupiter, Tequesta, and Palm Beach Gardens now include a James Beard–recognized chef cooking globally inspired small plates, a New York red-sauce room with a following for its vodka pasta, and a Greek newcomer that Tequesta has taken to within months of opening.
Here are the best northern Palm Beach County restaurants right now.
1000 NORTH
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Built for big nights out and dinners with the extended family, 1000 NORTH pairs modern American cooking with a wide view over the Jupiter Inlet, yachts below and the lighthouse across the water. The menu doesn’t try to out-clever itself — a raw bar and crab cakes to start, a bone-in ribeye built to share, and a wine list made for a long evening. Time it right, and dinner ends with the sun setting over the mainland.
Best for: Waterfront steaks and a sunset over the inlet
Arthur & Sons
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Chef Joe Isidori brought his New York red-sauce restaurant to Jupiter in February 2026, armed with the Italian-American canon played straight — spicy rigatoni alla vodka, chicken parm, meatballs, and a proper Caesar — plus a grill program the New York original doesn’t have, built for Florida. Portions are shareable and sauce-heavy, and there’s spumoni for dessert. It isn’t here to reinvent Italian cooking. It’s here to remind everyone why these dishes never left.
Best for: Red-sauce Italian and vodka pasta
The Cooper
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The Cooper pulls off farm-to-table without the pretense that usually comes with knowing where they’ve sourced the produce. The seasonal menu is tight, the cocktails feel dialed in, and the patio on a breezy evening reminds you why people move here. If you want New American done right in Palm Beach Gardens, this is the one.
Best for: Farm-to-table comfort food and cocktails
Guanabanas
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This open-air tiki hideaway has been a Jupiter mainstay for a reason: fresh fish, live music, and a banyan-canopied property that feels straight out of the Keys. Executive chef Vinny Trupia leans Caribbean and Latin, but keeps it unfussy. It’s exactly where you want to be on a warm winter night with a rum drink in hand. Oh, and so you don’t mispronounce it like I did for years, it’s gwaa-nuh-baa-nuhs.
Best for: Live music, tropical drinks, and pretending lunch counts as a vacation
Hog Snappers Shack & Sushi
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Hog Snappers is the rare place that handles sushi rolls and fresh catch with equal confidence. Tucked into a low-key strip in Tequesta, it serves sashimi-grade fish one minute and a whole hogfish the next, and nobody’s keeping score on whether you arrived in flip-flops or a blazer. If you’ve come hungry, order the Tequesta Seafood Feast — snow crab, lobster, clams, mussels, fish, shrimp, scallops, and squid in a lemon-butter broth, built for the middle of the table.
Best for: Seafood plates and sushi rolls
Leftovers
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Think of Leftovers as Food Shack’s funkier younger sibling — same Little Moir’s team, same seafood-first instincts, louder music. The menu leans playful: panko fried oysters over greens, the sweet potato-crusted catch that’s been a signature since the early days, and a dessert case worth saving room for. There’s always a wait, and you’ll always leave saying it was worth it.
Best for: Blackboard specials and local seafood
LILA Coastal Mediterranean
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LILA brought a different register to Jupiter when it opened in December 2024, with coastal Mediterranean cooking from chef Sunny Oh, a Nobu Miami veteran. He built a menu anchored by a crudo bar and plates meant for the middle of the table. Grilled Spanish octopus, hamachi crudo, lobster linguine, branzino, and a cauliflower steak that holds its own next to the fish. It’s the rare room here that plays date night and group dinner in the same service.
Best for: Coastal Mediterranean small plates and a serious raw bar
Little Moir’s Food Shack
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This Jupiter institution looks like a strip mall surf shack, cooks like a Floribbean bistro, and serves food better than either of those words would suggest. Owner Mike Moir and executive chef Frank Murgio keep the menu fluid with daily catches and seasonal riffs that actually mean something. Don’t let the hand-scribbled menu scare you off—this is a place to take risks that pay off. I was sure a blueberry sauce wouldn’t work with tuna until I had it here and wondered why everybody else isn’t doing it.
Best for: Crowded tables and local fish
Stage Kitchen & Bar
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Chef Pushkar Marathe opened this Palm Beach Gardens gem in 2020, weaving his James Beard–nominated pedigree into globally inspired small plates grounded in Indian technique. His menu runs from cavatelli to shrimp moilee, each dish with enough swagger to feel personal. Michelin included it in the guide as a recommended restaurant, but I’d say it ought to have a star, because this is a restaurant where the chef’s story is told in everything he serves.
Best for: Creative dishes that never disappoint
Square Grouper
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There’s a reason Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett filmed their music video for "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" at this spot: there’s waterfront views of the intracoastal, the lighthouse, and even the ocean beyond from a little strip of beach on the intracoastal. Yes, there’s fish tacos and conch fritters served in plastic baskets, but Square Grouper is best done at happy hour, with live music, salty margs, and plans for the night that just absolutely changed.
Best for: Sunset drinks on the waterfront
The Underground Pizza
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This family-owned Palm Beach Gardens shop does two things and does them without apology: traditional hand-tossed thin crust, and a deep-dish pie that comes to the table at roughly four pounds. The sauce is tangy, the crust is built to hold, and nobody skimps on the cheese. If you’re after food that counts as an arm workout for the server, this is your spot.
Best for: A four-pound deep-dish pie worth the wait
The Woods
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Tiger Woods’ upscale sports bar in Jupiter actually delivers—refined enough for a filet, casual enough for burgers and golf talk. It’s slick but not soulless, with good steaks, well-made cocktails, and a crowd that occasionally forgets they’re not at a Masters afterparty. Not just for fans, though the name doesn’t hurt.
Best for: Burgers and sports-bar polish
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