Vic E.
Yelp
I came down here last week to catch dinner and a movie with some friends the night before leaving for Anchorage. CityPlace is located in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach with a mix of high-end retailers, luxury condos, fine dining restaurants, and lively nightclubs. The place is always busy with tourists from out of town and locals shopping from the nearby upscale neighborhoods along the Intracoastal Waterway. Parking can be a hassle at times with the parking building filled at maximum capacity on the lower levels with more of the available spots on the higher levels. There was a time several years ago where the parking was free in this building, but not anymore.
If you're lucky, the occasional parking spot will open up on the ground floor without having to drive in circles all the way to the top. Aside from that, there is a wide variety of places to eat, shop, or have a fun night out. Restaurants include some well-known names like Burger-Fi, the Mellow Mushroom, Brio Tuscan Grille, the popular local ice cream shop Sloan's, and Il Bellagio next to the water fountains which provide a light show for people who visit at night. The plaza next to the water fountains provides a number of outdoor events that includes the Thursday Farmers Market, classical or jazz music concerts, art fairs, and workout group gatherings.
Retail shops include places like Restoration Hardware, Tommy Bahama, Anthropologie, and Capital One Café, an ingenious concept of a bank with its own coffee shop in the lobby area. We decided to keep things casual by having dinner at Burger-Fi and then taking in a movie at the AMC Theater down the street. The theater is a massive complex of screens on multiple floors with snack bars on each level as well as its own restaurant on the top floor. CityPlace also has the Harriet Himmel Theater for performing arts, LA Fitness gym next to Burger-Fi, the Improv Comedy Club where a lot of well-known or up-and-coming comedians perform every week, and the Blue Martini lounge which offers live music and 42 different martinis.
We all had a great time and the place was still packed when we left just after midnight. In spite of the crowded parking spots and the scarce curbside parking, the bright spot is that parking is free when you spend over $50.00 on your visit and provide a copy of your receipts at the Guest Services area. There is also a Publix Supermarket just behind the movie theater for people who live in the surrounding buildings. The pictures provided show the Farmers Market on a Thursday Night in the plaza as well as bright blue lights wrapped around the palm trees extending down the walkway. This is a great downtown destination for daytime and at night.