The team behind The Wharf was picked to build Sea Salt Beach House, a two-story, nearly 700-seat seafood spot at Currie Park.
Key Takeaways
- West Palm Beach's selection committee ranked Breakwater Hospitality Group first to design and run a waterfront restaurant at Currie Park, in a unanimous 5-0 vote.
- The proposed Sea Salt Beach House is a two-story, seafood-focused venue with 378 dining seats and a 320-seat rooftop event space, an $18.7 million investment targeting a 2027 opening.
- It still needs City Commission approval, and it would anchor the city's roughly $35 million Currie Park redevelopment on the North Flagler waterfront.
West Palm Beach's northern waterfront is getting a signature new draw. According to Palm Beach Now, the city picked a Miami hospitality group, the team behind The Wharf, to design and run a two-story, seafood-focused restaurant at Currie Park in West Palm Beach. The nearly 700-seat "beach house" on the Intracoastal is a proposed $18.7 million project anchoring a roughly $35 million public makeover of the long-underused park. For now, it is a committee pick in negotiations, not a done deal.
What is Sea Salt Beach House?
Breakwater Hospitality Group's proposal, designed with Bigtime Design Studios, is a two-story, seafood-focused waterfront venue built as a year-round destination. It would have 378 indoor and outdoor dining seats with covered terraces and open-air seating, plus a dedicated 320-seat rooftop event space for weddings and gatherings. Rounding it out are a grab-and-go kiosk for park visitors, a family play area, and ongoing waterfront programming such as fitness classes, live entertainment, pop-up markets, and seasonal events.
The restaurant is a proposed $18.7 million investment, with a target opening around November 2027. Breakwater proposed a 30-year lease with two 15-year extension options, paying about $150,000 a year in base rent plus 3% of gross revenue over $10 million.
Is the Currie Park restaurant approved yet?
Not yet, and this is the key nuance. In mid-June 2026, the city's evaluation committee ranked Breakwater's proposal first in a unanimous 5-0 vote, choosing it over two other finalists. That is a committee selection, not a final deal. Breakwater is now in contract negotiations, and the lease still needs City Commission approval before the restaurant can be built. The park around it, though, is already moving.
The park around it, though, is already moving.
Why does this matter for West Palm's waterfront?
The restaurant is the commercial centerpiece of the city's roughly $35 million Currie Park redevelopment, a plan to activate a long-underused public waterfront year-round. The park itself is already well into construction. It broke ground in May 2025, with West Construction as general contractor and Chen Moore as designer, and work on the shoreline and seawall, utilities, the playground, lighting, landscaping, and the events pavilion is advancing. The restaurant pavilion's foundation has even been poured, so the main piece still pending is the operator deal.
Currie Park is the northern anchor of West Palm's waterfront, the same North Flagler corridor lined with ultra-luxury condo towers like Alba and the Mandarin Oriental. This adds a rare public-facing amenity to a stretch that has mostly been private high-rise development, the kind of civic upgrade that tends to lift nearby property values. As Larry Mastropieri put it on the Discover South Florida Podcast: "There's not a lot of waterfront restaurants in Palm Beach County." He added, "An additional one I think will bolster the boating experience as well in South Florida." And he sees the whole stretch changing in the upcoming years: "This whole area long term is going to redevelop along the waterfront."
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How does it fit West Palm's dining scene?
Sea Salt Beach House would join an emerging cluster of destination dining along North Flagler, including Lamarina, open since 2024, and the members-only Cove Club, which opened in 2023. The difference is scale and access: at nearly 700 seats, Sea Salt Beach House would be the largest, and the only truly public, park-based option.
It fits the broader revival of Northwood and the North Flagler corridor, backed by an operator with a real track record. Breakwater has eight other venues across South Florida, including The Wharf in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, and reports more than a million guests a year. If the City Commission signs off, West Palm's northern waterfront gets a signature public gathering place to match the towers rising around it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sea Salt Beach House at Currie Park?
Sea Salt Beach House is a proposed two-story, seafood-focused waterfront restaurant at Currie Park in West Palm Beach, from Breakwater Hospitality Group. It would include 378 indoor and outdoor dining seats, a 320-seat rooftop event space, a grab-and-go kiosk, and a family play area, with year-round waterfront programming.
Is the Currie Park waterfront restaurant approved?
Not fully. A West Palm Beach evaluation committee ranked Breakwater's proposal first in a unanimous 5-0 vote in June 2026, but that is a selection, not final approval. The project is in lease negotiations and still needs City Commission sign-off to move ahead.
Who is behind the Currie Park restaurant?
The operator is Breakwater Hospitality Group, the Miami-based firm behind The Wharf in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Founded in 2018, it runs eight waterfront venues across South Florida and reports more than a million guests a year, which is part of why the city ranked its Currie Park proposal first.
When will the Currie Park restaurant open?
The target opening is around November 2027, assuming the lease is approved and construction proceeds on schedule. The surrounding park redevelopment is further along, having broken ground in May 2025, with the restaurant pavilion's foundation already poured.
What is the Currie Park redevelopment?
It is a roughly $35 million City of West Palm Beach project to transform the long-underused Currie Park on the North Flagler waterfront into a year-round destination. Plans include a waterfront promenade, an events pavilion, a playground, recreation areas, and the proposed Sea Salt Beach House restaurant.
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