Best Butcher Shops in Vero Beach (and Where to Buy Local Beef) On August 7, USDA recalled almost 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef that entered the country without import reinspection, and it went to distributors and retailers in Florida. Vero Beach has a small but real set of butcher shops, and two of them sell […]
Vero Beach Fishing: A Local Guide to Salt Water and Fresh Water Vero Beach sits on the Indian River Lagoon, which means shallow-water snook, redfish, and trout are usually a ten minute drive from wherever you’re staying. There’s no inlet in Vero itself, so running offshore means a trip north to Sebastian Inlet or south […]
Florida Property Tax Elimination vs. What Homeowners Pay Now Florida has not eliminated property taxes, and Amendment 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot wouldn’t eliminate them either (it’s not all bad news…keep reading). It would raise the non-school homestead exemption to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, then hand a future Legislature the […]
The Best Happy Hour in Vero Beach: A Local’s Guide The best happy hour in Vero Beach split into four categories: oceanfront (Waldo’s, Heaton’s, The Wave), lagoon-front (Riverside Cafe, Mr. Manatee’s, The Crab Stop), downtown 14th Avenue (The Grove, Post & Vine, Filthy’s), and late-night second rounds (Sean Ryan Pub, American Icon Brewery). Chive on […]
Vero Beach Art Galleries: The Current List (Updated August 2026) Downtown Vero Beach has six working galleries within a three block stretch of 14th Avenue, and they are a different scene from the five on and near Ocean Drive. Two galleries that top-ranking guides still recommend have been gone for years. Flametree dissolved in 2021 […]
Beaches in Vero Beach, FL: What Nobody Tells You Before You Go Every public beach in Vero Beach and Indian River County is free to enter and free to park, with no meters and no resident sticker. Dogs are banned at all city and county beach parks, but the Town of Indian River Shores allows […]
Florida Luxury Homes: What Changes When You Cross the State Price per square foot means something different in each Florida region, so comparing a Naples house to a Ponte Vedra house on that metric will mislead you. East Coast pricing turns on dockage and club access more than on square footage, and bridge clearance can […]
Ocean Village Fort Pierce: What To Know Before You Buy Ocean Village isn’t one condominium. A master property owners association sits over separate associations for the individual buildings and clusters, so the financials that matter are your building’s, not the community’s. Count the stories. Florida’s milestone inspection and reserve study rules only bite at three […]
Alternatives to Zillow: 10 Better Places to Search for Homes Nearly every alternative to Zillow pulls the same MLS feed, so what separates them is refresh speed and who answers when you hit the contact button. The agent pictured next to a listing on the big portals usually bought that spot and often has not […]
Schools in Vero Beach: What Changes This August Schools in Vero Beach are run by one countywide district that just posted its fourth consecutive A grade, with 23 of 24 traditional schools rated A. Six campuses physically relocate in August 2026, including two magnets and a middle school that gets a new name. Ninth graders […]