For a long time, the Grove had a Sunday problem. Not a shortage of things to do, but a shortage of things that connected. If you wanted a real farmers market, you drove. If you wanted a proper Sunday brunch that ran into a proper Sunday afternoon, you crossed a bridge. The bay was here, the peacocks were here, but the day was stitched together somewhere else.
That has quietly changed. In the summer of 2026, a resident living inside the central Grove can build a full Sunday, from morning market to rooftop cocktail, without ever moving a car. The route runs about a mile and a half, mostly under tree cover, and it links two anchors that did not exist in their current form a year ago.
The baseline worth remembering
A Grove Sunday in 2023 usually looked like this: coffee somewhere on Main Highway, a walk to Peacock Park, then a drive to the Design District, Wynwood, or Coral Gables for anything with programming. The neighborhood's Sunday economy leaned on marinas and hotel brunches, both of which required a reservation and a car.
What changed is not one new opening. It is that two long-running institutions, one century-old and one century-adjacent, started running weekly Sunday programs that hold their own weight. The result is a walkable spine.
9:30 a.m. — Vizcaya Village, before the heat sets in
The Vizcaya Village Farmers Market runs every Sunday inside the historic farm village at 3250 S. Miami Avenue, across from the Main House. Through September 27, the market operates on adjusted summer hours from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Admission is free.
A few things residents should know that the general listings tend to skip:
- Due to restoration work at Vizcaya Village, the gate at SW 32nd Road is closed, and the market is accessed through the parking lot entrance.
- The market runs $5 wellness classes, with the first three Sundays of the month featuring an all-level outdoor yoga class and the final Sunday rotating through Tai Chi, Zumba, sound bowl meditation, and other formats.
- Thirty-minute guided village tours are available at 11:00 a.m. every Sunday during the market.
- Well-behaved, leashed dogs are welcome, though pets are not permitted on the east side of the property where the Main House and gardens sit.
There is also a working composting program on-site. Through the Urban Oasis Project, the market accepts SNAP for local fruits and vegetables from local farms, and visitors can drop off recycling and organic material for composting in the pink bins near the market entrance. Art Friedrich, who runs Urban Oasis Project, has been selling produce here since the market began, and also sets up on Saturdays at Legion Park in the MiMo District, noting that at Vizcaya, parking is much easier.
The practical read for a resident: this is not a market to graze. It is a market to shop. Bring a bag, bring your compost, and if you have children in tow, plan the 11 a.m. tour before the afternoon heat.
11:15 a.m. — The walk north
The distance from the Vizcaya Village entrance to the Mayfair House Hotel & Garden at 3000 Florida Avenue is roughly 1.4 miles, most of it shaded by banyans and live oaks along S. Miami Avenue and Tigertail. In August, it is walkable if you leave the market by mid-morning. In November through April, it is genuinely pleasant.
This is the part of the day that used to require the car. It no longer does. What sits at the other end is not a hotel brunch that happens to have a market attached. It is the reverse.
11:30 a.m. — The Grove Bazaar at the Mayfair courtyard
The Grove Bazaar launched in late 2025 as a weekly Sunday market inside the Mayfair House Hotel & Garden atrium. Miami chef Giorgio Rapicavoli, who took over the restaurant at the Mayfair, anchors it with brunch and mimosas so visitors can sip, stroll, and shop; the vendor list includes Miami women's clothing brand Mann, the Grove's Left on Saturn vintage store, and Hallandale's Mintage Records vinyl shop, and hours run Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Rapicavoli is not a hotel hire flown in for a residency. He has run Eating House and Luca Osteria, and previously launched Glass & Vine, with a long track record in the neighborhood. That matters when you are deciding whether a Sunday market has staying power. The operators who last in the Grove are the ones who already live there.
The rhythm of the afternoon at the Mayfair is deliberate. Guests can move through the property starting with a matcha and coffee pop-up, on to brunch from Mayfair House, and close the afternoon with rooftop cocktails at Sipsip. Live music, jewelry, home décor, and specialty coffee pop-ups round out the vendor mix, with $6 mimosas at Mayfair Grill.
The Bazaar is open to the public. You do not need to be a hotel guest.
2:00 p.m. — Where the afternoon forks
By early afternoon the Bazaar begins to thin, and this is where a resident's Sunday gets interesting, because the options that used to require a drive are now within a five-block walk of the Mayfair courtyard.
| If you want | Walk to | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A long, low-lit afternoon | Grand Public Kitchen + Bar, CocoWalk | Reverse happy hour after dinner service |
| A frita and a walk home | Chuggie's, Fuller Street | Beltran's Cuban burger, casual counter |
| Bay air and no menu | Peacock Park or Dinner Key Marina | Sailboats moored offshore, shaded benches |
| Another rooftop | Sipsip at the Mayfair | Already inside the property |
A note on Grand Public, because it is the newest of the four and the one most likely to reshape a Sunday routine. Grand Public Kitchen + Bar opened in May 2026 in a 7,400-square-foot indoor-outdoor space at CocoWalk, serving modern American with Mediterranean and coastal influences, and running weekend brunch with $25 bottomless mimosas and a daily happy hour. The address is 3015 Grand Ave., Ste. 201, Coconut Grove. What earns its place in a Sunday itinerary is not the brunch. It is the daily 3-to-6 p.m. happy hour followed by a reverse happy hour after 10 p.m., which is the first weekday-plus-Sunday anchor at this scale the Grove has had in years.
Chuggie's is the smaller pleasure. Ariete chef Michael Beltran, Michelin-star recognized but rooted in Miami street food, opened Chuggie's as a burger counter built around a Cuban frita made with pork chorizo, served simply with ketchup and crispy papitas. It is the kind of place that anchors a walk home rather than a dinner reservation.
For anyone who would rather end the day on water, Coconut Grove is famous for boating, home to Dinner Key Marina, with sailboats moored offshore and a regatta view from Peacock Park or David T. Kennedy Park.
What this changes if you already live here
The thesis is narrow and worth stating plainly. A year ago, a Grove Sunday required at least one bridge crossing to feel complete. It no longer does. The reason is not a new restaurant. It is that two Sunday-only programs, at Vizcaya Village and the Mayfair, now bracket the day at nine hours of walkable programming.
That has second-order effects worth thinking about for anyone who owns here, or who is considering a purchase in the central Grove. Buyers who used to weigh the Grove against Coral Gables or the Design District on lifestyle grounds were largely comparing weekday amenity access. Sundays were a wash. Sundays are no longer a wash. A home within walking distance of the Vizcaya Village to Mayfair corridor now delivers something structurally different from a home five minutes farther out by car.
For long-time residents, the practical upshot is simpler. Your Sunday is finally yours to walk.
Coconut Grove rewards the people who spend time inside it, and the current shape of the neighborhood is best understood block by block. If you are thinking about how a specific address sits inside the walkable corridor between Vizcaya Village and the Mayfair, Susan Trevisa is available for a private conversation about the local specifics. Let's Connect.
