The neighbours fought this Palm Beach luxury hotel. Now they love it
by Jessica Gardner · Australian Financial ReviewJessica GardnerUnited States correspondent
Aug 11, 2026 – 5.00am
It is early on a weeknight, and the dining room of Coco’s is humming with an insular, in-the-know energy. Champagne flutes clink against crystal tumblers. Bartenders thrust cocktail shakers like maracas. And the chatter of mature-age double dates and polite gossip whirrs around the chic restaurant at The Vineta, a three-level, 41-room luxury hotel in a residential street of Palm Beach, Florida.
While the hotel guests have a preppy vibe, the dining room is full of old-money glamourpusses from the island neighbourhood. Men in jewel-toned polo shirts and chinos, or lightweight tweed suit jackets for the older set, with women in vibrant, floral linens or cropped blazers, their wrists and necklines dripping in gold.
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Jessica GardnerUnited States correspondentJessica Gardner is The Australian Financial Review’s United States correspondent. She was previously deputy editor - news. Connect with Jessica on Twitter. Email Jessica at jgardner@afr.com
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