Friday, June 26, 2026
Barneys New York is coming back to Naples
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Sunny start, then the usual summer drama — 93° with afternoon thunderstorms building off the Gulf. The headline: Barneys New York is coming back, signing for a 10,000-square-foot space at Bayfront, its first Florida store since the chain folded in 2020.
Today
Your beach window is this morning
Red tide isn't present at a single Collier beach right now — Vanderbilt to Naples Pier to Barefoot all read clear — but storms build by afternoon, so get to the sand before the clouds do.
This Weekend
The Botanical Garden throws a fruit party
'Tasting the Tropics' runs Saturday and Sunday with plant sales, tastings, demos and tours built around summer's mango-and-lychee bounty. A reason to be at the Garden that isn't a 95° walk on the boardwalk.
The Naples Players take on Les Misérables
Our community theater is tackling the big one — barricades, 'One Day More,' the full epic. A good summer splurge while the snowbird crowd's gone and seats are easier to come by.
Local News
Barneys New York returns at Bayfront
The luxury retailer's first Florida outpost since its 2020 collapse — 10,000 square feet aiming to open by year's end. A real bet on downtown Naples shopping, and a name that still carries weight.
A Naples family just bought the Pittsburgh Penguins
David Hoffmann's Naples-based family of companies — the same folks behind the Florida Everblades — picked up the NHL franchise for just under $1.8 billion. Our billionaire neighbors collect hockey teams now.
A new waterfront condo by the Gordon River bridge
City Council approved the Viceroy — 12 condos, shops and boat slips on under two acres by the Fifth Avenue South bridge, parking tucked underground. Small, but it reshapes that gateway into Old Naples.
Naples Community Church gets $1.2M in stained glass
Nine biblical-scene panels, lit nightly, going up across from City Hall — and the city waived the church's $27,800 public-art fee to help make it happen. You'll notice it on the evening drive downtown.
Food & Drink
The Dock at Crayton Cove turns 50
Half a century on Naples Bay — through hurricanes, owners and chalkboard menus — and the old waterfront standby is still pouring. Few things here last that long.