Castle Pines at PGA Village
LOCAL AMENITIES
The following information has been assembled by Resort Owners Group with the help of Gary Carter, our founder & CEO, as Gary has spent significant time at PGA Village. Gary’s Picks are personal notes that he feels may help to acclimatize you to the area and enjoy the Port St. Lucie/PGA Village experience all that much more. We hope that you get out and explore this rapidly changing area for yourself as it is #1 in Florida for growth. Should you come across any helpful tips, please email us directly at info@resortownersgroup.com. Thanks and enjoy your visits to PGA Village.
HELP
Owners Assistance : We would be happy to assist you with any concerns or inquires, please contact Resort Owners Group (866) 869-6377 or 416-534-1916.
GETTING AROUND
A car is necessity in this large and rural region. Although heavy traffic is not usually a problem here, on the smaller coastal roads like A1A, expect to travel at a slow pace usually between 25 and 40 miles an hour.
SPECTATOR SPORTS & OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
BEACHES
The Treasure Coast beaches are gorgeous and run for miles and miles with numerous entry points and parking lots. The nearest beach to PGA Village would be over the Jensen Beach Causeway located on S. Hutchinson Island. Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south. Turn left onto Walton Road. Follow Walton Road and turn right - south - onto Indian River Drive. When you come to the round about, go around and take the right onto Causeway East Boulevard. Go over the bridge and onto Hutchinson Island. Turn left at the lights, heading north.
FITNESS
Currently there are two choices for fitness workouts (until the $4mm Island Club Fitness and Country Club is completed on the grounds of PGA Village). The Gold’s Gym is a great facility that allows a daily, weekly or monthly drop-in fee that is very reasonable. They are located behind the Rave movie theatres just over I-95.
The other small workout facility is at the PGA Learning center. It is very modest and costs about the same as Gold’s.
BASEBALL
The New York Mets hold spring training in Port St. Lucie from late February through March at the Thomas J. White Stadium, 525 NW Peacock Blvd., (561-871-2115). Tickets cost $9 to $12. Practices are daily from 9.30 am and are free. From April though August, their farm team the Port St. Lucie Mets plays home games in the stadium which is located across I-95 from PGA Village.
GOLF
Excellent on-site courses; there are three PGA Golf courses located at PGA Village – at 1916 Perfect Dr. – 1-800-800-GOLF or 561-467-1300. They are only 2 minutes from the villas. The Castle Pines Villas are located adjacent to the 15th and 16th holes of the Pete Dye Course. There are now four courses in this complex with three open to the public, the Ryder, Wannamaker and Dye. The Wannamaker Course, a classic Old Florida-style course, is set on wetlands and offers views of native wildlife. A 6 hole practice course (described as the best in the world), is also available free of charge. Located by the Clock Tower and requires wedges and a putter. In addition, the private PGA Country Club Course is located 1 mile down the road on Prima Vista Blvd.
If you choose to reserve your golf within 9 days of playing, you are welcome to book your own tee-time (at reduced rates) by calling (800) 800-GOLF (4653). When booking within 9 days, green fees are usually $25 to $75 and cheaper the closer you book to the day of play.
BOAT TOURS
St. Lucie River Tours, 500 E. Prima Vista Blvd., (561) 871-2817, offers intriguing tours of the St. Lucie River twice daily (at 10:45 am and again at 1:00 pm). The 2-hour tours go through winding waterways that are home to hundreds of wading birds and reptiles. The historical and wildlife tour is well worth the $15 for adults and $7 for children under 12.
CHILDRENS’ ACTIVITIES
Club Med, Sandpiper - 3500 SE Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie Florida 34952 (800) CLUB-MED or (561) 335-4400. www.clubmed.com. Offers a wide range of children’s activities in a summer camp like setting. A reasonable day fee ($35USD) provides a full day of fun, meals and supervision for your children. Numerous other activities are plentiful.
SHOPPING
Several great shopping malls exist between Vero Beach and West Palm Beach.
Market Mall – PGA Blvd in Palm Beach Gardens, east of I–95
Tangers Outlet Mall – I–95 north 20 minutes, Near Fort Pierce/Vero Beach
Port St. Lucie Mall - on US 1 near Stuart
OTHER INFORMATION
Internet Usage, please contact the rental manager before you travel to make arrangements for internet connections in your villa.
The St. Lucie County Chambers of Commerce , 2200 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce Florida 34982 (561-595-9999), is the region’s main source of information. There’s another branch at 1626 SE Port St. Lucie Blvd., in Port St. Lucie. Both spots are open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WEB SITES
Local Information and Activities
www.livingtoday.tv
Golf Course Information
www.PGAvillage.com
RESTAURANTS
For those new to the resort, here is a guide to a number of local restaurants along with driving directions. Time has not afforded us the opportunity to try them all out so there are no recommendations… yet. In future issues of this list we will add you picks and pans. Enjoy…
CITY PLACE RESTAURANTS - West Palm Beach
Cayenne 561-491-2226 (Jamie-asst. mgr. or Leo-mgr) - Gary’s Picks
Across from Blue Martini
South western cuisine priced from $15 - $30
Brewzzi 561-366-9753
Beside City Cellar Wine Bar
2 nd floor
More casual with a Brewery
City Cellar Wine Bar 561-366-0071 (Ramona is mgr) - Gary’s Picks
2 nd floor beside escalators
Very nice - $10 to $30
Blue Martini 561-835-8601 - Gary’s Picks
Night spot with some dining
Bellagio 561-659-6160 (Kim is mgr)
Main floor beside the fountains
Italian Cuisine $10 - $23
PORT ST. LUCIE/STUART/JENSEN BEACH
11 Maple Street (772) 334-7714
3224 NE Maple St., Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 south. Follow US1 to Jensen Beach Boulevard
and make a left. Go over the railroad tracks; the restaurant is one block down on the right.
Entrees range from $8.95 - $27.95
Admiral’s Table (772) 334-3080
4000 NE Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and go south to Walton Road. Head east to Indian
River Drive, turn right. The restaurant is approximately 2 miles down on the right.
Entrees range from $7.95 - $25.95
Bare Bones Grill & Brewery (772) 286-3535
4817 SE Dixie Highway, Pt. Salerno
Take I-95 south to Exit 61 (Route 76). Head east on 76, make a right at the light onto
Cove Road. Go across US1 and the railroad tracks, and make a left onto Dixie Highway (A1A).
The restaurant is approximately 1/4 mile on the right.
Entrees from $5.95 - $18.95
Benihana (772) 286-0740
3602 SE Ocean Boulevard, Stuart
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1. Take US1 south to Jensen Beach Boulevard. Follow Jensen Beach Boulevard to the end. At the light, turn right onto Indian River Drive. Follow the road until you reach East Ocean Boulevard and take a right. The restaurant is on the right before the bridge.
Entrees range from $7.95 - $27.95
Chili’s (772)344-0021 – CLOSE BY
2050 NW Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie
Go out main entrance and over the bridge. Turn left at the first light onto Peacock Boulevard, Chili’s is on your left.
Entrees range from $6.95 - $15.95
Conchy Joe’s (772) 334-1130
3945 NE Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south. Take a left at Walton Road. Follow Walton all the way down and make a right onto Indian River Drive. Follow Indian River Drive south. Conchy Joe’s will be on the left before the Jensen Causeway.
Entrees range from $6.95 - $22.95
Courtine’s (772) 692-3662
514 North Dixie Highway (SR 707), Stuart
Take Prima Vista Boulevard to US1 south. Do NOT go over the “new” Roosevelt Bridge.
Go through the light at the base of the bridge, and bear right to Dixie Highway. Turn right, the restaurant is on the right.
Entrees range from $7.00 - $23.00
Crawdaddy’s (772) 225-3444
1949 NE Jensen Beach Boulevard, Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south. Make a left onto Jensen Beach Boulevard. Crawdaddy’s is all the way down on the left, across the railroad tracks.
Entrees range from $6.95 - $17.95
Crispers – CLOSE BY - Gary’s pick
Great casual fare (salads/sandwiches/soups) for lunch. Located just in front of the Rave movie theatres over I-95.
David’s in the Courtyard (772) 219-4446
23 SW Osceola Street, Stuart
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south over the Roosevelt Bridge. At the first
light turn left onto 1st Avenue. Cross over the railroad tracks and go right onto Osceola Street. The restaurant is on the left.
Entrees range from $14.95 - $27.59
Dockside (772) 219-3625
131 SW Flagler Avenue, Stuart
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south over the Roosevelt Bridge. Make a left at the first light, onto 1st Avenue and go over the railroad tracks. Make an immediate left on Flagler Avenue. The restaurant is on the right.
Entrees range from $13.00 - $28.95
Dolphin Bar & Shrimp House (772) 781-5136
1401 NE Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south. Make a left onto Jensen Beach Boulevard. Follow Jensen Beach Boulevard all the way to the end and take a right onto
Indian River Drive. When you come to the fork stay to your left. The Dolphin Bar will be on the left approximately 1/4 mile down.
Entrees range from $8.00 - $25.00
Don Ramon (772) 221-7711
2220 East Ocean Boulevard, Stuart
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south into Stuart. Take a left at Monterey Road and follow all the way to the end. Turn right onto East Ocean Boulevard, and the
restaurant is on the right in the Stuart Fine Foods plaza.
Entrees range from $7.00 - $19.00
Duffy’s Sports Bar - CLOSE BY
One located on Prima Vista in the Albertsons plaza on the south side 3 miles from PGA. The other is located in the heart of Stuart in Confusion Corner. Both are great.
Flagler Grill (772) 221-9517
47 SW Flagler Avenue, Stuart
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south over the Roosevelt Bridge. Make a left turn at the first light onto 1st Avenue, and go over the railroad tracks. Make an immediate right onto Flagler Avenue. The restaurant is on the left.
Entrees range from $18.00 - $24.00
Hurricane Chris’s – CLOSE BY - Gary’s pick
On Prima Vista five minutes from the villas on the north side. Go past the plaza BIG K, it’s on the corner of the plaza. World class WINGS and great salads. Sports Bar style….very casual…….very affordable.
Jensen Ale House (772) 692-3293
3611 NW Federal Highway (US1), Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard to US1 and head south. The restaurant is on the left about 5 1/2 miles south in the Home Depot Plaza.
Entrees range from $5.95 - $15.00
Johnny V’S (772)468-8884 - CLOSE BY - Gary’s pick
9501 Randywine Lane
Located within the footprint of PGA Village northeast of the entrance clock tower. Go around the clock tower, pass the entrance and take the first right past the entrance into the parking lot for Manor by the Green and PJ Pubs.
Entrees range from $7.95 – $24.95
Le Brittany Restaurant (772) 871-2231
899-A Prima Vista Boulevard, Port St. Lucie
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to the end. The restaurant is in the plaza to the left of the traffic light. Reservations are suggested. Closed Mondays.
Entrees range from $11.95 - $24.95
Longhorn Steakhouse (772) 692-7922
2901 NW Federal Highway, Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south. Longhorn is on the left, across from the Treasure Coast Mall.
Entrees range from $6.95 - $17.95
Manero’s (772) 220-3011
2901 SW High Meadow Avenue, Palm City
Take I-95 South to Exit 61C Stuart/Palm City. Go east on Martin Downs Boulevard
approximately three miles. At the second light make a right. The restaurant is on the left.
Entrees range from $7.95 - $29.95
McAlister’s Deli (772) 871-1978 - CLOSE BY
220 NW Peacock Boulevard, Port St. Lucie
Go out main entrance and over the bridge. Turn left at the first light onto Peacock Boulevard, McAlister’s Deli is on your left.
Entrees range from $3.50 – $12.95
No Anchovies (772) 287-6699
91 SW Monterey Road, Stuart
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south over the Roosevelt Bridge. Continue on US1 until you come to Colorado Road. Make a right. The restaurant is on the right in the Monterey Plaza.
Entrees range from $7.00 - $19.95
Olive Garden (772) 692-1593
3447 NW Federal Highway, Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard to US1 and head south. The restaurant is on the left about
5-1/2 miles south in the Home Depot Plaza.
Entrees range from $6.95-$17.95
Outback (772) 873-9990 - CLOSE BY
1950 NW Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie
Go out main entrance and over the bridge. Turn left at the first light onto Peacock Boulevard, Outback is on your left.
Entrees range from $7.00 - $20.00
Palm City Grill (772) 343-8180 - CLOSE BY - Gary’s pick
1347 NW Pt. St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie
Follow St. Lucie West Blvd. 2 miles east.
The restaurant is in the first shopping center on the left.
Entrees range from $6.95 - $21.95
Park Avenue Grill (772) 692-0111
769 North Federal Highway (US1), Stuart
Take Prima Vista Boulevard to US1 south. Make a left onto Wright Boulevard, before
the Roosevelt Bridge and an immediate right at Texaco. The restaurant is across
the parking lot in the 2nd plaza.
Entrees range from $7.95 - $19.95
Peter’s Steakhouse (772) 225-2516
3200 NE Maple Street, Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south. Make a left onto
Jensen Beach Boulevard. Follow all the way down, over the railroad tracks,
and make a right onto Maple Street.
Entrees range from $11.95 - $24.95
Prawnbroker Grill (772) 288-1222
3754 SE Ocean Boulevard, Stuart
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south. Follow US1 to Jensen Beach Boulevard and take a left. Follow Jensen Beach Boulevard to the end and make a right
onto Indian River Drive. Take a right onto East Ocean Boulevard, and make an immediate right into Harbor Bay Plaza. Reservations suggested.
Entrees range from $8.00 - $25.00
Renato’s (772) 219-9600
3720 SE Ocean Boulevard, Stuart
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south. Turn left onto Jensen Beach Boulevard. Go straight to Indian River Drive and turn right. Follow Indian River Drive to East Ocean Boulevard and turn right. Turn into Harbor Bay Plaza on your right. The restaurant is on the left side of the plaza, behind Harbor Bay Gourmet.
Entrees range from $7.00 - $18.95
Rotties (772) 229-7575
10900 South Ocean Drive, Hutchinson Island
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south. Turn left onto Walton Road. Follow Walton Road and turn right - south - onto Indian River Drive. When you come to the round about, go around and take the right onto Causeway East Boulevard. Go over the bridge and onto Hutchinson Island. Turn left at the light, heading north. The restaurant is on the right. Reservations required.
Entrees range from $19.00 - $27.00
Ruby Tuesdays (772) 340-2575 - CLOSE BY
1500 NW Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie
Take St. Lucie West Boulevard to Peacock Road.
Entrees range from $6.00 - $15.00
Ruffino’s (772) 335-2988
1145 SE Port St. Lucie Boulevard, Port St. Lucie
Follow St. Lucie West Boulevard to Bayshore Boulevard and make a right. Take a left onto Port St. Lucie Boulevard. The restaurant is located in the Rivergate Plaza on the left.
Entrees range from $6.50 - $19.95
Scalawags (772) 225-6818
555 NE Ocean Boulevard. Hutchinson Island
Take Prima Vista Boulevard to US1, head south to Jensen Beach Boulevard and make a left. Make a right onto Indian River Drive, then make a left onto East Ocean Boulevard. Go over both bridges, and make a right at the first light, into Hutchinson Island Marriot (formerly Indian River Plantation).
Entrees range from $17.00 - $25.00
Shrimper’s (772) 220-3287
4903 SE Dixie Highway (A1A), Port Salerno
Take I-95 south to Exit 61 (Route 76). Go east, and then make a right at the light onto
Cove Road. Go across US1 and the railroad tracks, and make a left onto Dixie Highway (A1A). The restaurant is approximately 1/4 mile on the right.
Entrees range from $5.95 - $20.95
T.G.I. Friday’s (772) 692-2070
3201 NW Federal Highway (US1), Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south, through the Jensen Beach Boulevard traffic light. T.G.I.Fridays is on the left, across from the Treasure Coast Mall.
Entrees range from $5.95 - $20.95
Wahoo’s on the Waterfront (772) 692-2333 Gary’s Picks Fridays
400 NW Alice Avenue, Jensen Beach
Take Prima Vista Boulevard east to US1 and head south. Take a left at Wright Boulevard,
just before the Roosevelt Bridge. At the next light turn left and then immediately right
over the railroad tracks. Turn right onto Alice Avenue. The restaurant is on the left (Great party spot for young and older).
Entrees range from $10.95 - $22.95
Wal-Mart Super Store – CLOSE BY
Great prepared salads/subs/chicken etc at the deli counter.
Waterways – Gary’s pick Sunday
Located 30 minutes away from PGA Village in Palm Beach Gardens (worth the trip for dinner or happy hour). Go south on I-95 to PGA Blvd East - past the Gardens Mall about one mile to Waterways (on the right side).
Zapata’s
Located on US 1 – 1 mile north of Prima Vista on the right side. Warning, the portions are MONSTROUS.
