Walk west on Atlantic Avenue past Swinton on a Thursday night this summer and something is different. The corner that locals used to treat as the natural stopping point of a downtown stroll is now the reason to keep going. Barcelona Wine Bar's patio is full by 7. The Cathcart House has lights on inside. The historic Sundy House still sits behind construction fencing, but the buildings around it are alive.
The through-line for anyone who lives here: the geographic center of downtown Delray has quietly moved a block west, and 2026 is the year that becomes obvious.
The one that already changed the block
Barcelona Wine Bar opened January 17, 2026 and was the first full-service restaurant to launch inside Sundy Village. It sits at 22 West Atlantic, technically the same address as the whole campus, which tells you how central Pebb Capital placed it in the layout.
If you have not been yet, a few things are worth knowing before you walk in. Executive chef Javier Narváez prints the menu daily and adjusts it as ingredients and seasons shift, but the lineup keeps a reliable core of favorites including jamón and Manchego croquetas, patatas bravas, boquerones and several paellas, with portions meant for sharing. The wine list runs more than 400 bottles with roughly 40 by the glass, which is a genuinely deep bench for a room this size. Hours run Monday through Thursday from 3 pm to midnight, Friday from 3 pm to 1 am, Saturday from 1 pm to 2 am, and Sunday from 1 pm to midnight, so it functions as both a dinner stop and a late-night option, which East Atlantic does not have many of below the loud-bar tier.
The rolling calendar
The rest of the culinary lineup is arriving on a staggered schedule, which is why "when is Sundy Village opening" is the wrong question. It is opening in pieces.
| Concept | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Barcelona Wine Bar | Spanish tapas, 400+ bottle list | Open since January 17, 2026 |
| Drinking Pig BBQ | Oak-smoked meats with Caribbean and Asian influences | Targeting September 2026 at 22 W. Atlantic Ave. |
| Maman | French café, pastries, breakfast and lunch | Later summer 2026 |
| Double Knot | Japanese izakaya, sushi, robatayaki, 10-course tasting | TBD 2026 |
| Van Leeuwen Ice Cream | Scoop shop | 2026 rollout |
| Delray Beach Craft Brewing | Local brewery in the restored Cathcart House | 2026 rollout |
| Sundy House | Restored historic centerpiece | Late 2026 to early 2027 |
Sources for the timing: Drinking Pig BBQ is targeting a September opening at 22 W. Atlantic Ave., Maman is expected to open later this summer, serving fresh-baked pastries and scratch-made breakfast and lunch, and Double Knot is bringing its Philadelphia and Wynwood menu of sushi, sashimi and robatayaki with a 10-course chef's tasting including duck scrapple bao and hamachi ceviche, opening date TBD.
Why "west of Swinton" is the whole story
Here is the piece a lot of the coverage buries. For those watching West Delray, the line has moved: what was once the less desirable side of Swinton is now seeing institutional-grade investment. If you have lived in Delray for more than a few years, you know the informal rule where downtown "ended" at Swinton and things got quieter, older, less curated as you kept walking. That rule is done.
The scale of what changed: Pebb Capital's seven-acre campus at 22 West Atlantic delivered 100,000 square feet of Class A+ office space, 30,000 square feet of retail and dining, and 268 below-grade public parking spaces in Phase One. Leasing hit 88 percent occupancy with another 8,500 square feet under negotiation that would push the figure past 92 percent.
That parking number is the one worth pausing on. If you have circled the blocks around Atlantic and Second on a Saturday, you know what parking downtown feels like. Adding 268 subterranean spaces on the west end, plus a Phase Two 165-space garage developed in partnership with the City of Delray Beach that will be open to the public after 6 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends, quietly resets where it is easy to arrive by car for a night out. The path of least resistance has shifted west.
Todd Rosenberg, co-founder of Pebb Capital, put the strategy plainly: "Completing this phase with the majority of the campus leased affirms the strategy we envisioned from the outset. Tenants see a strategic advantage to doing business where workplaces, amenities and lifestyle converge, positioning Sundy Village to serve as a long-term anchor and defining presence in Delray Beach's continued growth."
The historic thread most people miss
The reason Sundy Village does not feel like a generic mixed-use build is that two of its most distinctive buildings predate everything around them.
The Cathcart House is where Delray Beach Craft Brewing, LLC, will open in the restored Cathcart House on Swinton Avenue. That is a small detail with a big consequence for anyone who cares about the character of the block. A local brewery inside a restored historic cottage on Swinton is a very different animal from a chain concept in a new glass box.
Then there is the anchor itself. The Sundy House is the oldest structure in Delray Beach, built in 1902 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1992, currently closed for renovation and expected to reopen in late 2026 as the centerpiece of Sundy Village. If you moved here after its previous incarnation as a restaurant and inn closed, you have never actually eaten in the building that started the town. That opportunity is coming back.
What Sundy Village is not
A useful thing to know if you are planning your week: this is not a food hall. The restaurants are individual full-service concepts, most with their own patios and their own hours. Gensler and RLC Architects designed the campus around shaded walkways, courtyards, green space, and indoor/outdoor dining areas, so you can wander between them, but each one is its own reservation, its own kitchen, its own program.
That matters for how you use it. Barcelona for a long dinner. Maman for a Saturday breakfast pastry run when it opens. Van Leeuwen for a scoop after a walk. Delray Beach Craft Brewing for a Wednesday pint. Double Knot for the tasting menu when you have out-of-town guests and want to show off something they cannot get in Miami.
The East Atlantic side is not standing still
If you have loyalties to the east end, the good news is your side of Swinton got its own additions in 2026. Geronimo Tequila Bar and Southwest Grill opened at 105 East Atlantic as Geronimo Hospitality Co.'s first expansion outside of New England, alongside their Camacho Garage and Shell & Bones concepts in Connecticut and Bar Yoshi and O Bar on Nantucket, celebrating Santa Fe cuisine with a serious tequila program. Live bands play Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons, and DJ sets run Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 pm to 2 am.
And further west on Atlantic, James Beard-nominated chef Rick Mace brought Tropical Smokehouse to 524 W. Atlantic Ave., which puts serious barbecue on the same corridor Drinking Pig is joining in September. If you have ever wanted a Delray block where you could pick between two ambitious smokehouses within walking distance, that block is happening this fall.
One more for the north end of downtown: Lynora's, the Italian brand founded by Raffaele and Maria Abbanente in Lake Worth in 1976, is opening its eighth location at 630 NE Fifth Avenue next spring. Owner Angelo Abbenante has said the north Delray spot will cater to families and locals, with about 1,500 square feet of patio and 1,500 inside, fresh-made pasta and their meatball Mondays.
How to use the next six months
A practical read on the calendar if you live here:
- This month: Barcelona is the anchor. Go on a weeknight before 6:30 if you want a bar seat without a wait.
- Late summer: Watch for Maman to open. A neighborhood-scale French café with an expansive outdoor seating area in a converted cottage is going to shift where people meet for a morning coffee.
- September: Drinking Pig BBQ arrives. Pair a visit with a walk over to Tropical Smokehouse on the same corridor to compare notes.
- Late 2026 to early 2027: The Sundy House itself. This is the one worth marking on a calendar. Full campus completion, including the fully restored Sundy House and finalization of all restaurant concepts, is projected for late 2026 to early 2027.
The point of all of this is simple. If your mental map of downtown Delray still ends at Swinton, it is out of date by about a block, and the block it is missing is the one with the oldest building in town on it.
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