Aug 11, 2026 – 5.00amIt 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.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Jessica GardnerUnited States correspondentJessica Gardner is The Australian Financial Review’s United States correspondent. She was previously deputy editor - news.Fetching latest articles