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Downtown Stuart bounces back
Oct 18, 2026 · 1 min
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Hi, I'm Elena Ruiz, and this is The Ruiz Report. Summer was rough for downtown Stuart restaurants. A wet August, empty tables, and insurance bills up by a third. But fall reservations are running well ahead of last year, and owners are hiri...