Are Publix or Costco open on Labor Day? Can you catch a bus? What about garbage?
Monday is Labor Day, a national holiday to celebrate and honor the contributions of workers and the labor movement.
Unlike other major holidays, most stores are open regular hours, but some pharmacies are not. One big-box store also is closed, and some government services are shut down for the day.
Here’s what’s open and when, and what’s closed in South Florida on Monday, Sept. 5:
Supermarkets
Publix: Stores open regular hours. Pharmacies closed.
Winn-Dixie/Fresco Y Mas: Regular hours.
Sedano’s: Open regular hours.
Milam’s Market: Open regular hours.
Presidente Supermarket: Open regular hours.
Price Choice Food Markets: Open regular hours.
The Fresh Market: Regular hours at each location.
Trader Joe’s: Open regular hours.
Whole Foods Market: Regular hours at each location.
Drugstore chains
Walgreens: Regular store hours, but the vast majority of pharmacies are closed. Two exceptions: 1695 NW 20th St., Miami, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 4895 Palm Ave., in Hialeah.
CVS/Navarro: Regular store and pharmacy hours for some locations, shorter hours for others.
Big box stores
Walmart: Regular hours.
Target: Regular hours, but most of the pharmacies are closed.
Costco: Stores closed.
BJ’s Wholesale: Regular hours.
Mass transit
Miami-Dade: Metrobus, Metrorail and Metromover will operate on a Sunday schedule on Labor Day. STS will run a regular service and users can still reserve or cancel a trip at 305-871-1111. Metrorail trains will run every 30 minutes. Those going to Miami International Airport on Metrorail will need to transfer to the Orange Line at Earlington Heights. The Orange Line will run every 15 minutes.
Broward: Broward County Transit will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule on Monday, but no Express or Breeze bus service. Broward Main Terminal in downtown Fort Lauderdale, 101 NW First Ave.; the Northeast Transit Center, 304 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. in Pompano Beach; and the Lauderhill Transit Center, 1359 NW 40th Ave., will have customer service staff from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Labor Day.
Tri-Rail: Service will run on a weekend/holiday schedule.
Garbage
Miami: Regularly scheduled service.
Miami-Dade: For those who use county services, regularly scheduled garbage and recycling collection.
For those in municipalities besides Miami, check with your city, but don’t bet on any collection happening.
Fort Lauderdale: Regular service.
Broward County: Regular collection.
As in Miami-Dade, those in other individual municipalities besides Fort Lauderdale, check with your city.
Banks
Branches won’t be open. The ATMs still will work.
U.S. Post Offices and mail delivery
Not open, no delivery.
Libraries
Miami-Dade: Closed, but online access remains open.
Broward: Closed, but you can stream and download from the online catalog.
Courts, county offices, schools
Miami-Dade: Closed.
Broward: Closed. The Homeless Helpline will remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
This story was originally published September 2, 2022 at 7:06 AM.
