Pictured above: Bo’s shrimp and grits Where: 600 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale Beach Phone: 954.616.8315 Website: bosbeach.com Bo Knows Best: On the heels of launching The Balcony, with its New Orleans-inspired fare, the four partners behind PDKN Restaurant Group (including former Miami Dolphins defensive standout Kim Bokamper) once again are setting up shop
Read MorePhotos (except where noted) by Grove Bay Bringing the Big Apple to the Sunshine State is no easy feat, but with a repertoire of renowned restaurants—Glass & Vine, Stiltsville Fish & Bar and Stubborn Seed—Grove Bay Hospitality Group makes it seem like a piece of cake. Or, in the case of its Root &
Read MorePhotos by Eduardo Schneider When Betania Bastos gets an idea, she becomes restless. As a baker, she can’t relax until she goes to the kitchen and brings an idea to life. It’s that same drive that has helped the Brazilian native in her baked-from-home food business. While living in Venezuela, Bastos worked in the food
Read MorePhotos by Evelyn Suarez At most restaurants, diners expect to see salt and pepper on the table, and maybe some ketchup and steak sauce. But at Pirate Republic Seafood Restaurant, table staples are a little different. Four glass jars contain Brazilian peppers—dedo de moca, biquinho, malagueta and bode—to wake up the taste buds before the
Read MoreHaving worked in kitchens at various Marriott properties for much of his two-decade culinary career, Eric Kaszubinski recognizes the value of restraint when creating a menu that has across-the-board appeal for locals as well as hotel guests. Still, when it came to staying relevant in an increasingly competitive market, there was no holding back the
Read MorePhotos by RM Studio Corp Big things are happening at The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove. Late last year, The Commodore, a vintage-inspired cocktail bar, opened inside the hotel. Then, a few months later, Isabelle’s Grill Room and Garden debuted next door, bringing a chic restaurant named in honor of Isabella Peacock, one of the Grove’s
Read MorePark Tavern Where: 32 SE Second Ave., Delray Beach Phone: 561.265.5093 Website: parktaverndelray.com Executive chef Lance Kraebel describes the passion and pride that permeates dishes on Park Tavern’s menu as being “like the way your grandmother would have made it.” Grandma would need to be an Iron Chef to pull off the seamless mix of
Read MoreIt’s happened again. Your friends have invited you to an upscale, sit-down restaurant—pulling you away from your carefully measured bowl of quinoa and kale. You glance at the menu and see enticing options that tempt you to throw your new diet right out the window. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to play out that way. To
Read MoreThe Balcony on Las Olas brings New Orleans flare to South Florida with new additions to their dinner menu. The expansions to the appetizer portion of the menu include vegetable dumplings with sweet serrano chili sauce and coconut crusted shrimp with sweet mango serrano sauce. New Orleans jumbo lump crab cakes are also available, made
Read MoreWhere: 20 SE Fifth Ave., Delray Beach; 6020 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton Website: lesorellerestaurant.com [image_with_text_over icon_size=”fa-lg” image=”18641″ title=”Sister Act”] As evidenced by the five-star raves on social media, diners in Boca and Delray are delighting in the authentic Italian cuisine and familial warmth at the two Palm Beach County locations of Le Sorelle, the
Read MoreFood images by Gyorgy Papp Photography In Japanese, the word sensei expresses reverence to someone who has achieved a mastery in their art. The sensei at Casa Sensei is executive chef Richard Huang, who was born in Thailand. Huang and co-owners Victor and Patricia Diaz are putting their stamp on the Las Olas restaurant scene,
Read MoreFood and cooking equal comfort for Paul Youngstrand, chef at NYY Steak at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. As a youngster growing up in Plymouth, Minnesota, 15 miles west of Minneapolis, he would escape to the kitchen during large family gatherings. “We didn’t go out and eat at restaurants very often, so there was always activity
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