I am going to be in West Palm beach next week - are there any must hit resturants? I should be there Monday night and possible Sunday night as well. Looking for great food and a good wine list that matches the cuisine. If anyone is in the area and available (particularly on Sunday night), I should be able to sneak out for a drink or dinner - just not sure of my schedule yet. Thanks in advance.
Originally posted by thirsty man: I am going to be in West Palm beach next week - are there any must hit resturants? I should be there Monday night and possible Sunday night as well. Looking for great food and a good wine list that matches the cuisine. If anyone is in the area and available (particularly on Sunday night), I should be able to sneak out for a drink or dinner - just not sure of my schedule yet. Thanks in advance.
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What are you leaning for? safood, steaks, Italian etc.
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I would prefer seafood over steaks. I can find good steaks in TN, but fresh seafood (if you exclude catfish ) is hard to find. Italian is always a winner with me as well. BTW - thanks for the recommendations so far and keep them coming!
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PS - it looks like I will be free for dinner Sunday if anyone wants to get together and open a bottle and grab a bite to eat.
Originally posted by thirsty man: I would prefer seafood over steaks. I can find good steaks in TN, but fresh seafood (if you exclude catfish ) is hard to find. Italian is always a winner with me as well. BTW - thanks for the recommendations so far and keep them coming!
G
PS - it looks like I will be free for dinner Sunday if anyone wants to get together and open a bottle and grab a bite to eat.
Will see. My other half is enroute back from north, and do not know her plans
__________________ Ed Bowers Live simply, Laugh often, Wine a lot!!!
Originally posted by thirsty man: I would prefer seafood over steaks. I can find good steaks in TN, but fresh seafood (if you exclude catfish ) is hard to find. Italian is always a winner with me as well. BTW - thanks for the recommendations so far and keep them coming!
G
PS - it looks like I will be free for dinner Sunday if anyone wants to get together and open a bottle and grab a bite to eat.
Will see. My other half is enroute back from north, and do not know her plans
Seafood: Palm beach Gardens - Spotos. {On PGA Blvd, just west of I-95] Has a good list too. Fair prices, good stems http://www.spotosoysterbar.com/ They are in WPB also. WPB os a smaller place, but still great. PS: It's our favorite place.
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looks like I am getting in later on Sunday than anticipated. I'll have to pass on getting together as I am tied up on Monday. Sorry. Hopefully next time.
Any lunch recommendations? I'm going to be flying in/out of West Palm Beach in a few weeks and will only have time to grab lunch. I would love to hit something cuban if you have a recommendation.
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I ate dinner at the palm beach yacht club - excellent food and the wine service was wonderful. I am looking forward to coming back and trying a few of the other gems mentioned above.
Originally posted by thirsty man: I ate dinner at the palm beach yacht club - excellent food and the wine service was wonderful. I am looking forward to coming back and trying a few of the other gems mentioned above.
G
Best private club in the city. we eat there often, and normally when there is a full moon, so we can see the moon rising over the Intercoastal.
__________________ Ed Bowers Live simply, Laugh often, Wine a lot!!!
Originally posted by thirsty man: I ate dinner at the palm beach yacht club - excellent food and the wine service was wonderful. I am looking forward to coming back and trying a few of the other gems mentioned above.
G
I ate there recently and the guy I was with was a member back when Thomas Keller (of The French Laundry) was a cook.
"Wine is bottled poetry." - Robert Louis Stevenson
too bad your friend had to catch him when he was still learning.
The food was fantastic. I was disappointed that they did not have the stone crab that I had heard so much about. I had the lump crab app and lobster tails for dinner. If invited back I'd go in a heartbeat.
I would have recommended Captain Charlie's in Juno Beach for seafood. I love that place, and their wine list (while not extensive) is very very well priced, and their stemware is good. Plus, they BYOB.
Spoto's is a good recommendation for seafood as well.
The Yacht Club is nice. I used to go there for lunch so often that I got tired of going there. I haven't had dinner there in ages, in part because I belong to a club on the other side of the Intracoastal and can watch the sun go down instead of the moon rising!
As far as Cuban for lunch: Don Ramon's is a classic; there are several locations in WPB. Havana on Forest Hill Blvd. and US1 is very good. In downtown WPB, Cabana is very good; albeit more of an "upscale" cuban restaurant than the other two mentioned.
Heading back again tomorrow - anybody got any recommendations on wine shops? I should have a little time this trip. I'll probably be staying in Boca at the Boca resort & country club. thanks in advance
Gee, thirsty, normally I'd tell you my favorites, but I'll be down there in a week and you'll have picked all the cherries.
Check out Total Wine on Military Trail just south of Glades. It's not far from where you're staying. They have a huge selection from around the world and prices are relatively modest.
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Originally posted by Board-O: Check out Total Wine on Military Trail just south of Glades. It's not far from where you're staying. They have a huge selection from around the world and prices are relatively modest.
Be sure to pick up some 07 St Cosme CdR for $10 there or the 07 Melville Viognier for $20. Avoid the Bordeaux there which is a complete ripoff. But if you want to get some mailing list type CA cabs, syrah, and pinot, go about four doors down to Guy La Ferrera, an Italian mens' shop with a nice wine selection in the back corner.
"Wine is bottled poetry." - Robert Louis Stevenson
Originally posted by vinole: go about four doors down to Guy La Ferrera, an Italian mens' shop with a nice wine selection in the back corner.
seriously? i gotta go there and get pictures if nothing else.. thanks guys - oh Board-O - I promise not to take the last bottle of anything!
Yeah, seriously. Guy knows his wines and is very passionate. He sells some things from lists he is on and also gets restaurant allocations that are turned down (happening more these days). Also, I work in the office tower behind that center and go by Total Wine often and they replaced the Melville I purchased within a couple of days, so they seem to have plenty.
"Wine is bottled poetry." - Robert Louis Stevenson
I haven't eaten there, but I have friends who rave about Truluck's in Mizner Park. There is also Legal Seafoods in the mall and the Chops Lobster Bar downtown (only had steaks there). These are all chains, as Boca doesn't have any good seafood indies.
"Wine is bottled poetry." - Robert Louis Stevenson
thirsty, go up to City Oyster in Delray. Its not far at all and it's our favorite place for seafood in the area. They have a well-selected wine list and the food is ecellent
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) is hard to find. Italian is always a winner with me as well. BTW - thanks for the recommendations so far and keep them coming!
Hopefully next time.