321 Flavor Bites: Rockledge Gardens after hours, BOGO burgers in Titusville and wine
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I get lots of email. My husband shudders every time he sees the number above the little envelope icon on my phone.
Most of that email is junk, hanging out waiting to be deleted. Some of it has great information, like about Wayback Burgers great BOGO deal for National Hamburger Day and the Melting Pot's new Wednesday Friendsday.
In the past, I've read those emails and thought, "Hmmmm, that's interesting," just before hitting a button sending them to their cyber graves. But now, I've decided to share those, and some of our great food-related coverage, in our revised weekly newsletter.
We're calling it 321 Flavor Bites, a play off our robust food-centric Facebook group, 321 Flavor: Where Brevard Eats.
Sipping and shopping in Rockledge Gardens
Garden Party, a plant-based kitchen, is now open at Rockledge Gardens, 2153 U.S. 1, Rockledge, serving sandwiches, cold-pressed juices and baked goods.
They are open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, and they're stocking the fridge in the garden market with grab-and-go juices, salads and more the rest of the week.
Rockledge Gardens is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, but you can explore the gardens after hours on Wednesdays. Sip, stroll and shop from 4-7 p.m. every Wednesday and enjoy Florida craft beer, wine and mimosas. Hungry? Garden Party is open for Wine Down Wednesday.
'An Evening in Spain' at the Green Turtle
Green Turtle Market will host “An Evening in Spain” wine dinner at 7 p.m., Friday, May 26, with a five-course dinner paired with wines from Spain.
The menu features barbecued caribeneros prawns as appetizer, followed by Catalan seafood stew, duck-fat fried empanada stuffed with duck breast, Iberian pork paella and Iberian ham and dulce de leche brownie.
Guest speaker Elizabeth Fernandez with Trinchero Wines will discuss the unique vinos selected to pair with the dinner.
Cost is $150 per guest. Call 321-773-2001. Green Turtle Market is a 855 E. Eau Gallie Blvd., Indian Harbour Beach. For more information, visit greenturtlemarket.com.
Wednesday Friendsday at the Melting Pot
Wednesday is for BFFFs at Melting Pot at the Avenue Viera. Earlier this month, the restaurant started its Best Fondue Friends Forever menu, designed to be shared with your bestie.
The BFFF menu includes three- or four-course meals featuring Melting Pot's enhanced BFFF cheese and chocolate dippers. New offerings include bacon mac and chees fondue with a creamy blend of artisan cheeses and elbow macaroni topped with crispy bacon and lavender and blueberry chocolate fondue with white chocolate and blueberries topped with blackberry caviar.
There's also a new Shareable Sips menu with handcrafted cocktails made from fresh fruit, including Whipped Sunshine Lemonade.
The BFFF menu is available every Wednesday.
The Melting Pot is at 2230 Town Center Ave., Suite 101, the Avenue Viera.
Wayback celebrates Burger day
Wayback Burgers, which has a location at 2530 S. Washington Ave. Unit 120, Titusville, will celebrate National Hamburger Day on May 28 with a buy-one-get-one offer on the restaurant's Classic Burgers.
The Wayback Classic, $8.29, features two beef patties cooked-to-order, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, onions, mustard and ketchup.
The restaurant also is celebrating the final week of Burger Month by offering triple points on orders made through the Wayback Burgers app May 22-27 and May 29-31.
"We look forward to sharing our hamburgers with our guests both in-restaurant and through our Wayback Burgers app all of May,” said Patrick Conlin, president of Wayback Burgers.
And speaking of burgers ...
We were super excited to celebrate the humble hamburger this month. My colleague Rob Landers and I have enjoyed our "working" lunches. Plus I asked some of the area's favorite high-end chefs to tell me about their favorite burgers.
You can read all about our picks for the top burgers in Brevard here.
I also couldn't let Burger Month go by without talking to Florida's No. 1 burger enthusiast, Miami blogger the Burger Beast, aka Sef Gonzalez. The Beast has loved burgers since he was a kid, and in the past 10 years, he's turned that passion into a business, hosting burger pop-up events and sampling burgers across the country.
Read my interview with the Burger Beast here.
Why is Lyn raving about this Cocoa Village spot?
Because it's great, that's why!
Our restaurant critic Lyn Dowling recently enjoyed brunch at the Cypress Table in Cocoa Village. Read her review here to find out what she loved about the place. And (spoiler alert) I'll tell you the one thing she didn't like: the plastic cutlery. Well, that may soon be remedied.
"Thank you so much for the review," Cypress Table owner Patricia Rieger commented on a Facebook link to the review. "I've let Lyn know as soon as our new dishwasher is installed we'll be cutting out the disposable cutlery:) we aren't a fan of it either lol, but we do the best we can given our circumstances."
By the way, if you want to read more about how Cypress Table got its start as a food cart, check out my story from September 2022, written just before the restaurant opened.
If you have questions about any of our food content, feel free to reach out anytime via email at sleonard@floridatoday.com. Or connect with me on Facebook: @SuzyFlemingLeonard or on Instagram: @SuzyLeonard.
Until next time, happy eating y'all
Food Editor
FLORIDA TODAY
Maria Sonnenberg contributed to this report.
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