Best food news: Fish fry-days, a new bottomless brunch and great charcuterie

Is it full-on Spring brunch season yet? Between the sunny weather and a new batch of brunch events, it certainly feels like it.

I recently wrote about two unique Sunday brunches, a burlesque brunch at the new Ravish Off Ocean restaurant in Lantana and a jazz brunch at the new Double Roads Tavern in Jupiter.

And there’s another new Sunday brunch to put on your radar: the Bottomless Brunch at Galley restaurant, the airy indoor/outdoor spot located at the Hilton West Palm Beach.

Bottomless refers to the unlimited, shareable dishes you can order for $50 per person. And, bonus, they’re brought to your table, family-style. For a $20 upcharge, you get unlimited brunch drinks to match.

The menu, now in the hands of Galley’s new chef de cuisine Nicholas Salanitro (formerly of Elisabetta’s), features breakfast pizza, short rib empanadas, chicken and waffles, burrata toast, Peruvian-inspired crispy sushi rice, churros and other sweets. For $14 extra, you can order Galley’s South American-style parrillada (grilled meats and seafood) from the restaurant’s elaborate wood-fire grill.

The brunch may be unlimited in food and drink, but not in table time. There’s a two-hour limit at brunch tables. More fine print: A 20% tip is tacked onto all dining checks, and there’s a maximum of four split checks per table.

Galley’s Bottomless Brunch is served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Galley in the Hilton West Palm Beach, 600 Okeechobee Blvd., 561-231-6100.

Fish fry season 

It’s fish-dinner-Friday season, especially for those who observe Lent. The season brings delicious offerings for seafood lovers in general. Here are a few of them.

Tropical Smokehouse’s FishFryDay

This West Palm Beach barbecue restaurant brought back its popular FishFryDay special last week. Chef Rick Mace’s Fridays-only, Lenten combo: deep-fried, beer-battered white fish — it was fresh cobia last week — served with crispy crinkle-cut fries, Caribbean coleslaw and tartar sauce ($21).

Tropical issued this social media alert for fans of the fish fry: “Please come earlier if you are set on ordering this special. We do it every Friday through Lent and it flies like hotcakes.” The FishFryDay special will be offered through April 7.

• Tropical Smokehouse: 3815 S. Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, 561-323-2573, EatTropical.com

Bonefish Grill’s Angler’s Catch

This national chain of popular seafood restaurants has brought back its Angler’s Catch platter ($19.90) as a Friday night special through April 14. What’s on the platter? Panko-crusted jumbo shrimp, crispy cod, French fries, house-made slaw and tartar and cocktail sauces.

• Bonefish Grill: Locations at BonefishGrill.com

Duffy’s Sports Grill’s fish and chips

The locally based sports-bar chain rolled out some Lenten fish specials last week and will offer them every Friday from 5 p.m. to closing time. Deals include fish and chips ($11.99), blackened mahi mahi ($17.99) and grilled salmon ($18.99). The specials, which are offered for dine-in only, run through April 7.

• Duffy’s: Locations at DuffysMVP.com

Morton’s lobster ravioli

Throughout Lent, this national steakhouse is highlighting its seafood offerings, which include twin lobster tails, jumbo lump crab cakes and miso-marinated sea bass. The featured “chef’s selection” is Maine lobster ravioli.

• Morton’s The Steakhouse has locations in West Palm Beach and Boca Raton. Find them at Mortons.com. 

Brio Italian Grille

Brio’s Lenten specials aren’t limited to Fridays. Through April 9, the national chain is featuring a grilled salmon salad at lunch ($22.99) and shrimp fra diavolo over rigatoni ($18.99), lobster and shrimp fettuccine in light cream sauce ($35.99) and grilled salmon with veggies in a pesto vinaigrette and balsamic glace ($28.99).

• Brio: at The Gardens Mall, 3101 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, 561-622-0491, BrioItalian.com

Happy National Cold Cuts Day!

Tempting cold-cuts and party boards were beloved in this country long before “charcuterie” became part of the American foodie lexicon. Today (March 3) we celebrate all of it — the cold cuts, the charcuterie, the cheese boards, the extravagant salami rivers and demure colby-and-crackers plates.

Some local restaurants with stellar cold cuts:

Coolinary – Chef Tim Lipman’s soulful and always fresh Palm Beach Gardens restaurant serves some of the most beautifully arranged and delicious meat and cheese boards in the county.

Café Boulud – Daniel Boulud’s 20-year-old Palm Beach restaurant has an excellent charcuterie program. Try the planche de charcuterie, an array of cured meats and pâtés, at lunch ($33).

Big Time Restaurants – This locally based restaurant group shines in its cured meats and premium cheese offerings. Try them at City Cellar and Elisabetta’s restaurants in West Palm Beach and Louie Bossi’s restaurant in Boca Raton.

Pistache – Clematis Street’s favorite bistro has an extensive selection of artisanal cheeses, sold in customizable plates of three, five and seven cheeses.

What are some of your favorite “cold cuts” boards in town? Drop me a line and let me know at lbalmaseda@pbpost.com.

Speaking of cheese-and-meat boards…

⯀ This local charcuterie board enterprise made Oprah’s Favorite Things list.

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Have a delicious weekend!

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Liz Balmaseda is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA Today Network. She covers the local food and dining beat. Follow her on Instagram and Post on Food Facebook. She can be reached by email at lbalmaseda@pbpost.com. 

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