Restaurant news: Critic's pick five best restaurant menus of September for Flavor Palm Beach
Flavor Palm Beach, the most established of Palm Beach County’s summer dining-deal programs, returns Sept. 1 under new management and with a longer lineup of restaurants. (We’ve listed the five most tempting ones below.)
Ushering in Flavor Palm Beach’s 14th year is marketing executive Kerri Paizzi, the dining campaign’s new owner and manager. She has enlisted more than 60 restaurantsfor this year’s campaign, a notable increase from last year when Flavor Palm Beach drew 45 restaurants after a 2020 pandemic break.
“This year we have about 20% brand new people. I’ve made a couple of changes structurally, but I don’t like to fix what’s not broken,” says Paizzi, who bought the annual discount dining program from founder Briana Beaty last year.
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Paizzi, who has worked in the restaurant and marketing worlds for 20 years, is no newcomer to the program — she was active in the promotion when she oversaw marketing efforts at Old Port Cove and The Capital Grille.
Paizzi also has planned an inaugural Flavor Martin County, which starts Oct. 1 and runs throughout that month.
“Martin County has such a hometown feel. It’s a completely different animal than Palm Beach,” says Paizzi, a former Jupiter resident who now lives in Hobe Sound. “I know Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens people are already coming to Martin restaurants.”
A veteran of hospitality marketing, she says she hopes the summer restaurant promotions — which include August’s Palm Beaches Restaurant Month and September’s Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month — help lift restaurants from the off-season’s doldrums.
Here are five Flavor menu deals to put on your radar. Prices don’t include tax and tip.
Café Boulud’s three-course dinner, Palm Beach
Daniel Boulud’s Palm Beach restaurant is offering a kind of “tour of Boulud” Flavor Palm Beach dinner menu with options inspired by the Michelin-starred chef’s New York restaurants.
Price: $67 per person
Menu highlights: Bar Boulud’s pâté en croûte appetizer (stuffed with chicken, duck, foie gras and pistachio). Le Gratin’s magret de canard au poivre vert (roasted duck breast with green peppercorn sauce and summer vegetables). For dessert, Daniel’s signature madeleines (a must).
Exclusions: Offered only Sunday through Thursday from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The chic café also offers an excellent three-course Flavor lunch menu, served Monday through Friday, at $49 per person.
Café Boulud: 301 Australian Ave., Palm Beach, 561-655-6060
La Masseria’s prix fixe dinner, Palm Beach Gardens
This authentic Italian spot on PGA Boulevard is offering a terrific three-course dinner deal during Flavor month.
Price: $45 per person
Menu highlights: Fried zucchini flower stuffed with smoked mozzarella, ricotta and fresh basil. Risotto with shrimp and lemon zest. And house-made tiramisu.
Exclusions: No exclusions are listed by Flavor Palm Beach.
La Masseria: 5520 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, 561-660-8272
Table 26’s special Flavor menu, West Palm Beach
A South Dixie Highway, “across the bridge” destination for many Palm Beachers, Table 26 serves a three-course, comfort-food Flavor menu every night.
Price: $55 per person
Menu highlights: Caesar salad with shaved Parmesan and rye croutons. Classic meatloaf with herbed whipped potatoes and wild mushroom gravy. And hot fudge sundae with chocolate ganache, candied walnuts and whipped cream over vanilla ice cream.
Exclusions: Served from 4 to 9 p.m. nightly.
Table 26: 1700 S. Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, 561-855-2660
Planta’s veggie-loving lunch deal, West Palm Beach
This stylish vegan restaurant with a celebrity following has lunch and dinner menus during Flavor’s September run. Lunch looks particularly tempting.
Price: $28 per person
Menu highlights: Croquetas stuffed with mushroom “bacon”, cashew mozzarella and cilantro, served with garlic aioli. Shell-shaped lumaconi pasta with sweet peas, broccoli rabe and fresh basil pesto. And summer peaches with an oat crumble and vanilla soft serve.
Exclusions: No exclusions are listed by Flavor Palm Beach.
Planta: 700 S. Rosemary Ave., at The Square plaza, West Palm Beach, 561-208-5222
Warren’s whiskey-fied prix fixe dinner, Delray Beach
This year-old, west-of-the-turnpike steakhouse offers a two-ounce pour of a Damn Good Barrel whiskey pick (or a glass of wine) with their Flavor Palm Beach dinner.
Price: $65 per person
Menu highlights: Frenched lamb chops with mint chimichurri and tomato on the vine. Wild-caught Scottish Salmon with corn succotash, crab salad and blistered cherry tomatoes. Warm bread pudding with house-made caramel sauce.
Exclusions: No exclusions are listed by Flavor Palm Beach.
Warren: 15084 Lyons Rd., just south of Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, 561-455-4177
Flavor Palm Beach
The month of discount deals runs from Sept. 1 through 30.
Find more information at FlavorPB.com.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Flavor Palm Beach: Five best cheap restaurant deals of September
