Restaurants with New York roots: Pandemic-era wave adds new eateries to Palm Beach County

Liz Balmaseda, Palm Beach Post
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Steak in the spotlight at Harry's, a New York bar and restaurant that will open an outpost in West Palm Beach.
Steak in the spotlight at Harry's, a New York bar and restaurant that will open an outpost in West Palm Beach.

The pandemic-era influx of New Yorkers into Palm Beach County is not just residential. A slate of New York restaurants have ventured south to open outposts in the county.

Here are a few notable new, recently arrived and planned restaurants with New York roots:

Eggs Benedict is on the brunch menu at The Blue Dog Cookhouse in Boca Raton.
Eggs Benedict is on the brunch menu at The Blue Dog Cookhouse in Boca Raton.

The Blue Dog Cookhouse and Bar

A Midtown Manhattan restaurant opens a Boca Raton location April 7. It slips into the former Zinburger space at the Town Center mall.

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Avalon Steak and Seafood

A modern steakhouse in Delray Beach’s downtown dining corridor that touts its New York City pedigree. Opened on East Atlantic Avenue in February 2021.

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Le Bilboquet Palm Beach

A wildly popular French bistro with a flagship restaurant in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Opened on Worth Avenue in February 2021.

A courtyard view of Le Bilboquet restaurant in Palm Beach.
A courtyard view of Le Bilboquet restaurant in Palm Beach.

La Goulue

A Palm Beach outpost of a classic French restaurant on New York’s Upper East Side. Opened on the corner of Royal Palm Way and South County Road in October 2020.

A square pie at Adrienne's Pizzabar.
A square pie at Adrienne's Pizzabar.

Felice

SA Hospitality, which opened Sant Ambroeus in Palm Beach in the fall of 2016, plans to debut a West Palm Beach outpost of its Tuscan-inspired Felice restaurant and wine bar family. The first location of the brand’s first restaurant outside of New York, Felice will open just steps from The Square plaza downtown by the end of the year, says a rep for the developer, Related Southeast.

An array of cocktail-hour bites at Harry's, a New York bar and restaurant that's opening a location in West Palm Beach.
An array of cocktail-hour bites at Harry's, a New York bar and restaurant that's opening a location in West Palm Beach.

Harry’s

A New York Financial District restaurant and bar is headed into Related’s new 360 Rosemary office tower in downtown West Palm Beach in October, says Related.

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Adrienne’s Pizzabar

A sister pizzeria to Harry’s, also with New York Financial District roots, is expected to open this October as well. The sibling restaurants will share a combined 10,000-square-foot space at the 360 Rosemary building in downtown West Palm Beach.

Chef David Burke calls his viral clothesline, maple-glazed bacon dish "When Pigs Fly." The star chef will open a waterfront restaurant in Lake Park in 2024.
Chef David Burke calls his viral clothesline, maple-glazed bacon dish "When Pigs Fly." The star chef will open a waterfront restaurant in Lake Park in 2024.

David Burke restaurant

A fine dining restaurant by iconic New York chef and restaurateur David Burke is slated to open on the Lake Park waterfront in June 2024. The two-story, modern American restaurant will debut at the upcoming Nautilus 220 luxury residential complex.

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The restaurant is not yet named but will reflect the area’s coastal inspirations, says Burke.

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