Eating out never looked so good or so affordable
This is the best time of year to get out and try new restaurants, or visit old favorites. While you should make reservations when possible, you can also walk into a lot of places and be seated pretty quickly. No snowbirds. So get on out, save money and enjoy!
Dine Out Downtown Delray: First year for week of dining specials
Delray Beach is taking some tips from surrounding successes, and this week launches the first Dine Out Downtown Delray week, Aug. 1-7. There are 30 restaurants participating in the prix-fixe week, with three pricing deal levels. There will be dine out deals that are $10 and under; three-course prix-fixe lunches for $20 and under per person, and three-course prix-fixe dinners for $20-$40 per person.
For a list of participating restaurants, click here.
There are also culinary events happening all week at different venues, and some of these classes look like a lot of fun:
– Mellow Mushroom: Pizza making class, Aug. 2, 10-11 am., and repeated Aug. 4, same time; $10; family oriented step-by-step instructions. Call 561/330-3040.
– The Old Arcade: Tasting/cocktail class, followed by Bourbon happy hour, Aug. 4, 6 p.m.; $25; class includes making one cocktail, sampling four bourbons, one complimentary drink during 7-9 p.m. happy hour. Call 561/450-6169.
– Eat Market: complimentary wine tasting, Aug. 4, 6:30 p.m.
– Honey: craft cocktail class, Aug. 4, 7 p.m., $30, includes two craft cocktails, snacks. Call 561/270-7187.
– Tryst: four-course dinner and beer pairing with Barrel of Monks, Aug. 4, 7 p.m., $85. Call 561/921-0201 to RSVP.
– Prime: Sushi-rolling class paired with sake, Aug. 4, 7 p.m., $34.95. Call 561/865-5845 to RSVP.
– Max’s Harvest: craft cocktail class, Aug. 5, 4-5 p.m., $25. Call 561/381-9970 to RSVP.
Miami Spice: 15th year for great prix-fixe lunches, dinners
This will be the 15th year for the popular two-month eating frenzy called Miami Spice. From Aug. 1 to Sept. 30, with 244 restaurants participating all around Miami and Miami Beach, you can eat lunch for $23 or dinner for $39, and that means food prepared by some world-class chefs.
Make a list of the places you’ve always wanted to try, and check the list of restaurants here. I would recommend making reservations, and then just chow down.
Some familiar restaurant names participating: Fontainebleau, Traymore, KLIMA (fennel carpaccio pictured), Seaspice, Los Fuegos, Pao, Bagatelle, Quinto la Huella, Bistro One LR, Byblos, Prime Fish, Neomi’s Grill, Talde Miami Beach, Thyme, Bizcaya, Bulla Gastrobar, Red Fish Grill, Shula’s 347 Grill, Azul, Beaker & Gray, Farfalle, Komodo, Zuma and many, many more. So many eateries, so little time!
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About Lynn
Lynn Kalber wasn’t born in Boca Raton, but she attended elementary through high school there, so she might as well have been. She’s a graduate of the University of Florida and has been in journalism most of her life, including 26 years at The Palm Beach Post. She’s written feature and food stories, and edited food copy among other jobs, including blogging about wine (The Swirl Girls). Her husband is writer and author Scott Eyman. They live in West Palm Beach with an assortment of cats and dogs.
