28-foot mural of a geisha dominated Kapow’s dining room. This trendy pan-Asian gastropub brings together addictive cuisine from all over Asia, good drinks, friendly service and an outside dining alternative for diners in Boca Raton and West Palm Beach. By ALAN J. WAX We’d been long intending to visit Kapow Noodle Bar, the trendy pan-Asian […]
CLOSED This Israeli-founded, California-based, fast-casual hamburger and chicken chain offers a terrific lamb burger, but the rest of the menu – 11 varieties of patties are offered – is less impressive. Is trouble ahead for this fast-growing chain? Seeing.BurgerM restaurants popping up all over South Florida — and elsewhere — aroused my curiosity. When an outlet […]
Old School Philly in Shadowood Square offers authentic Philadelphia-style cheesesteak sandwiches — and more. The former owner of Direct from Philly, inside a Deerfield Beach gas station, is behind the new venture. You’ll need a big appetite, lots of napkins, plenty of cold beverages and a fork to savor the experience and the cheesesteaks at […]
Classic Mexican food is available from Taqueria Jalapenos, a roadside food truck in far western Delray Beach. Make sure to try the tacos con lengua. Some of Delray Beach’s best Mexican food can be found as far west as you can travel on Atlantic Avenue— at the Taqueria Jalapenos food truck just west of Route 441, past […]
Fine French cuisine in an opulent setting make la différence La Nouvelle Maison is the quintessential Boca Raton restaurant. Swanky, opulently decorated with well-spaced tables, staffed by attentive professionals, a list of top wines — even by the glass, well-made French cuisine, and yes, expensive. It’s the kind of place to dine elegantly if […]
Professional service, teak decor and food that won’t wow anyone under a certain age Dining trends may come and go, but never at the Ke’e Grill in Boca Raton, where the fare is familiar, the setting attractive, the service professional and the early dining specials a good value. Even on an offseason weekend evening, Ke’e […]
CLOSED A tiny – and we mean tiny – French bistro, just north of Downtown Delray, specializes in rotisserie farm-to-table chicken How do you say rotisserie chicken in French? Try La Poulette. That’s the name of the year-old tiny bistro at 216 NE 6th Street (Federal Highway) in Delray Beach, whose specialty is French-style rotisserie […]
A swanky steakhouse with the right stuff, and no stuffiness, offering terrific steaks and then some. Looking for a swanky, sophisticated steakhouse? Look no further than Abe & Louie’s, the Boca Raton outpost of a well-known Boston Back Bay eatery. Located in a Spanish-style building in a Glades Road shopping Center, you pull right up […]