Dorrian’s Red Hand restaurant in downtown West Palm Beach has named Gary Merron as its executive chef. Merron, a long-time talent for Dorrian’s Restaurants, once served as chef for the original, legendary Dorrian’s of New York City’s Upper East Side. Merron started his career in the culinary field in Queens, New York as a dishwasher […]
Month: May 2017
Summer School Beer Series begins June 5 at The Parched Pig in PB Gardens
Now the summer is getting serious. The Parched Pig in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., will be hosting a weekly beer series highlighting craft beers from all of the U.S. and from around the globe. Each Monday during the summer, The Parched Pig will highlight a different group of breweries with a specific beer selection featured […]
Chef Manlee Siu has a passion for fruit at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa
By Sharon Geltner Manlee Siu, the chef de cuisine at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan, Fla., might weigh 90 pounds soaking wet. But when she boards the hotel shuttle to work, she often hoists a watermelon on each shoulder. The Hong Kong–born, Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef, who creates meals for Eau’s American […]
Okeechobee Steakhouse opening gourmet market and expanded catering businesses
It’s only the beginning of summer, but Ralph Lewis already is looking to the end of summer and into early fall. That’s when he projects the newest additions to his family-owned Okeechobee Steakhouse in West Palm Beach will open – the 1947 Gourmet Market & Meat Shop, and 1947 Catering. Each of the ambitious projects […]
Pig out on Sundays at Jardin in West Palm Beach
Looking for an alternative to Sunday Brunch? Here’s a great one: the Pig Roast at Jardine restaurant on Clematis Street in West Palm Beach. Chefs (and owners) Jordan Lerman and Stephanie Cohen deliver a terrific Sunday meal, with the centerpiece being a whole pig that Lerman watches over from early in the morning until the […]
Choose your own lunch at The Regional Kitchen & Public House in West Palm Beach
Memorial Day weekends are supposed to be All-American affairs. With that in mind, I bring you Chef Lindsay Autry, an All-American girl and chef with a flair for All-American cuisine. North Carolina born and bred, Autry is executive chef at The Regional Kitchen & Public House in West Palm Beach. The Regional, near the entrance […]
PB Catch partnering with Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute for World Oceans Day dinner
In celebration of World Oceans Day, PB Catch Seafood & Raw bar in Palm Beach, Fla., is partnering with Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) for a dinner event highlighting the importance of sustainable fishing practices. PBCatch.com “Sustainable fishing is something that I have focused heavily on throughout my years in the kitchen,” […]
Baywatch and Palm Beach County beaches
The highly-anticipated “Baywatch,’’ movie, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, hit theaters on May 25. Prime filming for the movie was on some Palm Beach County’s more popular beaches. Several scenes also were shot at the Boca Raton Resort & Club and South County Inlet Park. So with all that mind – along with the beginning of […]
Hammock Night begins June 2 at Wynwood Yard in Miami
Still want to party after Memorial Day Weekend? You can do it during Hammock Night, June 2-4 at Miami’s Wynwood Yard. It will be a weekend of live music headlined by Spam Allstars, Heavy Pets andRythmadix, chill vibes, frosty drinks, waffles and hammocks. The weekend’s events are free with RSVP: http://bit.ly/WynwoodandChill On June 2, local Miami band stars Spam Allstars will […]
LIME Fresh Mexican Grill opens in Palm Beach Gardens
LIME Fresh Mexican Grill, a South-Florida-born fast-casual Mexican restaurant concept, has opened its new location in Palm Beach Gardens on Northlake Boulevard. The new location is operated by Salsa Management Inc. which currently owns and operates three LIME restaurants at The Shops at Pembroke Gardens in Pembroke Pines, The Fountains in Plantation, and Shadowood Square […]