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Palm Beach: Hooked on happy-hour oysters?
A presentation of oysters at PB Catch, where daily happy hour offers buck-apiece oysters. Maybe you’ve noticed: Here and across the country, we’re on a bit of an oyster binge. It’s attributable in...
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Ribs reign at some PB restaurants; chef shops at `secret’ meat market to get...
Several years ago, when Avery Watson, chef and co-owner of 264 The Grill, wasn’t satisfied with the quality of various purveyors’ racks of babyback pork ribs, he went on the hunt and found a specialty...
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On Mother’s Day, PB Chef celebrating wife’s motherhood with `loco’ eye-opener
Kent Thurston, executive chef of Nick & Johnnie's, Cucina dell'Arte and Gigi's Tap & Table. As executive chef of three Palm Beach restaurants—not to mention a fourth in downtown West Palm...
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Snack or graze: PB’s Nick & Johnnie’s has you covered with new summer bar menu
What does $5 buy these days at Nick & Johnnie’s? So many choices, so much time: How about Ahi tuna tacos or a little “Cheeseburger in Paradise”? Smaller versions of these Ahi tuna tacos at Nick...
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Friday (Aug. 8): Bayou buzz at PB’s Nick & Johnnie’s means mudbugs, okra
This Friday, starting at 4 p.m., look for crawfish-boil fare at Palm Beach’s Nick & Johnnie’s, 207 Royal Poinciana Way. Call them crayfish, crawfish, crawdads or mudbugs, but you won’t find them...
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Dining out in Palm Beach for Florida lobster: Happy hunting
The commercial harvesting season for Florida’s clawless spiny lobster began earlier this month, but you’ll have to hunt for it when dining out in Palm Beach. Maine lobster, on the other hand, is...
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As a Sept. 13 seafood festival approaches, cooking throwdown at Nick &...
Santucci Ristorante’s Chef Eugenio Santucci raced against the clock Wednesday in Palm Beach to perfect a lobster dish that ultimately earned him a “King of the Sea” title. Photos (above and left) by...
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The crab story at PB’s Nick & Johnnie’s is hard and soft and all good; Eau...
This weekend at Palm Beach’s Nick & Johnnie’s: Adios stone crab and hello blue soft-shell crabs served in a variety of tasty ways./photo courtesy FFWC A little switcheroo is about to occur at Palm...
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Where to go in PB for nice-price oysters, squeeze of ambience
(PB Catch is among Palm Beach hot spots for iced half-shell gems) Forget the moth-eaten assertion that oysters are best in months ending with the letter “r”: On a hot summer day, a dozen chilled...
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Four Seasons PB, others steak-ing claim: Papa likes his turf
At restaurants on Father’s Day, meat sells big and, gender stereotypes aside, it’s men—dads, papas, pops, daddy-ohs—who largely order it and then slip into a second of lidded-eyed bliss after the first...
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Get crackin’ Palm Beach: Stone crab season’s here, where to get your fill
Stone crab claws at The Breakers’ Seafood Bar (courtesy photo) After an annual five-month, state regulation-mandated hiatus, the commercial and recreational harvesting season for stone crab claws—a...
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This weekend to reel in seafood fest and Big Easy dinner-with-jazz
Downtown West Palm Beach If die-hard foodies play their cards right, this Saturday could yield a centralized morning-through-night downtown West Palm Beach tasting bonanza layered with live music....
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Predicted 2016 food trends are already jazzing Palm Beach restaurants’ palates
Lobster roll at The Sandwich Shop at Buccan Right about this time every year, culinary soothsayers predict what the top food trends will be in the coming year. Andrew Freeman is one of these...
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Early-bird dining best bet for last-minute New Year’s Eve reservations
New Year’s Eve reservations are still available at Cucina dell’Arte, 257 Royal Poinciana Way Ta-boo, 221 Worth Ave./courtesy photos New Year’s Eve dining celebrations continue to sell out at various...
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At Palm Beach restaurants, New Year good-luck foods served many ways
King cake, said to bring good tidings in a new year, as masterfully prepared at Patrick Leze Palm Beach. Salumi-and-cheese charcuterie board at Palm Beach’s Jove Kitchen & Bar./courtesy photos...
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Downtown’s Avocado Grill is wooing the Benedicts
Avocado Grill is set to feature several different versions of eggs Benedict, including one with braised spiced pork. Avocado Grill’s Julien Gremaud./photos courtesy AG If you’re a fan of just about any...
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Nick & Johnnie’s to boil up a good time with crawfish galore and more
Nick & Johnnie’s is set to boil up heaps of succulent crawfish N’awlins’ style. (photo Visit New Orleans) Nick & Johnnie’s, 207 Royal Poinciana Way Come on y’all—it’s time for crawdads and a...
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Clams headline upcoming event at Nick & Johnnie’s
Nick & Johnnie’s, 207 Royal Poinciana Way Nick & Johnnie’s Aug. 20 clam bake includes Maine lobster./photos courtesy N&J Nick & Johnnie’s is ready to roll out its own version of a New...
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Nick & Johnnie’s chef vying to be crowned Maestro del Mar
In past years, Feast of the Sea has featured lobster in its cooking challenges. Chef Edwin Bermudez of Nick & Johnnie’s./courtesy photos At least one Palm Beach chef wants to try to dethrone the...
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In some circles, holiday cheer equals St. Nick’s Nip, Santa’s Helper, more
The Four Seasons’ Winter Cheer. Christmas Sangria at Chez L’Epicier Festive Cape Cod at Café Boulud. Candy Cane Martini at The Colony. For many holiday revelers in town, good...
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