Avalon Steak & Seafood at 110 E. Atlantic Ave. is one of more than 50 establishments expected to participate in the eighth annual Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month, which offers summer specials in September. Photos provided
By Jan Norris
Staying here and suffering the South Florida heat this summer? Collect your reward at restaurants that offer summer deals and specials in August and September. It’s an effort to get cheeks in seats and showcase some new offerings.
Throughout summer, some restaurants are offering special menus, or prix fixe dinners, such as Le Colonial in Delray Beach (601 E. Atlantic Ave.).
The upscale Vietnamese venue has a Saigon Sunset Supper menu Monday through Friday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. for $40. It includes a small plate, a large plate and a non-alcoholic beverage.
Some of the choices include Cha Gio, a shrimp and pork roll; Suon Nuong, baby back ribs; Cha Hoi Nuong, roasted salmon; and a Cari Tom, green shrimp curry.
A $35 rosé lunch menu offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. gives diners a choice of small or large plate and a beverage. A glass of rosé from its wine list is priced separately.
Le Colonial has a dress code where most leisure and athletic wear is verboten; visit delraybeach.lecolonial.com or call 561-566-1800 for more information.
Josie’s in Boynton Beach (650 E. Woolbright Road) has daily and weekly specials. Mondays, get meatballs for $3 each or sliders for $3.50, or a 12-inch Milano pizza for $10.
Martinis are $4 off full-priced drinks. Tuesdays are for takeout specials — 25% off. Veterans get 25% off entrees on Wednesdays, and it’s buy one, get 50% off a second entree on Thursdays — takeout, all day.
Saturday brunch is 15% off; and all week long, Josie’s has $14 chicken parmesan and $12 chicken Milanese specials.
The father-son duo at Medi Terra in Boca Raton (301 Via De Palmas) is putting out a three-course prix fixe lunch for $25, and on Tapas Tuesdays, diners can order their own sharing tapas for $42 for three, or $68 for five.
A special $75 connoisseurs dinner highlights a different region from the western Mediterranean each Thursday through Aug. 24. It includes a wine pairing. Wines from a select list are half-off on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with the purchase of an entree.
At Boken, an omakase restaurant at the Eau Palm Beach (100 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan), the “chef’s choice” Japanese nine-course menu is $225 per person, for two seatings only on Saturday.
In September, the whole month will find restaurants signed up for the eighth annual Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month.
Multi-course meals and specials, for breakfast, lunch and dinner, are offered at a wide variety of dining venues on and around Atlantic Avenue, including the West Atlantic neighborhood, Pineapple Grove, along U.S. 1, and beachside.
More than 50 restaurants, bakeries, and food merchants are expected to be on the list, still in progress late last month. They include 50 Ocean, Atlantic Grille, Avalon Steak & Seafood, Bar 25 Gastropub, City Oyster & Sushi Bar, Deck 84, Johnnie Brown’s, Le Colonial, Lionfish Modern Coastal Cuisine, and Ramen Lab.
See menus at partici-pating restaurants or at downtowndelraybeach.com/restaurantmonth2023. Reservations are strongly suggested.
New York’s Gallaghers Steakhouse has opened a location in Boca Raton.
Gallaghers Steakhouse debuts in Boca Raton
Another New Yorker has arrived in Boca Raton. Gallaghers Steakhouse, born from a speakeasy in 1927, opened last month in its first outpost outside Manhattan.
Restaurateur Dean Poll has owned the northern location for 10 years and he brings an experienced team to oversee the opening months of the new restaurant.
It offers a traditional dining experience, not just a dinner, he said in a pre-opening statement.
Old-school atmosphere — jacketed waiters and bartenders, and full-on table settings — speak to the tradition fostered by classic steakhouses.
The menu includes modern favorites such as seafood towers and shrimp and lobster dumplings. Classic appetizers include beef carpaccio and shrimp cocktail. Sides lean toward the traditional, such as creamed spinach, Brussels sprouts and Lyonnaise potatoes.
Steaks are offered in several classic cuts. Dry-aged 21 days, the meat is the menu star, garnering its own glassed-enclosed locker, which can hold up to 3,800 pounds. Steaks are cooked over hickory coal-fired grills. Prices range from $28 for chopped steak to $75 for roast prime rib.
Seafood offerings pepper the second tier of the menu with jumbo Maine lobster (market price) and Dover sole ($72) among the choices. For non-red-meat eaters, a grilled half chicken served with couscous ($29) is listed.
The dining room has 200-plus seats, green leather banquettes, saddle leather accents and terrazzo floors. A horseshoe-shaped bar serving food sits in the center of the room.
Photos of celebs from all fields fill the rooms — a tradition brought from the speakeasy on 52nd Street in Manhattan opened by vaudeville star Helen Gallagher.
For other seating, there’s an outside covered patio surrounded by lush landscaping. Two private dining rooms seat 20 each and can be combined for a larger party. Corporate meetings can be accommodated.
Gallaghers Steakhouse, 2006 NW Executive Center Circle, Boca Raton. Open for dinner only currently. 561-559-5800; gallaghersnysteakhouse.com.
Jan Norris is a food writer who can be reached at nativefla@gmail.com.
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