The Plate: Lemon meringue tart
The Place: Oceano Kitchen, 201 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana. Open for dinner Tuesday-Saturday. CASH ONLY. www.oceanokitchen.com.
The Price: $12
The Skinny: Of all the towns and cities and restaurants across the country, Jere
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The Plate: Murgh Vindaloo (chicken vindaloo)
The Place: Tanjore, Royal Palm Place, 500 Via De Palmas, Boca Raton; 288-5800 or www.tanjoreusa.com.
The Price: $18
The Skinny: It was a Monday night in Boca and I was starved. I could have dined on fried
The Plate: Chicken kebab
The Place: Sofra, 821 Lake Ave., downtown Lake Worth; 557-2917.
The Price: $15
The Skinny: Mediterranean cuisine is gaining popularity across South Florida.
Chris’ Taverna has been packing customers into its two locations for
The Plate: ¼ Bird Breast & Wing
The Place: La Poulette, 215 NE Sixth Ave., Delray Beach; 908-2396 or lapoulettefl.com.
The Price: $14
The Skinny: Let’s get this out of the way first — this was the best rotisserie chicken ever.
La Poulette, a petite
The Plate: Turkey sandwich
The Place: Mission BBQ, 1100 Congress Ave., No. 130, Boynton Beach; 335-1514 or mission-bbq.com.
The Price: $6.99
The Skinny: I’m on a quest for the best smoked turkey. Don’t ask why, but I’ve never been a rib man, and brisket
The Plate: Cracker Jack
The Place: Kona Bay Café, 310 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana; 429-3606 or konabaycafe.com.
The Price: $6
The Skinny: This is one of life’s little bargains — two eggs (any style), two strips of bacon, served with your choice of side an
The Place: Mario’s Osteria, University Commons, 1400 Glades Road, #210, Boca Raton; 239-7000 or www.mariososteria.com
The Price: $16
The Skinny: Let’s get this out of the way first — I was with a group of former co-workers the night we visited the ve
The Place: Baciami Italiano, 1415 S. Federal Highway (at Woolbright Road), Boynton Beach; 810-5538 or baciamiitaliano.com
The Price: $7.77 at happy hour
The Skinny: We don’t know when we had a happy hour with food that left us ecstatic, but the off
The Plate: Food Truck Egg Rolls
The Place: Tucker Duke’s, 1658 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; 717-8153 or www.tuckerdukes.com.
The Price: $7
The Skinny: I was starving. But I had dinner plans in a few hours. What was I to do? I started to grab a sn
The Plate: Lobster Salad
The Place: Al Fresco, Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course, 2345 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach;
273-4130 or www.alfrescopb.com.
The Price: $23
The Skinny: We joked that if Georgia O’Keeffe had created a salad, it would look like this
The Plate: Diavola di Alessandro pizza
The Place: That’s Amore, 308 N. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach; 536-4100 or www.pizzeriathatsamore.com.
The Price: $13.95
The Skinny: This dish is all about the crust, which was lighter than air and crisp.
It wa
The Plate: Banana cake
The Place: Tin Muffin Café, 364 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton; 392-9446
The Price: $8; cash only.
The Skinny: For those who like to skip dessert, here’s some advice: You don’t want to skip dessert at the Tin Muffin Café.
Th
The Plate: A 1¼-pound Maine lobster
The Place: Prime Catch, 700 E. Woolbright Road, Boynton Beach; 737-8822 or www.primecatchboynton.com.
The Price: $21.95
The Skinny: Sometimes, you can combine fine dining, good eating and a good value.
That’s the c
The Plate: Empanadas
The Place: 50 Ocean, 50 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach; 278-3364 or www.50ocean.com.
The Price: $12
The Skinny: It’s funny that I’d be writing about a dish that’s loaded with duck that came from a restaurant noted for its seafood.
The Plate: Crispy Chicken
The Place: Cornell Café, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach; 495-0233 or www.morikami.org.
The Price: $8.95
The Skinny: I really cannot say enough about how much we enjoyed our lunch
The Plate: A Puttanesca Flatbread
The Place: Temple Orange, Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, 100 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan; 540-4923 or www.templeorangerestaurant.com.
The Price: $19
The Skinny: Many of us have had a pasta puttanesca — you know, pasta t
The Plate: Breakfast Burrito
The Place: East Ocean Café, 412 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach; 200-6006 or www.eastoceancafe.com.
The Price: $8
The Skinny: When I was a young man living in Delray Beach, my dad and mother would drive over to visit from Fo
The Plate: Apple & Farro Salad, with arugula, dried cherries and pecans
The Place: Oceano Kitchen, 201 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana; www.oceanokitchen.com
The Price: $16 (cash only)
The Skinny: We came to love chef-owner Dak Kerprich for his quirky takes o
The Place: Café Frankie’s, 640 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach; 732-3834 or www.cafefrankies.com
The Price: $9 at lunch
The Skinny: I initially didn’t want to use this photo with my review — it looked gloppy, I told my editor.
Then I looked again and reali
The Plate: Blueberry pancakes
The Place: John G’s, Plaza del Mar, 264 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan; 585-9860 or www.johngs.com.
The Price: $6.85 (cash only)
The Skinny: I love John G’s. The gazpacho is some of the best anywhere, served on ice with elabo
