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Moody Tongue Sushi
600 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Seashore; 561-494-9650; moodytongue.com 

Generally known as the primary brewery to have a Michelin star, Moody Tongue has introduced its Chicago-based idea to South Florida, contained in the Hilton West Palm Seashore. After a collection of pop-ups, this location opened on Jan. 7, helmed by brewmaster Jared Rouben and government sushi chef Hiromi Iwakiri. The eatery spotlights a 15-course omakase expertise with beer pairings, with dishes together with Hokkaido Sea Scallop, served with edamame and Ossetra caviar and paired with a Pressed Asian Pear Saison farmhouse ale, and Florida Stone Crab Hand Roll, paired with a Cherry Oud Bruin (outdated brown ale). Rouben has created a West Palm Seashore Pilsner solely for Hilton West Palm Seashore’s eating shops. “Opening Moody Tongue Sushi in West Palm Seashore is a dream come true,” says Rouben. “We mix the artistry of brewing with the richness of culinary craft, creating a singular expertise the place each sip and pairing tells a narrative.”

Pierogi One
898B N. Federal Freeway, Pompano Seashore; 954-205-3700; pierogione.com 

Situated within the Beachway Procuring Plaza, the second location for this Polish restaurant (the primary in downtown Miami) opened on Feb. 18. Along with its signature pierogis, the fast-casual restaurant’s menu encompasses a Polish Sizzling Canine, Zapiekanka (toasted baguette with toppings) and a Schnitzel Sandwich (hen or pork), in addition to Purple Borscht and Zurek soups. Sides embrace salads, fries and extra.

D’s Sports activities Bar
620 S. Federal Freeway, Fort Lauderdale; 954-960-4888; danielssteak.com/ds-sports-bar

With decor evoking a Nineteen Fifties-era automobile service storage and a dozen high-definition screens, the D’s Sports activities Bar that opened Feb. 20 is the sister idea to Daniel’s, A Florida Steakhouse, which is subsequent door. Each are high-end ideas from Gioia Hospitality Group (GHG), with D’s Sports activities Bar providing signature dishes resembling French Dip Steak Sandwich, Daniel’s Double Patty Smash Burger, Crispy Hog Fish Sandwich and Grilled Mahi Taco. There are additionally craft cocktails and regionally sourced beers. “At D’s, we’re bringing collectively the joy of stay sports activities and an upscale, welcoming ambiance the place visitors can take pleasure in wonderful meals and drinks with their family and friends,” says GHG co-owner Tom Angelo. “Whether or not you’re a die-hard sports activities fan or simply searching for an important night time out, D’s delivers an impressive expertise.” A personal eating space known as The Florida Legends Room has memorabilia and signed jerseys from the likes of Dolphins icon Jason Taylor, Inter Miami’s goal-getter Lionel Messi and Marlins ball participant Jeff Conine.

16 Handles
3231 S. Dixie Freeway, West Palm Seashore; 561-249-1944; 16handles.com 

This NYC-born, self-serve frozen yogurt and dessert idea opened in West Palm Seashore on Feb. 15. The title comes from the menu’s 16 soft-serve flavors (with 50-plus toppings and sauces). This candy spot additionally gives frozen truffles, take-home pints and occasional. Latest limited-edition froyo flavors included French Fry, Butter Beer, Dune Spice and Keto Chocolate Brownie. The West Palm Seashore franchise is owned by married couple Lindsay Hemstreet and Benjamin Goldberg, who say they plan on internet hosting meals vans and pop-ups. “Whether or not it’s a very good day or a troublesome one, 16 Handles is a spot the place folks can come collectively over frozen yogurt and be blissful,” Goldberg says.

Earls Kitchen + Bar
1002 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; Earls.ca/places/las-olas

This Canadian steak-and-seafood chain with 70 places opened its newest sit-down on March 5, filling a 9,500-square-foot perch with a world menu tailor-made by “world vacationers.” Government chef Del Diseko, a self-described explorer, instructed the Solar Sentinel in October that he scours the world with artistic groups looking for fashionable delicacies, continuously including recent gadgets. Together with Tomahawk maple-glazed pork chops and Cajun blackened steak, new menu additions will embrace sticky Korean ribs, spicy Calabrian pasta, an ahi tuna poke bowl and bourbon pecan pie. “These dishes are approachable, they examine so many containers, and they are often daring and addictive,” Diseko stated. “That is actually a restaurant for everybody’s palates.” The 2-story Earls options two central bars and a rooftop indoor-outdoor patio and eating space adorned in what Diseko dubs “coastal reef colours.”

Fats Tuesday
220 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale; 754-312-2182; FatTuesday.com

Merely not content material to scoop up Spring Breakers at Fort Lauderdale seashore, the revelry-heads over at Fats Tuesday have expanded their bar to Himmarshee Road. The clubby social gathering palace, which debuted Feb. 22, is open till 4 a.m. every day and focuses on frozen fruity daiquiris and margaritas in branded memento cups, with concoctions bearing eyebrow-raising names just like the Panty Dropper, Bloody Smurf and Cat 5 Hurricane. There are additionally a small handful of bar bites, together with mozzarella sticks, boneless hen wings and personal-size Buffalo hen pizzas.

Sixty Vines
800 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; SixtyVines.com

Cabernet-infused burgers and lots of wines — 60 of them, actually — are on faucet at this Texas-raised chain, which debuted March 3 inside the previous Cuba Libre area. CEO Jeff Carcara says the title refers back to the variety of wines on faucet, a sustainable measure designed to cut back waste and evoke the expertise of ingesting straight from winery barrels. Anticipate communal-style seating for as much as 280 visitors within the 10,000-square-foot area, which has white-oak farmhouse tables, a second-floor mezzanine lounge and a menu leaning into gadgets resembling charcuterie boards, wood-grilled flank steak, and fried hen. “These are supposed to be unpretentious, pinkies-down sharing periods,” Carcara, a former Broward County resident who labored at Seasons 52 and Mark’s Las Olas, instructed the Solar Sentinel in October. “There’s nice worth and reminiscences in having shared-plates experiences. You throw some pizzas and charcuterie down, or a sliced-up pork chop, and you’ve got a very good night time.”

Bourbon Steak by Michael Mina
1000 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Seashore; 561-665-4800; MichaelMina.web

The Delray Seashore lower of Michael Mina’s steakhouse model, which debuted March 3, marks the chef-restaurateur’s first foray into Palm Seashore County. The brand new 6,000-square-foot restaurant inside the just-overhauled Seagate Lodge & Spa is resplendent in gold and hunter-green accents, and being operated by government chef Pablo Valencia (The Dalmar Fort Lauderdale, MAASS). The menu traffics in high-end extra: slow-poached Japanese A5 Wagyu, dry-aged or wood-fired steaks, Maine lobster pot pies and pastrami-spiced quick rib — paired with wealthy dipping sauces. Black truffle mac and cheese and duck-fat french fries are additionally among the many highlights.

Mistah Lee’s Smokin’ Good BBQ
8240 S. State Street 7, Suite 250, Boynton Seashore; 561-617-3654; Fb.com

It’s a very good time to be pitmaster Lee Stransky, the proprietor and meat maestro who lastly opened his first brick-and-mortar pit-stop on Feb. 17 on the Melrose Shoppes, a strip mall in West Boynton Seashore nursery nation. In March, Stransky’s roving meals truck received “Finest BBQ” within the Solar Sentinel’s Better of South Florida Eating collection (readers’ selection), following latest wins on the St. Pete Bacon & BBQ Pageant and The Purple Meat Lovers Membership Finest Sandwich of South Florida cook-off. His new store makes use of customized Gladiator people who smoke from Gator Pit of Texas to prove 16-day, house-brined pastrami, beef brisket, hen, beef and pork ribs. Additionally on the menu are four-cheese mac ‘n’ cheese, collard greens, Southern potato salad and cornbread slathered in Stransky’s “sticky” sauce.

Stage Kitchen & Bar
5377 City Heart Street, Suite 200, Boca Raton; StageKitchenandBar.com

Adventurous, globally impressed Indian delicacies is the most recent glitzy feather within the cap of Boca Raton’s Restaurant Row, the place Stage debuted with a grand opening on March 10. Right here, chef Pushkar Marathe trots out wood-fired small plates, together with duck confit rolls, Korean BBQ Ribs, Spanish octopus and fried hen in malvani coconut curry and lime. Marathe’s Palm Seashore Gardens flagship has already racked up accolades, together with USA Right this moment’s Finest Eating places of 2024 and a James Beard semifinalist nod for Marathe. Marathe’s companion, Andy Dugard, says a lot of their flagship’s foot site visitors has come from southern Palm Seashore County. “Through the years, we’ve had many great visitors go to … from Boca, Fort Lauderdale, Parkland and Delray,” he explains. Which implies they have been already “anxious and able to unfold the like to Boca Raton,” Marathe provides.

Mykonos
305 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-306-2665; MykonosFL.com

Its title refers to Greece’s windswept island within the Aegean Sea, and the delicacies strongly leans Mediterranean at this sit-down, which soft-opened on Feb. 20 the place Andrews Avenue meets Fort Lauderdale’s Riverwalk. The eatery comes from The Entourage Group and Breakwater Hospitality Group, which additionally operates the close by, open-air eating advanced Wharf Fort Lauderdale. The menu options dishes resembling beef carpaccio with dijon aioli and roasted pistachios, Chilean sea bass with saffron cream, herb-marinated spiced lamb lollipops with grilled asparagus, and peach stracciatella salad. There are also craft cocktails.

Crispy Cones
11940 U.S. Freeway 1, Suite 120, Palm Seashore Gardens; 561-508-5116; TheCrispyCones.com

What started as a roadside tent and a rotisserie in Idaho has morphed into this soft-serve franchise with eight places, certainly one of which opened in February in Palm Seashore Gardens. Impressed by watching road distributors within the Czech Republic, founder Jeremy Carlson crafted a hand-rolled, doughy ice-cream cone that roasts till golden-brown on a rotisserie spit. After upgrading his tent right into a meals trailer, Carlson and his wife-partner, Kaitlyn, pitched Crispy Cones on ABC’s “Shark Tank” in September 2022, selecting up a $200,000 deal from shark Barbara Corcoran. Crispy Cones finishes every dough cone with vanilla, chocolate or swirl ice cream and a selection of caramel, raspberry, cookie butter or nutella sauces and toppings starting from strawberries to peanut butter cups.

Cleveland’s Outdated Common Ice Cream
8759 NW fiftieth St., Lauderhill; PapaCleve.com

Cleveland Smith, who manned the banana splits at Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor for 33 years earlier than splitting off on his personal, opened his second sugar shack in Lauderhill on Feb. 22. Right here — as along with his 4-year-old flagship in Miramar — Smith makes 50-plus flavors plus whipped cream, fudge and fruit toppings, birch beer sodas and cones completely from scratch. There are the standard suspects like rum raisin, rocky highway and black cherry, but in addition experimental flavors like dragon stout (flavored like a Guinness beer), cheese & bun (impressed by spicy Jamaican buns historically eaten on Easter), bitter sop (flavored with the spiky tropical fruit additionally known as guanabana) and tamarind. There are additionally 13 vegan flavors. Cleveland’s even touts its personal model of a kitchen sink known as Cleveland’s Chaffer, an eight-scoop Everest of ice cream on a stainless-steel chafing dish topped with all of the colourful, sprinkle-happy fixings.

CVI.CHE 105 Boca
6000 Glades Street, No. 1230, Boca Raton; 561-221-0940; ceviche105.squarespace.com 

Having debuted on Jan. 9, this eatery at City Heart at Boca Raton is the most recent location — and the primary in Palm Seashore County — for this Peruvian restaurant model. Based by chef Juan Chipoco, it may be discovered all through Miami-Dade County. Some signature dishes embrace Pulpo Grillado, Parihuela Amelcochada and Acevichado Roll. “This new location represents not simply the expansion of our model however our dedication to sharing the colourful Latin tradition and genuine flavors that outline CVI.CHE 105 throughout South Florida,” Chipoco stated. “We sit up for being part of the Boca Raton group and contributing to its thriving eating scene.”

Juici Patties
11735 Metropolis Corridor Promenade, Miramar; 954-335-7379; juicipattiesusa.com 

This Jamaican fast-food chain is constant its bold enlargement into the U.S. market, beginning with South Florida. This newest location opened Jan. 24, becoming a member of different Juici Patties already open in Hollywood, Lauderhill, Dawn and Lauderdale Lakes. The menu consists of signature beef, hen and vegan-spinach patties, in addition to coco bread, fried plantains, desserts and extra. “The spicy beef patty with cheese is the most well-liked merchandise in Florida thus far,” CEO Daniel Chin instructed the South Florida Solar Sentinel.

Eataliano Bakery & Wine Bar
99 SE Mizner Blvd., Suite 112, Boca Raton; 728-777-5163; eatalianobakery.com

House owners Fabio Trulli and Maida Tamma got here to SoFlo from Bari, in Italy’s Puglia area, again in October, settling in Boca Raton with their 4 kids. On Dec. 17, the couple opened Eataliano after teaming up with Simone Raccanello, previously with the now-shuttered Through Vai Italian Deli & Wine Bar in Wilton Manors. The breakfast and lunch menu at Eataliano consists of croissants, omelets, paninis, lasagna, salads and extra, all celebrating the “bel paese,” or lovely nation, that’s Italy. “Bel Paese is the important thing, or maybe higher, the spirit for what each Italian enterprise that focuses on authenticity ought to have,” Raccanello stated. “We wish to supply a culinary expertise as in the event that they have been in Italy to our clients, make them really feel at house, by means of meals, espresso, wine, music, our market, all the time with the smile and fervour that each Italian who lives from this job can supply.”

Floza
6271 PGA Blvd., Unit 207, Palm Seashore Gardens; 561-247-7928; flozacraftpizza.com 

This pizza palace on the Mirasol Stroll procuring heart opened Nov. 15 and is owned by native cooks Erwin Toribio and Eddie Sherwood, who’ve greater than 30 years of mixed expertise. Sherwood started his culinary journey in Connecticut with The Max Restaurant Group, then relocated to South Florida to work at The Ben, Max Fish and The Cooper. Toribio began in New York Metropolis, honing abilities at The Clocktower and Nix earlier than changing into head chef at Grato in West Palm Seashore. Floza’s menu highlights cooking with fireplace and revolves round wood-fired craft pizza and handmade pasta. “We named Floza as a playful nod to ‘Florida pizza,’ mixing the colourful spirit of Florida with the deliciousness of pizza,” Toribio stated. “It captures the essence of vibrant flavors and laid-back way of life that outline Florida, inviting everybody to take pleasure in a slice of paradise with each chew!”

Mary Lou’s Palm Seashore
250 Southern Blvd., West Palm Seashore; marylouspb.com 

This stylish and complex lounge had a Black Tie Surrealism Affair grand opening on Jan. 23 within the West Palm Seashore area that when housed The Nook Retailer, aka Berto’s Bait and Sort out. Together with staging stay leisure, Mary Lou’s serves mild fare with small bites (resembling Pesto Burrata, Beet Carpaccio Salad, Fried Rooster Bites and extra); huge bites (together with A5 Wagyu “Massive Mac,” Crispy Octopus, Girl’s Purse Pasta) and desserts (Burnt Honey Ice Cream, Banana Crème Brûlée, Mini Angel Meals Cake). There are additionally craft cocktails and wine.

Massive Whiskey’s American Restaurant & Bar
4599 S. College Drive, Davie; BigWhiskeys.com

This Missouri sports-bar franchise dedicated to wings, steaks and banks of flat-screen TVs hosted the grand opening of its first Florida location on Jan. 31, greater than 16 months after asserting it. The 5,500-square-foot area on South College Drive replaces the previous Crab-Holic. “You may say it’s one other sports activities bar, however I consider it as extra of a enjoyable, energetic hangout, and that’s what units it aside from sports activities bars like Duffy’s or Chili’s,” stated franchisee Steve Swanson, who operates Walt’s American Grille & Bar in Boca Raton and as soon as ran six South Florida IHOP franchises, says Massive Whiskey’s serves 120 kinds of whiskey and bone-in wings with 14 sauces, together with salads, soups, New York strips, child again ribs and 7 handhelds from turkey gouda to Philly cheesesteak.

Black Jack’s Rum Bar & Grille
3890 Davie Street, Davie; 954-314-7025; BlackJacksRumBar.com

This shipshape surf-and-turf hangout has dropped anchor on the bottom ground of the Zona Village house advanced on Davie Street, bringing with it burgers, steaks and a library of 200 rums uncommon sufficient to draw swashbucklers. The 200-seat pub comes from Ted Sabarese, the restaurateur behind the Drunken Taco chain and late Giovanni’s Coal Hearth Pizza. The menu options churrasco skirt steak, fried complete snapper, Argentine choripanes (grilled chorizo on a roll), pork-belly chicharrones, a frita Cubana and ropa vieja.

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The Chunk Eatery
2715 E. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Seashore; TheBiteEatery.com

Two years after Pompano Seashore’s first meals corridor introduced a dizzying feast of fast-casual dishes to Atlantic Boulevard — from ropa vieja on tostones to housemade pasta to lobster rolls — the place locals known as “The Chunk” has formally bit the mud. “After an unforgettable journey, The Chunk Eatery will probably be closing our doorways for good,” the meals corridor posted on social media on Feb. 21, including, “we will’t start to precise our gratitude on your assist, laughter and reminiscences through the years.” The meals corridor provided 10 foods and drinks spots and rotated distributors ceaselessly, however behind the scenes, some shared tales of disputes with administration, and a few workers even give up the meals corridor inside weeks of opening.