Destination Delray: 8 best dinner deals for Restaurant Month in September
In downtown Delray Beach, September belongs to hyper-local dining deals. The annual Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month is in full swing, offering nicely priced menus and other treats at some of the city’s finest restaurants.
Organized by Delray’s Downtown Development Authority, Restaurant Month, which runs through Sept. 30, offers dozens of opportunities to explore a dining district that pops with new options, variety and destination status. Nearly 40 restaurants and other food-related businesses are taking part in the promotion’s eighth year.
Here’s where to find the eight most tempting dinner deals of the month.
Prices are per person and do not include tax, tip or beverage (unless noted).
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Amar Mediterranean Bistro
The charming, Lebanese-inspired bistro has a terrific, three-course menu for dine-in customers this month.
What’s to eat: You choose two mezze dishes (such as Lebanese baba ghanouj, moussaka and falafel) and one entree (such as chicken shish taouk and kafta kebab). For dessert, there’s assorted baklava.
Price: $45 per person; add $20 for Lebanese wine pairing.
Amar: 522 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-865-5653, AmarDelray.com
Del Fuego
This Tex-Mex restaurant, which opened on the Intracoastal Waterway on June 20, offers a special three-course menu this month.
What’s to eat: The various starter options include “piña colada” ceviche with seared pineapple and citrus-infused tequila. Main plate options include a surf-and-turf chimichanga and a shrimp-topped salmon with fixings. For dessert, there are churros and other sweets.
Price: $45 per person.
Del Fuego: 900 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-865-5629, DelFuegoRestaurant.com
Atlantic Grille
Located at The Seagate resort, the coastal-inspired Atlantic Grille is serving a fine dinner prix-fixe from Sunday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to closing time.
What’s to eat: The three-course menu offers appetizer options (including crispy calamari with bravas sauce and garlic aioli) and various main-plate options (including Veracruz-style branzino and Argentinian-inspired steak frites). For dessert, there's a hazelnut chocolate mousse bar with gianduja crunch, dark-chocolate mousse, toasted hazelnuts and candied cocoa nibs as well as a key lime tart.
Price: $65 per person.
Atlantic Grille: 1000 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-665-4800, SeagateDelray.com
The Wine Room
Popular for its self-pour wine system that boasts more than 200 wines, The Wine Room is doing a four-course Restaurant Month dinner menu.
What’s to eat: It starts with cheese and charcuterie, then continues with a second appetizer (such as Angry Shrimp with ‘nduja and roasted peppers. There are four main plate options (including a Mangalitsa double-cut pork chop with brussels sprout hash and warm bacon vinaigrette). Dessert options include a butter toffee cake with vanilla ice cream, salted caramel and candied peanuts.
Price: $65 per person; add $20 for a three-glass wine pairing; no sharing plates.
The Wine Room: 411 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-243-9463, TheWineRoomOnline.com
The Grove
This intimate Pineapple Grove restaurant offers a three-course menu that includes a glass of wine or specialty cocktail this month. The prix-fixe deal is available only Tuesdays through Thursdays.
What’s to eat: Appetizers include risotto verde with green onion, maitake mushrooms and pesto. Main course options include local yellowtail snapper with bottarga beurre blanc or spicy rigatoni alla vodka. For dessert, there’s chocolate budino with banana caramel and hazelnut praline, or Heath Bar bread pudding with vanilla ice cream.
Price: $65 per person; available midweek only.
The Grove: 187 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach, 561-266-3750, TheGroveDelray.com
J&J Seafood Bar and Grill
This neighborhood mainstay serves some of the tastiest fish and seafood dishes on Atlantic Avenue. This month, it is serving a three-course dinner menu with wine.
What’s to eat: Starter options include seafood chowder. Main plate options include pan-seared snapper. For dessert, there’s key lime pie or bread pudding.
Price: $45
J&J Seafood Bar: 634 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-272-3390, JJSeafoodDelray.com
Caffe Luna Rosa
A go-to, oceanfront restaurant, Caffe Luna Rosa is serving a nice-price, three-course dinner menu this month from Sundays through Thursdays.
What’s to eat: Appetizers include house-made meatballs with ricotta. Entrees include linguine with garlicky clam sauce. For dessert, there’s New York cheesecake or chocolate-chip cannoli.
Price: $45; available Sunday through Thursday.
Caffe Luna Rosa: 34 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach, 561-274-9404, CaffeLunaRosa.com
Racks Fish House + Oyster Bar
Restaurateur Gary Rack is offering a tempting, two-course menu that includes a glass of wine at his Racks Fish House.
What’s to eat: Starters include crab hush puppies with remoulade sauce. Main plates include blackened grouper with yuzu-jalapeño crema, served with chorizo-cilantro rice, black beans and plantains.
Price: $45, including wine.
Racks Fish House: 5 SE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach, 561-450-6718, RacksDelray.com
Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month
When: through Sept. 30
Where: See the full list of participating restaurants, their menus and exclusions at DowntownDelrayBeach.com/restaurantmonth2023
How to: Reservations are suggested, especially for the more popular spots, and can be made by contacting the restaurants directly. You don’t have to reserve the Restaurant Month menu in advance.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month: 8 best deals in September
