Flavor Palm Beach: 5 fancy restaurants offer best value in September

Liz Balmaseda, Palm Beach Post
Updated ·5 min read

The discount dining promotion known as Flavor Palm Beach kicked off Friday, offering dozens of prix fixe restaurant menus countywide. The annual campaign, which runs through Sept. 30, gives local diners a reason to enjoy restaurants that might be hard to book and/or much pricier during season.

But where does a budget-minded diner find the month’s best value menus on the Flavor list of 58 participating restaurants? We found them at some of the fanciest restaurants listed.

With value in mind, here are five participating Flavor Beach restaurants offering noteworthy menus this year.

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The Butcher’s Club, Palm Beach Gardens

Star chef Jeremy Ford's steakhouse, The Butcher's Club, is at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens.
Star chef Jeremy Ford's steakhouse, The Butcher's Club, is at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens.

Michelin-starred chef Jeremy Ford’s high-end steakhouse at the PGA National Resort has an excellent three-course Flavor menu this year.

Price: $68, dinner, excluding drinks, tax and tip.

What we’d order at dinner: The tuna-coconut ceviche starter, the steak au poivre with bravas-style potatoes entree and the butterscotch budino with salted caramel and toffee bark for dessert.

The value: Not only do you dine in a beautifully set steakhouse, you can enjoy three courses for just a few dollars more than the price of an 8-ounce filet mignon.

Restrictions: None listed by the restaurant.

The Butcher’s Club: 400 Avenue of the Champions, PGA National Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, 561-627-4852, TheButchersClubPBG.com

Café Boulud, Palm Beach

Café Boulud has brought in South of France colors and flavors this summer.
Café Boulud has brought in South of France colors and flavors this summer.

Celebrating its 20th year in Palm Beach, Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud’s stylish restaurant has two three-course Flavor menus to offer, one at weekday lunch and one at dinner.

Price: $49 for lunch, $69 at dinner, excluding drinks, tax and tip.

What we’d order at dinner: The cauliflower velouté with crispy pork belly to start, the local snapper with artichokes, preserved lemon in a barigoule emulsion as main dish and Daniel’s signature Madeleines for dessert.

The value: Impeccable food and service make Café Boulud a treat any time of the year and more so at the summer prices.

Restrictions: The Flavor lunch menu is available only Monday through Friday. The dinner menu is offered nightly.

Café Boulud: 301 Australian Ave., at The Brazilian Court Hotel, Palm Beach, 561-655-6060, CafeBoulud.com

Café Boulud’s Classic American Cheeseburger.
Café Boulud’s Classic American Cheeseburger.

Felice, West Palm Beach

A roasted beet salad is served at Felice restaurant in downtown West Palm Beach.
A roasted beet salad is served at Felice restaurant in downtown West Palm Beach.

The 8-month-old, Tuscan-inspired Felice, one of the New York newcomers to The Square plaza in downtown West Palm Beach, offers a Flavor menu with more options than most.

Felice’s three-course dinner menu lists five starter options, five main course options and three dessert options. Similar variety is offered on Felice’s two-course Flavor lunch menu.

Price: $31 lunch, $49 at dinner, excluding drinks, tax and tip.

What we’d order at dinner: The roasted beet salad with crispy kale, goat cheese mousse, toasted Sicilian pistachios and rosemary dressing to start, the tagliatelle with traditional Bolognese sauce and 24-month-aged Parmigiano-Reggiano as main course and the cappuccino gelato served with espresso, affogato style, for dessert.

The value: Owned by the same restaurant group that brought us the delightful Sant Ambroeus in 2016, Felice carries the understated, midcentury-modern elegance of that Palm Beach sibling. You not only dine sumptuously here, but also in style.

Felice is one of the dozens of restaurants offering prix fixe menus during the Flavor Palm Beach promotion throughout September.
Felice is one of the dozens of restaurants offering prix fixe menus during the Flavor Palm Beach promotion throughout September.

Restrictions: Felice’s Flavor menu is available at dinner Sunday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to closing. The Flavor lunch menu is offered weekdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Felice: 366 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach, 561-421-6036, FeliceRestaurants.com

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La Masseria, Palm Beach Gardens

A bread basket is served at La Masseria, an upscale Italian restaurant on PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens.
A bread basket is served at La Masseria, an upscale Italian restaurant on PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens.

This upscale Italian restaurant, which has delivered authentic, tasty bites on PGA Boulevard since February 2017, is serving a three-course Flavor menu with just enough of the dishes one might order any time of the year.

Price: $45, dinner, excluding drinks, tax and tip.

What we’d order at dinner: We’d start with the fried zucchini flowers stuffed with smoked mozzarella, ricotta and basil, then the branzino fillet in tomato broth with clams and shrimp for main course and the warm apple tart with raspberry sauce and vanilla ice cream for dessert.

Value: It always feels like a special-occasion night at La Masseria, which offers plenty of indoor and outdoor seating and a menu large enough to entice a return visit. A three-course dinner on any other night could cost twice or three times the Flavor price.

Restrictions: None listed by the restaurant.

La Masseria: 5520 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, 561-660-8272, LaMasseriaPBG.com

Le Colonial, Delray Beach

Crispy shrimp and pork rolls (cha gio) are on the menu at Le Colonial restaurant in Delray Beach.
Crispy shrimp and pork rolls (cha gio) are on the menu at Le Colonial restaurant in Delray Beach.

Describing itself as a “luxurious love letter to French Vietnamese fare”, the retro-themed Le Colonial made its Delray Beach debut in February. The restaurant’s kitchen is in the hands of executive chef Huy Hoang, a Vietnamese native whose family owned a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).

Price: $65, dinner, excluding drinks, tax and tip.

What we’d order at dinner: We’d start with the crispy shrimp and pork roll (cha gio) with chili lime sauce, then have the shrimp in coconut green curry sauce (cari tom) with snap peas, bamboo shoots and zucchini and, for dessert, lemongrass panna cotta with cherries.

Value: With leafy, palm-dotted interiors, crisp white tablecloths and cane-backed seating, Le Colonial offers a lovely setting for a night on the town.

Restrictions: No blackout days/times listed by the restaurant. Something to know before you go: The restaurant’s dress code does not allow athleisure attire.

Le Colonial: 601 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-566-1800, DelrayBeach.LeColonial.com

Flavor PB special discount tips

Galley restaurant at the Hilton West Palm Beach is one of 2023 participating Flavor Palm Beach restaurants.
Galley restaurant at the Hilton West Palm Beach is one of 2023 participating Flavor Palm Beach restaurants.

∎ To try a Flavor Palm Beach menu, choose one of the participating restaurants listed on the promotion’s website at FlavorPB.com/restaurants. The restaurants’ menus should be linked there as well.

∎ Check for any restrictions or blackout dates or times that may be listed by the restaurants. (For instance, “available only Sunday through Thursday.”)

∎ Make a reservation by contacting your restaurant of choice if the restaurant requires reservations.

∎ There’s no need to reserve the Flavor menu. If it’s available during your visit, you can simply order it.

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Best restaurants Flavor Palm Beach food in West Palm, Delray, Gardens