

(It replaces the former Kubo, which moved into expanded digs at 745 SE 17th St.) Mystic Fort Lauderdale, which is owned by Harry and Jackie Stampler, specializes in Maine lobster rolls, lobster tacos, Alaskan king crab legs, lobster bisque, lobster mac and cheese, and whoopie pies for dessert. 10 within the Causeway Shoppes on Fort Lauderdale’s 17th Street Causeway. This Beach Haven, N.J.-spawned seafood franchise debuted Sept. The menu features Pan-Asian cuisine such as smoked salmon with everything bagel ragoons Shanghai soup dumplings sweet and sour pork with pineapple and dragon fruit Australian Wagyu tomahawk with truffle ponzu butter sauce and Szechuan ribs inside a smoke-infused glass dome that’s removed tableside. The design - evoking 1940s-era Shanghai - is the creation of Kat Solomon, who worked side by side with Venus Williams at V Starr in West Palm Beach. Taking the space vacated by Shipwreck Bar & Grille, the two-story eatery has a view of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the Loxahatchee River. 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., Palm Beach Gardens īlackbird Modern Asian restaurant debuted this week with an impressive ownership team behind it: restaurateurs Scott Frielich (SubCulture Group) and Angelo Abbenante (Lynora’s) as well as nightlife maestro Cleve Mash (Pawn Shop, Clematis Social) and executive chef Tim Nickey (Komodo, China Grill, Joe Namath’s Lucky Shuck). Exclusive to the South Florida eateries, including this new one, is the Citrus Shrimp Bowl. There’s also a pickup/delivery outpost in downtown Miami. Sweetgreen opened in West Palm Beach last year and debuted in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood and Coral Gables in 2020.

This national fast-casual chain, which touts healthy seasonal warm bowls and salads, is rapidly expanding in Florida with this seventh location opening late last month in the Downtown Palm Beach Gardens shopping center. 618 Lantana Road, Lantana 56 /SaxiesLantana The menu combines steakhouse classics and pub-style comfort foods, including Maryland lump crab cakes, Atlantic blackened salmon, baby back ribs, New York strips and filet mignon au poivre, along with Philly cheesesteaks and other handhelds, chicken wings and barbecue pulled-pork quesadillas, as well as craft cocktails. An upscale surf-and-turf scratch kitchen from owner Erik Betts, Saxies debuted in early September across the street from the new Water Tower Commons live-shop complex.
