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I found a great new place for lunch, located on the 17th Street Causeway not far from my home. This is a spot for lunch and/or an early dinner, either take out or sit down. It’s called the Grateful Palate, owned by an unusually bright and charming young couple, Aaron and Amanda Heady. These are the kind of folks you want to see succeed – knowledgeable, hard-working, passionate about what they do. And what they do is give their customers some of the most unusual, quality-ingredient food anywhere in South Florida. Want an example? How about this – ever had a hamburger made from genuine Kobe beef? This is a Japanese delicacy of legendary taste. The Grateful Palate has the real thing. Or you can buy wild game, including ostrich, deer, boar, rabbit, buffalo. If you’ve never had a buffalo burger or steak, you’re in for a treat. Honestly, I prefer good buffalo to beef.
But don’t get the idea that things here are mostly for uncommon tastes and so probably cost too much for just an everyday kind of meal. If that were true, would I be going there? Remember, I got divorced last year and money still is often tight for me. So yes, you can walk away with a great sandwich or salad for well under $10. Maybe Spanish Serrano ham or curried chicken salad or Niman Ranch roast beef or turkey pesto … All excellent, large and made with the freshest ingredients.
Aaron and Amanda are very proud of the ingredients in their food, actually. And they’re working hard to establish a reputation for whipping those top ingredients into fine meals.
To help do this, the Grateful Palate now offers a terrific chef’s night every Wednesday for only $15. They seat just 50 people, so call ahead for reservations. They bring in a chef from a high-end local restaurant or yacht and let him or her basically just go wild, creating whatever dishes sound especially appealing and exciting that evening. This past Wednesday, Chef Gavin Opie, winner of several international cooking contests, created a menu that included freshly shucked oysters in Asian dressing and vodka jelly; tuna sashimi with crab spring roll, avocado and chile oil; and a salami and red wine risotto. Next week, French pastry chef Luc Jouan will put together a seven-course dessert tasting that includes, get this – chocolate soup with fruit skewers. Yum!
Thursdays are a special cheese night, with brie and goat’s milk and other soft French cheeses on the menu tonight, as I write this. They want to be like the classic European cheese and meat shops.
The store can be a little hard to find, on the north side of the 17th Street Causeway in one of those small strip shopping centers, just east of Federal Highway. Call them at 954-467-1998 for directions if you get lost or to find out their hours. They also have a new website at www.TwoBottles.com. However you find this place, it’s definitely worth the effort … for lunch. Or dinner!
But don’t get the idea that things here are mostly for uncommon tastes and so probably cost too much for just an everyday kind of meal. If that were true, would I be going there? Remember, I got divorced last year and money still is often tight for me. So yes, you can walk away with a great sandwich or salad for well under $10. Maybe Spanish Serrano ham or curried chicken salad or Niman Ranch roast beef or turkey pesto … All excellent, large and made with the freshest ingredients.
Aaron and Amanda are very proud of the ingredients in their food, actually. And they’re working hard to establish a reputation for whipping those top ingredients into fine meals.
To help do this, the Grateful Palate now offers a terrific chef’s night every Wednesday for only $15. They seat just 50 people, so call ahead for reservations. They bring in a chef from a high-end local restaurant or yacht and let him or her basically just go wild, creating whatever dishes sound especially appealing and exciting that evening. This past Wednesday, Chef Gavin Opie, winner of several international cooking contests, created a menu that included freshly shucked oysters in Asian dressing and vodka jelly; tuna sashimi with crab spring roll, avocado and chile oil; and a salami and red wine risotto. Next week, French pastry chef Luc Jouan will put together a seven-course dessert tasting that includes, get this – chocolate soup with fruit skewers. Yum!
Thursdays are a special cheese night, with brie and goat’s milk and other soft French cheeses on the menu tonight, as I write this. They want to be like the classic European cheese and meat shops.
The store can be a little hard to find, on the north side of the 17th Street Causeway in one of those small strip shopping centers, just east of Federal Highway. Call them at 954-467-1998 for directions if you get lost or to find out their hours. They also have a new website at www.TwoBottles.com. However you find this place, it’s definitely worth the effort … for lunch. Or dinner!
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 7:15 PM
I always come to your blogs to find the great (and sometimes hidden) places to eat in the area. Thanks!
The Headys were pleasant. But the new old owner is awful ... he's nasty and arrogant and I've heard terrible things about his business practices.
I used to love that place until today, dec 29/06.
I brought a friend of mine to GP around 2:30pm for lunch.
The owner of the restaurant was having lunch with a couple, entertaining them, and going back and forth from the kitchen's grill where he was preparing a meal.
He was sitting beside the main countertop between the kitchen and the customers area, between the countertop and the deli area.
I was midway my meal when he lit up a cigarette and started smoking.
Few times he put down the cigarette to go behind the deli and kitchen area to reach for food and such and I guess continue preparing meals.
I finished eating and went up to the owner and told him that even if it's his own restaurant he shouldn't be smoking while there are still customer eating, to which he replied that american laws don't apply at the greatful palate since it's not an american restaurant but indeed is an Australian Embassy and therefore Australian laws apply instead.
After saying so he thanked me, pat me a couple of times hardly in the back and sent me my merry way with a not so gently push.
Needless to say I am never going back nor I am ever going to bring any of my friends/coworkers there.
The food's ingredient were great, food was tasty, but Aaron's arrogance and ignorance totally ruined the experience.
My stomach is torn, and it left a really bad taste in my mouth.
You ran into Gregg ratigan he was the original owner and quite obnoxious to any one but his friends. He is gone again. good ridence.
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