Review Digest: Palm Beach
We'll start where we left off, with the Sun-Sentinel's Judith Stocks, who visits Mississippi Sweets in Boca Raton (there's also one in Lake Worth). There, she feasts on ribs, Brunswick stew, okra, and an assortment of other barbecue delicacies. Rotisserie fans beware: the rotating rotisserie is broken for now.
We're quickly becoming fans of Dan Oliver's "Watering Hole" features on the Palm Beach Post's website. This week he's at Tiki Waterfront Sea Grill in Riviera Beach, where the chef puts out some pretty fancy dishes for what looks like a laid-back waterfront bar. Try Thai-style snapper with fresh mangoes and papaya in a Thai chile sauce.
And Charles Passy is back from vacation, but he's still in a New York state of mind. Apparently he didn't quite get enough of the Jewish deli when he was up there, so he's at Ben's Kosher Deli in Boca Raton this week, the only Florida outpost of the New York-based chain. Our favorite part of the review:
And don't forget the amusing aphorisms — they're called "Ron-ifications" since they come courtesy of Ben's founder Ronnie Dragoon — that are posted everywhere. One example: "For five thousand years, we were a wandering people. Then we found Boca Raton."
Mississippi Sweets BBQ Co. [Sun-Sentinel]
Jewish 'soul food': Boca deli has roots in working class tradition [Palm Beach Post]
