The Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority has come out with a whopping list of restaurants that are opening, moving or expanding. One of the most notable on the list: Bourbon Steak, a restaurant from Michelin-starred Chef Michael Mina, is planned for The Seagate, 1000 E. Atlantic Ave. The 6,000-square-foot, 310-seat restaurant will include a 34-seat bar, patio seating and a private dining room that seats 24. It is expected to open late 2024.
“We are excited for the continued growth of Downtown Delray Beach,” said Laura Simon, Executive Director of the Delray Beach DDA. “Not only are we continuing to bring in new retailers, businesses and restaurants to our business district, but we are successfully and quickly filling vacancies as existing businesses choose to leave or move locations at the end of their leases. These are all signs of a healthy downtown.”
The Bourbon Steak restaurant will be the first in Palm Beach County for Mina, the James Beard Award-winning chef and founder of the Mina Group.
Others on the list:
- Subculture Coffee opened at 302 NE 6th Ave. (Northbound Federal Highway).
- Kapow Noodle Bar will open at Salt7’s former location (32 SE 2nd Ave) in the fall.
- Amar Bistro is moving to the Bar 25 location on Federal Highway (25 SE 6th Ave.) where it will offer a full bar, covered outdoor patio and additional seating. The new Amar Mediterranean Kitchen and Bar is scheduled to open in September. Amar’s current location (522 E Atlantic Ave.) will reopen in November as Gesto, an artisanal pizza shop.
- Pura Vida is opening in the former BurgerFi location at 6 S. Ocean Blvd. on the southwest corner of Atlantic Avenue and A1A. Pura Vida is a healthy-minded café serving natural, wholesome foods.
- The Standard, a modern American restaurant and bar with one location in Boca Raton’s Mizner Park, has opened its second spot to replace The OG at 166 SE 2nd Ave.
- Lefkes, offering Greek cuisine, has opened in the Delray Beach Market, 33 SE 3rd Ave Ste. 105.
- Geronimo Tequila Bar & Southwest Grill, hailing from New Haven, Conn., will open at 105 E Atlantic Ave., which was formerly Cabana El Rey.
- True Grit Hospitality has taken over the former Taverna Opa space at 270 E. Atlantic Ave. and will open a new concept, Roka Hula, a full service modern Asian Tiki Bar & Restaurant.
- The Bridge Café is expanding into the vacant space just east of its current location (814 E. Atlantic Ave.) where the owners will open a complementary concept.
- Gabriella’s Modern Italian, created by the popular New Jersey restaurant of similar name and concept, Gabriella’s Italian Steakhouse, will open this October on NE Seventh Avenue within Atlantic Crossing.
- Jerk and Lime at Nicole’s House, a family-owned Jamaican fusion restaurant, is opening late summer/fall at 182 NW 5th Avenue.
- Johnny’s Deli opened at Toni’s Market on West Atlantic Avenue near the Tennis Center.
