Flavor Palm Beach is back.

Briana Bournique, surrounded by an array of dishes inside Seasons 52 restaurant in Palm Beach Gardens. Bournique is the driving force behind a month-long program in which prominent local restaurants are offering substantial discounts. Damon Higgins, The Post

The September discount dining promotion, started last year by foodie-turned-entrepreneur Briana Bournique, is set to begin once again on Tuesday for a month-long run. There’s also a kickoff party ($15 advance admission, $20 at the gate), set for Friday (8/28) from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at West Palm Beach’s Centennial Square, that features samples aplenty from participating restaurants.

The month long deals are similar to last year’s — a three-course lunch is $19.09 (the price ties in with Palm Beach County’s centennial celebration) and a three-course dinner is $30. Currently, 25 restaurants throughout Palm Beach County are participating, but Bournique hopes to add a few more in the coming days.

Capital Grille in Palm Beach Gardens will join other area restaurants in offering dining deals.

The choices run the gamut, from high-end steakhouses (Forks in Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens, Capital Grille in Palm Beach Gardens) to festive Italian (Vic & Angelo’s in Palm Beach Gardens and Delray Beach, Forte in West Palm Beach). Some recently opened eateries are also participating, including Grease Burger Bar and Top of the Point in West Palm Beach, da Francesco in Palm Beach and City Fish Market in Boca Raton.

Morton's Steakhouse – including the West Palm Beach location – will offer two three-course dinners for $99. Lannis Waters, The Post

There are also a few twists to some of the deals. For example, at Morton’s steakhouse (locations in West Palm Beach and Boca Raton), the dinner promotion is slightly more expensive — two three-course meals for $99.

Bournique says she’s learned from her Flavor experience last year and is trying to make this year’s promotion all the more successful. Most of the changes are behind the scenes: Bournique formed new partnerships with Zagat dining guides (zagat.com) and the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau, which allows Flavor to reach more potential diners through online marketing.

But the premise is basically the same. September is a particularly slow month for local restaurateurs, so they welcome just about any business. Meanwhile, diners get to take advantage of a great deal. A classic win-win, in other words.

Interestingly, Bournique says restaurants don’t necessarily lose money or merely break even on the deals. That’s because diners who take advantage of the savings often spring for a bottle of wine or a cocktail or two. Add up all those extra purchases beyond the basic deal and we’re talking real money. And a full restaurant also means more money for the wait staff.

“A waiter at III Forks told me that he usually takes his vacation in September, but this year he’s rescheduled it,” Bournique says.

For more info about Flavor Palm Beach or for a full list of participating restaurants, go to flavorpalmbeach.com or call (561) 315-8803. To purchase advance tickets for the Friday event, which includes free drinks, live music and gift bags for the first 300 attendees, also go to flavorpalmbeach.com. Proceeds from the kickoff party will go to the American Red Cross.

Produce and more in Lake Park

A new produce market and gourmet shop opens in Lake Park this week — on a charitable note. May Flower’s Produce (819 U.S. 1, 561-697-8875) will host an open house on Monday from 5 to 7 p.m., with 15 percent of all sales that night going to benefit Place of Hope, a Palm Beach Gardens child welfare organization. Proprietor Jan White will be offering organic produce, fresh baked goods, gift baskets with fruit and flowers and a variety of hard-to-find gourmet items, from condiments to crackers.

The weekly dish
Yamazaki Single Malt Whisky

We think of single-malt Scotch as, well, a Scottish thing. But what if I told you one of the best single malts I’ve tried of late came from Japan — namely Yamazaki (aged 12 years, $45). Courtesy of the Suntory distillery, it’s a refined, medium-bodied drink — as easily quaffable as a blended whisky, but with a little more of a hint of wood and smoke.
I’ll quote another review, Jason Heaton of gearpatrol.com, on this one: “The Japanese have a knack for taking things made famous by other countries and duplicating them perfectly, often improving them. Think of the sports sedan.” And now think of whisky. You can find out more at yamazakiusa.com, which lists South Florida locations where the whisky is carried.