Chef Allen Susser opened Taste Gastropub in Delray Beach, installing Jamie DeRosa as his executive chef. (Photo by Simon Hare)

Taste Gastropub, 169 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Pineapple Grove, Delray Beach. Chef Allen Susser, once called the “Ponce de Leon of New Florida cooking” by The New York Times, brings his dining destination to Delray Beach. Taste Gastropub, which opened Monday, aims its sights on a local crowd craving soulful, retro dishes and contemporary fare.

The wide-ranging menu pays homage to the local bounty of small farmers and local fisherman, offering bar snacks, charcuterie platters, small plates and heartier fare, including a daily braise (Julia Child’s savory beef bourguignon, anyone?).

The slate-tiled, 125-seat “pub” extends to two dining rooms, a sidewalk café, a rear garden (with waterfall) and three bars serving handcrafted beers and a selection of wines and cocktails.

There’s a candy bar, too. Owner is hotel and restaurant contractor Robert Workens, a Delray resident. Executive chef is Jamie DeRosa, a Susser protégé who went on to work with a constellation of L.A. chefs, including Wolfgang Puck.

Taste Gastropub serves dinner nightly from 6 p.m.-midnight, Sunday–Wednesday, and 6 p.m.-2 a.m., Thursday-Saturday. Lunch and late-night brunch to be announced. (561) 274-4444 or www.tastegastropub.com

Tsunami Subs & Wraps, 309 E. Woolbright Road, Boynton Beach. The restaurant, which opened March 29 in the new Las Ventanas complex, features a menu of both hot and cold submarine sandwiches and wraps. (561) 739-8525.

Vin 21, local restaurateur Cesare Palazzolo’s new American bistro, is open seven days a week with happy hour from 4-7 p.m. Dinner is served from 4–9 p.m., Sunday–Thursday, and 4-11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The menu specializes in made-from-scratch recipes and features classic American bistro items, including a late-night bar menu. Vin 21 also offers monthly tastings and events so wine connoisseurs at all levels can learn and appreciate the different wine offerings and food pairings. (561) 743-7743 or www.vin21barandgrill.com.

RESTAURANT NEWS

Responding to customer requests for dinner reservations, Joey Giannuzzi, chef/owner of The Green Gourmet in Delray Beach, has just added an indoor/outdoor café of sorts to his organic gourmet establishment, with tables dressed in white linen tablecloths and fresh sunflowers. Giannuzzi serves five dinner specials each night created from that day’s selections at the fresh market. (Dishes like vanilla rum-glazed Caribbean mahi mahi with warm five-bean salad and avocado mousse, half an organic oven-roasted chicken with baked new potatoes, sauteed zucchini fries and lemon thyme jus, pomegranate-glazed wild king salmon with toasted almonds and golden raisin couscous and red wine-braised Creekstone Farms beef stew with winter vegetables and roasted new potatoes).

The Green Gourmet, at 16950 Jog Road (at The Shoppes at Addison Place South) in Delray Beach, is open from 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and noon-5 p.m., on Sunday. (561) 455-2466. Delivery is available in Delray Beach and Boca Raton through The Delivery Dudes. (561) 900-7060.

The West Delray Organic Green Market, in the parking lot outside of The Green Gourmet, is open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., on Sundays.

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