New York’s chic Sant Ambroeus debuts in Palm Beach
The long-awaited Palm B e a c h o u t p o s t o f S a n t Ambroeus, the Milanese restaurant and pasticceria with locations in New York City and Southampt on, made its debut this weekend.
The prett y-in-pink ri storante has slipped into the i sland’s newly reno - vated Royal Poinciana Plaza, which is home to Hillstone’s popular Palm Beach Grill. It inhabits part of the space where Del Frisco’s Grille operated from 2013 to 2015.
Beloved for its espresso bar, past r i e s and gel ato selection, Sant Ambroeus brings wide-ranging menu options and extended hours (by Palm Beach standards) to the plaza.
The restaurant will open every day, serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.
On the menu: classic s including Vitello Tonnato, saffron risotto, Cotoletta alla Milanese, plus dishes inspired by Florida’s coastal ingredients.
“The menu will focus on seafood and will incorporate local citruses and herbs to accentu ate the fre sh, luminous surroundings that encompass Palm Beach,” said Executive Chef Marco Barbisotti via news release.
Desserts will include Italian pastries as well as homemade pies and cakes.
The drink selec tion i s varied as well, thanks to a full bar: regional wines, cocktails, specialty coffffffffffffees and teas.
A l l t h i s i n a s e t t i n g inspired by Italy’s vintage caffffe culture. The 174-seat restaurant will serve various roles during the day: It’s a fifine dining restaurant in the principal dining rooms, but at the bar it transitions into coffffffffffffee-bar and cocktail mode.
With roots in 1936 Milan, Sant Ambroeus has seven locations: the original Madi s on Avenue rest aurant , locations in SoHo, the West Village and Southampton.
T h e S A H o s p i t a l i t y Group also operates Sant A m b r o e u s c o f f e e b a r s a t N e w Yo r k ’ s L o e w s Regency Hotel and Sotheby’s. Another coffee bar i s pl a nned for t he Hanley Building in New York’s Upper East Side.
Now there’s Palm Beach. The location made sense, according to restaurateur Dimitri Pauli, a partner at SA Hospitality Group who owns a home in Palm Beach County.
“We had long considered opening out of New York, but nowhere resonated with our brand until we saw this opportunity at The Royal Poinciana Plaza,” he said via news release.
Sant Ambroeus already has something very Palm Beach-y going for it.
It’s pink and gold branding. Think flflamingo, with sunscreen.