South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
MAKE A RESTAURANT RESERVATION MOTHER’S DAY FOR
Your mom deserves her day. Especially during these times. Right? So, with so many South Florida restaurants making a comeback, it’s much easier than last year’s Mother’s Day to indulge the special lady in your life with brunch, dinner or a culinary treat.
Check out this insider’s guide to restaurant specials in Broward and Palm Beach counties for Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 9.
Oh, and one more thing: Keep in mind that prices do not include delivery fees, taxes and gratuities.
ABC Lobster Company
3711 SW 47th Ave., Davie; 954-327-3810, Facebook.com/abclobstercompany
The Mother’s Day Brunch, with live music, will be $110 for adults and $45 for children. The buffet-style service will include a seafood bar, carved prime rib and spinach-stuffed turkey breast station, an omelette station and a Southern bisquit bar. There will also be dishes offered including antipasto, chicken and waffles, French toast, mini avocado toast with quail egg, lobster quiche, mushroom quiche, homestyle breakfast potatoes, Applewood
bacon, maple sausage and tropical fruit. Mimosas, Bellinis and Bloody Marys will also be offered.
Applebee’s
Multiple locations in South Florida; Applebees.com or DohertyInc.com
Mom’s can get Mucho Sangrias for $5 and bottles of wine for half-off. Also if you buy a $50 gift card for your mother, you get a $10 bonus card for yourself. The offer is valid through June 27 at participating Doherty Enterprises-owned and operated Applebee’s locations throughout Florida.
Batch Gastropub: Delray and Batch New Southern Kitchen & Tap
14813 Lyons Road, Delray Beach; 561-877000, BatchGastroPub.com/delray. 223 Clematis St., West Palm Beach; 561-8770000, BatchSouthernKitchen.com.
Moms will be greeted with a flower and a free mimosa or Bloody Mary. Then, while enjoying brunch from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., everyone can enjoy bottomless mimosas, sangrias and Bellinis for $15 in Delray Beach and for $17.50 in West Palm Beach.
Breezes Restaurant and Patio
801 Seabreeze Blvd., Fort Lauderdale;
954-764-2233, BahiaMar.com
The eatery at the Bahia Mar Fort Lauderdale Beach resort will have a Mother’s Day brunch — $49.95 for adults and
$19.50 for children 12 and under — with:
Buffet-style stations offering sliced fruit, smoked salmon, Mediterranean couscous salad, roasted herb chicken salad, shrimp ceviche, cilantro-avocado tuna salad, grilled pita bread, an omelette station, a sushi station and a carving station with bourbon mustard honey glazed spiral ham. Entrees will include seared mahi and roasted lamb chop with sides of tri-colored Baby Bliss potatoes, Brussels sprouts, baby carrots, Cippolini onion and sunburst squash. For dessert there will be mini tarts, cookies, cupcakes as well as French and Italian pastries.
Casa Sensei
1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale.
954-530-4176. CasaSensei.com.
This pan-Asian/Latin-fusion restaurant will offer all mothers free rosé wine during its Rock N Roll (sushi, get it?) brunch on Sunday, May 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone else can enjoy bottomless rosé wine for $25 per person. Popular menu items include:
The Rock N Roll Fiesta sushi roll with rock shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, avocado, truffle aioli, cajun spices and kimchi sauce for $36.
Togarashi fried chicken and waffles with sriracha maple syrup and a side of fruit for $14.
The Casa Wagyu Burger, eight ounces of Wagyu ground beef topped with peppercorn bacon, guacamole, gouda cheese and served with slaw and truffle fries for $19.
Chef Rose Jamaican Cuisine
8308 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise; 954-9995371, Chef-Rose-Jamaican-Cuisine.business.site
Chef Anthony Rose is offering a Mother’s Day
$35 per person prix fixe menu for pickup. You must place your order by Thursday, May 6. The meal includes:
An appetizer choice of saltfish or tofu/sweet plantain fritter.
A salad of baby organic mix greens with tomato, cucumber, gorgonzola cheese, candied pecans and scratch-made basil balsamic vinaigrette.
The options for a main course include jerk fried lobster, hickory BBQ plank salmon steak, boneless chicken stuffed with callaloo or Ital stew (a Jamaican dish of quinoa, lentils, red beans, callaloo, sweet potatoes and pumpkin).
Side dishes are purple mash potatoes and mixed sauté vegetables.
Dessert is chocolate-covered strawberries.
Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants
Locations in Fort Lauderdale (Galleria mall), Dania Beach, Coconut Creek and Pembroke Pines. CHwinery. com/mothersday.
Cooper’s Hawk is offering a heat-and-serve kit that serves four people for
$159.99. You can reserve on beginning Monday, April
12.
The curated meal includes:
Pretzel bread and butter. A salad of mixed greens, cucumber, radish, sweet grape tomatoes, avocado, goat cheese, dried cherries, toasted Marcona Almonds and honey mustard vinaigrette.
Four parmesan-crusted filet mignon medallions.
A choice of pistachio-crusted grouper, bourbon-lacquered BBQ pork or parmesan-crusted chicken.
Side dishes include potatoes and garlic green beans.
Dessert is a lemon butter cake.
Déjà Blue Restaurant
7805 North University Drive, Parkland; 954-3450128, DejaBlueRestaurants. com
Déjà Blue will serve a Mother’s Day three-course menu for $60 per adult and $20 per child. You can also upgrade to a package for up to six people in one of four gazebos overlooking a lake for $120 per person.
The menu choices will include lobster avocado toast, goat cheese quiche, lobster bisque, steak tartare, Taleggio mushroom and truffle vol-auvent, gazpacho and shot of tequila, oysters Rockefeller, lobster thermidor, duck cherry blossom, horseradish grouper, ice cream palette, coffee crème brûlée, peach Melba and wild berry pannacotta.
The offer also includes one Bellini cocktail or glass of Champagne and one chocolate strawberry.
The upgrade package includes champagne, a flower bouquet, a box of chocolate strawberries and a violinist.
Grapes Wine Cafe & Market
3311 N. Ocean Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954-491-2340, GrapesWineCafeAndMarket.com
Chef Lenore Nolan Ryan’s new venture on Galt Ocean Mile will give each diner a copy — on linen paper — of an inspirational piece written by Sam Levenson and made famous by Audrey Hepburn.
While a jazz guitarist plays, brunch starts with free Ethereal Cream biscuits and house-made marmalade butter. Dishes will include shrimp divan with jasmine rice for $20, baked French crepes for $15, braised short rib and potato gratin Benedict for $20, torta Milanese for $15, artichoke flower for $18, eggs Benedict for $15, salmon en croute with cucumber sauce for $20, French quiche for
$14, a salad for $13 (add grilled chicken or salmon for $7) and a momelette asparagus for $14
The market has selections of wines, chocolate, cheeses, pates, jams, jellies, chutneys, olive oils, vinegars, housemade soups, breads, baked goods and Chef Lenore’s signature brownies and vinaigrette. You can also have a Mother’s Day gift basket made.
Lona Cocina & Tequileria
321 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 954-245-3069, LonaRestaurant.com
This Mexican restaurant at the Westin Fort Lauderdale Beach will have a Bottomless Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday, May 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for $55 per person. In addition to the mimosa and Bloody Mary bars, there will be stations with
huevos rancheros, tacos al pastor, tamales ceviche, omelettes, waffles as well as a raw bar and a guacamole bar.
Munchie’s Pizza Club
200 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale; 954-395-8410, MunchiesPizzaClub.com
Formerly known as Munchie’s Pizza Barcade, this eatery is offering two Mother’s Day specials:
An Eggs Benedict Brunch Pizza with mornay, mozzarella, spinach, Canadian bacon and an egg for $16.90.
A Salmon Lox Pizza with warm crust, cold creme fraiche, capers, dill, chives and chopped egg yolk/ whites for $19.90. You can add a caviar supplement for an additional $10.
Moms also get a free mimosa and everyone can get $15 bottomless mimosas.
Runyon’s of Coral Springs
9810 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs; 954-752-2333, RunyonCoralSprings.com
Chef Michael Brothers has planned a special “Mom’s Menu” on Mother’s Day form 1-9 p.m. with live piano music as well as indoor and outdoor seating. The menu includes dishes such as:
Prime rib with bone on for
$54 or bone off for $44.
An eight-ounce filet mignon Oscar topped with jumbo lump crabmeat, asparagus and bearnaise butter for $52.
A herb roasted boneless pork loin for $26.
Berries and cream baked French toast made with challah bread stuffed with mixed berry preserves and cream cheese and served with a side of maple syrup for $18.
Tiki Tiki
6200 N. Ocean Drive, Hollywood; 954-927-9560, LetsTikiTiki.com
You may remember when this waterfront hotspot was called Jimbo’s Sandbar. Rebranded Tiki Tiki last October, the beloved dive bar has upgraded its food menu, beverage program and al fresco design. For Mother’s Day brunch, Tiki Tiki is offering unlimited mimosas, Bloody Mary’s and rosé for $20 when you buy one of chef Omar Martinez’s entrées.
Westfield Broward Mall
8000 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation. Cinnabon,
954-999-0009, Cinnabon. com/fl/plantation. Jerk Grill Express, 954-999-0569, JerkGrillExpress.com.
Cinnabon is offering a Mother’s Day promotion with a Heart Shaped Minibon Box for $13.99 from Thursday, May 6, through Sunday, May 9. You can pre-order the gift before the start date.
Jerk Express is offering a 10% discount on all menu items for Mother’s Day. There are dishes such as jerk chicken, Jamaican patties, curried goat and oxtail with rice ranging in price from $2.60 to $$15.49.