Playful Hullabaloo inWest Palm

Hullabaloo

517N. Clematis St., West Palm Beach, 561-833-1033, Sub-culture.org/ Hullabaloo

Executive chef and general manager Fritz Cassel is offering playful selections for high season at this 3-year-old spirited locale with awood-fired stone hearth.

Cassel says football star PeytonManning’s commercial forNationwide Insurance inspired his chicken Parmesan ($22). Cuban sandwiches spurred his Cuban pizza with ham, roast pork, pickles and Dijon sauce ($14).

“My beef cheek ravioli is inspired by the deliciousness of beef cheeks,” Cassel says of his creation with asiago, ricotta, artichoke, mushroom, tomato and shallot demi-glace withWagyu ($28). “They have tons of collagen, which makes an amazing broth. The richness is unparalleled.”

Other standouts include pimentoricotta squash blossoms ($12) and hogfish with creamy polenta, spinach, tomato salsa and saffron beurre blanc ($26).

With his wild mushroom Parmesan gnocchi ($12), Cassel says, “My idea is to create an intense mushroom experience — porcini powder in the gnocchi, fresh roasted mushrooms and porcini stock to deglaze the pan.”

Save roomfor Valrhona chocolate cannoli, apple cherry streusel or banana cream brûlée (all $7).

The best-selling seasonal cocktail ($12) is theMoscowMule-inspired Stevie Ray, which blends Texas ingredients. Cardamom, garammasala and egg white enliven the Peter Tosh with spiced rum and pineapple.