Every year, there’s one day in May when restaurants on the island are particularly busy as husbands, in-laws, children, grandchildren and others fête an adored family member: mom.
On Mother’s Day, which is May 10, everything from special menus to complimentary goodies for matriarchs will be offered at dining establishments all around town.
Many places also will serve their regular menus. Making advance reservations for Mother’s Day is strongly recommended or required at most island restaurants.
Here’s a taste of dining-out offerings in town on May 10:
Café ĽEurope
331 S. County Road
A la carte Mother’s Day dinner specials will be offered alongside the famed longtime restaurant’s regular menu featuring everything from mussels and frites to pan-seared branzino and filet mignon au poivre.
Specials for May 10 that are planned by executive chef Alain Krauss are set to include golden-tomato gazpacho ($18), salmon tartare ($37) and Chilean sea bass with Champagne sauce and ratatouille ($65).
Lemon tart with raspberry mousse, passion-fruit gelato and biscotti ($24) will be a Mother’s Day sweet-ending special alongside Café L’Europe’s other desserts, such as chocolate souffle.
Cucina
257 Royal Poinciana Way
Whether guests are seated in the dining room or along the sidewalk-side patio, both the regular Italian-inflected menu and daily specials will be available on Mother’s Day.
Any mom dining at Cucina on May 10 will be treated to perks, the restaurants officials told the Palm Beach Daily News.
Moms will each be treated to a complimentary dessert bite—a surprise sweet morsel created especially for Mother’s Day—as complimentary glasses of rose.
The Breakers
1 S. County Road
Mother’s Day dining at the iconic resort is a treasured annual affair for many locals and visitors.
At The Breakers’ historic Circle dining room with its frescoed ceiling and ocean-glimpsing arched windows, an elaborate Mother’s Day brunch ($285 adults; $100 children 12 and younger) features a buffet that culminates with a bevy of festive dessert selections.
Unlimited Champagne cocktails, Bloody Marys and The Breakers’ custom-blended wine are included. A harpist will provide live music.
Meanwhile, at The Breakers’ oceanfront Venetian Ballroom, another Mother’s Day brunch ($285 adults; $100 children 12 and younger) also will feature a copious buffet, as well as unlimited Champagne cocktails and the resort’s custom-blended wine.
Look for a complimentary grapefruit-rose martini for moms if you dine onsite at the resort at its oceanfront Seafood Bar.
Flagler Steakhouse
2 S. County Road
Mother’s Day brunch at this quintessential American steakhouse ($120 adults; $75 children 12 and younger) features a three-course prix-fixe menu available in the dining room and along the restaurant’s golf course-view terrace.
Look for such menu items at this Breakers-operated restaurant as asparagus salad; roasted seabass with mashed potatoes, wilted spinach and lemon-beurre blanc; slow-roasted prime rib with asparagus, loaded baked potato and au jus; and caramelized cheese cake.
Henry’s
229 Royal Poinciana Way
Moms on Mother’s Day at Henry’s will receive a complimentary mimosa when they dine at brunch at the restaurant.
Specialty menu items on Mother’s Day at Henry’s are expected to include lobster eggs benedict and crab-crusted Chilean seabass.
Swifty’s at The Colony Hotel
155 Hammon Ave.
Alongside its regular menus, Swifty’s will feature Mother’s Day specials conceived by executive chef Tom Whitaker.
Served in its dining room and at al fresco poolside tables, appetizer specials are set to include salmon tartare ($28), as well as fried crispy feta with cucumber, tomato and olive salad with preserved lemon ($28).
Yellowfin tuna poke ($54), fried chicken and cornbread waffles ($49), and shrimp, crab and salmon cannelloni ($58) are among the entrée specials.
Two dessert specials are on tap for Mother’s Day at Swifty’s: vanilla-and-orange crepes, and The Colony Knickerbocker Glory (a loaded ice cream sundae with all sorts of ingredients, including ice cream, peanuts, dried cranberry, cinnamon and Chantilly).
Each of those desserts is $20.
Le Bilboquet
24 Worth Ave., Via Encantada
A special three-course Mother’s Day menu is $130 a person and will be available during brunch and dinner on May 10.
Moms will be given complimentary roses to take home.
Citrus-cured yellowtail snapper, a spring salad with heirloom tomatoes and green-goddess dressing, and asparagus risotto are among the appetizer selections.
Among the entrees: Le Bilboquet’s signature Le Poulet Cajun; dorade with harissa, beluga lentils, corn and spinach; and campanelle pasta with sugar snap peas, oyster mushrooms, parmesan and Calabrian chili.
Hazelnut cake with hazelnut crémeux and chocolate ganache is among the desserts, which also include lemon cake with limoncello and lemon curd.
La Goulue
288 S. County Road
La Goulue Palm Beach will celebrate Mother’s Day with seasonal a la carte specials offered alongside its regular brunch and dinner menus.
Mother’s Day brunch at La Goulue is set to include such specials as French toast with caramelized apples, and a lobster omelet served with asparagus and caviar.
In the evening, the full dinner menu will be complemented by specials such as a Florida heirloom cherry tomato tart, seared Arctic char with dill-bergamot foam, and peach clafoutis with rum-raisin ice cream.
Each mom dining at L:a Goulue on Mother’s Day will receive an 8oz scented soy wax candle, presented in a gift box with a personalized La Goulue label. Scents will include vanilla, eucalyptus and lavender.
Café Boulud
301 Australian Ave.
The French-American restaurant’s annual Mother’s Day brunch will feature a special three-course menu conceived by executive chef Christopher Zabita and pastry chef Rosana Quintero.
The menu will be offered in Café Boulud’s recently renovated dining room as well as its terrace and courtyard.
Among the appetizer selections, look for tomato and burrata, tuna tartare and grilled octopus.
Egg-based entrees will include shakshuka, truffled eggs Florentine and omelets.
Buttermilk pancakes, Atlantic salmon and grilled lamb chops are among the other entrees set to be offered at Café Boulud’s Mother’s Day brunch.
To finish, desserts include strawberry-rhubarb pavlova, chocolate cake, carrot cake and a tropical fruit parfait.
The three-course brunch is $150 adults; $75 children 10 and younger.
Meat Market
191 Bradley Place
Chef specials on Mother’s Day at Meat Market—a contemporary steakhouse also serving seafood and a chic happy hour—will start at 4 p.m., including an assortment of sushi rolls featuring otoro, Japanese A5 wagyu, uni, Hokkaido scallops and other ingredients.
Look for a Wagyu-and-lobster duo with A5 wagyu meatballs paired with baked lobster in puff pastry and topped with Osetra caviar ($70).
Other dishes that will be featured at Meat Market on Mother’s Day: flounder ($60) wrapped in wild garlic and other ingredients and served with Hokkaido scallops, green mushrooms, glazed pearl onions, and a mussel dashi peppercorn broth with mussel espuma.
A special caviar sampler also will be available.
Amalfi Restaurant at Tideline Palm Beach Ocean Resort
2842 S. Ocean Blvd.
A special brunch menu at this recently renovated and renamed oceanfront restaurant will be served on Mother’s Day.
A choice of three courses will be offered for $75.
An additional $25 buys such “bottomless” beverages, such as Prosecco, bellinis and mimosas.
Appetizer selections include salmon tartare, Belgian-style mussels and deviled eggs.
Choose from such entrees as shrimp and grits, crab cavatelli, lobster Benedict and duck Lyonnaise with duck confit, poached egg, frisee salad and sherry vinaigrette.
Chocolate mousse, “deconstructed” Key Lime pie and bread pudding are among the desserts.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Daily News: Palm Beach restaurants are ready for Mother’s Day, so reserve now
Reporting by M.M. Cloutier, Special to Palm Beach Daily News / Palm Beach Daily News
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