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Clay Conley's wood-fired small plates, the island's modern table since 2011, with Imoto next door.
Daniel Boulud's Palm Beach dining room, in the courtyard of The Brazilian Court since 2003.
Cafe Boulud is the island's longest-running argument that hotel dining can lead a town's table. Daniel Boulud opened it inside The Brazilian Court in 2003, and it has held its position through two decades of openings around it: French technique, Florida produce, and a courtyard room that works as hard at lunch as it does at dinner.
The kitchen is run day to day by executive chef Christopher Zabita. For visitors it is the reliable first booking; for residents it is the room where the season quietly starts.
Clay Conley's wood-fired small plates, the island's modern table since 2011, with Imoto next door.
The Breakers' bistro in town: comfort classics on Royal Poinciana Way, named for Henry Flagler.
The Breakers' grand cocktail hall, named for Henry Morrison Flagler, carved from the resort's historic dining rooms in 2012.
The island, read weekly in The Brief.
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