3 new restaurants open, 1 restaurant closes, 2 restaurants change name, ownership, menu
In case you missed any of the articles for subscribers about new and closed restaurants that TCPalm previously posted throughout this month, here's a roundup of the with links.
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NEW RESTAURANTS
Chophouse, seafood restaurant
A new chophouse and seafood restaurant, similar to a Ruth's Chris Steak House, opened on the Treasure Coast. It offers upscale, fine dining dinner service. All of the meats are cut from USDA Prime beef and then wet- or dry-aged with its house seasoning blend. Read the full story.
Soul food restaurant
A family-run soul food restaurant that started in North Carolina has expanded to Florida with a Treasure Coast location. Four young siblings each run a location. The menu includes soul food staples, including fried chicken, smothered pork chops, collard greens, mac and cheese, peach cobbler and banana pudding. Read the full story.
Drive-thru coffee stand
A rapidly growing national chain of coffee "stands" with canopied drive-thrus and no indoor seating has opened its first Treasure Coast location. It has eight locations in Florida, the closest being Melbourne and West Palm Beach. Its coffee flavors include blondie (caramel and vanilla breve), brunette (hazelnut and caramel mocha) and cinnamon roll. Read the full story.
CLOSED RESTAURANTS
Italian restaurant with pasta, pizza, gelato closes
An Italian restaurant that opened earlier this year in a location with a high turnover rate has closed. It was named after the owner's aunt who immigrated from Italy to Illinois. The menu included traditional Italian food, pasta, pizza and gelato. Read the full story.
RESTAURANT CHANGES
Pietro's on the River
Pietro's on the River in Jensen Beach is changing after owner Pietro Valentini retired in December. New owners Bill and Jean McLean, who have lived in the area for 25 years, previously operated a restaurant in Alaska. They're going to keep some of the most popular menu items and add new ones, reopening in mid-January as The Nest.
Dirty Martini Restaurant & Steakhouse
Dirty Martini Restaurant & Steakhouse in Fort Pierce has changed its name to Crabby's Land & Sea. Most of the menu will stay the same, but will include seafood, such as crabs, scallops and calamari. It's from the owner of the former Crabby's Seafood Shack in Stuart and Gettin Crabby in Port Salerno.
Laurie K. Blandford is TCPalm's entertainment reporter and columnist dedicated to finding the best things to do on the Treasure Coast. Follow her on Twitter @TCPalmLaurie and Facebook @TCPalmLaurie. Email her at [email protected]. Sign up for her What To Do in 772 weekly newsletter at profile.tcpalm.com/newsletters/manage.
This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: New restaurants in Sebastian, Stuart, Vero Beach, Fort Pierce, PSL
