Area Restaurants

Area Restaurants with Outdoor Dining
Dining outdoors can be charming and romantic. But now It extends beyond just enjoying dining outside - to focusing on safety and social distancing as well.

Obviously, this list does not include every restaurant with al fresco options, but it offers a range of local restaurants with outdoor seating that goes beyond a narrow side alley or strip-mall sidewalk.

Latitudes
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One of the favorites of Penthouse Tower residents (because we can walk there, and of course the food and drinks are very good!) is Latitudes in the Delray Sands Resort. Latitudes offers guests a unique culinary experience, highlighted by stunning ocean views and a variety of dining spaces. The menus focus on innovative flavors and fresh ingredients from the sea, farm and garden.
2809 S. Ocean Blvd, Highland Beach, 561-278-6241

Banana Boat
This intracoastal eatery offers a wide variety of food while highlighting Florida's seafood, with live music and tons of outdoor seating.
739 E Ocean Ave, Boynton Beach, 561-732-9400

Driftwood
A roadside spot that’s a neighborhood gem, Driftwood eatery and bar offers a pleasant, umbrella-dotted deck for outdoor dining.
2005 S. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach, 561-733-4782 

Prime Catch
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Expect lovely Intracoastal views at this spacious Boynton Beach seafood restaurant, where al fresco seating is offered along its main, covered, open-air deck as well as its separate bar structure, “Prime Island.”
700 E. Woolbright Rd., Boynton Beach, 561-737-8822

Taru at Sundy House ~~ Temporarily Closed ~~
This restaurant is a weekend favorite in Delray Beach, has a mix of outdoor seating along the 1902-era property. 
106 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, 561-272-5678

Deck 84
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A waterfront favorite in Delray Beach, Deck 84 offers a wide range of al fresco options. Seating is shaded by the restaurant’s bright aqua awnings. It comes with views of the boats sailing along the Intracoastal.
840 E. Atlantic Ave., 561-665-8484

Bamboo Fire Café
You can enjoy this eatery’s Guyanese and Caribbean flavors at an al fresco patio table. The family-owned spot has offered home-spun dishes in Delray’s Pineapple Grove for 15 years.
149 NE 4th Ave., Delray Beach, 561-749-0973

Rose’s Daughter
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This neighborhood trattoria offers outdoor dining on the front terrace as well as on the restaurant’s back patio.
169 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach, 561-271-9423

Elisabetta’s 
You’ll find al fresco options along this Italian eatery's front terrace as well as on the balcony.
32 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-560-6699

Dada
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Delray’s funkiest restaurant setting doesn’t boast waterfront views, but it does offer the shade of a majestic banyan tree that anchors the historic structure’s front yard. Al fresco dining here is infused with history — the restaurant operates in Delray’s 1920s-era Tarrimore house.
52 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, 561-330-3232

Vic and Angelo's
Vic & Angelo's menu items are inspired by desire to transform the American approach to fine, Italian dining into a memorable experience that pays homage to the authentic culinary traditions of Italy.
209 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-278-9570

MIA Kitchen and Bar 
A variety of outdoor seating is available at this creative Italian spot, which is located in suburban Delray.
7901 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561-499-2200

Fries to Caviar
This popular south county eatery has a pleasant garden patio out back for al fresco dining.
6299 N. Federal Hwy, Boca Raton, 561-617-5965 

Hawkers Asian Street Food
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Hawkers brings scratch Asian Street Food & Craft Cocktails to Delray's Atlantic Ave.
640 E Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach, 561-485-4111 

Patio Tapas 
Here’s a tapas joint with al fresco dining, serving homemade sangria and classic small bites in eastern Boca.
205 SE 1st Ave., Boca Raton, 561-419-7239

Farmer’s Table
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A healthy-minded restaurant with two Palm Beach County locations, Farmer's Table's original Boca Raton restaurant offers a large outdoor patio with umbrella-shaded tables.
1901 N. Military Tr., Boca Raton, 561-417-5836

Luff’s Fish House
Lots of outdoor seating at this Boca Raton seafood restaurant, which operates in a renovated 1920s bungalow. Al fresco options here range from tables on the covered, open-sided porch to umbrella-shaded tables set between palm trees along the restaurant’s front edge.
390 E. Palmetto Park Rd., Boca Raton, 561-609-2660

Rafina Greek Taverna
This suburban Boca restaurant boasts a terrific waterfront deck for outdoor dining. The lake views — and the twinkly evening lights on the deck — provide a backdrop for weeknight meals as well as special-occasion Greek feasts.
6877 SW 18th St., east of Powerline Road, Boca Raton, 561-409-3673  

Also… at Mizner Park in Boca Raton:

  • Max’s Grille (404 Plaza Real, 561-368-0080)
  • Kapow Noodle Bar (431 Plaza Real, 561-347-7322)
  • The Blue Fish (402 Plaza Real, 561-286-3474)
  • Dubliner Irish Pub (435 Plaza Real, 561-620-2540)
  • Loch Bar (346 Plaza Real, 561-939-6600)
  • Yard House (201 Plaza Real, 561-417-6124)
  • Villagio (344 Plaza Real, 561-447-2257) 

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With excerpts from the Palm Beach Post, Liz Balmaseda