Café Boulud

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

Palm Beach's Most Coveted Table

Since 2003, Café Boulud has held a singular place in the Palm Beach dining landscape. Set within The Brazilian Court Hotel, just steps from Worth Avenue and the Atlantic, it carries the full weight of Chef Daniel Boulud's reputation — and earns it. Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence and four stars from Forbes are not decorations here; they reflect a restaurant that has maintained its standard across two decades of South Florida seasons.

The Mind Behind the Menu

Chef Daniel Boulud was born in Lyon, France, and has been based in New York since 1982. His flagship DANIEL on the Upper East Side is Michelin-starred, and his restaurants now span from Montreal to Hong Kong. What grounds his cooking everywhere, including Palm Beach, is an unwavering respect for seasonal ingredients and classical French technique. At The Brazilian Court, that philosophy meets local seafood, Florida produce, and a distinctly warm, sun-drenched setting.

Day-to-day, the kitchen is led by Executive Chef Christopher Zabita, with Pastry Chef Rosana Quintero and Head Sommelier David Sauer completing a tight, experienced team. The menu they produce is described as a French-American blend — rooted in Lyon, shaped by what's growing and swimming nearby.

The Space and the Experience

Guests move between an elegant main dining room, a bar, private dining rooms, and a lush courtyard terrace that draws weddings, galas, and quieter weeknight dinners with equal ease. The wine cellar, curated by Sommelier Sauer, draws from global regions with pairings matched to each dish.

The kitchen rotates weekly specials that give the menu rhythm: escargots on Tuesdays, Branzino for Two on Fridays, Beef Wellington on Saturdays. Midweek, Wednesday evenings bring 50% off the entire wine list — a rare and generous gesture. A La Tête d'Or-inspired prix fixe runs at lunch for $58 and dinner for $95, offering a structured taste of Lyon in a Palm Beach setting.

From Morning to Afternoon Tea

The French-American scope extends across the full day. Breakfast runs daily from 7 AM, with everything from lemon ricotta pancakes and CB avocado toast to a proper All American plate with stoneground grits. In the afternoon, a formal tea service — Palais des Thés selections, freshly baked scones with Devonshire cream, and pastries like a pistachio Amarena macaron or peach and cherry blossom mousse — brings an unexpected and refined pause to the Palm Beach afternoon.

It is a restaurant that takes each part of the day seriously, which is perhaps the most French thing about it.