Join a celebratory Bastille Day celebration on Thursday, July 14, 2022. French restaurants from Palm Beach to Boca Raton offer unique feasts in observance of France’s “fête Nationale.” The most common misconceptions about French National Day are that it is a celebration of the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, and commemorates the official beginning of the French Revolution.
The day commemorates the 1789 storming of the Bastille prison in the early months of the French Revolution. Now, 233 years later, no need to travel to France to observe the day. Right here in Palm Beach County, you can find Bastille Day menus at the following restaurants.
Café Boulud is located at 301 Australian Avenue at The Brazilian Court Hotel, in Palm Beach. The Brazilian Court Hotel chic restaurant celebrates Bastille Day with a lavish four-course dinner. The head sommelier will select wine pairings. On the special menu is avocado with crab and citrus paired with extra-dry Champagne, bluefin tuna with tomato Antiboise sauce paired with a floral white wine from the Languedoc, a Marseilles-inspired bouillabaisse matched with an aromatic white wine from the Rhone Valley, and a grilled Mediterranean Sea bass served with pommes Anna and ratatouille and accompanied by a Beaujolais from the village of Fleurie. The sweet finale: Crêpe Suzette paired with a sweet Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise. To secure a table reservation please call 561-655-6060.
Chez Marie French Bistro is located at 5030 Champion Boulevard, Boca Raton. This Boca Raton eatery is offering a nicely priced, three-course menu for their Bastille Day commemoration. The menu for this day leads with a choice of escargots, French onion soup, or Caesar salad. Main plates include coq au vin, mussels, frites, and honey mustard-glazed salmon. Do not forget dessert choose between lavender crème brûlée, chocolate mousse or apple crumble. To secure a table reservation please call 561-997-0027.
Pistache French Bistro is located at 101 North Clematis Street, West Palm Beach. The French bistro is offering an a la carte menu in honor of Bastille Day. This trendy French bistro in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach is offering an a la carte menu to celebrate the day. Starters include torchon de foie gras with seasonal stone fruit, hazelnut, petite salad and brioche, and summer truffle with cavatelli pasta, porcini cream, and pecorino. Entrees include coq au vin with strozzapreti pasta and carrot puree and bouillabaisse with local fish, mussels, clams, and shrimp in a saffron-scented broth. To secure a table reservation please call 561-833-5090.
