AKA West Palm has just lately added The Blind Monk, a well-liked wine bar in West Palm Seashore, to its wide selection of facilities. The Blind Monk at AKA West Palm will now supply an all-day bistro expertise, increasing its culinary idea past only a wine bar. This newest addition to AKA West Palm’s facilities is anticipated to offer an elevated eating expertise to the AKA visitors and the locals of Palm Seashore. Whereas preserving its distinctive options, such because the pure wine listing, artisanal cheese program, and attentive service, The Blind Monk serves breakfast and brunch and is debuting an expanded dinner menu starting in early Could. The improved beverage program additionally encompasses a full bar with a thoughtfully curated cocktail listing.
“The debut of The Blind Monk at AKA displays our dedication to crafting memorable experiences for each visitors and neighbors,” says Larry Korman, CEO of AKA. “Within the seek for a culinary accomplice for AKA West Palm, we particularly sought a restaurant with deep roots within the West Palm Seashore group. The Blind Monk naturally stood out as the proper alternative.”
The Blind Monk’s subtle meals choice, heat hospitality, and welcoming environment make it a well-liked spot amongst patrons. The restaurant takes pleasure in its menu, impressed by recent flavors and components. It emphasizes seasonal greens and native seafood, and lots of dishes are crafted for sharing to offer a singular culinary expertise for diners. A few of The Blind Monk’s favorites, resembling cheese boards, charred cauliflower, and hen liver mousse, are featured on the menu. In the meantime, the highlights of the brand new dish on the dinner menu embrace grilled swordfish skewers with black lentils and mussels escabeche with fried inexperienced plantains. The Blind Monk additionally serves breakfast, shortly changing into a brand new gathering place in Downtown West Palm. Patrons can take pleasure in bitter cream pancakes, shakshuka, and avocado Toast for breakfast.
The Blind Monk bar maintains a various pure wine listing and an modern cocktail menu impressed by the classics. Among the inventive concoctions on supply embrace the Cussed Jenny, an aperitivo that mixes Pineau Des Charentes, ginger, and lime, and the Day Tripper, which options tequila, lime, grapefruit, paw-paw, and prickly pear.
The venue affords an environment that blends trendy sophistication and heat, offering visitors with a snug eating space, fashionable bar, and comfy outside wine backyard. The design is tasteful and appropriate for any event, from informal gatherings to particular celebrations. Upon arrival, visitors might also discover a refined music theme, with basic rock from the ’60s and ’70s taking part in within the background. The menu design is impressed by The Beatles’ Abbey Highway album, including a singular contact to the eating expertise.
“After I first opened The Blind Monk, I aimed to create the place I wished to return dwelling to,” says Ben Lubin. “The brand new Blind Monk displays how I’ve advanced over the previous 13 years. It’s the neighborhood restaurant I need, and I hope it’s the neighborhood restaurant you do, too.”
AKA West Palm opened its doorways in November 2022, offering luxurious trendy hospitality within the metropolis’s central enterprise district. Alongside this, the resort additionally boasts a variety of facilities, together with AKA Pet Spa (powered by D is for Canine), a brand new Palm Seashore department of Physique+Magnificence Lab that opened in April, and a brand new idea set to launch later this spring known as a.market on Olive, which is able to supply gourmand specialties. The addition of The Blind Monk rounds out the resort’s choices, whereas Après AKA offers a curated collection of AKA presents.
Photograph Credit score: Jeremy Pelley/The Blind Monk
