Since opening his first restaurant, Mark’s Place, in Miami in
1988, Mark Militello has continually been hailed as the
chef responsible for putting South Florida on the national
culinary map with his original contemporary American cuisine. A
steady stream of the nation’s top awards have been bestowed upon
Militello, including a James Beard Award for “Best
Regional Chef,” Food & Wine magazine’s “Ten
Best Chefs in America” and a Distinguished Restaurant
Award from Conde Nast Traveler, among many others.
Today, Militello oversees four restaurants bearing his
name, from South Beach to Palm Beach. Each restaurant prepares
a daily menu based on ingredients available in the local
marketplace.
Mark's
Las Olas
Open since 1994, Mark’s Las Olas is
still considered one of the most exceptional restaurants in
South Florida. The restaurant is a showcase for Militello’s
culinary wizardry: combining classical cooking techniques with
the freshest local ingredients. Seating 140, the
restaurant’s menu features a wide array of signature dishes
including pan seared Ingrid sea scallops with Jerusalem
artichokes; pan roast of white water clams with
tomatoes, chorizo, smoked pimento and potatoes; grilled
Caribbean spiny lobster with jicama, crispy yuca and a
passion fruit-vanilla bean vinaigrette; crab-crusted Black
grouper with wild mushroom-salsify ragout, and white duck
with mango honey glaze. Gourmet wood-oven pizzas round out
the menu. With its bustling open kitchen, cozy booths and rich
mahogany tables, Mark’s Las Olas commands center stage on Fort
Lauderdale’s busiest thoroughfare. Appetizers range from
$8 to $20, with pizzas, pastas and main courses
from $13 to $44. Open for dinner Sunday through
Thursday, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00
p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays
until midnight. Located at 1032 East Las Olas
Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale.
Telephone: (954) 463-1000.
Mark's
CityPlace
Open since December 2000, the latest in Mark
Militello’s restaurant empire is located in CityPlace, an
upscale West Palm Beach shopping, dining and entertainment
destination. The stylish restaurant offers multi-level dining, a
lounge/bar area featuring sofas and comfortable chairs and a
full sushi and sashimi bar with sake menu. Executive chef
Roy Villacrusis renders Militello’s signature cuisine along
with the creative sushi menu in the 240-seat restaurant,
designed by Karen Hanlon Design. Entrée prices range from
$23 to $41.
Dinner served Mondays through Thursdays from
6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.,
Fridays and Saturdays until
midnight and Sundays until 10:30 p.m.
Located at 700 South Rosemary
Avenue, West
Palm Beach.
Telephone: (561) 514-0770.
Mark's South Beach
Open since January 2000, Mark’s South
Beach marks a triumphant return to Miami for Militello. Designated
as one of America’s Best Restaurants by Gourmet
magazine, Mark’s South Beach features Militello’s
trademark American contemporary cuisine exquisitely rendered by executive chef Larry LaValley. In a sleek, hip
environment that evokes a vintage James Bond movie, the swanky
boite seats 110 indoor and 30 outside at the refurbished
Nash Hotel. The menu is jam-packed with specialties such as
crispy skin yellowtail snapper with Blue Point oysters over
English pea and asparagus faro risotto, lemon pepper lamb loin,
and proscuitto wrapped veal tenderloin. Entrée prices
range from $26 to $43. Lunch served daily from noon to 3:00 p.m.;
dinner daily from , 7:00 to 11:00 p.m., and Sunday
brunch, noon to 3:00 p.m. Located at the Hotel Nash, 1120
Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. Telephone:
(305) 604-9050.
Mark's Mizner Park
Open since December 1998, at Boca Raton’s ultra chic Mizner Park
and packed since opening day, the popular restaurant can
accommodate up to 350 indoors and on the al fresco patio.
Dramatic design includes the use of unique materials such as
onyx, slate and Asian rice paper. The contemporary American
menu, created by Militello and overseen by executive chef
Lance Kraebel, features specialties including
"Rare seared pepper
corn crusted yellow fin tuna with foie gras truffle mash & veal
jus. Filet mignon with scallap patato gratin, sugarsnap peas &
Cabernet - Gorgonzola butter". Starters range from $8 to $18, while main courses, pastas and
pizzas are priced from $11 to $48.
Lunch served daily, 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; dinner served nightly beginning at 5:30 p.m.
and a famed Sunday Brunch is offered Sundays from 11:30 a.m.
until 2:30 p.m. Located at 344 Plaza
Real, Mizner Park, Boca Raton.
Telephone:561-395-0770
