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West Palm Beach Southern & Soul Food Guide

FRI public-record essay for southern & soul food restaurants in West Palm Beach.

West Palm Beach has 118 validated Southern & Soul Food entries organized by county, price, and vibe. This versioned list is generated from public records, with price and vibe descriptors derived from license format, OSS categories, and venue footprint. 1 candidate evaluations were routed to the audit log.

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Updated 2026-07-05 22:08 UTC

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By FRI Editorial Desk · Vibe list · openings/closings route through the audit log at output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet

Validated open entries118
Confirmed closures2
Inspection/safety overlays16
Filtered candidates1
High-turnover addresses5

Palm Beach

$ · Casual & No-Frills

BCM BBQ SEAFOOD

1561 S Congress Ave, Delray Beach

FSQ popularity 0.43

Casual & No-Frills notables entry; inspection severity is running 3.8x the peer alert threshold. Emergency-order history: 8 event(s).

$ · Casual & No-Frills

KELLY'S CAJUN GRILL

10300 W Forest Hill Blvd #109, Wellington

Casual & No-Frills notables entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.5x the peer alert threshold. Emergency-order history: 7 event(s).

$$$ · Late-Night & No-Frills

TREE'S WING

603 Royal Palm Blvd, Royal Palm Beach

Website

Late-Night & No-Frills notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 6 event(s).

$$ · Modern Casual

AUNTIE ROSE'S SOUL FOOD KITCHEN

306 Sw 10 St, Belle Glade

Modern Casual notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s).

$$$ · Full-Service & Polished

ELLE CARIBBEAN GRILL

220 N Congress Ave, Boynton Beach

Full-Service & Polished notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s).

$$ · Modern Casual

FLAME BBQ & SOULFOOD

1521 45 St, Mangonia Park

Modern Casual notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s).

$$$ · Full-Service & Polished

ANOTHER BROKEN EGG CAFE

  • Unverified

508 Via De Palmas, Boca Raton

Full-Service & Polished notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 3 event(s).

$$$$ · Full-Service & Polished

DRAWBRIDGE AT TORRY ISLAND

3300 W Canal Street N, Belle Glade

Full-Service & Polished notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 3 event(s).

$$ · Fast-Casual Chain

POPEYES

  • Unverified

10300 W Forest Hill Blvd Fc 106, Wellington

Fast-Casual Chain notables entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.4x the peer alert threshold. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s).

$ · Casual & No-Frills

GEORGIA MAE'S

5029A Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach

Website

Casual & No-Frills notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s).

$$ · Modern Casual

SOUL GOOD

4767 Pga Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens

Website

Modern Casual notables entry; inspection severity is running 2.3x the peer alert threshold.

$$$$ · Late-Night & No-Frills

GRILLE AT VENETIAN ISLES

  • Unverified

8850 Venetian Isles Blvd, Boynton Beach

Late-Night & No-Frills notables entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.7x the peer alert threshold.

$$$ · Full-Service & Polished

ANOTHER BROKEN EGG CAFE

  • Unverified

430 E Linton Blvd Ste 900, Delray Beach

Full-Service & Polished notables entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.4x the peer alert threshold.

$$$ · Late-Night & No-Frills

JOHNNIE BROWN'S

301 E Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach

Website

Late-Night & No-Frills notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

$$$ · Modern Casual

PDQ 1013 WELLINGTON

2781 S Sr 7, Wellington

Website

Modern Casual notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

$$$ · Full-Service & Polished

LINDBURGERS RESTAURANT

5155 West Atlantic Ave Ste A280, Delray Beach

Full-Service & Polished notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

$$$ · Full-Service & Polished

POMONA

717 Lake Ave, Lake Worth Beach

Website

Full-Service & Polished notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

$$$ · Late-Night & No-Frills

GROOVES KITCHEN & DAIQUIRIS

404 W Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach

Website

Late-Night & No-Frills notables entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Methodology and Audit

Entries clear the FRI cascade on DBPR status, closure vetting, and cuisine attribution. Identity enrichment (DBPR/OSS/Sunbiz name agreement, geocoded address, city/county consistency, plus cached Google/Foursquare/Yelp verifier context) refines a listing but is no longer a publish gate: a DBPR record that fails only enrichment is still shown rather than dropped. A record that cannot be matched to an identity is marked "Unverified DBPR Record" and its unverified corporate/website/social attribution is withheld; a record that cannot be geocoded is recorded as un-located. Failures and enrichment levels are written to output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet for operator review.

120 of 121 candidate evaluations published (99.2%); 24 marked unverified (no identity match), 49 recorded as un-located (no geocode). Audit log: output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet.

Data sources: FRI Cuisine Essays. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records — no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.