Expect Delray Beach’s Atlantic Avenue to gleam with celebrity-chef muscle when Bourbon Steak by Michael Mina takes over the ground floor of The Seagate Hotel & Spa, projected to open in December.
The steakhouse will replace the 15-year-old Atlantic Grille, a coastal-chic, surf-and-turf hub expected to close to the public on July 15, according to a hotel publicist. The arrival of Bourbon Steak will cap a top-to-bottom makeover at The Seagate, which is midway through an overhaul of the hotel lobby and guest rooms along with its nearby golf course and beach club (expected to reopen in October).
“Bourbon Steak is the ideal fit for the east end of Atlantic Avenue, and we are thrilled to bring this exciting development to the community and the hotel,” Alex Schnoeller, the Seagate’s managing director, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel last week. “Our hotel attracts visitors from throughout the nation and around the world, and these distinguished guests, along with the refined residents of Delray Beach, have created a demand for a restaurant of this caliber.”
The Delray Beach cut of Michael Mina’s steakhouse brand marks the chef-restaurateur’s first foray into Palm Beach County. His new, 6,000-square-foot restaurant will feature gold and hunter-green accents, according to renderings, and offer 310 seats, a 34-seat bar, patio seating and a private dining room.
Executive chef Dmitriy Kakuschke (ex-Bourbon Steak Nashville) will helm the Delray Beach kitchen, which slow-poaches juicy slabs of beef, lamb and chicken in seasoned butter, duck fat or olive oil before searing them on wood-burning grills.
The menu’s Japanese A5 Wagyu, dry-aged or wood-fired steaks, costing roughly $145 on average, are paired with rich dipping sauces, from bearnaise to creamy horseradish. Sides include black truffle mac and cheese, creamed spinach and duck-fat french fries, which are dusted in smoked paprika and fresh herbs. Bourbon Steak also serves foie gras, steak tartare, Maine lobster pot pies and pastrami-spiced short rib, along with a lengthy cocktail and wine list.
A Seagate publicist said Bourbon Steak Delray’s menu will resemble those of the restaurant’s eight other locations, which include an outpost at the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa in Aventura.
Two of Mina’s namesake restaurants — a Bourbon Steak in Las Vegas and another, Michael Mina, in San Francisco — each racked up a Michelin star. Mina is a James Beard Award-winning chef who has cooked for former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, served as a judge on “Hell’s Kitchen” and “MasterChef,” and today operates 40-plus global restaurants.
Many Mina eateries have come and gone in South Florida in recent years. His most recent, a Greek restaurant named Estiatorio Ornos, closed at Aventura Mall in 2023. Others included International Smoke, also at Aventura Mall, which closed despite a big-name partnership with celebrity foodie Ayesha Curry (wife of NBA star Stephen Curry); and Pizza & Burger and StripSteak, which shut at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.
In recent months, The Seagate’s big makeover has also brought a reshuffling of staff. The hotel and its beach club laid off 69 bartenders, servers, cooks, chefs and retail workers between May 20 and July 1, according to a notice filed by property management under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
“The terminations will be permanent in nature and are precipitated by a major remodeling project,” the notice said.
