If you are a foodie, put this one on your list. Modern Mediterranean cuisine, fresh high-quality ingredients, and a pleasant indoor and outdoor ambiance combine to make this inspiring restaurant a favorite of Key West Travel Guide. Located at 425 Grinnell Street, Key West, FL 33040 Azur Restaurant perfectly blends ‘old country’ dishes with the emblematic diversity that is Key West.Delicious Mediterranean-inspired restaurant serving tapas, brunch, and dinner in a charming Key West neighborhood An almond apple tart with apricot glaze and cardamom ice cream will leave you in awe, not to mention the expresso panicotta. Do leave room for the World-class deserts. Everything is made fresh in the restaurant except for the bread and ice-cream.Įxceptional old World wines, ports and Madeira’s have been lovingly paired with all dishes.
These dishes are mainly seafood but include braised meats, grilled steaks, lamb and vegetarian dishes.
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Beginning June 1 st a variety of ten lunch plates per month will be offered for $6 each throughout the summer.ĭinner has four sections starting with small tasting plates of two bite samples, apps and salads, almost entrees (when you want to try more than one dish) and full entrees. Fried sheep’s feta Carpaccio, and summer gazpacho style soups are amongst items that fill the menu. Lunch features an ever-popular short rib French dip sandwich, with asiago mustard truffle au jus. Artisan breads, croissants and continental breakfast are always staples. Seafood dishes are complemented by prime cuts from select butchers.īreakfast can be light or robust from Greek yogurt with fruit and honey to a braised beef hash and poached eggs to salmon gravlax (cured with salt, sugar and dill) benedict, classic benedict, or crab cake benedict. Local catches include yellowtail snapper, wahoo, cobia and Key West pink shrimps. Branzino (a European seabass) is flown ice pack fresh from Greece, along with giant prawns, octopus and sardines.
Influences of Turkish, Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, Moroccan and Portuguese dishes are blended flawlessly into down to earth recipes you would expect to find in a family style rustic restaurant on the Mediterranean coast.
The result of their collective knowledge has created a Mediterranean style restaurant that is fine cuisine without pomp or pretense. Michael took a hands on approach, traveling the World through Thailand, South Africa and the Mediterranean, also deepening his knowledge of European cuisine with French and Italian chefs at the Italian Embassy in D.C. After meeting in school at Penn State, and each completing business degrees, they went into the World to bolster experience and knowledge of fine dining.ĭrew moved to Germany studying under Michelin chefs, gaining his journeyman papers, and later opening his own unique restaurant in Hamburg. Both Michael and Drew are passionate about good food, and the delicacies of Azur are clear testimony to their love of fine cuisine. Eight years ago Michael Mosi and Drew Wenzel brought a new culinary gem to Key West in the form of Azur Restaurant.
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