There’s Lucy’s more demure gal pal, Nancy Pants ($9), a 5-ounce Angus cheeseburger that hits the spot.įor lighter appetites and vegetarians, there’s MEAT’s BOCA burger, a mix of farro, quinoa, mushroom, edamame and beets tucked into a lettuce wrap ($13).īut there are many good reasons this place is named MEAT. Aside from the Lucy, there’s a decadent version of Patti’s smoky chorizo burger ($8.50), a 5-ounce, house-made chorizo (Spanish-style sausage) patty topped with American cheese and a smear of lime-cilantro aioli. You’ll find a burger joint warmed by brick décor walls, stainless steel touches, hand-scrawled chalkboard menus listing the day’s rotation of draught beers and some vintage brew signs.Īnd you’ll find a terribly tempting menu. If you drop by on a Sunday, as we did, the space may seem sterile and corporate at first. During the work week, the flow of office workers and locals gives life to the building. MEAT anchors a first-floor corner of the Cendyn Spaces (shared office space) building. Part of the draw for the duo – who also recently opened SALT Fusion Cuisine, a more upscale seafood eatery in Islamorada – was the space. They ventured into Boca, having charmed the locals with Patti’s pimenton-laced chorizo sliders and Nutella-Guinness milkshakes at this year’s Boca Bacchanal, opening MEAT’s doors July 1. Patti and his business partner, sommelier Tom Smith, opened the original MEAT in 2012 and quickly realized the concept – a sliver of a place serving a well-curated selection of quality burgers, meats smoked and ground on premises, homemade condiments, craft beers, adult shakes, micro-brewed sodas – could and should be replicated. To those who might ask the obvious – “Who goes to the Florida Keys for burgers?” – MEAT has a bold reply that usually involves house-smoked meats, fresh-ground chorizo burgers, duck fat-cooked potatoes and grown-up shakes so good they’ll make you forget paradise beckons just outside the dim space. Despite its size, the place stands defiantly carnivorous in the larger ocean of seafood-centric eateries.
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