And finally VP of marketing. Colin Shalo wants to get the word out about his favorite spot for
a funky one of a kind dining experience. He says each dish is inventive and thoughtfully prepared,
but the ambiance is also unique, and the service is personal, offbeat and fun.
That's what he's come to expect at the Jewell Bistro in Lake Worth Beach.
My name is Dak Kerprich, and I'm the owner of Jewell. This was an old Mexican restaurant,
and the woman who owned it wanted to leave. So I picked it up and we've been here for four years,
and it's a very interesting neighborhood to say the least. It's ninth in Dixie. You can
get anything you want on night in Dixie, but it is a destination. This is no hold's barred. This
is full front door restaurant. You can walk in and look at something new here almost every day
and it's not fake, it's real. Most of this has been donated by customers. In
Jewell the most popular dishes are definitely the burger. We're definitely known for the burger and
the local fish. All fish and seafood is caught off the Florida coast. Everything is local.
Jewell is anything you want it to be.
So tell us what you see when you get there.
So you would easily miss it. It's just off Dixie highway. It's a quiet little stretch of Dixie.
You park off on a side street. It's
somewhat urban in that sense. And there's just this blue neon sign that say's Jewell,
which was what Lake Worth was once known as. And that neighborhood's called Downtown Jewell.
And you walk in and it's just a small room with a small bar, maybe 10 tables, booths and tables. And
I mean, you're greeted by Jay his brother the chef owner. Everything about the experiences
personal. He gets to know you. It's a weekly menu. It's changes and every dish has a story.
That's lovely. So what did you have this last time?
So this time we got the sexy lettuces. That's the name of it?
Yes. We got that too.
Did you?
That's a great name. Why are they called sexy lettuces?
I don't know?
It's pretty simple salad.
It's just lettuce.
I bet that they get those lettuces somewhere special now though.
There's a story.
Well, it's definitely farm to table because he did tell me where the lettuces came from.
It was really about the lettuce. Very fresh.
So what else did you have other than the sexy lettuces.
Grouper they just brought in that day from Riviera Beach. He did tell us where. And it was only a
few porches. He could only get one grouper I guess. That came with a kale and couscous.
Hey Daniel, I see you nodding a lot. You must have had grouper as well.
Same dish.
Were you there the same day?
Same day.
Oh. We were the group of three. Didn't you see him, he was right behind you?
You were off to the side.
The group of three and up to the side.
I did see you.
Oh my goodness. You really were there the same day.
Yes, because they don't have the fish every day. So if you had grouper,
you had to be there the same day I was there.
Wow. You had a piece of fish from the same fish. That's amazing.
I love that. So did you do have a sauce to it other than the kale and the couscous?
No. And as a matter of fact, my sister wanted more of the kale and the couscous
and he said, "No, it was all portioned out for the next grouper." So we couldn't get addition.
You couldn't take Daniel's couscous and kale. See?
It was for Daniel.
Wow. Did you have anything else?
Pizza, and the pizza, the mozzarella cheese was homemade cheese.
Homemade mozzarella. Yep.
How do you make homemade cheese?
I guess we're too modern but it was amazing. And then I wanted to try the burger
and I asked him, "Would it taste okay the next day?"
And he said, "Yes." I said, "Pack it up." It didn't make it the next day we sliced that up.
You had it all.
It was amazing.
And you had the burger as well. Right?
So his brother makes it on a cast iron pan that I think he's had for like decades.
So it's well seasoned,
Well seasoned and they use beef tallow, and it's
Do they really?
Pretty simple otherwise. And I think it's one of the best burgers I've ever had.
But it's crispy on the outside.
Well it's because of the tallow. So what did you have Daniel?
Pizza plain with the homemade cheese, the organic flour. Really good. The grouper, as we said,
and I had something that was very unique there. Strombano. Are you familiar with stromboli?
Yes.
Okay. And they lay out a Cuban sandwich and they roll it and they bake it into strombano.
That's hilarious for a cubano.
It's a Cuban sandwich which is stromboli.
That is so creative.
They slice it on the angle. It was delicious.
Tell me a little bit about the decor.
They have pizza boxes all over the place with their names on it. And then the bathroom. They
have markers. So you could write on the wall hang it there. That was very interesting.
What did you think of prices Trivel?
I think the prices was actually reasonable, especially for the quality of the food.
And I think that speaks to it. The flavors just danced in your mouth. If I could just say that.
Colin, tell me a little bit about the shrimp dish.
It was called the brown shrimp cocktail. Certain kinda shrimpy
Oh, brown shrimp. Sure. It's gulf shrimp. Yeah.
Gulf shrimp. Yeah. And it had chunks of avocado and chunks of shrimp throughout. And then one big.
It's called the Mexican shrimp cocktail. It's the best.
It's so good. And they gave you saltines for it, which
Which is traditional.
Yeah. They do have a sandwich. I think it's called on a red shrimp salad sandwich.
That's one of their best dishes and they don't always have it. You've gotta get that.
That sounds delicious.
And they make their own bread.
Everything's big there.
My goodness. What don't these people do. They make
their own cheese. They make their own bread. What's next?
And then with dessert, we ordered the tres leches which is my favorite dessert when it's done right.
Also.
That was good.
I love that, it was delicious. I think it's the chef's wife that does all the baking.
And we should tell everyone that it's cash only correct?
Cash only. They do have an ATM.
Well, Colin Jewell Bistro is your pick, sum it up for me.
Yeah. Every part of your experience, I think is personal from the service
to the environment, to the food.
Trivel.
The flavors of this restaurant, the food just dance in your mouth.
It's very, very good. I told all my family, we have to go back.
Daniel.
Family owned, family operated. I think everything's made with love, and
it's organic and local.
If you're on the hunt for a culinary and treasure, you'd just may find it at Jewell Bistro
located at 830 North Dixie highway in Lake Worth Beach. Open for dinner Wednesday through Saturday
reservations are accepted and the average price for dinner without drinks is about $45.