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Eatery & Tap Room smokes their wings and finishes them in a skillet with honey chipotle BBQ sauce and tops them with blue cheese crumbles. was recently filmed by Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives for an episode that will air in 2016!The ëChicken Wingsí are immensely popular – being the only registered smokehouse in Boca Raton, M.E.A.T. The year before, they were named Top Burger Restaurant in Florida – number five in the country on TripAdvisor.
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Eatery & Tap Room was named Number One Burger for their ëInside Out Juicy Lucyí homemade pimento cheese and homemade bacon stuffed burger topped with American cheese, lettuce, and tomato. Brewed in small batches, the majority of options do not use high fructose corn syrup. does not serve Coke or Pepsi products, only microbrewed sodas.
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has a great creative beer selection, including industrial beers, local crafts and international beers. Thomas, being a sommelier, has handpicked several delicious organic and sustainably farmed wines. Everything is made fresh in-house, including the bacon, sausages, salamis, ice cream, ketchup, mustard – literally everything is made fresh. is to have a small, bartender run, high-quality, high-energy gastropub. Thomas and George wanted to offer an alternative to fast food and fast casual restaurants. location in Boca Raton.The goal of M.E.A.T. In 2014, they opened their second M.E.A.T. Eatery & Tap Room in 2012, located in Islamorada. They opened a gastropub together in Tavernier, and a couple years later established their first M.E.A.T. They first worked together in the Florida Keys about ten years ago. Thomas Smith and Chef George Patti both started in the restaurant business when they were teenagers.