Atlantic Ave Magazine - April 2017

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dining ║ restaurant review
THE SUNDY HOUSE
Food Fit For Royalty
By Diane Feen
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Sundy House is food for the Gods in
both an aesthetic and culinary sense.
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Where else can you sit under luscious
tropical plants and trees and eat food that
is divinely ordained? Add that to twinkling
lanterns and tiny lights and you have a meal
(and an experience) that is part ethereal
wonderment and part culinary genius.
We have no doubt that The Sundy House
is more precious than a coveted turn-of-thecentury
gemstone as it was voted in 2016
by diners of OpenTable.com as a one of the
“100 Best Outdoor Dining Restaurants in
America.” We also realize that many people
don’t know that dinner is served at this historic
Victorian masterpiece every Tuesday
to Sunday starting at 6pm.
“People don’t understand that we serve
dinner during the week. They know about
our brunch, but many people don’t realize
that you can dine in a quiet beautiful restaurant
right off the avenue,” said Travis Culver,
Executive Chef at the Sundy House.
Culver is right. Dining at The Sundy House
is akin to being on a deserted island without
a life boat (that you wouldn’t want even if you
had one). The outstanding tangible is that they
are just minutes from the Avenue, yet millions
of ethereal miles from civilization. You can almost
throw a stone from Atlantic Avenue and
Swinton and hit a Royal Poinciana tree on the
premises of this majestic space.
There is one difference between this historic
landmark and most restaurants with a
pretty face – the food is equally as spectacular
as the surroundings. Yes, we expected
the food to be good and yes we thought
they would have a well storied chef. But the
menu is far superior to most; and the marinades,
fish dishes, vegetables and salads are