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Samantha's generous signature dishes a culinary delight in Jupiter

21.05.12

There’s a great little surprise of an eatery tucked between a Staples and a multiplex cinema in a busy Jupiter strip plaza. Samantha’s American Cuisine sits unassumingly, but certainly not unnoticed.

The 7-year-old restaurant is bustling on weekends with regulars who can’t get enough of Samantha’s signature dishes, all generously portioned. On a recent visit, I came to realize what keeps bringing them back to this cozy spot.

The allure isn’t just one dish or one nightly special, but a seamless experience of fresh, well prepared, beautifully presented food and attentive service. Whether you’re seated at the al fresco patio or inside at the bar or in either of Samantha’s two small dining rooms, your experience begins with a soul-warming touch: a basket of warm and crusty baguette-style bread and a dipping dish of garlic-scented, Parmesan sprinkled olive oil.

If this is your first visit, your next dish absolutely should be the house’s signature crusted calamari with roasted crispy portobello, basil, lemon, sweet cherry peppers and chef/owner Edward Bonsignore Jr.’s famous “twisted tomato scampi” ($11). As calamari apps go, this is one deliciously blinged-out rendition: the calamari, tender inside its crisp-fried crust, is tossed lightly with a garlicky, lemony sauce that’s deepened by a few crushed tomatoes and the pop of pickled mild cherry peppers.

Source: Palm Beach Post