A Pop-Up Opera with your meal: City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill
You’ve heard of singing for your supper—now you can have singing with your meal, and not just any old tunes.
Palm Beach Opera’s Benenson Young Artists will make dining even more delicious when they give complimentary aria performances at City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill in City Place (700 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach, 561/366-0071)on Dec. 4 and Dec. 16. From 6:30 p.m. on, the Pop-Up Opera will include sneak peek performances of the coming opera season while you enjoy Chef Kevin Darr’s (pictured) dining crescendos. Reservations are suggested.
Fine wine and food pairing in Angle Uncorked series
A series of four wine dinners at Eau Palm Beach Resort (100 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan; 561/540-4924) features top-name wineries pairing their pours with Executive Chef Josh Thomsen’s five-course meals. The first wine dinner is Dec. 9 and features Hanzell Vineyard with the winery’s Burgundian-style chardonnays and pinot noirs. Winemaker Michael McNeill (pictured) will discuss the winery’s philosophy and approach to creating the vino. The cost is $195, not including tax and gratuity. The reception starts at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. The rest of the series includes: Jan. 14, with Tres Sabores and winemaker/owner Julie Johnson ($195); Feb. 4, with Cakebread Cellars, and winemaker/owner Dennis Cakebread ($165); and March 16, with Silver Oak winery and winemaker Nate Weis ($205).