Box It Up
For the homebound, food in a box – produce, chef kits to go, custom meal or cocktail kits or foods from wholesalers-turned-retailers – is a smart way to support local businesses.
Sunshine Provisions
Wear that chef’s toque like a pro for backyard summer grilling. Now you can order the same burger blends the restaurants get, including Wagyu blend patties, plus local all-beef hot dogs, chorizo, lamb merguez sausage, and other grocery items.
Their “Thrill of the Grill” package contains hot dogs, St. Louis pork ribs, chicken breast and shrimp. Look for other specially curated packages – the Blue Collar Burger and Portuguese Muffin box – starting at $75, plus a la carte items.
They deliver to Broward, Miami and Palm Beach counties.
Burger Beast 305 Beast Box
burgerbeast.comLocal comfort food hero Sef Gonzalez had an idea to do meal kit boxes a few years ago, but he had a lot on his hands – Croquetapaloozas and other events, weekly food truck roundups, a museum to run, among other happenings. Now he has time to assemble bespoke beast boxes, carefully curating them and showing serious local love. The August box includes Abuela Mami Coffee, BEAST Sauce, BrownBag Popcorn, Cao Chocolates, Chifles tostones, Cindy Lou's cookies, Get Real Meals lemonade, La Espumita, The Native Guy honey, Mama's Guava bars, PG Tropicals Redland guava marmalade, El Pico Nica, Taylor's Ultimate Andes Fire Hot Sauce and a secret item made with Jupiña.
They're limited edition and hand-delivered by Mr. and Mrs. Beast themselves to Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties.
Chefstashed
After chef Joyce Sosa lost her restaurant job because of COVID-19, she came up a box that includes products from local chefs, their prized ‘“stash.” Boxes have included Pablo Zitzmann’s Garlic Bomb, Karina Rivera’s Pistachop Ganache, Benjamin Murray’s Umami Mayo and Proper Sausages’ Pikliz. The August offering is an Italian edition that includes sundried tomatoe spready from Roberto and Emanuele Beazi of Fratelli Milano; marinated eggplant from Alex and Luci of Boia De; fresh tagliatelle from Angelo Masarin of Salumeria 104; herb and sea salt focaccia from Natalia Ocampo of Earlybird 305; fresh burrata from Mimmo's Mozzarella; CBD olive oil from Myroll; a wine coupon from Lucio Wine Shop; and Topochico mineral water.
Two delivery periods are Aug 13-14 and Aug 27-28. September's box will feature on Mexican goods, launching on Sept. 16, Mexican Independence Day.