Little Moir’s Leftovers Café
451 University Blvd., Jupiter, FL 33458, 561-627-6030
Pet friendly; call to confirm appropriate seating is available.
No reservations. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 am until 9:30 pm.
Check their calendar on website for bands.
https://www.littlemoirsjupiter.com/leftovers-cafe
By Jane Feehan
Making Yelp’s list (2023) of top 100 restaurants in
Florida, Leftovers Café in Jupiter should be on everyone’s roster of must-dine
at establishments when visiting Palm Beach County. It’s one of Little Moir’s
collection of great seafood eateries in the area.
A small, but elongated dining room in an unassuming
corner of a shopping plaza welcomes patrons to a very casual atmosphere some might
describe as funky. Walls painted in a
Florida motif of oranges on green leaves and a wood (faux?) floor complete the
theme. If visiting at the right time, a live
band and singer will greet you with easy rock sounds. A small bar serves beer
and wine and daily cocktail concoctions that staff eagerly participate in
creating.
Menus are also daily creations offering the freshest fish
around. I supped on an oversized filet of potato-crusted Pompano—a SOFLA fish
getting harder to find each year and a bargain meal at $24. Served with a huge
mound of sauteed vegetables (broccoli, pepper, onion, squash, cauliflower and more), the dish
was destined to come home with me as leftovers…and so this reason for the name, right?
Wrong.
Owner Mike “Little Moir” coined the name when he picked
out the space for his new restaurant in 2008. It was filled with an assortment
of things left there. It proved to be prescient choice.
Back to my meal: it came plated with a tiny
cup (a bit larger than dipping sauce size) of a tropical spiced fruit salad and
another metal cup with a taste of fried plantains. Dessert was an oversized piece
of oatmeal bread pudding. It was a very distant cousin of the bread pudding
people are familiar with along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Louisiana, but
still a taste bud tantalizer.
Leftovers menu includes sushi, pasta, chicken and beef in
an array of preparations. This café thought of everyone and cooks it in an open
kitchen every which way.
Check menu variations online. Great staff. Parking is free and it's fairly easy to get a spot. Busy weekday lunch hour traffic may present a few brief issues.
Tags: Little Moir's Leftovers Cafe, Leftovers Cafe, Jupiter restaurants, Jupiter seafood restaurants
Owner Mike “Little Moir” coined the name when he picked
out the space for his new restaurant in 2008. It was filled with an assortment
of things left there. It proved to be prescient choice. 
