Lake Worth High Graduate to take over Taboo site

Thomas Keller is coming home

The award-winning chef and restauranteur will be taking over the space previously occupied by Ta-boo, which closed last Sunday after 82 years in business.

And for some trivia--He opened the famous French Laundry in 1994, the place where Newsom dined during Covid.

During the Covid period, The French Laundry received more than $2.4 million from the Paycheck Protection Program in April, according to ABC7's Stephanie Sierra and Lindsey Feingold. Both PPP loans were approved on April 30 and went toward retaining a total of 168 staff members, the publication reports. ABC7 said the French Laundry's PPP loan total was 17 times more than the average restaurant in California's Bay Area received. Read about it

Laura Saldarriaga, a publicist for Keller's restaurants, confirmed to WPTV on Thursday that the 67-year-old chef will open a new restaurant at the Palm Beach Taboo site.

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Taboo was served with an Eviction Notice

Ta-boo faces eviction, but owner intends to fight it

Landmark Palm Beach restaurant open since 1941

This was the place to go when I worked in Palm Beach for 25 years and it has served some of Palm Beach's elite since its opening before World War II, including residents Rod Stewart and James Patterson. Other celebrities to have dined there include Frank Sinatra and former President John F. Kennedy. Kevin McCarthy was there too! And I had a wedding dinner there!

And they had a great bar full of fun people at Happy Hour when I used to frequent Taboo.

But restaurant owner Franklyn de Marco told the Palm Beach Daily News that he and his attorneys are contesting the eviction by the building's owner.

"Based on our understanding, this eviction isn't valid," de Marco told the newspaper.

A representative for the building's owner told the newspaper that Ta-boo's lease expired at the end of April 2022 and the rent hasn't been paid since.

Read about it... at the Palm Beach Post and see the photos.

It will be really sad if Taboo closes.