Delray Beach magazine March 2012

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contents [ march/april 2012 ] editor’s letter [ 14 ]

Nothing inspires a season of change more than getting involved.

By Marie Speed

on the avenue [ 17 ] 52

Endless sushi, aqua style, the ultimate “green” event, and raising a glass at Delray’s classic (and oldest) tavern.

By ChelSea Greenwood, CaSSie Morien and Marie Speed

style [ 27 ]

Spring style is all about shimmer, from textured metallics to pops of color. photoGraphy By aaron BriStol

dine [ 32 ]

Old School Bakery is still our go-to place for home-baked goodness.

By Bill Citara

play [ 34 ]

In South Florida the fishing is always good.

By Marie Speed

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up close [ 36 ]

Meet two dining and nightlife wizards and a coach who’s keeping a musical legacy alive.

By John thoMaSon

the descendants [ 52 ]

These six families came to Delray when it was all just beginning—and they are still helping shape the city’s future.

By riCh pollaCk

out & about [ 62 ]

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Take a look at the people, the parties and the events that defined high season here.

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dining guide [ 69 ]

Dig into Delray’s only review-driven guide to great local dining.

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Where to go, what to do and see in Delray Beach. Please submit information regarding fundraisers, art openings, plays, readings, concerts, dance or other performances to editor Marie Speed (editor@bocamag.com). Deadline for entries in an upcoming calendar section is three months before publication (e.g., to list an event in July/ August, submit info by April 20).

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Our independent reviews of restaurants in Delray Beach.

A fine, reliable resource for residents and tourists. For more information, contact Marie Speed.

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DELRAY’S CULTURAL CENTER

Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture (c. 1913)

Crest Theatre (c. 1925)

Outdoor Entertainment Pavilion

arts, entertainment and education in an intimate, historic setting CREST THEATRE JIM CARUSO’S CAST PARTY & CONCERT WITH BILLY STRITCH (Broadway Cabaret) March 5 & 6

(Monday & Tuesday, 8 pm)

Jim recreates his wildly popular Birdland show with a South Florida spin. It’s Cabaret entertainment like no other!

FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW! March 30-April 1

upcoming don’t-miss delray events 8th AnnuAl PArty on the SquAre

(formerly CirCle on the SquAre)

DAte/time: Saturday, April 21; 7 p.m.–10:30 p.m.

Where: Under the tent at Old School Square’s (OSS) Entertainment Pavilion, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach theme: Hollywood Glam ... Delray style!

(Fri., 8 pm; Sat., 2 & 8 pm; Sun., 2 pm)

Percussive-dance phenomenon! Rapid-fire tap, highspirited humor, vocals and live music from funk to R&B to salsa. ELECTRIFYING! A Rhythmic Circus production.

JARROD SPECTOR (Broadway Cabaret) April 2 & 3

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(Monday & Tuesday, 8 pm)

This dynamic cabaret show includes a variety of Broadway and pop music. Jarrod is currently starring as Frankie Valli in the hit Broadway musical JERSEY BOYS.

tiCKetS: $75 and $150 (VIP includes exclusive access to the VIP lounge; VIP tickets are limited).

Friends & Family Plus and Inner Circle members receive a $15 discount. Call the box office at 561/243-7922, ext. 1 to purchase discounted tickets. Member prices will be good at the gate. To join OSS, e-mail adminasst@oldschool.org or call 561/243-7922, ext. 310.

CORNELL MUSEUM BURLINI: Pop Pluralist through April 15th

(Tues.-Sat., 10-4:30; Sun., 1-4:30)

International artist Christopher Burlini is a pop pluralist, classically trained in Chicago and Italy. Burlini is known for his bold, surreal and magical works that challenge the viewer to become an excited, willing participant.

SCHOOL OF ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

7th AnnuAl mAgiCAl evening of muSiC

benefiting C.r.o.S. miniStrieS’ CAring KitChen AnD Community fooD PAntrieS

DAte/time: Thursday, April 12; 6:30 p.m.–9 p.m.

Winter Term 2 Classes/Workshops Start March 5th

Where: Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach

Join a dynamic group of artists and photographers who are discovering and expanding their creative potential!

Check out our art and photography Meetup groups:

ContACt: Gibbie Neauman, 561/233-9009

Meetup.com/Art-Out-of-School Meetup.com/Photography-The-Art-of-Seeing Registration: 561-243-7922, x 317 or oldschool.org

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For 33 years, C.R.O.S. Ministries has assisted families and individuals suffering from “hunger and injustice related to hunger” via six emergency food pantries, social services, summer camps, an afterschool snack program and more.

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The 50Th AnnuAl DelrAy AffAir

The mosT populAr ArTs AnD CrAfTs sTreeT fesTivAl in pAlm BeACh CounTy DATe/Time: Friday to Sunday, April 13–15; 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday Where: Atlantic Avenue, from Swinton Avenue to the Intracoastal Waterway, Delray Beach TiCKeTs: Free; visit delrayaffair.com Come browse the amazing arts and crafts offered by more than 800 of the best artists, crafters and photographers from around the country. Let your taste buds run wild with delicious foods of all kinds!

Make sure to sign up on our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter for the latest Delray-related news and events.

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Contact our leasing agent Bill Emanuel for more information at 954-798-0006 or decorativeartsmall@gmail.com

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The Spa aT The SeagaTe hoTel & Spa Mom Deserves the Best!

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t no time is a sense of renewal more welcome than now—springtime 2012—as South Florida continues to lurch its way out of an ugly recession.

Throughout the last few years, past the empty Federal Highway strip malls, the store closings and the stalled real estate projects, Delray has looked busy, thriving, full of people.

But looks can be deceiving.

The same little restaurants and businesses that line our streets are hurting, just like everyone else; they just happen to be in a downtown that gets a lot of traffic, a lot of attention. It’s cute here, the beach is close by, a train speeds through every couple of hours, there are drinks on the water.

But all that is cosmetic in a sense; ask the people who helped build this town and the ones today who are trying to keep it going. Loving Delray’s history and its renaissance is not enough; we have to support our local businesses, and we have to look to the future when it comes to attracting new investment, building up our office supply, figuring out how to compete with other attractive little cities throughout the Southeast.

Delray Beach has been lucky for a while, but its real springtime has to be about more than the weather, and spring break and parades—it has to come from reinventing itself as a smart place to do business.

The Delray pioneers, whose descendants we profile in this issue (page 52), recognized opportunity here 100 years ago; it’s our turn now.

Support your local business. Get involved. Start envisioning what real renewal looks like in the town you love. We’ll be exploring some ideas around this theme in upcoming issues; we hope you’ll be part of the discussion—and part of Delray’s march toward an even brighter season in its future.

See you this summer!

5 things i love about Delray beach: 1. Riding my bike through Lake Ida 2. A made-to-order takeout quiche from Ciao Sidewalk Café 3. The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens teahouse 4. The homemade corn beef and pastrami hash at SpoonFed 5. The piano bar at Fifth Avenue Grill

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inside: • hot list • cheers • this month • great finds

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on the avenue News aNd Notes from delray beach

festivals, fairs & springtime finds

aaron bristol

From endless sushi to the sail inn, this is the season for getting out there.

Check out our calendar for this spring’s best events and our insider picks on the don’t-miss Delray Beach Hot List. And don’t forget to peruse Delray Beach magazine’s dining guide for the newest dining experiences in town.

See you on the Avenue.

Maine lobster roll from Prime

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spring fling

Enjoy the best of Delray Beach this spring, from sweet nails to doggie jewelry to endless sushi.

By chelsea greenwood lobster roll at Prime

Fresh Deal

Fresh-fish freaks are getting their fabled “sushi high” on thanks to Sushi Night Tuesdays at Prime. Starting at 5 p.m. every Tuesday and lasting until closing, diners can enjoy endless sushi all night for $24.95 per person.

Highlights include tempura rock shrimp roll, Prime crab roll, rainbow and spicy tuna rolls—as well as premium sake choices like Ty Ku and Junmai. (110 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/865-5845, primedelray.com)

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Culture Club

They say it’s important to never stop learning, and the Delray Beach Public Library is embracing that spirit in the spring semester of its Lifelong Learning Community Institute. Classes ranging from world affairs and history to art and music educate and enlighten for $45 (three- to four-session courses) or $55 (five- to six-session courses). Some of the highlights on the spring calendar include: “The New Yorker Short Story: How It Works and How to Work It” with Judith Klau on March 5, 12, 19 and 26; “Seven Questions for Living Our Lives” with Rabbi Randall Konigsburg on March 13, 20 and 27; and “Spies in American History” with Myrna Goldberger on March 7, 14 and 21. (100 W. Atlantic Ave., 561/266-9490, delraylibrary.org)

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If you’re a true Delray Beacher, you’re already counting down the days and practicing your brogue for the 44th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Party on March 17 in downtown. This year, in addition to the parade (2–4 p.m.), the event will include a daylong party at Old School Square (with live music and food and drink); the streets, meanwhile, will be closed until 6 p.m. for the first time ever. If you want the party to continue long into the night, check out these area pubs for special events, authentic Irish food and plenty of green beer: Paddy McGee’s (307 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/865-7341, paddymcgeesdelray.com), Tim Finnegan’s Irish Pub (1725 S. Federal Highway, 561/330-3153, timfinnegansirishpub.com) and O’Connor’s Pub (210 N.E. Second St., 561/330-0022, oconnorsdelray.com).

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guilt-free pleaSure

Even if you’re still sticking to your New Year’s resolution to lose weight (good for you!), you can safely indulge your sweet tooth at Hoy P’loy nail salon. Opened recently by Carol Milton and daughter Tamara, the salon is known for its indulgent ice-cream-themed treatments. For the months of March and April, Hoy P’loy is offering a free Back-to-Basics Manicure with a Lattelicious Cups and Cones Pedicure for $26, which entails soaking in a bowl of coffee to stimulate and renew, espresso sugar balls to scrub and polish, and a milk-and-honey ice cream massage to moisturize. Also on special are gel manicures for $25, which last for two weeks without chipping. (200 N.E. Second Ave., Suite 113, 561/7277328, hoyploynails.com)

Seared rare tuna from Henry’s

If you’re totally in love with your dog or cat (read: you treat them like your own children), don’t worry. We get it. And so does artist Jackie Kaufman, an area jewelry caster and designer who creates one-of-a-kind sterling silver pendants that are replicas of pet noses. Order a necklace ($200 to $230) through Uncommon Goods or her site on Etsy, and you’ll receive a kit with materials and instructions to safely make a mold of your pet’s nose. Once you mail the supplies to Kaufman, she’ll create the pendant by hand (complete with an 18-inch chain) and engrave your pet’s name on the back. This way, even when Spot goes to doggie heaven, you can have a piece of him close to your heart forever. (uncommongoods.com, etsy.com/people/rockmyworldinc)

Above: pet medallions Inset: Jackie Kaufman

taSteS of Spring Stuck in a dinner rut?

Then wake up your taste buds with a new seasonal menu at Henry’s, by executive chef Adam Brown.

You’ll find “comfort classic” dinner entrées like seared-

rare yellowfin tuna with roasted fennel and “daily classic” entrées like Saturday’s rosemary grilled lamb chops as well as new small plate fish tacos “a la plancha” served with soft corn tortillas.

Or honor the holiday of Passover with a traditional Seder plate,

including zeroah, beitzah, maror, charoses, karpas and chazeres. The Passover menu also includes an appetizer, soup, entrée, dessert and drink (kosher wine is available). (16850 Jog Road, 561/638-1949, henrysofbocaraton. com)

Something to Savor

Returning for its fourth year is Savor the Avenue, a hugely popular event that’s fast becoming a downtown tradition every spring. Join dozens of other diners March 29 at the country’s longest dining table—stretching five blocks down Atlantic Avenue—to feast on dinners prepared by local restaurants.

The food is stellar, the weather is always sublime, and meeting new friends at the communal table is perhaps the best part of all. Prices start at around $50, depending on the restaurant. Call 561/243-1077, or visit downtowndelraybeach. com for more information.

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Rick Jankee

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five unique Things abouT The sail inn [ 1 ] It has a boat on its roof.

the sail inn Delray’s venerable local bar still knows your name.

By Marie Speed The laTe afTernoon lighT slanTs Through corner windows To The dark wooden u-shaped bar. The

walls are covered with New York Yankees signs, old photographs, fishing pictures and postcards. Overhead, a horse race at Sunnyland is about to start on one of the many TVs; the No. 7 horse is named “Go Emmett Go.” “You see that?” Rick Jankee says, as he places a bet on his iPad. We were just talking about Emmett—not the horse, but Emmett McCurdy—the white bearded Harleydriving regular who had been coming to the Sail Inn for as long as anyone could remember. Emmett died two years ago and the Sail gave him a memorial service; his leather vest hangs on the wall now.

Sail Inn

657 N.E. Eighth St., Delray Beach, 561/276-5147 Jankee remembers a few years ago when Emmett, an electrician, was having trouble getting around on his ancient Harley.

“It was his birthday. He had a piece of crap Harley that he always had; he beat the hell out of it. We decided for his birthday, so he could work and get around, that we’d all pitch in and buy him a used truck. And we did, and we gave it to him for his birthday, and he cried. It makes us happy to see somebody cry.”

Emmett McCurdy was just one of the regulars who knew and loved the Sail Inn. march/april

There are many others, including Danny Goodwin, whose nickname is Number One because he’s been coming here for so long.

“Since the 1970s,” he says.

The Sail Inn on George Bush Boulevard is entering its 59th year. Jankee, who moved here from Cortland, N.Y., outside Syracuse in 1984, has owned it for the past 12 years; before that, he was a bartender here.

“I live a block away,” he says. “I’m a local guy, it’s a local bar. It was the natural progression that I should buy it, and I snagged it when I had the opportunity.”

Jankee says these days, the Sail Inn is at the “bottom of the totem pole” when it comes to chichi big ticket bars along Atlantic Avenue. There are 15 to 20 seats at the bar, a few tables, a ring toss and a jukebox loaded for bear. “We have cheap prices, stiff pours and local, friendly people,” he says. “It’s what it has always been. It’s always been a local joint. We have steady clientele.”

The Sail Inn is the oldest bar in the area, and has a clientele that ranges from “Ferraris to bicycles.” It’s home to people with their names stitched onto their work shirts, and the Gulf Stream crowd after black-tie events.

People drop by after Saturday afternoon mass at St. Vincent’s, or on their way home from work on Fridays. Go often enough, and you’ll probably see everyone in Delray there at one time or another.

Jankee has always been the softie at the center of the hard-edged bar—throwing benefits (like the $9,000 the bar raised for Hospice in a fishing tournament last year), driving people home if he has to, keeping an eye out for this one or that one. “We take care of a lot of people,” he says. “You don’t get that

[ 2 ] It won best entry in the St. Patrick’s Day parade a few years ago for its rocking short bus. [ 3 ] It’s the only New York Yankees joint in town. [ 4 ] Jankee’s homemade limoncello came in third in a taste test in Italy last summer. [ 5 ] There is a postcard on the wall from 1970 that has not been moved in 42 years.

in a downtown bar where people are mostly tourists and don’t care. We do it all the time.”

When he’s not overseeing the Sail, Jankee is either teaching martial arts (he’s a black belt instructor in Combat Hapkido), whipping up a gourmet dinner (he’s a graduate of Baltimore Culinary College and former sous chef at the Gulf Stream Golf Club) or playing lead guitar in his “spunk rock” band Wreckley J’s. He’s also been known to win a poker tournament or two.

But his vocation—although he’d never admit it—is to keep the idea of a local tavern alive in a world of commercial mega-bars with tapas menus.

“The Sail Inn means tradition,” he says.

“Places come and go. I remember somebody wanted me to go work someplace and said ‘We’re going to have a hot new place.’ I said, ‘Lookit, pal, we’ve been here 58 years, we’ll be here another 58 years after you dry up and blow away. We’ll be here.’” delray beach magazine

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The only ATP tournament in the world with an ATP Champions Tour and ATP World Tour in the same week, the Delray Beach ITC has evolved into one of the major entertainment and social events of the season.

Delray Beach Tennis Center

561/330-6000

Diana Nicosia: “The Through April 15 World of Color: Italy, Brazil, France and Kuwait”

This retrospective of oil paintings by Nicosia will include 40 to 50 depictions of the Brazilian rain forest, the Kuwait oil fires, Vatican gardens and more, spanning from 1985 to 2011.

Cornell Museum at Old School Square

561/243-7922

Debby Boone: “Reflections of Rosemary”

March 2–4

Debby Boone, daughter of 1950s crooner Pat Boone, will perform new interpretations of songs by her mother-in-law, Big Band vocalist Rosemary Clooney.

Crest Theatre at Old School Square

561/243-7922

Jim Caruso’s Cast Party/Billy Stritch concert

March 5 and 6

This pair of unique cabaret concerts, divided by an intermission, includes New York star Caruso’s variety show (“Cast Party”) and a concert featuring Caruso and Grammy-winning composer Billy Stritch.

Crest Theatre at Old School Square

561/243-7922

Artists in the Park

March 10, 11, 28 and 29

Fine art will be exhibited and sold at this seasonal weekend series.

Old School Square

561/443-7797

South Florida Symphony Orchestra

March 11, 2 p.m.

The program will include Shostakovich: Festive Overture; Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, featuring pianist Jeffrey Chappell; and Ellen Taafe Zwilich: Symphony No. 5, “Concerto for Orchestra.”

Crest Theatre at Old School Square

561/243-7922

Artist Diana Nicosia

March 14, 6 p.m.

Painter Nicosia, whose work is on display in the Cornell Museum, will present this lecture, titled “An American Painter in Vatican City.” Refreshments will be served at a post-lecture reception.

Cornell Museum at Old School Square

561/243-7922

Bob Eubanks

March 15, 2 p.m.

A former disc jockey who produced legendary concerts for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Eubanks is most known as the host of “The Newlywed Game,” a post he held for a record-setting five decades.

Crest Theatre at Old School Square

561/243-7922

International Tennis Championship

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Debby Boone, Bob “Newlywed Game” Eubanks and the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade

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Rhythmic Circus, “Jersey Boy” Jarrod Spector and The Delray Affair

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44th Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Party

March 17, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

More than 10,000 guests are expected to attend this free, beloved St. Patty’s Day tradition, which features food and drinks, a tribute to firefighters and live Irish music.

Old School Square parking lot, south of the garage

561/279-0907

Hatsume Fair

March 17 and 18

Crafts, Taiko drummers and bonsai and orchid sales highlight this Japanese spring festival.

Morikami gardens grounds

561/495-0233

“I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road”

March 23–April 8

Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford’s musical about a singer-songwriter who decides, against her manager’s wishes, to age gracefully and without plastic surgery has been an off-Broadway hit since 1979.

Delray Beach Playhouse

561/272-1281, ext. 4

Rhythmic Circus: “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now”

March 30–April 1

Employing a variety of music from Minneapolis funk to salsa, this dance troupe combines hard-hitting tap, highspirited humor and phenomenal percussion dance to transform their tap shoes into instruments of rhythm.

Crest Theatre at Old School Square

561/243-7922

Jarrod Spector

April 2 and 3

A finalist on “Star Search” as a child, Spector has played Frankie Valli more than 1,000 times on Broadway in “Jersey Boys.” Part of Old School Square’s cabaret series.

Crest Theatre at Old School Square

561/243-7922

“Too Marvelous for Words”

April 2–11

Enjoy a musical revue of the songs of Jimmy Mercer, the Capitol Records co-founder whose hits include “Autumn Leaves,” “Moon River,” “That Old Black Magic” and “Come Rain or Come Shine.”

Delray Beach Playhouse

561/272-1281, ext. 4

Stephen Bogart

April 5, 2 p.m.

The son of Hollywood royalty Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Stephen has forged his own career as a journalist and television news producer for “NBC Nightly News” and “The Today Show.” He will share personal insights about his parents, including rarely seen home movies.

Crest Theatre at Old School Square

561/243-7922

50th Annual Delray Affair

April 13–15

More than 600 artists’ booths, children’s activities, food, music and family fun highlight the most popular outdoor arts and crafts festival in Palm Beach County.

Downtown Atlantic Avenue

561/279-1380, ext. 22

Party on the Square

April 21

Formerly Circle on the Square, this social event promises “Hollywood glam … Delray style.” Festivities include dancing, and wine and food samples from top area restaurants, all to benefit Old School Square community programs.

Old School Square

561/243-7922

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Jump in and get wet with these scuba, swim, snorkel and dive items.

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tHe atlantiC Grille at tHe SeaGate Hotel & SPa The flavor of Delray comes alive on the Avenue at the Atlantic Grille. Enjoy signature dishes, a spectacular seasonal menu, daily happy hour and live entertainment Tuesday to Saturday. For reservations, visit theatlanticgrille.com or call 561/665-4900.

Savor tHe avenue 2012 Get your palates ready to take part in an exquisite epicurean experience at Savor the Avenue, one of the year’s signature events for Boca Raton and Delray Beach magazines.

Mark your calendar and join us Thursday, March 29 in downtown Delray Beach to feast at Florida’s longest table—right in the middle of Atlantic Avenue. Cocktails begin at 5:30! Savor, which is sponsored by Xanté and Rutherford Wines, benefits the Office Depot Foundation.

For more information about the event, turn to page 41 and visit bocamag.com!

Reserve your seat quickly; there is a limited capacity for this event.

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Winter whites, metallics and a bold pop of color define springtime dressing.

PHoToGRAPHy by AARon bRISTol

Metallic confetti cowhide handbag, $465, Sasha dress, $228, light purple Devine bracelet, $195, light green Devine bracelet, $250, dark green Devine bracelet, $195, all from Style & Wine; cream crushed-velvet clutch, $375, batik silk scarf, $44, both from Aqua Resortwear at The Seagate Hotel & Spa; Mykita IARA gold sunglasses, $500, from Glimpse Eyewear

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[ style ] Lolita clutch, $350, cross belt, $225, both from Style & Wine; Dita Mach Two sunglasses, $700, from Glimpse Eyewear; leather headband, $180, from Aqua Resortwear at The Seagate Hotel & Spa.

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Style & Wine, 44 S.E. Second Ave., 561/330-3777, styleandwine.com; GlimpSe eyeWear, 111 N.E. Second Ave., 561/450-7218, glimpseeyewear. com; aqua reSortWear at the SeaGate hotel & Spa, 1000 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/665-4800, theseagatehotel.com (all stores in Delray Beach)

Elk leather bag, $895, fringe suede scarf, $325, hand-carved bone necklace from Bali, $193, white bone necklace, $310, turquoise belt, $135, all from Aqua Resortwear at The Seagate Hotel & Spa; Nina shawl, $295, from Style & Wine

Styled by: Hot Pink Style, HotPinkStyle.com ARt dIReCtORS: loRi PieRino, katHleen RoSS march/april

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By Bill Citar a

Billy Himmelrich of Old School Bakery

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hat you don’t know about people can fill the Grand Canyon.

Take, for example, your friendly neighborhood baker, the good-looking forty-something guy who bakes the bread you eat at The Breakers and City Oyster, at Abe & Louie’s and New York Prime and Boca West Country Club and even Epicure Market and Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami.

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three French chefs considered to be among the finest to have held a whisk? That he used to cook alongside the man who is now pastry chef at the White House?

If you don’t, then you don’t know Billy Himmelrich at all.

He was born and reared in Baltimore, a city (regrettably) best known for the portrayal of its drug-ravaged slums in the superlative HBO drama, “The Wire.” He left Baltimore’s gritty streets in ninth grade for the considerably more bucolic confines of Waterford, Conn., and a private boarding school. His studies of economics (though perhaps not his dual major of French literature) at Emory University led him to a job at J.P. Morgan, just

in time for the stock market crash of 1987.

That was all he needed to see of Wall Street.

But luckily he’d also been indulging his love of French cuisine by working weekends for free at a New York restaurant called Montrachet, whose chef, David Bouley, would go on to become one of the most celebrated in the country (and whose pastry chef, Bill Yosses, is now head patissier at the White House).

Bouley helped Himmelrich form a plan of culinary study, which led him to France, first to the famed La Varenne cooking school in Burgundy, then to the Ritz Escoffier School of French Gastronomy at the Hotel Ritz in Paris.

His first internship was with Bernard Loiseau, whose La Côte d’Or in Burgundy already march/april

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Delray’s Old School breads—and pastries— continue to rise to the occasion.

Don’t Miss

The “really unique” multigrain bread at Old School is a best-seller, as are the baguettes. Rustic ciabatta, eggy challah and irresistible raisin-walnut all have their fans too. And the secret to good breAd-bAking? “Patience and attention to detail.” No, it’s not the water. No matter what they say in New York. Sorry.

owned two Michelin stars. Later Loiseau earned some renown by becoming one of only a handful of three-star chefs in France. But he’s best known as the chef who killed himself with a shotgun blast in 2003 following rumors that the prestigious Guide Michelin would take back his third star.

From there, Himmelrich went on to cook with two even heavier culinary hitters: Marc Meneau at L’Esperance and Georges Blanc at his eponymous restaurant just south of Dijon.

“I wanted to learn something different from each of them,” he says.

One thing he quickly learned was that working in French restaurants at the time was not for the faint of heart or body. “It was a rugged environment. It was harsh. There was all kinds of verbal abuse. Long, hard hours. I once saw an apprentice at Bernard Loiseau get a piece of his finger cut off. He was an apprentice in pastry, and one day he made the pastry chef—this hothead from Brittany—so mad he went to whack [the apprentice’s] hand with the back of a knife, but it was the front of the knife. And took his finger off.”

Back in the U.S.—fingers intact—he took a job at 21 Federal, at the time one of the best restaurants in Washington D.C., and from there went on to a Tuscan restaurant, i Ricchi, to learn how to make pasta. But, he remembers, “to make the pasta I had to make the bread.” So he called on his training at Marc Meneau and made everything. “Six hundred tortelloni and 12 sheets of focaccia and 40 loaves of Italian bread and pappardelle and all that.”

He did it all so well he was asked to open an in-house bakery for a chain of high-end D.C. restaurants, and did that so well that in 1990 he decided to go out on his own, opening a bakery-café in his hometown of Baltimore, turning out a light menu and selling both his artisan breads and pastas.

Nine years later he was in Delray Beach, march/april

buying an 18-month-old bakery-café on Atlantic Avenue from the Boca Raton gynecologist who’d already gotten overwhelmed by the complexities of the food business.

Today, that building is occupied by a pair of restaurants, and the retail-only Himmelrich’s Old School Bakery has moved down the street. The bakery end of the operation, plus a small outlet shop, is now housed in an 11,000-square-foot space in west Delray, where seven days a week, 365 days a year, its ovens turn out between 3,000 and 10,000 pounds of bread a day.

And Billy Himmelrich isn’t done yet. Down the road he’s thinking of going back to his savory chef roots, opening a restaurant— “maybe here, maybe somewhere else”—and in the process creating another Grand Canyon in an already full life.

Five baking tips FroM billy [ ] Don’t be scared to turn up the heat. I bake at 25 to 50 degrees hotter than any recipe calls for. Less oven time means less evaporation and moister product. [ ] You can reheat or “crust up” a whole loaf of bread by putting it in a 450-degree oven for about five minutes then set it on the counter for another five minutes for the crust to re-form. [ ] If you have a convection setting on your oven, USE IT ALL THE TIME. [ ] If you have the time, allow ingredients to come to room temperature when baking, especially milk and eggs. [ ] Get yourself a good quality Teflon nonstick baking tray (cookie sheet). I have four at home and use them for everything.

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By Marie Speed

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When it comes to springtime fishing, try the Sea Mist III for openers

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nough time on Facebook; everyone here ought to go fishing more. That is a fact. South Florida is one of the fishing capitals of the U.S., and we have it all: surf fishing, pier fishing, freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing—you name it. We can pull in everything from fat fighting bass on Lake Okeechobee to bonefish off Key Biscayne to swordfish far into the Gulf Stream at night.

There are a million kinds of fishermen, too, including the big-game aficionados trolling our islands in the stream to people who simply like to dip a line, stare at the water and feel the soft Atlantic breezes tickling the backs of their necks.

This department is really for them—the people who think fishing is not necessarily about catching—that it also can be a code name for being outdoors on the water in South Florida.

For people who like the idea of possibly

catching dinner, a drift boat might be the answer. The popular Sea Mist III out of Boynton Marina has been taking anglers since 1956 to our offshore reefs for bottom fishing.

The Sea Mist III is 72 feet long, can carry up to 40 people (you can charter the whole boat for around $1,200), and it goes out twice a day for four-hour excursions, either 8 a.m. to noon, or 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. On Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, there are night trips that leave at 6 p.m. Fares are $37 for adults, $33 for seniors and $25 for kids. And you don’t need to bring anything but yourself—with Dramamine ingested a good hour beforehand. Mates on the Sea Mist will bait your hook and clean your fish, and there’s a pool you can win if you catch the most fish. Look forward to snagging snapper, king mackerel, grouper—and check out the bull sharks if they’re in the neighborhood.

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5 Fishing Tips for Beginners 1 Have Patience

Fishing is just as much about selfcontrol as it is about catching fish.

Stick with a location for at least 30 minutes before moving on to another spot.

Levinson Stephens holds up a kingfish.

2 Be PrePared

Some important items to bring on your fishing excursion would be a bagged lunch, all the tackle you will need, sunblock and the proper dress for the day. Generally, the more comfortable you are the longer you will enjoy fishing. A first-aid kit is suggested in case of injury.

Three Sea Mist anglers hit pay dirt—from left, Katie, Mollie and Anne Sawyer.

know-how and comfort. There are all kinds of places to charter a boat between Islamorada and Stuart, but the Boynton Marina and Singer Island are nearby. You’ll be in the deep Gulf Stream—prime waters for the best fish— in a matter of minutes. We’ve heard good things about the Geno IV, a fully equipped 51-foot Tom Fexas yacht at the Boynton Harbor Marina. Trips begin at $650 for four hours and $1,150 for eight hours. Chartering a boat makes it your party, and the captain will fish for what you are after. This is the way to go if you are looking to land a deepwater beauty like a sailfish or tarpon, depending on the season. Call 561/588-5892 for more information.

In South Florida, large game fish have traditionally gotten all the glamour, but that’s no reason to turn up your nose at our inland, back country or lake fishing. You can throw a line into a mangrove creek, a canal—even a retention pond—and pull out a snook from time to time. A very big adventure, howmarch/april

ever, would be trying out the Big Lake, Lake Okeechobee, just up the road. And no place is better known than the family-owned Roland Martin Marina and Resort, billed as the “Number One Florida bass fishing location in the world.” We suggest hiring a guide for this kind of fishing—someone who really knows the lake—but you can rent a boat if you’re game and have a go at it yourself. Boats range from 14-foot V-bottom skiffs to pontoon boats, or even a fully equipped bass boat with a depth finder, GPS, live wells, the works. And if you are so inclined you can make a weekend of it: Roland Martin offers a motel, RVs, twobedroom condominiums or campsites. Call 800/473-6766 for more information.

Finally, you can take a long walk on that long pier (Deerfield Beach and Lake Worth have great ones), or just stand in the surf with your Pocket Fisherman casting into the waves.

Like we said, it’s not always about the fish; sometimes it’s just about being out there.

3 Be Quiet

Fish are very in tune with sounds and can even hear the wiggling of a night crawler at the end of a line. Do not talk loudly or make any unnecessary noise.

4 enjoy yourself

If you are having a good time, you are going to spend more time fishing. The more time you spend fishing, the more fish you are going to catch.

5 use tHe rigHt Bait

Part of understanding your prey is understanding what they are feeding on. It is important to use or mimic whatever the fish are feeding on.

And don’t be afraid to increase the bait size.

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From left: Rodney Mayo and Scott Frielich

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rodney mayo and scott frielich Palm Beach County’s nightlife kings on their continuous string of hits

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or club owners and restaurateurs Rodney Mayo and Scott Frielich, the formula is simple: Develop places they’d want to frequent. This is how Mayo, toiling in the construction business in the mid-1980s, converted a condemned building on the 500 block of Clematis Street into the concert venue and alt-music dance club that West Palm Beach sorely needed.

Respectable Street opened in 1987, and three years later it had booked the Red Hot Chili Peppers for an intimate sold-out show. Today, it’s known as the longest-running nightclub in the southeastern United States.

This philosophy—build what you like—has carried Mayo to success across 13 venues from South Beach to West Palm Beach, most of them built with his business partner, Frielich.

Their empire of hip encompasses such diverse properties as the Dubliner Irish restaurant in Mizner Park; nightclubs like Vagabond in Miami and Delux in Delray; a restored take on the historic Howley’s diner inWest Palm; Dada in Delray and their latest venture, the sleek noodle bar Kapow!, adjacent to the Dubliner.

“I always get inspired by going to New York,” says Mayo, who grew up in the Big Apple. “I like the Old World buildings. I usually try to find the old main streets and the older buildings—something with a little character and tradition—and not just the cookie-cutter shopping center.”

In 2000, Mayo set his sights on exactly this kind of building, whose discovery was a happy march/april

accident. Frielich recalls talking to a broker about a different property in Delray. “We said, ‘Let’s grab some ice cream while we talk about the lease a little bit.’ We walked by this old house that said ‘For Lease,’ and Rodney was looking through the windows, and he said, ‘Get me info on this house!’ I’m thinking, where can you put the pool tables? He never tells me his ideas. I was against it from day one, especially when he told me the name he wanted to call it, which was Dada. But it couldn’t have worked out better. I’m glad I listened to him.”

Both men bring an ambitious theatricality

“We want to create something new that’s not offered in the area, something exciting,” Mayo says. to their work, which has helped to define their brand. Most of their properties spotlight the work of local artists on their walls, and comedians, poets and musicians perform almost nightly even in the smallest venues.

“I’d say their signature style is young and hip but not obnoxiously so,” says Bill Citara, food editor for Delray Beach and Boca Raton magazines. “In other words, you don’t have to be a twentysomething to enjoy eating there. I see them as trying to bring a more urban flair to the ‘burbs, yet keeping it casual and avoiding South Beach-like pretentiousness.”

The nightlife business has treated Mayo and Frielich well. They are both in their 40s, but they look half their age. Mayo earns enough to own his own plane—a 1984 Cesna—which he pilots to the Bahamas and the Keys for getaways, when he isn’t deejaying at his own clubs. The two men take opposite shifts, with Mayo keeping a vampiric schedule and Frielich occupying traditional daytime hours. Mayo focuses primarily on concepts and designs, while Frielich handles back-end work like licenses, insurance costs and other legalities.

“We both have our roles, and we’ve done so many places that we kind of know what needs to be done,” Frielich says.

Not every venture has been successful. At the same time Mayo and Frielich opened the Dubliner Boca Raton in 2004, they unveiled a second Dubliner in Palm Beach Gardens that shuttered about a year later. But they’re so prolific—opening roughly a restaurant a year— that the successes far outweigh the bombs.

Their next project, scheduled for completion this year, is called Hullabaloo, a gastropub that will take the place of one of their oldest venues, the Lounge on Clematis Street.

“We never run out of ideas or concepts, just money and time,” Frielich says.

“We want to create something new that’s not offered in the area, something exciting,” Mayo says. “A lot of people say they wouldn’t know what to do for nightlife if our locations weren’t open. Sometimes I’ll go to three different places, and I’ll see the same people—and that’s a good feeling.” delray beach magazine

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james grice Meet a coach who keeps legendary gospel music alive.

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ames Grice always knew he could sing. Growing up in an informal family choir in South Carolina, he credits his mother as his first music director. And later, at Georgia’s Fort Valley State University, he received a dual scholarship for music and football, prompting a newspaper to dub Grice “The Singing Football Star.” (In his senior year with the university, he made the interception that led to his team’s second state championship in a row.)

Nearly half a century later, Grice is still combining his loves of music and athletics.

When he’s not coaching youths and adults in football and basketball through On Our Own Sports Inc., the company he co-founded in 2005, he is leading the Pasco Baker Gospel Choir through rousing performances in churches and civic organizations from Fort Lauderdale to Riviera Beach.

The choir’s repertoire of old Negro spirituals comes courtesy of Cleveland’s legendary Wings over Jordan choir, whose renditions of gospel standards such as “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” and “Walk Together Children” captivated audiences on more than 100 radio stations in the 1940s. An all-black a cappella choir of 50 voices, the powerhouse group chronicled the hardships of a segregated south, mixing religion with social justice.

“Some of the songs we do have so much rich history,” says Grice, 61. “This is the music that helped break the chains of apartheid. It helped bring this nation together. It’s really unique, and as we know, we’re the only people in the United States who are doing this repertoire.”

A tenor baritone soloist with no formal training, Grice became involved in the choir at age 16 after impressing its founder, Delray Beach educator Pasco Baker, at a talent show

and has remained with the organization for the past 45 years. The choir developed a reputation as a thunderous act—even for secular audiences. In a 1981 article in the Boca Raton News, music writer Skip Sheffield raved, “The 50 voices of the choir shake the rafters of the First Presbyterian Church like a human pipe organ.”

“We can go up the scale and get you on the edge of your seat or come back down with such control and precision that it’s amazing,” Grice says.

Pasco Baker’s life was beset by a string of tragedies. He was blind, a diabetic and a double amputee who died from congestive heart failure after his house caught fire in 1994. He finally bequeathed the choir to Grice when he became

too ill to perform. Some of Grice’s favorite memories with the choir include performing in front of the Florida House of Representatives and hearing then-Gov. Reubin Askew tell him that “for the first time in the history of the House, the entire Chamber stood and gave a standing ovation” during his solo.

In 1974, the choir made a tour stop in Cleveland, where it performed in front of Olive Thompson, a female soloist in the original Wings Over Jordan choir.

“After the performance at Olive’s church, she came running out into the lobby and said this: ‘You people are the only people in these United States that are doing our music!

Please don’t let it die.’ That stuck with me. It’s why I work at this music.” march/april

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6:15 p.m.: Welcome comments and a Grand Toast 6:30–9 p.m.: Dinner to be served with custom wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company Attire: Downtown Delray Beach evening casual is requested.

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About the Restaurant: Fantastic food, sophisticated design, a full-service bar and a prime location combine to make 32 East one of South Florida's top restaurants. Awardwinning chef Nick Morfogen presents a fresh approach to his innovative contemporary American style.

HORS D’OEuVRE CrisPy roCk shrimP with lemon aioli, micro greens and chopped tomato or buFFalo moZZarella and Pesto Crostini with roasted red pepper and olives

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DESSERt | milk ChoColate-haZelnut CheeseCake with whipped cream

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Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc or Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon | 32 E. Atlantic Ave., 32east.com

* Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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Cabana El Rey About the Restaurant: As a nuevo Latino restaurant, we make a promise to every potential customer—"Be our guest. Dine with us at Cabana for a truly legendary experience."

Each interaction we have with our guests is an opportunity to create a story.

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HORS D’OEuVRE Camerones de CoCo—coconutcrusted jumbo shrimp, maduro mash and scotch-bonnet tartar sauce or antiCuChos—skirt steak skewers with a rocotto pepper and red onion salsa  EntRÉE

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APPEtiZER lobster bisque—Maine lobster flambéed with Spanish brandy, sherry and cream or Cabana salad—Field of greens, hearts of palm, queso blanco, tomato, red onions, black olives and black-bean vinaigrette 

ChurrasCo—Skirt steak marinated in garlic and fresh herbs with chimichurri, cebollitas, saffron rice and black beans or mero Chileno— Pan-seared Chilean sea bass with yuca manchego mash, sauteed garlic spinach and saffron beurre blanc

DESSERt | Flan ala Cabana—Latin custard topped with caramel "two ways" or tres leChes—"Three Milks" cake and dulce de leche ice cream over a pool of guava puree

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Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Dry Sack Sherry or Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Predator Old Vine Zinfandel or Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Rutherford Ranch Merlot | 105 E. Atlantic Ave., cabanarestaurant.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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Carpe Diem by CafÉ de France $ 60 * About the Restaurant: Café de France has provided tradition and quality since 1820 by offering an authentic and healthy cuisine in an elegant atmosphere.

HORS D’OEuVRE mediterranean Plate — red pepper hummus, tapenade, baba ghanoush, roasted pepper, feta cheese

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reserve your seat 561-455-2140

APPEtiZER CarPe diem salad — organic greens and arugula, caramelized walnuts, cranberries, raisins, blue cheese, tomatoes or onion souP

new Zealand lamb shank—braised on burgandy wine with gratin potatoes and grilled asparagus or red snaPPer—butterflied, almondcrusted with honey lemon sauce, risotto and haricot vert

DESSERt | ChoColate Fondant served with warm Belgium chocolate and fresh fruit

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Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon or Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Dry Sack Sherry 110 E. Atlantic Ave., Suite 120 * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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CaffÉ Luna Rosa About the Restaurant: Caffé Luna Rosa is the Italian restaurant on the beach and the oldest Italian restaurant in Delray Beach. Caffé Luna Rosa offers an oceanview dining experience where great food and a great environment come together.

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HORS D’OEuVRE ChamPagne PoaChed jumBo gulF shrimP CoCktail with local yellow tomato cocktail sauce and micro greens

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APPEtiZER Pontano Farms arugula salad–locally grown arugula served with honey spice pecans, roasted Bosc pears and Maytag bleu cheese

whole roasted Filet mignon osCar–All natural slow-roasted tenderloin of beef sliced and topped with jumbo lump crab and Bearnaise sauce and served with potato, grape tomato and asparagus hashbrowns

DESSERt | house made tiramisu–Imported Italian lady fingers soaked in espresso and Italian liquors and layered with marscapone cheese.

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Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Ranch Merlot | 34 S. Ocean Blvd., caffelunarosa.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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City Oyster About the Restaurant: This upscale venue follows the rules of hip dining: great ambience, stylish surrounding and a teriffic menu. The seafood arrives daily from local purveyors and from fisheries in the Northeast.

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HORS D’OEuVRE assorted sushi

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561-272-0220

APPEtiZER CamPania BuFFalo mozzarella with heirloom tomatoes, grilled multigrain, sea salt, extra virgin olive oil and 12-year-old balsamic or ClassiC loBster Bisque

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CraB Crusted snaPPer over a BaBy greens salad with tomatoes, cucumber, carrot and crispy alumettes with lemon caper aioli or shrimP BuCatini CarBonara with crispy prosciutto, spinach, peas, tomatoes and Parmesan cream sauce

DESSERt | warm ChoColate Cake with vanilla ice cream or key lime tart with fresh berries

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Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Rutherford Ranch Merlot Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon or Dry Sack Sherry | 213 E. Atlantic Avenue, cityoysterdelray.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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Cut 432

About the Restaurant: CUT 432 continues to please. It's been four years since CUT 432 opened its glass doors and began to challenge the idea about what a steak house could and should be. It offers succulent cuts of beef, inventive dishes and a great wine list.

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APPEtiZER gratin oF wild mushrooms over black pepper spaetzle with chevre cream

HORS D’OEuVRE CraB Cigars with a creamy tarragon sauce and preserved kumquats

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maine loBster thermidor & niman ranCh BeeF tenderloin with truffled scallop potatoes

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DESSERt | warm ChoColate Cake Baked alaska with PeCan toFFee iCe Cream or Fudge Brownie or mile-high meringue  Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Rutherford Ranch Merlot Predator Old Vine Zinfandel Dry Sack Sherry | 432 E. Atlantic Ave., cut432.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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GOL! The Taste of Brazil About the Restaurant: GOL! is lauded in several South Florida publications—from earning honors as the best churrascaria (Palm Beach Post) to the best Latin American restaurant in South Florida (Boca Raton) to the best rodizio in Palm Beach (New Times).

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APPEtiZER snapper ceviche or calamari salad

HORS D’OEuVRE caesar salad or mussels marinieres

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sirloin steak or chicken wrapped in bacon or brazilian sausaGe au vinaiGrette tropical, both options served with rice and beans

DESSERt | brazilian flan or chocolate mousse cake

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Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Predator Old Vine Zinfandel or Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Dry Sack Sherry 411 E. Atlantic Ave., golthetasteofbrazil.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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La Cigale About the Restaurant: Just south of busy Atlantic Avenue on Federal Highway, you will be swept away to the sights and smells of the Mediterranean coastline. Think of the French Riviera, Morocco, Greece, Italy and delight in the cuisines of each.

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HORS D’OEuVRE(S) assortments of antipasti—Chef's choice

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APPEtiZER Jumbo lump maryland crab cake with julienne vegetables, grainy mustard reduction or beet and Goat cheese salad —Served over frisee lettuce with roasted walnuts and champagne vinaigrette 

veal tenderloin wrapped with prosciutto di parma, sliced, topped with a morel mushroom sauce, served with jumbo asparagus or seafood paella —Spanish rice, mussels, shrimp, scallops, calamari, chorizo sausage, green peas and sweet peppers

DESSERt | mixed fruit tart with whipped cream and raspberry coulis

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Rutherford Ranch Merlot or Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon or Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay or Dry Sack Sherry 253 S.E. Fifth Ave., lacigaledelray.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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Lemongrass Asian Bistro About the Restaurant: No matter what type of Asian cuisine you desire, you'll find something on the extensive menu at Lemongrass.

HORS D’OEuVRE tempura scallops with fresh mango salsa

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561-278-5050

APPEtiZER Grilled lobster Green salad with cherry tomatoes and daiakon, seasoned with Japanese citrus yuzu dressing

miso chilean sea bass — 8-ounce grilled marinated Chilean sea bass, steamed spinach and Japanese rice or lobster pad thai — Stirred rice noodle, beansprout, scallion, peanut, eggs and 8-ounce lobster tail

DESSERt | thai younG coconut custard and caramelized pineapple

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Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay or Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc or Rutherford Ranch Merlot Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc | 420 E. Atlantic Ave., lemongrassasianbistro.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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Max's Harvest About the Restaurant: Enjoy the sheer pleasure of seasonal, locally grown ingredients and the simple, sophisticated flavors that result when you let the land speak for itself. Come dine with us as a guest and enjoy your time as much as we've enjoyed bringing harvest to you.

HORS D’OEuvRE PalMetto creek FarMs Pork eMPanada, mustard green slaw, chow chow, crema

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AppEtizER Poached artichoke brushetta, garlic confit, sizzled bay scallops, oil cured heirloom tomato

island sPiced akaushi short rib, whipped boniato, hearts of palm, green papaya, lime "caviar"

DESSERt | esPresso tres leches With WarM straWberry coMPote and Merengue brûlée

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Rutherford Ranch Merlot Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Cabernet Sauvignon Dry Sack 15-Year-Old Sherry | 169 N.E. Second Ave., maxsharvest.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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Prime

About the Restaurant: PRIME’s modern supper club concept

by Steven Pellegrino, delivers dining excellence and classic glamour of decades past. Executive Chef Peter Masiello prepares the best of land and sea, serving guests certified USDA prime steak, sushi and seafood of the highest quality.

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HORS D’OEuvRE beeF tenderloin tartar toastini, truffle essence, pecorino

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AppEtizER Maryland style crab cake with roasted corn sauce, "straw and hay"

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8-ounce PriMe Filet Mignon—baby broccoli rabe, roasted shallot mashed potatoes, lobster bernaise

DESSERt | house sPecial decadent chocolate bread Pudding

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Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Cabernet Sauvignon | 110 E. Atlantic Ave., primedelray.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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Spoonfed About the Restaurant: Visit the website for restaurant information.

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HORS D’OEuvRE hot eggPlant caPrese—fresh mozzarella, ricotta, prosciutto, basil, roasted roma tomato sauce

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AppEtizER Fresh Four-cheese Pear tortelloni with truffle cream sauce

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8-ounce Filet Mignon served with lobster chive mashed potatoes, shrimp garlic lemon white parsley, broccoli

DESSERt | leMon layer cake with blackberry sorbet

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Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay | 217 E Atlantic Ave., spoonfeddelray.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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Sundy House About the Restaurant: With its magnificent views and superb culinary creations, dining at the renowned Sundy House restaurant features globally inspired fare and an extensive wine list to be savored indoors or al fresco. The open-air bar is a evening spot for pre- or après-dinner drinks.

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HORS D’OEuVRE  portoBello mushroom & tomato BrusChetta —garlic and herb cheese, herb crostini, bay leaf balsamic reduction or Chilled Blue point oyster—sea salt and vinegar "air," shallots, Tabasco pearls EntRÉE

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APPEtiZER  smoked salmon "dust"—bagel crisp, chive créme fraiche, pickled pearl onion or roasted Beet CarpaCCio—Baby arugula, crumbled goat cheese, lemon vinaigrette, shaved radish

pan-roasted wild Boar tenderloin—parsnip puree, brussel sprout leaf sauté, pickled apple jam, grain mustard gastrique, toasted pine nuts or Baked atlantiC pompano—sweet corn arepa, steamed asparagus, burnt coffee emulsion, endive marmalade

DESSERt | red velvet marsarpone CheeseCake—mint chantily cream, strawberry balsamic reduction

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Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay or Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc or Rutherford Ranch Merlot Predator Old Vine Zinfandel or LanderJenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Dry Sack Sherry 106 S. Swinton Ave., sundyhouse.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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The Office About the Restaurant: The Office is a modern American gastro pub, a charmed neighborhood watering hole that is comfortable and where the food is as important as the drink. Not quite a bar and not quite a restaurant, The Office is offering a casual-meetsrefined atmosphere.

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APPEtiZER Cauliflower soup—roasted wild mushroom, micro greens, truffle essence

HORS D’OEuVRE ahi tuna Crudo—Confit potato salad, piment d' espelette, chorizo, ciabatta crostini

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all-natural roasted half ChiCken—semolina pasta, farm-fresh vegetables

DESSERt | new york style CheeseCake with fresh berries, whipped cream and framboise reduction

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Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc Rutherford Ranch Merlot Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Cabernet Sauvignon Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay or Dry Sack Sherry 201 E. Atlantic Ave., theofficedelray.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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Tramonti Italian Ristorante $ 75 * About the Restaurant: Tramonti Ristorante, with roots on New York's Mulberry Street (Angelo's), is always packed. Every meal is superb.

HORS D’OEuVRE meatBalls in BraCiola sauCe or eGGplant sCiue sCiue or mozzarella with tomatoes and roasted peppers

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APPEtiZER GnoCChi sorrentina or riGatoni vodka

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veal ChampaGne or flounder franCese or ChiCken portoBello

DESSERt | Cannoli or tiramisu or CheeseCake (All served with coffee or tea)

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Rutherford Ranch Merlot Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay or Predator Old Vine Zinfandel Lander-Jenkins Spirit Hawk Chardonnay or Dry Sack Sherry | 119 E. Atlantic Ave., tramontidelray.com * Price per person, does not include tax or tip. Wine pairings donated by Rutherford Wine Company. We ask that you Savor responsibly.

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About the Restaurant: Tryst is a local restaurant with a neighborhood pub feeling. We offer lunch, dinner, happy hour and late-night bites.

The menu is inspired by the rich bar culture of Europe, with an emphasis on seasonal, mostly local, farm-fresh ingredients.

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porter braised beef short rib with pea shoots and fingerling potato, English pea and corn ragout

DESSERt | Caramel-Coffee flan with lemon biscotti

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DESSERt | lyChee panna Cotta with passion fruit caviar

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Vic & Angelo's About the Restaurant: Vic & Angelo's grand Italian coal-oven enoteca features big-city rustic Italian dining in the heart of South Florida. Vic & Angelo's founder David Manero has created a culinary sensation that can be enjoyed by the entire family.

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DESSERt | CrÈme brÛlÉe trio, vanilla, pistachio and triple berry

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the desce Meet a few of Delrayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first familiesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; whose legacy continues to unfold. B y R i c h P o l l a c k

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From left: Dr. Robert George, Hannah George Connell, Carrie Ann George Connell, Sarah Jane George, Dr. William George, Charlie Simon, Ernie Simon, Sandy Simon, Zicky Simon, Rodney Remus, Madison McLean, Roy Simon, Laura Simon, Danielle Danks, Lisa Simon Danks, Georgie Danks and Alexandra Danks

ndants They are names you know if you’ve been in Delray Beach for any length of time. simon, Cook, George, Love, Pompey, ellingsworth and Franklin—all familiar monikers of early residents of this city

who were pioneers in their own right. Today, their legacy lives on in the descendants who, like their forebears, are helping write the next chapter in the city’s history.

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The Simons

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amily patriarch Abraham Simon, originally from Douma, Lebanon, arrived in Delray in 1912 to join Ernie, Roy, Charlie his cousin, who had arrived three years earlier. and Sandy—the sons Newlywed Linda Simon, mother of of Middle Eastern Delray Beach’s four Simon brothers, had immigrants—are all no idea what she was getting into when professionals who she arrived in Delray by train in 1924. have built their An urbanite of sorts who had lived businesses and large in Boston, Rhode Island and Canton, Ohio, she had been persuaded by her families in Delray husband, Alex Simon, whom she hadn’t Beach on a foundation The Simons owned this building for 80 years and grew up met until a few days before he proposed, of community for a time here. The building later housed Powers Lounge. to live in Florida with him. They arrived in Today it’s the location for Buddha Sky Bar. involvement. the middle of the night, and Linda discovered their home was just a few yards from the railroad tracks in a building that later housed the famous Powers Lounge and is now home to Buddha Sky Bar. In the morning Linda Simon learned that the then-dirt road outside her home—Atlantic Avenue—was the main street. he Cooks are descendants of Lonnie Cook Sr., one of Delray’s “My mother said she started to cry and didn’t stop for two years,” earliest residents, who arrived in the early 1900s and later Sandy Simon remembers. became the first fire chief and first building inspector.

Within a year, the couple would move to a two-story home Alex Family legend, according to David Cook, is that his grandfather, built on Southeast First Avenue, a prime location within walking Lonnie Cook Sr., stowed away in a train on its way from Oklahoma distance of the growing downtown. to Florida in 1911.

“It was high and dry, and the street was paved,” Sandy Simon says.

“He hid in the railroad car and stayed with relatives once he got Alex Simon’s father, Abraham Simon, had arrived in Delray in here,” David Cook says. “He wired his father when he arrived to let 1912, joining his cousin Abraham George. The two worked as pedhim know he was OK.” dlers selling cloth and needles up and down the east coast of Florida.

When he arrived, Lonnie Cook Sr. found a community that had Today, the four Simon brothers remain important parts of the not yet been incorporated as a city and, in fact, still had fewer than community. Ernie, once a municipal judge, continues to practice law 1,000 residents. He was the first Delray Beach resident to join the and remains active in local theater; Roy, an architect, is active in preArmy and fight in World War I. Wounded during the battle of the serving city history and was among the leaders of the city’s centenArgonne Forest, he went north to train as an electrician, returning in nial celebration; Charlie, a dentist, is active in Rotary and Kiwanis; 1919 to become the city’s first electrician and, later, the first electrical and Sandy, a real estate developer, continues his community involveinspector and first building inspector. ment with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and the Morikami Museum Seven years after his return, when he was 27, Cook became the and Japanese Gardens. city’s first paid fire chief and was running the department when a The Simons’ cousins, the Georges, also became an integral part major hurricane struck in 1928, destroying several buildings in town. of Delray Beach as it grew, opening A. George and Sons, a retail “Rumor has it that he owned property along the Intracoastal clothing shop that was a landmark at the southeast corner of East Waterway but lost it all during the Depression,” David Cook says.

Atlantic Avenue and Fourth Avenue until 1997 and is now Huber’s In 1932, Lonnie Cook Jr.—David’s father—was born in the fire Pharmacy. station, which was next to City Hall. After serving in the military Also still involved in the community are the children and grandand earning a degree in engineering, Lonnie Cook Jr. purchased children of Linda Simon’s sister, Mary Remus, who have continued to Hand’s Book Store from Lauren Hand, who had started it in 1934 operate Remus Shutters Shades & Blinds, started in the 1950s by their as the Delray Book Shop. Well-known and active in the Chamber father, John. of Commerce and the business community, Lonnie Cook Jr. played Roy Simon’s daughter Laura, associate director of the Downtown an important role in the development of Delray Beach’s downtown.

Development Authority, played a key role, along with her father, in David Cook took over day-to-day operations of the store about planning Delray Beach’s centennial celebration in 2011. a decade ago and continues to represent downtown merchants. He is active in many community organizations and serves on boards of the Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Development Authority.

David and his wife, Renee, have two daughters, Katie and Carolyn.

The latter, a 19-year-old student at Florida State University, has been working in the store since she was 8 and is likely to be the third generation of Cooks to run Hand’s.

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Lonnie Cook Jr. and son David Cook, owners of Handâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stationers, are leading downtown merchants.

David (standing) and Lonnie Cook Jr.

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Ruth Keys Pompey was the daughter of Rev. J.W. Keys, who came to Delray in 1926 as pastor of the Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church. C. Spencer Pompey arrived in town in 1944 to teach at segregated Carver High School.

Cheryl Pompey Howard remembers well the turbulent times during the 1960s, when Delray Beach’s black residents worked to integrate beaches and schools, and bring racial equality to the still largely segregated community.

The city easily could have erupted into turmoil, but calmer voices, including that of her father, C. Spencer Pompey, helped to bridge any divide.

“My father had a significant role in helping to unify the city,” says Howard, who, along with husband Kenneth, who works in IT at Office Depot, recently moved back into the family home on Northwest Second Street and 12th Avenue.

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The Pompeys (from left): Zaneta Howard, Kenneth Howard, Cheryl Pompey and Ashley Howard at Pompey Park

From the front porch, Cheryl Howard can see Pompey Park—a park her father was instrumental in creating. She remembers that time not long ago when white families didn’t come to this side of town. Now, when she looks out at the park, she sees her father’s vision coming true, with visitors of all races and cultures playing and working out together.

“It’s mind-boggling,” she says.

Spencer Pompey, a beloved teacher and coach at Carver High School, came to Delray Beach at the age of 27, having first taught in Palm Beach County at Riviera Junior High School for five years.

While at Riviera, Pompey helped to start the Palm Beach County Teacher’s Association, which filed suit in 1941 in an effort to win equal pay for black teachers. In a landmark case, the teachers won, thanks in large part to a young attorney named Thurgood Marshall, who would become a Supreme Court Justice.

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Cheryl Pompey Howard is the daughter of C. Spencer Pompey and H. Ruth Keys Pompey, who were educators and leaders in Delray’s black community during the civil rights era.

who ran the school library. She married Pompey in 1948, four years after they had first met.

Pompey was a demanding teacher, urging his students to strive to realize their full potential. At a time when girls’ sports were limited, Pompey coached girls’ basketball and track.

He was best known at the school as the coach of outstanding football teams, including a few that were unbeaten in the late 1950s and 1960s.

He was also, along with Vera Farrington, one of the founders of the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, which Cheryl and husband Kenneth Howard continue to support.

Cheryl Howard, a nurse for Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, says her two daughters—Zaneta, 30, a chemical engineer and Ashley, 23, a college student—had the opportunity to know their grandfather and have come to understand his place in Delray Beach’s history.

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William Randolph, are the children of Willy Franklin, longtime owner of the historic Franklin House and a maître d’ at the Arcade Tap Room.

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illy Franklin came to South Florida from the North Florida town of Havana (pronounced hay-vanna) in the early 1930s, looking for work and to start a new chapter in his life.

Back at a time when Delray Beach’s black and white communities were clearly defined, Willy Franklin was a man well respected by many in town, regardless of what side of Swinton Avenue they came from.

At the Arcade Tap Room, an elegant bar and meeting place that hosted the likes of Winston Churchill and Edna St. Vincent Millay (as well as Delray’s little cartoonist community), Franklin served as a maître d’ and the right-hand man to owner Bill Krauss in the 1930s and 1940s. The Arcade, now home to Gol! The Taste of Brazil, was a central gathering place for Delray’s elite, and Krauss relied heavily on Franklin for help with everything from making sure guests received top service to helping with minor repairs to the dining room and bar.

Franklin also was known to open his home on Northwest Fourth Avenue to black musicians and entertainers who were in the area but had nowhere else to go because of segregation. Eventually he was instrumental in enabling entrepreneur Charles Patrick to open the first hotel between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach for black guests, the LaFrance Hotel, which was right up the street from Franklin’s home.

“My dad sold Mr. Patrick the property for the LaFrance Hotel,” his daughter Suzette Franklin recalls.

After leaving the Arcade, Franklin opened the Tropicana Club, a popular nightspot on West Atlantic Avenue that would later become the Paradise Lounge.

“It was a classy, upscale lounge,” says his daughter, who remembers sitting on the bar stools as a little girl when visiting the club with her

father. “He ran it for quite a while.”

Willy Franklin later went on to manage Westside Liquors for Bill Krauss’ daughter, Carolyn Cunningham, at what is now the site of the Atlantic Grove residential and commercial buildings.

“Willy was truly a trusted and wonderful friend,” says Cunningham, who closed the liquor store in the mid-1990s. “He was extremely valued by the whole family. I don’t know what I would have done without him.”

Franklin lived in the house on Northwest Fourth Avenue until his death in the late 1970s, and his family remained in the home until his wife, Susan, moved to West Palm Beach in 2005. Deteriorating and slated for demolition, the Franklin House was restored in 2010 and 2011 as part of a community effort involving the Delray Beach Preservation Trust, the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Delray Beach Community Land Trust. It was later sold and is now privately owned.

Like her father, Suzette Franklin is involved in the Delray Beach community. The first black homecoming queen at Boca Raton High School, she is active with the Delray Beach Sunrise Rotary Club, and for years has helped organize the annual July Fourth sandsculpting contest on the beach. An information security analyst at NCCI in Boca Raton, she has two older sisters, Helen Condry, whose husband Col. William Condry serves on the board of the Suzette Franklin Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, and sisters Helen and Renee Wells, who still lives Condry, Renee Wells in Delray. A younger sister, Lisa, lives in West Palm Beach while and Lisa McCray, her brother William Randolph along with brother lives in New Jersey.

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The Loves (from left, standing): David Cason Hanor, Mary Jo Hanor, Christopher Hanor; (seated) Marcia Love and Dr. Fred Love

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ames Love Sr. moved from Lakeland to Delray in 1912 at the urging of his brother-in-law, Dr. J.R. Cason Jr., who had arrived in 1905 and was the town’s first physician. James Love’s father-in-law, Rev. J.R. Cason Sr., after whom the historic Cason Cottage is named, came later in the early 1920s and served as minister at what’s now the Cason United Methodist Church on Swinton Avenue.

When J.R. Cason Jr. realized the growing town was lacking a drug store, he reached out to a pharmacist whom he knew could do the job—his brother-in-law.

“It was a growing community, and my uncle brought my father here because they needed a registered pharmacist,” says Dr. Fred Love, a surgeon for many years in Delray Beach who is now retired.

Dr. Cason later became a city alderman when Delray was first incorporated and eventually mayor. He helped James Love, known throughout town by his middle name, Luther, open the first of several pharmacies. The initial one, Love’s Rexall Drugs, was on the northwest corner of Atlantic Avenue and Fourth Avenue, a site now home to Sun Bank.

“My grandfather would fill a prescription then go around the corner of the pharmacy and serve sodas at the counter,” says Marcia Love, a former president of the Delray Beach Historical Society who, along with her uncle, Fred, remains on the board today. “He was also the postmaster, so he would be putting mail in mailboxes, too.”

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Dr. Fred Love and Marcia Love are descendants of James “Luther” Love Sr., who opened the city’s first pharmacy and, with son Jimmy, later opened three more stores in the area.

macy on the southeast corner of First Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, where the Café de France is now. A third store later opened on Northeast First Street and Second Avenue in a building that later became Hugh Jorgans, a dueling-piano bar. That building, built in 1952 and later adorned with a mural portraying early life in Delray, was demolished in 2006 to make room for the city’s new multi-story parking garage. All of those stores had lunch counters, which were gathering spots for business leaders and school kids, and all three sold toys.

“I remember once when I was little, my father had the Rexall store windows filled with live bunnies and live chicks,” Marcia Love recalls.

As James Love Sr. reached retirement, his son Jimmy took over the business, opening a store in Boca Raton and another store in an office building on Northeast Eighth Street, near the Eighth Street Bridge in Delray Beach. That store was known as Love’s Medical Arts Pharmacy.

In the 1980s, Jimmy Love—who had served on the Downtown Development Authority and was active in many civic organizations—sold the original Love’s Rexall Pharmacy to longtime store manager Bud Huber, who moved the store across the street in 1997 to a location that had previously housed A. George and Sons. It remains there today.

Today, few of James Love’s descendants remain in the area, although one of Marcia Love’s nieces, Ashley Love Goodman Barnard of Miami, follows in the family healing/medical tradition, serving as an equine veterinarian.

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1980 Historical Society meeting with (standing from left): Roy Simon, Norma Miller Brown, Louise Woolbright, Hallie Worthing, Maude Banta, Ken Ellingsworth; (front row) Doris Brady, Helen Lee, Buster Musgrave, M. Nichols, Grace Krietzberg

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udy and Catherine Ellingsworth came to Delray Beach in 1924, leaving the Louisville, Ky., area in search of work. They had two sons, Ken and Norman.

The neighborhood near Southeast Second Street and First Avenue where Rudy and Catherine Ellingsworth settled when they arrived in Delray has changed dramatically since the 1960s, when their young grandson Howard would come for a visit. Once a quiet but close-knit community, the area now boasts the Mark Downtown, an upscale multistory townhouse building, as well as a few scattered businesses and just a sprinkling of older homes. “It’s changed so much,” Howard Ellingsworth says. “You can’t get a sense for what the area used to be like anymore.”

He remembers sitting in a rocker on his grandparents’ porch, rocking himself to sleep—and almost off the front porch—before he was rescued by the neighbors. He also recalls walking everywhere, including the old bowling alley, just a few blocks down First Avenue, just above Fourth Street.

Rudy and Catherine Ellingsworth had come to Delray Beach in search of work and there was plenty to be had, at least early on. He was a carpenter who found work helping to build the landmark Colony Hotel in the heart of downtown and the Seacrest Hotel, on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and State Road A1A, on the site of what is now the Delray Beach Marriott. During the Depression, Rudy Ellingsworth’s wife and her sisters helped make ends meet with a small clothes-washing business they set up in the house on Second Street. That home was where Ken Ellingsworth, who served as the Chamber of Commerce’s executive director for 33 years, and his brother Norman, a longtime Boca Raton police officer, grew up.

As the face of the chamber, Ken Ellingsworth was instrumental in the success of Delray Beach’s downtown and played a key role, along with Roy Simon, in creating the Delray Affair and the Delray Beach Historical Society. After retiring, he served as a city commissioner and vice mayor.

“He was involved with everything that happened in Delray,” Howard says about his father.

A successful businesswoman in her own right, Ken’s wife Elizabeth— better known as “Puddy”—worked as a waitress at the famous, now-closed Lucille & Otley’s restaurant in Boynton Beach before teaming up with another longtime resident, Betty Diggans, to start a catering business and a short-lived restaurant called The Place at the Talbott House, a resort hotel that is now Berkshire by the Sea. Howard Ellingsworth, a certified public accountant, is following in the footsteps of his father, who died in May. He has served on the Delray Beach Housing Authority and as chairman of the Community Redevelopment Agency. His wife, Maria, works part-time as the assistant librarian at Trinity Lutheran School. The Ellingsworth legacy is being passed on to Howard’s children: daughter Sofia, 18, a student at Florida State University, and a son Coleman, 15. “It’s about giving back,” he says. “It’s in your blood, and it’s instilled in them.”

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Hundreds of people gathered in the courtyard at the Shops at Boca Center to experience a night of delicious food, cocktails and entertainment at Boca Raton’s annual Best of Boca & Beyond event. Thirty of the area’s top restaurants prepared dinner-by-the-bite offerings at a celebration that included recognition of the Best of Boca’s inaugural Hall of Fame class— restaurateur Dennis Max, Florida Atlantic University, the Junior League of Boca Raton, The Shops at Boca Center and Saint Andrew’s School. Proceeds from the night benefited Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation.

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More than 180 photographs were judged by nationally recognized fine art photographer Barry Seidman at the Boynton Beach Camera Club’s recent photography competition. Held at the South County Civic Center in Delray Beach, Seidman selected two winners from the Boynton Beach area. Boynton Beach residents David Asch and Mary Taylor were recoginzed in the categories of “Color: beginner, advanced, salon and masters” and “Black and White: general and advanced,” respectively. The Camera Club boasts 100 members and is one of the largest photography groups in South Florida. [ 1 ] David Asch, Barry Seidman, Mary Taylor and Mignon Dobrin

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The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum’s first wine and food event raised more than $3,300, thanks to key sponsorships and a turnout of more than 125 people. The museum proudly introduced “Soulful Tastings: An Evening of Southern Foods and South African Wines,” at Patio Delray. The night’s soul food creations were prepared by Chef Scott Thomas, and included boneless beef ribs, and baked and fried macaroni and cheese. Proceeds benefit the public programs of the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum.

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JARC and Blue Martini Boca Raton partnered togetherfor the Boca Festival Days happy hour event “Cocktails for a Cause.” It marked the first teaming effort between both entities. Approximately 80 guests attended the networking event, and were able to savor Blue Martini cocktails and culinary treats in a private VIP area.

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Delray restaurant Deck 84 hosted Wicked Weekend, a Halloween fundraising event in October. A portion of the night’s proceeds, a total of $1,000, was donated to the Junior League of Boca Raton. A costume contest awarded two winners with $500. [ 1 ] Shari Jones, Melissa Melzer and Amy Rosen [ 2 ] Barb Sageman and Jarod Becker

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May-June is the magazine in which we take a look at the 25 people, places and political moves that defined the last 12 months—and contributed to the enduring qualities that set this little town apart from all others in South Florida.

In addition: • Check out our regular Hot List of don’t-miss experiences • We’ll take readers everywhere from The Back Room to inside the Dennis Max empire • Take a bike ride with us up the coast

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dining guide Your resource for DelraY beach’s finest restaurants

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review CASA DI PEPE’S TrATTorIA ITAlIA

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Above: veal Francaise Inset: Chef/owner Jerry Pepe

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ometimes you just need a hug—especially when it feels like the world is going to heck in a golf cart.

They don’t actually hug you at Casa di Pepe’s Trattoria Italia, the cozy, charming little Italian restaurant that took over the Northeast Second Avenue space that was once home to Café Veri Amici.

But the food, the service, the staff’s good-humored solicitude ... well, they’re like a hug.

Maybe better.

There’s nothing trendy or fancy or nouveau or fusion-y about the place. It’s a small room, maybe a dozen tables, not much to look at, with a more spacious outdoor patio under a fixed awning that on weekends becomes something of a party spot with a fairly raucous guitarist. The menu is limited and moderately priced; if you’ve eaten out at Italian restaurants anytime in the last millennium, you’ll recognize every dish on it.

But we’re looking for a hug, not a kick in the taste buds. So start with a creditable Caesar salad and a meatball as big around as a baby’s head. The creamy Caesar dressing is mild rather than wild with garlic, anchovy and lemon; it will keep you breathing easy in polite company. The meatball is a good effort, perhaps a bit dense but just as flavorful, topped with a dollop of milky ricotta and set in a pool of bright-tasting tomato sauce.

They make most of their own pasta at Casa di Pepe, and you can really tell the difference in a bowl of briny linguine con vongole. It’s light and elemental, focusing on the freshness of the tender clams and the toothy bite of well-cooked pasta.

Veal Francaise is similarly straightforward, three fork-tender scallops of thin-pounded veal in a rich, eggy batter, sautéed with lemon and parsley and presented with an entrée-sized bowl of pasta. (You can choose your sauce, and I highly recommend the tomato-basil for the summery flavor of the tomatoes and herbal zing of fresh basil.)

Among the house-made desserts is tiramisu, which is basically a hug wrought in liqueur or espresso-soaked ladyfingers, dreamy mascarpone and cocoa powder. You won’t find a better one anywhere, even in a golf cart headed for heck.

—Bill Citara PRICE RANGE: Entrées $8.95–$38.95 CREDIT CARDS: All major cards HOURS: Mon.–Thurs. 5–10 p.m., Fri.–Sat. 5–11 p.m.

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[ dining guide ] Dining Key $ Inexpensive: under $17 $$ Moderate: $18 to $35 $$$ Expensive: $36 to $50 $$$$ Very expensive: $50+ Delray beach 32 east—32 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. The chef plans a new menu nightly— creative food, prepared with passion, based on the ingredients available during each particular season. The oak-roasted black mission figs wrapped in prosciutto with sweet Gorgonzola and frisée is just one example of the exquisite offerings at this award-winning restaurant. • Dinner Mon.–Sun. Outdoor dining. 561/2767868. $$$

brulé bistro—200 N.E. Second Ave., Suite 109.

American. This cozy Pineapple Grove restaurant has small tables as well as less formal seating, a market counter and a wall of very good wines. It has the ambience of an intimate neighborhood bistro (you can take out gourmet meals as well) with the culinary IQ of a very fine restaurant. It is local Delray at its best, with entrées like Snake River Kobe flank au poivre to Maine lobster bisque with fennel pollen to veal scalloppini. This may be your catcher’s mitt for great downtown dining when you can’t decide where to go. • Lunch and dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/274-2046. $$

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tropical. Little Havana is alive and well in Delray Beach. The menu is a palette-pleasing travelogue. Mariquitas (fried banana chips) are a tasty way to start your meal. For dinner, seafood paella is a winner, with mussels, shrimp, conch, octopus, scallops and clams. And the churrasco is terrific. • Lunch and dinner daily.

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favorite is always lively, and alfresco dining is the preferred mode. Entrée choices are enticing, but we went with the penne alla vodka with pancetta, tomato and basil. Also delicious was the costoletta di vitello, a center-cut 16-ounce veal chop lightly breaded and served either Milanese or parmigiana.

For dessert, you can’t go wrong with the cheesecake imported from the Carnegie Deli. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 561/274-9404. $$ march/april

city oyster—213 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood. This stylish mainstay of Big Time Restaurant Group serves up reasonably priced seafood that never seems to disappoint, such as Chilean sea bass in a saffron bouillabaisse sauce and crab-stuffed shrimp in white-wine butter sauce. The menu also includes some turf. • Lunch Mon.–Sun. Dinner nightly.

Outdoor dining. 561/272-0220. $$ cucina mio—16950 Jog Road. Italian. There are many Italian restaurants in our culinary universe, most mining familiar culinary territory.

This popular restaurant does so, too, offering sturdy renditions of Italian favorites in enormous portions at correspondingly modest prices. The menu highlight is perhaps tiramisu, rarely made as well as it is here. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner daily.

561/499-9419. $$ cut 432—432 E. Atlantic Ave. Steak house. Hipper decor, a more casual vibe and an inventive take on steak-house favorites make this sleek restaurant just different enough to be interesting. Starters such as ceviche (prepared Peruvian style) and ultrarich oysters Rockefeller are first-rate, while the wet-aged beef is appropriately tender and tasty.

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deck 84 —840 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Burt Rapoport’s ode to laid-back tropical dining is like a day at the beach without getting sand between your toes. Though the restaurant is casual, the kitchen takes its food seriously, whether the remarkably light yet beefy meatball topped with ricotta and tomato sauce, thick and juicy 10-ounce special blend burger or homey apple cobbler. And the waterfront location just seems to make everything taste better. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat.–Sun. Dinner daily. 561/665-8484. $

dig—5199 W. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Proprietor Robert Greenfield has put his green where his green is, turning the former Greenfield’s restaurant into organic-healthy-sustainable DIG (“Doing It Green”). Luckily, diners don’t have to suffer in pursuit of gastronomic rectitude with dishes like plump pan-seared diver scallops with anchovy-olive dressing and luscious chocolate mousse cake. Don’t turn up your nose at the salad bar here; the four different greens mixes are crisp and pristinely fresh. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner daily. 561/638-0500. $$ fifth avenue grill—821 S. Federal Highway.

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gol! the taste of brazil—411 E. Atlantic Ave. Steak house. The classic churrascaria formula—grilled meats, served until you can’t eat another bite—is done efficiently and quite satisfyingly. Start off at the well-provisioned salad bar, which offers more than three dozen preludes to meat eating, among them well-made calamari and ham salads, rounds of smoky eggplant, and rich and delightfully old-fashioned four-cheese chicken. Meats with a bit of fat are the best choices, especially the garlicky sirloin, slices of medium-rare flank steak and hugely flavorful beef ribs. • Dinner daily. 561/272-6565. $$

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henry’s—16850 Jog Road. American. This casual, unpretentious restaurant in the west part of town never fails to delight diners.

Expect attentive service and crisp execution of everything—from meat loaf, burgers and fried chicken to flatbreads and hefty, composed salads. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly.

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house of siam—25 N.E. Second Ave. Thai. The normally riotous flavors of Thai cuisine are muted at this charming, family-friendly downtown spot, but that seems to suit diners just fine. Dishes, generally well-prepared and generously portioned, include steamed chicken and shrimp dumplings with sweet soy dipping sauce and crisp-fried duck breast in a very mild red curry sauce. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. 561/330-9191. $$

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If you care more about well-prepared, generously portioned and fairly priced food than Opa!-shouting waiters and belly dancers shaking their falafel in your tzatziki, you’ll love this modest little restaurant off the beaten Delray path. Flaky, overstuffed spanikopita and miraculously light and delicate beef meatballs should be at the top of your appetizer list, and though entrees don’t always reach those heights, both a long-braised lamb shank and grilled whole snapper are certainly satisfying. And the baklava is great. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/266-8976. $

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il girasole—1911 S. Federal Highway. Northern Italian. Il Girasole is one of those oldies but goodies, which is no small thing when it comes to South Florida. It’s not trendy, but it offers a level of comfort and consistency that has been bringing people back for 30 years. The food is fine hearty Italian, with excellent service. Try march/april

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j&j seafood bar & grill—634 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood. This local favorite on the Avenue— owned by John Hutchinson (also the chef) and wife Tina—serves up everything from burgers and wraps to entrées like fruits of the sea, pistachio-crusted snapper and jerked pork—a diversity that is unusual in a place this size. Don’t forget to inquire about the stunning array of 10 specials—every night. • Lunch and dinner Tues.– Sun. 561/272-3390. $$

jimmy’s bistro—9 S. Swinton Ave. Eclectic.

Look up “cozy” and “charming” in the dictionary, and you’ll see a picture of Jimmy Mills’ tiny restaurant. Jimmy’s cheerily unpretentious atmosphere applies to the eclectic menu, which flits from China to Italy to New Orleans at will. Best bets are a lovely salad of ripe tomatoes and fresh, milky house-made mozzarella; a rich, elegant version of lusty Cajun etouffee; and caramelized bananas in puff pastry with silken vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. • Lunch and dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/865-5774. $$

la cigale—253 S.E. Fifth Ave. Mediterranean.

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Sweetbreads in chanterelle cream sauce are simply glorious; a barely grilled artichoke with mustardy remoulade is gloriously simple. And watching your server skillfully debone a whole (and impeccably fresh) Dover sole is almost as satisfying as eating it. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/265-0600. $$

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lemongrass bistro —420 E. Atlantic Ave. Pan-Asian. Casually hip ambience, friendly service, moderate prices and a blend of sushi and nouveau pan-Asian fare make this original Lemongrass and its younger siblings some of the most popular eateries in Palm Beach County. The quality of its seafood and care in its preparation are what gives Lemongrass its edge, as evidenced by impeccably fresh salmon, tuna and yellowtail sushi. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/278-5050. $

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Don’t miss the restaurant’s winning take on the thick, juicy Prime beef burger and simply wicked maple-frosted donuts with bacon bits and two dipping sauces. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/276-3600. $$

old calypso —900 E. Atlantic Ave. Island.

The restaurant is airy and wide-open, but the draw is the Intracoastal view. A popular happy hour takes place at the center bar, and during Sunday brunch, music is added. The food is reliable and consistent, from a rich roastedcorn and crabmeat chowder to real fried green tomatoes to crispy fried lobster tails. • Brunch Sun. Lunch and dinner daily. Outdoor dining.

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prime—110 E. Atlantic Ave. Steak/Seafood.

Prime is aptly named for its heart-of-the-action location, classy neo-supper club decor, extensive wine list and roster of designer steaks. Starters and desserts fare better than entrées, especially plump, crabby Maryland-style crab cakes and indecently luscious chocolate bread pudding. Service is a strong suit too, so with a bit of work this goodlooking restaurant will fully live up to its name. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/865-5845. $$$

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scuola vecchia—522 E. Atlantic Ave. Neopolitan pizza. They like to say they make the “best pizza under the sun” and, well, we just have to agree. This bright new pizza and wine place makes a certified and serious Neopolitan pizza—according to standards set forth by The Associazone Pizzaliola Napolentani (APN).

That means light f lavorful dough, spanking fresh imported ingredients—and about as far away as you can get from the American smeary cheesy greasy version. Try the Kesté pizza: imported fresh bufula mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, proscuitto di Parma, rucala, shaved gran cru, extra virgin olive oil and basil. Pair that with a nice vino and you are transported to a pizzeria in Naples. In short: This is a don’t-miss Delray dining experence. Go now. • Lunch and dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/865-5923. $

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sundy house —106 S. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. The first thing everyone mentions about this Delray Beach fixture is its spectacular garden, home to hundreds of species of exotic plants, waterfalls, gazebos and more. But the comforting-contemporary food deserves notice too, realized in such dishes as expertly fried calamari with zesty Moroccan1/25/12 10:33 AM

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is an absolute must-try. A choice of signature steamed dumplings are likewise spot on. The steak kew is delicious, and the clay pot casseroles are mighty enticing. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/737-2782. $

prime catch—700 E. Woolbright Road.

Seafood. Fresh seafood, prepared simply and with care, is at the heart of this popular restaurant with a pleasant view of the Intracoastal. There are contemporary dishes as well, but it’s tough to get past the simple pleasures of full-belly clams, fried sweet and crispy, or a perfectly grilled piece of mahi or first-rate bouillabaisse overflowing with tender fish and shellfish. Don’t miss the Key lime pie; it’s one of the best around. • Lunch and dinner daily, Sunday brunch. 561/737-8822. $$

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sushi simon—1614 S. Federal Highway. Japa-

style aioli, savory rack of lamb crusted with herbs, mustard and horseradish, and seared salmon with rich coarse-grain mustard sauce.

Portions are enormous, so bring your appetite.

• Lunch Tues.–Sat. Brunch Sun. Dinner Tues.– Sun. 561/272-5678. $$

tramonti—119 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian. With its roots in New York’s Angelo’s of Mulberry Street, this venue is always packed. Homemade stuffed manicotti is aromatic and glorious.

Tramonti’s platter for two, containing fillet Marsala, veal cutlet with prosciutto, fried zucchini and potato croquettes, is terrific. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. Entrées Outdoor dining. 561/272-1944 . $$

tryst—4 E. Atlantic Ave. Eclectic. It’s tough to beat this hotspot with the lovely outdoor patio, well-chosen selection of artisan beers and not-theusual-suspect wines, and an eclectic “gastropub” menu of small and large plates. The dining experience has stepped up to the plate, so to speak.

Try the crisp-fried rock shrimp with Thai-style dipping sauce and the fat wedge of iceberg lettuce with bacon bits and tomatoes in a tangy ranch dressing. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. 561/921-0201. $$

vic & angelo’s—290 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian. march/april

God is in the details at the second outpost of this hugely popular upscale trattoria, and He doesn’t miss much. Wine service, table service—even the design of the restaurant—leave nothing to chance and no loose ends hanging. As for the food, ingredients like Buffalo mozzarella, house-made pastas and San Marzano tomatoes are first-rate; execution is typically spot on. Try the signature “Old School” meatball to start, the whole-wheat tagliatelle with garlic and chili-infused olive oil and the perfectly cooked veal chop. Portions are substantial. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/2789570. $$$

boynton beach bar louie —1500 Gateway Blvd. Eclectic.

Attempting to split the difference between happening bar and American café, Bar Louie mostly succeeds, offering a variety of old and new favorites, from burgers and pizzas to fish tacos and a variety of salads, all at moderate prices and in truly daunting portions. Don’t miss the carrot cake bites dessertini. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/853-0090. $ china dumpling—1899-5 N. Congress Ave. Chinese. This is a nice neighborhood restaurant where the food is the star. The dim sum basket

nese/sushi. Simon says this small, modest sushi bar in a nothing-much strip mall serves some of freshest and finest raw fish around. It’s already been discovered by local sushi-philes, who gladly jam the long, narrow dining room for a taste of such impeccable nigirizushi as hamachi, tilefish and uni (only available in season), as well as more elaborate dishes like the sublime snowy grouper Morimoto and opulent tuna tartare. Creative and even more elaborate rolls are a specialty, and while some can be an overwhelming mélange of tastes and textures, others—like the elegant South Beach Roll—are more balanced. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/731-1819. $$

Lake worth couco pazzo—915-917 Lake Ave. Italian.

Despite the name, there’s nothing crazy about the cooking at this homey restaurant. It’s the hearty, soul-satisfying Italian cuisine we’ve all come to know and love. Spaghetti Bolognese is a fine version of a Northern Italian classic; house-smoked mozzarella—breaded, fried and presented with a tangy tomato-basil fondue—is equally tasty.

• Dinner nightly. (Mon.–Sat. May to Oct.).

561/585-0320. $$ fiorentina—707 Lake Ave. Italian. Though it may seem like the last thing we need is one more Italian restaurant, this cozy, casual eatery fills a niche that will make you glad it’s around. It’s a niche marked by modest prices, a menu with more than just the most familiar Italian culinary suspects and an easy-going ambience that’s more like that of a familiar neighborhood bar. Burrata imported from Puglia is a luscious part of Caprese salad. Giant shrimp with white beans is a fine rendition of a Tuscan classic.

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paradiso ristorante—625 Lucerne Ave. Italian. A Tomasz Rut mural dominates the main dining room, and there is also a pasticceria and bar for gelato and espresso. Chef Angelo Romano offers a modern Italian menu. The wild striped sea bass is definitely a must-try. Plus, the wine list is a veritable tome. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/5472500. $$$ safire asian fusion—817 Lake Ave. PanAsian. This stylish little restaurant offers food that gently marries East and West, plus a roster of more traditional Thai dishes and inventive sushi rolls. Menu standouts include tempura-fried rock shrimp or calamari cloaked with a lush-fiery “spicy cream sauce.” Expect neighborly service and reasonable prices. • Lunch Tues.–Fri. Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/588-7768. $

the station house—233 Lantana Road. Seafood. If you’re hungry for Maine lobster, plucked live out of giant tanks and cooked to order, this modest replica of a 1920s train station is the place to go. Lobsters come in almost every size imaginable (up to 8 pounds) and are so reasonably priced that getting a taste of one without reservations is highly unlikely. • Dinner nightly. 561/547-9487.

(Other location: 1544 S.E. Third Court, Deerfield Beach, 954/420-9314) $$$ pALm beAch bice—313 Worth Ave. Italian. Bice continues to hold the title of favorite spot on the island for the see-and-be-seen crowd. The venerable restaurant offers a marvelous array of risottos and fresh pastas and classic dishes like veal chop Milanese, sautéed chicken breast and stuffed rack of lamb.

The wine list features great vintages. • Lunch and dinner daily. Outdoor dining. 561/835-1600. $$$ buccan—350 S. County Road. Contemporary American. The elegance of Palm Beach meets the modern culinary sensibilities of Miami at the first independent restaurant by chef Clay Conley (formerly of Azul at the Mandarin Oriental). The restaurant has something for just about everybody, from a design that offers both intimate and energetic dining areas to a menu that is by turn familiar (Caesar salad, fried calamari) and more adventurous (sweetbread and mushroom spring roll). • Dinner daily, Sunday brunch. 561/833-3450. $$

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café boulud—The Brazilian Court, 301 Australian Ave. French with American flair. This hotel restaurant gives Palm Beach a taste of Daniel Boulud’s world-class cuisine inspired by his four muses. The chef oversees a menu encompassing classics, simple fare, seasonal offerings and dishes from around the world. Dining is in the courtyard, the elegant lounge or the sophisticated dining room. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

561/655-6060. $$$

cucina dell’ arte—257 Royal Poinciana Way. Italian. The wide range of items on the menu includes a sausage and fennel pizzette for one and Barolo-braised short ribs with white polenta. The great quality of Cucina’s cuisine, combined with its fine service, ensures a fun place for a casual yet delectable meal—not to mention being a vantage point for spotting local celebs. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 561/655-0770. $$

café l’europe—331 S. County Road. Current

here reverberates with the tastes of China, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam and is spec-ta-cular. Crispy jumbo shrimp with soybean plum sauce is delectable, the Chinese hot and sour soup is unlike any other, and the Mongolian beef tenderloin is perfection. Sake list is also tops. • Dinner nightly (during season). 561/8024222. $$

international. A Palm Beach standard, the café has long been known for its peerless beauty, the piano player, the chilled martinis and the delicious Champagne and caviar bar. Try one of its sophisticated classics like Wiener schnitzel with herbed spaetzle, grilled veal chop and flavorful pastas. • Lunch Tues.–Fri. Dinner nightly (closed Mon. during summer). 561/655-4020. $$$

chez jean-pierre—132 N. County Road. French.

Sumptuous cuisine, attentive servers and a see-andbe-seen crowd are hallmarks of one of the island’s premier restaurants. Indulgences include scrambled eggs with caviar and the Dover sole meunière filleted tableside. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/833-1171. $$$

echo—230A Sunrise Ave. Asian. The cuisine

nick & johnnie’s—207 Royal Poinciana Way. Contemporary American. Expect flavorful, wellprepared, moderately priced California-esque cuisine in a casual setting with affordable wines and young, energetic servers who make everyone feel like a local. Check out the ahi tuna tacos or short-rib sliders for appetizers, and try the fourmarch/april

cheese tortellini as a main course. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/655-3319. $$

renato’s —87 Via Mizner. Italian with continental f lair. This most romantic hideaway is comfortably buzzing in season and quietly charming all year long with Italian classics and a Floridian twist—like the sautéed black grouper in a fresh tomato and pernod broth with fennel and black olives and the wildflower-honey-glazed salmon fillet with crab and corn flan. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly.

561/655-9752. $$$ the restaurant— Four Seasons Resort, 2800 South Ocean Blvd. Contemporary American. With a casual, yet refined ambience, The Restaurant is the premier dining venue at the Four Seasons Palm Beach. Savor fresh Atlantic seafood in a contemporary setting complemented by innovative cocktails. Live entertainment on Saturday night. • Dinner Mon.–Sun. 561/533-3750. $$$$ ta-boó—2221 Worth Ave. American. This self-described “American bistro” is less typical “American” restaurant or classical French “bistro” than it is posh-casual refuge for the see-andbe-seen crowd in and around Palm Beach. The eclectic menu offers everything from spicy shrimp-crab cakes and roasted duck with orange blossom honey-ginger sauce to dry-aged steaks and an assortment of pizzas. • Lunch and dinner daily.

561/835-3500. $$

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Crane’s BeachHouse Hotel & Tiki Bar, now celebrating its 10th anniversary in scenic Delray Beach, is a luxury boutique resort nestled in a lush tropical setting. A perfect place to unwind... A romantic, tranquil, festive, luxurious, Key West-style environment just steps from the Atlantic Ocean. *Restrictions apply, based on availability. Rates vary by date of travel and are subject to change. Check online or call directly for Mangoes & Margaritas Getaway prices throughout the year.

561-278-1700 866-372-7263 82 Gleason Street Delray Beach, Florida 33483

4001 North Ocean is the first new oceanfront residential offering in the Delray/Gulf Stream area, south of Palm Beach, in more than 30 years. This boutique condominium enclave offers a private and luxurious lifestyle at unheard-of pricing for beachfront property. All 34 ocean-view residences are now under construction and will be ready this December.

20 spacious 3-bedroom residences remain, from $1.7 million.

Current conditions are ideal for acquiring this unique South Florida address.

Seize this moment.

561.450.7494 • 4001NorthOcean.com 4001 North Ocean Boulevard, Gulf Stream • 2.8 miles north of Atlantic Avenue on A1A Join us on

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