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DINE & DRINK House + Oyster Bar. These dishes should be consumed with caution and are best ingested after an onset of random everyday crises.
PERFECT DATE NIGHT IN DELRAY: A cocktail at the Colony Porch Bar, then walking slowly up the Avenue near twilight with a few stores open, followed by dinner outside at Dada. Best enjoyed during winter/ spring.
helmed by one of the hardest-working women in show business, Suzanne Perrotto. Don’t miss her short rib pappardelle. • Warren changed the foodscape of West Delray the second it opened, with its sophisticated fine dining menu and, best of all, a world-beating whiskey collection and whiskey concierge, John Fitzpatrick. • The best part of Wood & Fire is that it’s comfortable and relaxed. And it’s not downtown, so you don’t need to fight for a parking spot or even pay for one. It is shorts-and-T-shirt casual, and has everything from pizza to pasta and a (very) happy hour Tuesday through Sunday, 3 to 7 p.m., with half-off alcoholic drinks and $3 off appetizers and pizza. • The Sail Inn just is, like gravity. The sole remaining true blue neighborhood bar left in Delray is a mighty institution we hold dear to our hearts.
Tina and John Hutchinson
Suzanne Perrotto
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PLACE(S) I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO: Sundy Village (hello, Jimmy’s Bistro
THE MORE I TRY ALL THE NEW PLACES, THE MORE I JUST WANT TO EAT AT: Jimmy’s Bistro, Luna Rosa, Granger’s
COMFORT DISH THAT IS SO GOOD YOU DO NOT FEEL GUILTY The Brulé burger and truffle fries from Brulé, and the Millionaire mac and cheese from Rack’s Fish 52
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Barcelona Wine Bar) and Doc’s, of course. Who knew how much we’d miss those milkshakes?
FELIPE CUEVAS
Laugh With the Library was always famous for its cocktail-friendly atmosphere, but we are told Hopportunities’ Oktoberfest is gaining ground for its oom-pah fun. Warren’s Jeff John, Scott Dietz and Brian Freed Brulé burger and truffle fries
5 TRIED-AND TRUE FAVORITES
• J&J Seafood Bar & Grill is still the one, as the song says. With a million daily specials, great seafood and a menu with something for everyone, John and Tina Hutchinson are the bomb. • Rose’s Daughter is homemade Italian that never disappoints and is
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