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Drift up to Boynton Beach for some innovative flavor combinations and Deep South flourishes of a crafty new restaurant.

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The outside world is ours for the taking, and the top five parks and nature centers from Delray to Jupiter offer our best conduit to the wild life.

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BY JOHN THOMASON

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editor’s letter

In our pocket of paradise, world-class cuisine and the natural world are a short drive—or, better yet, a bike ride—from the ‘burbs.

BY MARIE SPEED

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Colombian coffee has its perks, the long-awaited iPic brings luxe moviegoing to Delray, and nightlife hangout the Tin Roof is on (metaphoric) fire. Plus, a local author explains why the women’s suffrage movement still matters, and more news of note.

BY CHRISTINA WOOD

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We take the temperature of South Florida’s foodie scene, spotlighting more than four dozen chefs, dishes, restaurants, trends and “Dudes” who keep our bellies full.

BY CHRISTIANA LILLY, MARIE SPEED AND JOHN THOMASON

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Valentine’s Day may have passed, but these bedroom design tips and heartfelt home accessories keep love in the air.

BY ROBIN HODES

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Delray was popping this past season. Here’s where we spotted you.

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68 out & about

This past winter, a “graceful” luncheon benefited a bevy of charities, an Irish pub came up victorious in a culinary throw-down, prominent locals filled bowls for the PBC Food Bank, and more.

Miami City Ballet takes a Shakespearean plunge, the Delray Affair plants beer and wine gardens, a Fab Four festival is here, there and everywhere this April, and more springtime hot tickets.

BY CHRISTIANA LILLY

BY JOHN THOMASON

Our review-driven dining guide showcases great restaurants in Delray and beyond.

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94 my turn

The Arts Garage is emblematic of how far Delray has come as a town—and offers first-rate entertainment.

BY JOHN SHUFF

96 community connection

A seasoned event planner lends her expertise—and her community spirit—to three vital nonprofits.

BY RICH POLLACK

83 dining guide

BY LYNN KALBER

Springtime looks are light, bright and whimsical this season.

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A Taste of Real Florida Make a spring expedition in search of the best we’ve got

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y two favorite things are in this issue: South Florida’s imaginative and diverse culinary landscape, and its natural one—from kayaking down the Loxahatchee River to wandering through the wetlands of Green Cay and Wakodahatchee in our own neighborhood.

Both aspects of South Florida deserve a hearty exploration. Now is the time to shake things up and plan a foray to a few iconic Miami strongholds, like El Palacio de los Jugos or even the mighty Joe’s Stone Crab, before the season ends. And there are plenty of discoveries closer to home, like Emil’s sausages in Deerfield Beach or an hallaca from the Yellow Green Farmers Market. There is a natural and buoyant diversity in South Florida (page 50) that gives rise to food as celebration, from the islands to Ethiopia.

And don’t even get me started on the outside world (page 44). We have its vestiges even here, in our urbanized neighborhoods—the thin cry of an osprey, a frigate bird kiting offshore, the tangle of moonflowers in a hedge. The real thing, however, is at the heart of where we live. I can’t count the times I’ve driven out to Loxahatchee to walk the Marsh Trail, the only sounds laughing marsh hens and a rustly wind in the sawgrass. Even better is a trip south to the Big Cypress or Fakahatchee Strand or the Everglades, places as primal and compelling as any I know, shimmering with dark water and deep hammocks, white birds flashing up from the scrub.

These two stories remind us of all the ways we love this place. The way we live, where Florida comes from.

This spring, fall in love with it all over again.

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COFFEE TIME

If you want the world’s finest chocolate, go to Belgium.

When it comes to smoked salmon, Scotland is the place to be.

Colombia, of course, produces some of the world’s finest coffee, but if you want to drink it, don’t start packing your bags quite yet. You can have it right here at the Colombian Coffee House in Delray, where you can also enjoy empanadas, cheese arepas and other breakfast and lunch offerings. 12 S.E. Fifth Ave., Delray Beach, 561/562-5572

ELEGANT ORCHIDS

In Delray, the beaten path weaves its way around bistros and boutiques, through galleries and artsy hangouts and ultimately makes its way to the beach. It’s no wonder the path is so well trodden. But those who venture off it can be richly rewarded. Among the tucked-away treasures is Elegant Orchids. Last year, Melissa Fermiole and her partner, Thomas Gary, took over the two-decades-old business west of Military Trail. If you’ve admired a stunning orchid arrangement when you walked into one of the area’s exclusive hotels or clubs, there’s a good chance it was created by the designers at Elegant Orchids. There’s nothing fancy about the greenhouse, though. Colorful, yes. Delightful, definitely. But fancy? Not at all. There’s something for everyone, from novices to serious hobbyists, and the hard part will be trying to decide which of the dazzling plants to take home (the prices are almost as attractive as the flowers!). And, if you’re just getting started, you’ll be happy to know Green Barn Orchid Supplies is right next door. 5185 Conklin Drive, Delray Beach, 561/496-5165

SEE AND BE SEEN THIS SPRING 11TH ANNUAL SAVOR THE AVENUE March 25 Dine under the stars and down the double yellow line on Atlantic Avenue at Florida’s longest dinner table, which will accommodate more than a thousand guests and 14 of downtown Delray’s finest restaurants. downtowndelraybeach. com/savortheavenue DELRAY AFFAIR April 12-14 It’s the 57th year for the largest arts and crafts festival in the southeastern United States. delrayaffair.com EASTER BONNET PET PARADE April 20 The GreenMarket’s 18th-annual fashion fest for Fido and his friends is a fabulously fun tradition.

Prizes—and bragging rights—will be up for grabs in a variety of categories.

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“People living across the street didn’t know we were here,” Conte says. That began to change last spring, when the Pineapple Grove post office moved a block north. What had been a sleepy little plaza on Northeast Second Avenue suddenly became a destination, and Conte has become a local favorite.

Now that Conte has taken over the pizza place next to his deli, the traffic is sure to increase even more. We’re talking New York pizza—the real deal, not “New York-style” pizza. Just ask Tommy when you stop in for a slice. He baked more than a few pies in New York before firing up the ovens at Conte’s Pizza. Conte’s Italian Deli and Gourmet Market, 311 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach, 561/501-7399, AND Conte’s Pizza, 309 N.E. Second Ave., 561/292-2020

Tin Roof

AFTER DARK: TIN ROOF The original Tin Roof opened in Nashville in 2002 with the idea of giving musicians a place to play (because, obviously, there’s a shortage of music venues in Nashville) and a place to hang when they weren’t onstage. Since then, more than a dozen of the “live music joints” have opened from coast to coast, with the newest recently opening right here in Delray Beach. The local version features two bars, two stages, an open-air patio and a menu with a distinctly southern accent. On weeknights, the tunes are unplugged, but on the weekend bands and DJs turn up the volume. 8 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/265-5310

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SPOTLIGHT: SPOTLIGHT: JOHANNA NEUMAN MATT STABILE

In May, Matt Stabile took over the reins at Theatre Lab, a professional theatre company ohanna Neuman is a big fan of second chapin Boca Raton dedicated to developing and producing new ters. She had enjoyed a long and successful plays. He inherited the position from his mentor, Louis career in journalism and had been working as Tyrrell, the former artistic director of Theatre at Arts a Washington correspondent for the Los Angeles Garage and Florida Stage. Tyrrell launched Theatre Lab in Times before heading back to school. In 2017, after 2015 and will now serve as its founding director. Stabile, earning a Ph.D. in history from American University, who grew up in Miami, says, “Having a dedication to new she published Gilded Suffragists: The New York Sowork is just a slightly different way of looking at art. It’s cialites who Fought for Women’s Right to Vote. making art active. It’s making art present. New work is But now Neuman’s at it again, with a new book, saying something about what we’re experiencing now.”

How Women Won the Vote: The Long History of the The new mainstage season at Theatre Lab begins on Nov. Nineteenth Amendment and Beyond. The book will 30.

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be released this spring to commemorate the 1919 centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. The book promises to be anything but dry and dusty. “I want to change the way we think about this movement,” she says.

WHY DID YOU PICK HISTORY AS YOUR SECOND CHAPTER? It makes me happy to really bore down in the archives or in libraries, to find scraps of letters or diaries that shed light on events. To me it’s like communication from one generation to the next.

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO DELRAY BEACH? I had taken all the coursework [for the Ph.D.], and I had passed all the comprehensive exams. It’s what they call in academia ABD—all but dissertation. So, I could leave D.C. At that point, my husband [Jeffrey Glazer] and I looked at each other and said, “We’re cold.” At first, we went back and forth like snowbirds, but then we decided this was home. We fell in love with it.

WHAT DO YOU THINK MAKES DELRAY SPECIAL? We love that it’s a small city with big-city interests.

Great restaurants, warm people.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PLACE TO GRAB A BITE? I love the Yaxche Tearoom. The space is so beautiful and it’s always so welcoming there. The food is great and the vegan treats are great. I’m an inveterate tea drinker anyway, and I’ve fallen in love with their Ginger Guru.

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More than $200,000 was raised at a garden-themed dinner dance benefiting the Neil S. Hirsch Family Boys & Girls Club of Wellington. From left, John Kime, Julie Kime, Nicolette Goldfarb, Dr. Ramprasad Gopalan, Julie Khanna, Jennifer Goldman and Eric Goldman.

Delray Beach-based Kaufman Lynn Construction received three Eagle Awards from Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter for its work on three South Florida properties. From left, Frank White with Michael Kaufman

Dancers from Boca Dance Studio perform at the Leave a Legacy Showcase fundraiser at the Crest Theatre in Delray Beach.

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The Education Committee of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts hosted Palm Beach County Superintendent Dr. Donald Fennoy during the first of the committee’s four meetings for the 2018/2019 season. From left, Dr. Donald Fennoy and Penny Bank.

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To celebrate the Marine Corps’ 243rd birthday, Palermo’s Bakery in Boynton Beach designed and sponsored a special cake for the Birthday Ball. From left, Marine Corps Lt. Col. Christopher Grasso and Lance Corporal Anthony J. Garcia.

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Where: Palm Beach Dramaworks, 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach When: March 29-April 21, 2019 Cost: $75 (Attendees under 40 can pay their age) Contact: 561/514-4042, palmbeachdramaworks.org You may have seen Denzel Washington’s slowburning film adaptation of August Wilson’s “Fences,” with its Oscar-winning performance from Viola Davis. But that’s no reason to skip the original 1987 masterpiece onstage, in its purest and most electric form. The sixth and arguably most admired installment in Wilson’s 10-part “Pittsburgh Cycle” of plays about the 20th century African-American experience, “Fences” centers on Troy, a 53-year-old sanitation worker and struggling breadwinner for his wife, Rose, and child, Cory. Troy, a promising baseball player whose career in the Negro Leagues was cut short after an accidental murder and a subsequent prison sentence, is a receptacle of broken dreams and percolating resentments. Anything can set him off—as Cory will find out over the course of the play. Racial discrimination, infidelity and the ties that bind even the most fractured families are a few of Wilson’s themes, but the production’s success will hinge on its casting of a complex Troy. As NPR put it, “We must see him as a man who bleeds, heavily, and often from self-inflicted wounds.”

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Where: Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach When: April 5-6, 8 p.m.

Cost: $45-$55 Contact: 561/450-6357, artsgarage.org Just play the guitar like a piano—got it? Virtuoso composer Stanley Jordan not only figured this out back in the early ‘80s, he practically pioneered the application of piano principles to guitar playing, in particular the “touch technique,” a form of twohanded tapping on the fretboard that allowed him to play melodies and chords simultaneously—or even guitar and piano at the same time, if the song calls for it. The chameleonic performer comfortably straddles the genres of jazz, classical and pop; he even scored a No. 1 country hit with “Morning Desire,” a collaboration with Kenny Rogers. Jordan’s ambidextrous talent was on peak display in his 1986 breakthrough, the aptly titled Magic Touch, which helped reinvigorate classic Blue Note Records as a contemporary jazz label. Its centerpiece, a sevenminute cover of the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby,” is a mysterious jazzy/bossa nova re-imagining that is almost unrecognizable at first. It still shows up on his set lists, along with additional standards and covers, from Béla Bartók to Led Zeppelin.

Where: Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach When: April 6-7, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cost: $15 adults, $10 children Contact: 561/495-0233, morikami.org Usually, the Morikami is a tranquil paradise, a place where even the most restless visitor can meditate near the bridges, waterfalls and serpentine bonsai trees. The Hatsume Fair, which heralds the first bud of spring, is different: It’s one of the few times a year this Zen garden channels the energy of a bustling street fair, complete with costumed revelers—many guests dress as their favorite anime characters, their wigs the color of Jelly Belly flavors—and plenty of activities to keep attendees busy for hours. The 40th-annual Hatsume Fair is no different: The entertainment includes taiko drum performances from leading groups Ronin Taiko and Fushu Daiko, martial arts demonstrations showcasing a broad variety of Japanese forms, and a fashion show highlighting the latest trends in Japanese couture.

Additionally, many of the anime lookalikes roaming the grounds will participate in a costume contest. Be sure to peruse the artisan booths, anime dealers and plant vendors, and relax in the Sapporo Beer Garden and Sake Station. Bring the kids, too— there’s a separate children’s area. march/april 2019

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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

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Where: Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach When: April 5-7 Cost: $29-$110 Contact: 561/832-7469, kravis.org In more ways than one, Miami City Ballet is taking a deep dive into George Balanchine’s 1962 dance adaptation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The company has re-imagined Balanchine’s sprightly fantasy as an underwater ballet, setting its romantic roundelay of lovers both mortal and fairy in a literal ocean of possibilities. Influential Miami Beach artist Michele Oka Doner is tasked with creating the aquatic scenic design, props and costumes, complete with wings, frills and sea foam green body suits. This would be a muchanticipated production even without this novel approach, because it’s a landmark in ballet history.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was Balanchine’s first original full-length ballet, and in its New York City premiere, it starred none other than future Miami City Ballet head Edward Villella as Oberon.

The extraordinary Mendelssohn score, much of it composed when he was just 17, will be performed by a live orchestra.

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Where: Downtown Delray Beach When: April 12-14 Cost: Free Contact: 561/279-0907, delrayaffair.com With more than 500 artists and crafters cramming 12 city blocks in downtown Delray Beach, the Delray Affair has earned the mantle of the largest arts and crafts festival in the Southeast United States.

Though the vendors come from everywhere, the Affair specializes in the quirky and the whimsical, traits that help define the Delray mystique: vibrant watercolors, mixed-media sculptures and funky artisanal housewares. It would be tempting for the event’s organizers to rest on their impressive laurels, but Festival Management Group continues to freshen up the fair with new attractions every year. Debuting this April are three beer and wine gardens—one in the front lawn of Old School Square, the other two at the Fourth Street and Seventh Street intersections of Atlantic Avenue— with live music at each of them. This year’s radio sponsor, True Oldies 95.9, will be on hand to teach attendees dance moves like the Twist and Mashed Potato, while “Delray After Dark” festivities, now entering their third year, keep the festival atmosphere afloat with drink specials and afterhours gallery openings long after the tents fold up. delray beach magazine

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march/april 2019 WINE AND SEAFOOD RETURNS, BEATLES INVADE THE BEACH, AND MORE NOW-MARCH 30: “THE TECH EFFECT” at Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; $5; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. This group exhibition surveys 22 artists reflecting on the way technology impacts our lives and their art, from Matthew LaPenta’s oversized bronze emojis to Antoine Geiger’s dark photographs of smartphone users being sucked into their devices.

NOW-MARCH 31: SAYAKA GANZ: “RECLAIMED CREATIONS” at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach; $9-$15 museum admission; 561/4950233, morikami.org. Ganz, a native Japanese artist educated in the U.S., presents her series of animal sculptures made from secondhand objects such as discarded utensils—a colorful, energetic formalism she dubs “3D impressionism.”

MARCH 2: “CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: HOTEL CALIFORNIA” at Old School Square Pavilion, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $20-$75; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org.

Known for its note-for-note re-creations of rock ‘n’ roll masterpieces, Classic Albums Live will take on the Eagles’ fifth and most popular album—its first with ace guitarist Joe Walsh—which has sold 42 million copies worldwide.

MARCH 4-5: CREST CABARET SERIES: JEREMY JORDAN at Crest

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Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $60-$90; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. This musical-theatre heartthrob shone in a number of Broadway productions—from “West Side Story” to “Rock of Ages”—before his Tonynominated breakthrough in “Newsies” beginning in 2011 and his subsequent casting in NBC’s “Smash.”

MARCH 6: BROKEN ARROW: THE MUSIC OF NEIL YOUNG at Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $47-$57; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. Vocalist Joe Mass leads this tribute act with a dead-on impersonation of the Canadian singersongwriter’s distinctive tenor. His band covers the spectrum of Young’s styles, from his electric Crazy Horse years to his plaintive acoustic balladry.

MARCH 9-10: DELRAY BEACH WINE AND SEAFOOD FESTIVAL at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday; free; 561/2790907, wineandseafoodfest.com. Returning to downtown Delray Beach by popular demand, this celebration of fresh-caught cuisine serves up lobster rolls, Creole platters, fried claims, conch ceviche and many more seafood favorites, paired with an extensive wine collection, 100 art exhibitors and live music.

MARCH 13: STEPHEN BISHOP at Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $57-$77; 561/243-7922,

oldschoolsquare.org. This singer-songwriter famously persuaded his brother to buy him a guitar after seeing the Beatles play on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” He’s since enjoyed a more than 40-year career composed of 23 albums and two Billboard Top 25 hits: “Save it for a Rainy Day” and “On and On.”

MARCH 15: PABLO CRUISE at Old School Square Pavilion, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $20-$75; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. This Delray appearance marks a rare East Coast tour for these San Francisco-bred yacht rockers, whose soulful and easygoing sound peaked in the late 1970s with hits “Love Will Find a Way” and “Don’t Want to Live Without It.” MARCH 15: DANTE VARGAS AND THE CAT BAND at Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $35-$45; 561/450-6357, artsgarage.org. A native of Peru, Grammywinning trumpet master Vargas has since moved to Miami, where his Latin beat sound has taken flight and spawned collaborations with Marc Anthony, J-Lo and Shakira. He leads his seven-piece Cat Band through an eclectic set.

MARCH 20: JOAN OSBORNE at Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $57-$77; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. In 1995, this singersongwriter asked the immortal question, “What if God was one of us?,” inspiring a

Gold-selling single that continues to earn airplay. But Osborne is more than her best-selling song: The eclectic performer has worked in pop, soul, blues, R&B and Americana in a three-decade career, collaborating with artists as varied as Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder and Luciano Pavarotti.

MARCH 22: SCREENING OF “THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA” at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach; 7 p.m.; $7; 561/495-0233, morikami.org.

Decades in the making, director Isao Takahata’s hand-drawn, Academy Award-nominated anime masterpiece revisits Japan’s most famous folktale, about a tiny girl found in a stalk of bamboo who grows all too rapidly into an exquisite princess.

MARCH 22: SVETLANA & THE DELANCEY FIVE at Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $35-$45; 561/450-6357, artsgarage.org.

Sultry and sophisticated vocalist Svetlana leads her swing-jazz band the Delancey Five through compositions from her latest album Night at the Movies, which features a variety of re-imagined Silver Screen tunes from the 1930s to present day.

MARCH 22-23: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY at Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College, 4200 S. Congress Ave., Lake Worth; 8 p.m.; $45; 561/967-7222, duncantheatre.org. The dance world lost modernist choreographer Paul Taylor last year at age 88, but his

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legacy lives on through his namesake company, which performs his repertoire of 147 dances in more than 500 cities in 64 countries around the globe.

MARCH 22-APRIL 7: “SHOWTUNE: A CELEBRATION OF THE WORDS AND MUSIC OF JERRY HERMAN” at Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 N.W. Ninth St., Delray Beach; various show times; $30; 561/272-1281 Ext. 5, delraybeachplayhouse.com. This musical revue showcases the work of this tuneful Broadway composer, whose 60-year corpus includes “Hello, Dolly!,” “Mame” and “La Cage Aux Folles.”

MARCH 23: MINDBODY EXPO at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; free; 561/279-0907. Local purveyors of alternative healing, plant-based nutrition, bio-diverse farming, martial arts, yoga and more will showcase products aimed at strengthening mind, body and spirit.

MARCH 25-26: “DAVINCI AND MICHELANGELO: THE TITANS EXPERIENCE” at Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 N.W. Ninth St., Delray Beach; 7:30 p.m.; $45; 561/272-1281 Ext. 5, delraybeachplayhouse.com.

Performer and curator Mark Rodgers’s reverent solo theatre piece explores the Italian Renaissance through two of its undisputed geniuses—DaVinci and Michelangelo. These competitive contemporaries come alive through a multimedia presentation.

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APRIL 1: “DANZON SYMPHONIA!” at Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 7:30 p.m.; $59-$69; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare. org. Conductor Alastair Willis leads the Symphonia and bandoneon soloist Lidia Kaminska through a globetrotting program of Russian jazz, Argentine tango, Mexican danzon and German theatrical music, with compositions by Shostakovich, Weill, Marquez and more.

APRIL 3: JOHN WAITE at Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $57-$77; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. A staple on modern rock radio during the ‘70s and ‘80s, Waite famously led U.K. favorites the Babys and Bad English, and continued with tuneful hits “Change” and “Missing You” as a solo artist. He’ll perform career-spanning selections from his archive at this intimate show.

APRIL 11: MAX WEINBERG’S JUKEBOX at Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $57-$77; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org.

Weinberg, onetime bandleader for Conan O’Brien’s late-night show and longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, now leads his “Jukebox”—a professional three-piece band playing a set of classic-rock favorites curated entirely by the audience from a menu of more than 200 selections.

APRIL 17: “THE NIGHTINGALE” at Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 N.W. Ninth St., Delray Beach; 2:00 p.m.; $25; 561/272-1281 Ext. 5, delraybeachplayhouse.com. Actors Donna Warfield, Dolly Workman and Barbara Bradshaw perform a dramatic staged reading of “The Nightingale,” adapted from Kristin Hannah’s bestselling historical novel about two sisters separated during Nazi-occupied France.

APRIL 17: JOHN SEBASTIAN at Crest Theatre at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $57$77; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare. org. The singer, songwriter and bandleader of The Lovin’ Spoonful, the iconic rootsmusic act whose contributions to the mid-’60s rock revolution included “Do You Believe in Magic?” and “Summer in the City,” concludes the Crest Theatre’s impressive slate of MusicWorks concerts with a solo set.

APRIL 4: BRYNN SAITO: “FOLLOWING THE BRUSH: JAPANESE POETIC FORMS, THEN AND NOW” at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach; 1:30 p.m.; $10; 561/495-0233, morikami.org.

Award-winning poet and California State University professor Saito discusses zuihitsu, a form of free-associating prose-poetry that emerged in 11th century Japan. The event also includes a poetry reading, book signing and Q&A session.

6357, artsgarage.org. Sharpening his skills by performing alongside Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison and other A-listers, Australian saxophonist Roberts has become a formidable talent in his own right, leading his Nu-Jive band through hard-bopping sets spanning jazz, soul, funk, R&B and gospel.

APRIL 25-28: INTERNATIONAL BEATLES ON THE BEACH FESTIVAL throughout Delray Beach; various show times and prices; beatlesonthebeach.com.

This inaugural fete of the Fab Four features four days of entertainment at Old School Square, Boston’s, Avant, Il Bacio and on the beach, including performances by the Edgar Winter Band and tribute act McCartney Mania, plus Beatlesthemed meals, trivia, children’s activities, sand sculpting, boot camp and much more.

APRIL 19: TROY ROBERTS AND NU-JIVE at Arts Garage, 94 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach; 8 p.m.; $35-$45; 561/450-

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Delray style lightens up as a new season breezes in.

THE ASIAN SPIN Cult gaia green acrylic purse, $398, pink acrylic purse, $278, both from Saks Boca; Clutch, $138, from Coton Frais Boca

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Mark Denkler A former banker leads a family business that has real sole

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or Mark Denkler, there’s no business like shoe business.

Denkler, the grandson of Vince Canning Sr., was the heir apparent to run the iconic Vince Canning Shoes store on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach when his uncle, Vince Canning Jr., retired from the business in 1994. Since then, Denkler and his wife, LaRonda, have overseen tremendous growth of a business that could easily have faltered as older clients faded away. Four years ago they purchased Tootsies, an across-the-street competitor catering to a younger audience, and have watched sales there double while sales at Vince Canning quadrupled.

“We love being in the shoe business,” says Denkler, the thirdgeneration owner of the family business that dates back to 1952. “We love being small independent retailers.”

Over the years, Denkler has become a driving force in the Delray Beach business community, serving on the boards of several organizations. “My very first day after I bought the business, my uncle took me to the Chamber of Commerce and said, “You’re going to need to be involved,’” Denkler recalls.

Since then, Denkler has followed in the footsteps of his predecessors, and he serves on the boards of the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Development Authority, the Merchants Association, the Rotary Club of Delray Beach and the Delray Beach Parking Board. He is the former board chair of many of these organizations. “Vince and my parents just taught me to give back,” says Denkler, who believes merchants have a responsibility to help keep the business environment strong.

Those who know Denkler say he brings a high level of commitment to the community as a whole, in part because of the family legacy and also because he’s been a part of the community for a long time. “Mark just kind of jumps in and gets things done,” says David Cook, owner of Hands Office and Art Supply, another longtime family business. “He only speaks when he has something to say.”

Despite all his community involvement, Denkler still has time to keep the stores on track even when he and LaRonda are traveling to shoe shows—sometimes in other countries—to find unique items that customers won’t see in department stores or just about anyplace else in the area. “They work hard at the business,” Cook says.

That Denkler ended up running the family shoe business probably isn’t surprising, considering his uncle had taken him under his wing when he was still in his teens. The store, originally founded as Warren Shoes, was purchased by Vince Canning Sr. in November of 1952. The owner of a

boutique retail shop in Indianapolis, Canning Sr. lost everything in the Depression and later became a traveling salesman in the shoe industry, where he learned about the store in Delray that was up for sale.

Canning Sr. ran the business for four years before turning it over to his son, Vince Canning Jr., who had been working for the company that made Buster Brown shoes.

Denkler, whose mother was the daughter of Vince Canning Sr., was one of eight children. Each year one or two of them would be required to visit Florida to spend summer with their relatives. Denkler ended up spending the summer when he was 11 with his uncle Vince Jr., who died last February, and Vince’s wife, Pat. “I developed a really strong relationship with them,” he says.

While in college, Denkler would come back to Florida every summer and work in the business, which Vince Jr. had grown to three stores—one each in Delray, Boca Raton and Boynton Beach.

Shortly before Denkler was going to graduate from college, his uncle offered him the opportunity to be general manager of the business. “My first thought as a 21-year-old was, ‘He’s not in the malls, he’ll never make it,’” Denkler recalls.

The stores continued to thrive, however, in part because of the customized service they offered. Eventually his uncle closed the stores in Boca and Boynton but kept the Delray store.

After college, Denkler went into the banking business in Houston, but once he met LaRonda, who was a successful buyer for a department store, the lure of the corporate world—with its 14-hour days—began to fade.

“Once we decided to settle down and have a family, Delray looked pretty good,” Denkler says.

They bought the store in 1994 from Canning and set about keeping the family business going. They developed strategic plans and marketing plans, with LaRonda using her buying skills to find shoes their customers would want. “She was really born to be a merchant,” Denkler says.

At a time when retailers are facing increased pressure from online sales, the store’s success helped Denkler earn National Retailer of the Year honors in 2016 from the National Shoe Retailers Association.

Now 57, Denkler is not sure if the store will stay in the family once he and LaRonda decide to retire. He is fairly certain their two children, a son in the finance industry and a daughter who is a special-effects makeup artist in the film industry, aren’t interested in taking it over.

For now, Denkler is focused on continuing to grow the family shoe business and keep Vince Canning Shoes an important part of Delray Beach’s changing downtown.

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The Lynch Family The policy makers of Plastridge Insurance celebrate a century in business

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or Tom, Brendan and Connor Lynch, Plastridge Insurance is the family business—and the family’s legacy.

Celebrating 100 years in operation this past February, Plastridge Insurance remained viable through the Depression and other economic downturns, helping clients through countless hurricanes and other natural disasters, thriving when others in the industry tumbled by the wayside.

It is, by far, the oldest insurance agency in Palm Beach County and the second-oldest in the state. It’s also credited with being one of the oldest surviving businesses in South Florida. The success and longevity, says Chairman and CEO Tom Lynch, is due in large part to the company’s ability to evolve with the times.

“You just keep on figuring out where the trends are going,” he says.

“You realize things are changing—how do we adapt?”

His sons think there’s a different reason the company has weathered so many storms—literally and figuratively. “It’s him,” says Connor, the company’s chief operating officer, who is charged with overseeing the day-to-day operations.

Since Tom Lynch took over the Delray Beach business from his father in-law in 1974—and grew it from a handful of employees to now close to 100—he’s created an environment focused on doing what’s best for the customer, even if that’s not always what’s best for the company. It is a luxury enjoyed by independent insurance agencies like Plastridge, which focuses largely on helping clients with commercial and business policies as well as a smaller amount of home, auto and employee benefit policies.

“He always put doing right by the customer first,” Connor Lynch says.

“It’s something you see in every employee here.”

Connor and Brendan—who is the company’s executive vice president and top salesperson—say they learned the importance of taking care of customers as they watched their father while they grew up in the business. “My first job was taking staples out of the carpet when I was 5,” Brendan Lynch says.

Connor, who is three years younger than Brendan, started out filing alongside Brendan. “My first paycheck was in 1992,” he says.

“I’m sure he was overpaid,” Tom Lynch adds.

Both sons say they were never pressured into going to work for the firm, and while Brendan knew he wanted to be part of the family-owned and -operated company right out of college, Connor originally focused on entering medicine until he was talked out of it by a few doctors.

The same thing happened to Tom Lynch exactly 30 years earlier. Tom had gotten accepted into medical school while teaching at St. Vincent Ferrer

School in Delray when doctor friends persuaded him to stay out of the field.

At the same time, a turn of fate brought him to the insurance business.

His father in-law, Paul Spicher, who had purchased the Plastridge agency in 1949 from the family of founder Amos Plastridge—who started the business in February 1919—had just suffered a heart attack, and Tom jumped in to help out. A year later, Lynch bought the insurance agency—and a real estate and mortgage business—from Spicher and began transforming it into a company that grew from five employees to now four offices, with branches in Boca Raton, Boynton Beach and Palm Beach Gardens. Over the years, the company morphed from handling mostly personal insurance to writing mostly commercial policies. Today it brings in about $150 million in premiums annually.

Brendan and Connor have also followed Tom’s example of community involvement. “It’s always been a mentality within our family to support the community that supports you,” Connor Lynch says.

Tom Lynch’s civic involvement is extensive. He served six years as mayor of Delray Beach, served on the Palm Beach County School Board, and was the first chairman of the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency. He is mayor of the Village of Golf, a 300-person community tucked between Delray Beach and Boynton Beach.

Connor Lynch has also been active in Delray Beach, serving on the Site Plan Review and Appearance Board and later chairing the Planning and Zoning Board. He was also a founding member of the Plumosa School of the Arts Foundation and was on the board of Dare to Be Great.

Brendan Lynch is chair of the Florida Association of Independent Agents and is also a director on the Palm Beach County Business Development Board, as well as community organizations in Lake Worth, where he resides.

In recognition of Plastridge Insurance’s centennial, the company has pledged to recognize 10 decades of service by giving $10,000 each to 10 nonprofit organizations in the area. Which organizations will receive funds has yet to be decided.

While Tom, Connor and Brendan will continue to run the agency for several years to come, the question of whether the next generations will continue the legacy remains to be seen. Tom Lynch has two other sons, while Brendan has two children and Connor has three.

Chances are all seven will not be pressured into joining the family business but will have the opportunity available to them. “When the time comes, I’ll approach it the same way my parents did,” Connor Lynch says.

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haven’t had a chance yet, but I want to try everything on Driftwood’s menu. Every dish. And most of the cocktails, too.

You haven’t had these dishes before, but you’ll want them again. There are complimentary boiled peanuts, normally part of the Deep South (hint: That’s not where we live). These taste like tiny, soft, slightly zesty potatoes and have been boiled in a mixture of red pepper flakes, coriander, citrus peel, garlic and paprika. This constitutes the start of a Driftwood addiction.

The descriptions tug at your appetite and your imagination—no unusual ingredients you can’t pronounce, but combinations you’ve never thought of before.

Popcorn sauce? Avocado chocolate ice cream?

This is comfort food elevated to a higher level at a nice price.

In fact, you can mix a few smaller plates with bigger plates, add an app for the table and still be able to afford a dessert. Or two. You can always take leftovers. Plus, the ingredients are local and often organic, and it all looks terrific.

Take a bite of the hand-cut spaghetti ($14) topped with a sunny Holman’s egg yolk, with pecorino and thin shavings of black truffle. “It’s like you’ve never had spaghetti before,” said my guest. After tasting the tender pasta’s smooth, buttery flavor with a sharp pecorino twinge and the truffle tickling your palate, the only rational response is to keep slurping.

One of the specials was smoked swordfish ($14) sitting on an Italian crescensa (cow’s cheese) sauce, with avocado chunks, croutons and parsley.

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hours. The mild sauce was a perfect partner; all the components meshed.

These flavor meldings spring from the mind of chef/owner Jimmy Everett. He’s a SoFla native and worked at the Atlantis Country Club as a boy. From there, he went to the Culinary Institute of America, then worked for inventive chefs (Daniel Humm, Wylie Dufresne, Michael White) and opened restaurants as executive chef in Hong Kong and Valentino Cucina Italiana in Fort Lauderdale.

But he wanted his own place, so he and wife/co-owner Ilia Gonzalez-Colon bought the former Scully’s site in Boynton Beach, and debuted Driftwood in early 2018.

The dining room has a rustic paneled accent wall, framed photos, mostly booth spaces and a casual atmosphere—the better to focus on the food.

We tried a half-tail of lobster with pickled okra, sliced fingerling potatoes and broccoli rabe in a popcorn beurre blanc sauce (yes, they reduce popcorn down to this sauce, $17).

It was a delicate mouthful with lots of pleasant taste surprises: sweet lobster, slightly bitter rabe, tangy okra, light sauce with a faint popcorn taste.

The ricotta dumplings with the chicken/dumplings dish ($16) were thin, long and light, the chicken tender and flavorful. The avocado chocolate ice cream sandwiches ($6) were light green and rich—the avocado’s contribution—and sweet with the chocolate. My half was gone in four bites.

I’m going back for the burger (gouda, pickled green tomato, smoked onion, $14), the grilled octopus ($17), the local fish ceviche ($14). Also the pastrami’d chicken breast with roasted cabbage, Bob’s potatoes and Swiss fondue ($22). Our server said it’s her favorite and that it “hugs your soul.”

I think that describes Driftwood to a T.

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PRICES: $8-$31 WEBSITE: driftwoodboynton.com

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all natural Grab the binoculars and take a hike at the five best outdoor attractions from Delray Beach to Jupiter

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Wakodahatchee Wetlands

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ADDRESS: 13026 Jog Road, Delray Beach CONTACT: 561/493-6000 ADMISSION: Free Difficult to pronounce but easy to enjoy, Wakodahatchee Wetlands has been Delray Beach’s premier bird-watching site for more than 20 years.

Constructed on 50 acres of previous wastewater utility property as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan—the Seminole language “Wakodahatchee” translates to “created waters”—this western county treasure holds the No. 1 spot on TripAdvisor’s Things to Do in Delray Beach, and last summer Money magazine designated it the “Best Park in Florida.”

A vital leg on the Great Florida Birding Trail, Wakodahatchee welcomes more than 150 avian species annually. If you visit during the migratory period of fall through spring, the wetlands are a boisterous babble of birdsong, with countless wading species maneuvering for real estate on the shrub islands dotting the pond. These include anhingas, great blue herons, egrets, storks and spoonbills, all happy to exhibit their noble, impressive wingspans. They’re all visible from a three-quarter-mile boardwalk—no binoculars needed, though hardcore birders usually bring them—and on quieter visits, the ubiquitous white ibises are so acclimated to humans that they’re likely to walk the path with you.

Under the boardwalk, or sunning themselves on the embankments, the park’s two adult alligators—Big George, who spans 12 feet, and his friend Crooked Jaw—take up residency, offering arguably the region’s best up-close view of Florida’s most iconic reptile. On my last visit to Wakodahatchee, Big George was cruising under the boardwalk, noshing on minnows, when a young visitor tossed it some of his Goldfish, the bite-sized cheese snacks. George gobbled those up, too: A fish is a fish. (But warning: Feeding alligators is illegal and dangerous.)

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Green Cay Nature Center

Top, a bobcat kitten; bottom, woodstork chicks

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ADDRESS: 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach CONTACT: 561/966-7000 ADMISSION: Free This natural paradise off west Boynton’s beaten path opened in 2004. Like Wakodahatchee, Green Cay is manmade, well marked and immaculately maintained. It’s a longer stroll than Wakodahatchee, with a mile and a half of elevated boardwalk winding through a diverse paradise of palm and tropical hardwood hammock, cypress swamp and wetlands, the route culminating in a thatched-roof Seminole chickee hut.

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Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge ADDRESS: 10216 Lee Road, Boynton Beach CONTACT: 561/734-8303 ADMISSION: $5 per car or $1 per pedestrian Along with Grassy Waters Preserve, A.R.M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is the only Palm Beach County remnant of the Everglades, and it has a long and storied provenance. The South Florida Water Management District and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service established the refuge in 1951 under the authority of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act, making it the 216th national wildlife refuge in the United States.

By far the largest center of its kind in the county, A.R.M. spans nearly 144,000 acres, and because it includes so many diverse habitats—wet prairie, sawgrass ridge, slough, tree island, cypress swamp and more—the number of wildlife viewing opportunities is enticingly vast: Think 257 bird species, 23 types of mammals, 60 species of

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gion’s bird life was on colorful display. A western swamphen rested mysteriously among the marshes steps away from a snowy egret gingerly treading the swampy muck. A little further on, purple martins scavenged among the wild pickerelweeds, and red-beaked moorhens swam amiably toward the boardwalk. Impressive cormorants, herons and spoonbills descended like celebrity cameos among the more common species, all ready for their binocular close-ups.

In terms of sheer variety and density of birds, Wakodahatchee trumps Green Cay, but the latter contains a perk the former doesn’t: an indoor nature center. Green Cay’s center includes a turtle pond with four varieties of the amphibian, a terrarium of exotic frogs and toads, and an alligator aquarium populated by plecos and baby gators lounging as motionless as sculptures.

Even the short walk from the parking lot to the building can yield eye candy: Before entering, check the birdfeeders to your right and left, and try and spot the vividly colored finches that assemble there.

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Above, alligator and friends at Wakodahatchee Wetlands; opposite, from top: Grassy Waters Preserve, egrets on the Loxahatchee River, paddling the Loxahatchee at Riverbend Park

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ADDRESS: 8264 Northlake Blvd., West Palm Beach CONTACT: 561/804-4985 ADMISSION: Free Allowing visitors to, as its tagline indicates, “experience the Everglades in West Palm Beach,” Grassy Waters Preserve offers a convenient conduit to the River of Grass. At 23.5 square miles, it’s a massive watershed, supplying H2O to the City of West Palm Beach.

Grassy Waters is all about variety. Because of its enormity, there are three entrance points to the preserve’s system of six trails. The central address, off Northlake Boulevard, leads viewers to the visitors’ center, which honors South Florida’s Native American ancestry with an exhibition of tribal artifacts—bones, tomahawks, an entire canoe—as well as armor from Spanish conquistadors. The center is situated amid the preserve’s most accessible and popular trail, a 1-mile elevated and shaded boardwalk that welcomes about 35,000 walkers annually—along with a surfeit of snail kites, herons, anhingas, gators and pig frogs that call the preserve home.

Venture out a little further on Northlake—less than a minute’s drive from the visitors’ center— and escape into the (relatively) wilder terrain of the Eagle Trail (0.5 miles) and Hog Hammock Trail (4.23 miles). This is where you can really breathe in the marshy air, the shrubs rustling with elusive wildlife. The bobcat, otter, wild turkey and white-tailed deer might be spotted, march/april 2019

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ADDRESS: 9060 W. Indiantown Road, Jupiter CONTACT: 561/741-1359 ADMISSION: Free More so than any natural area in Palm Beach County, Riverbend Park is a hiker’s nirvana.

From asphalt to grass to crushed limestone to boardwalk, it’s all underfoot in the park’s 15 byzantine miles of interconnected trails. They’re all along the Loxahatchee, Florida’s first designated Wild and Scenic River, so fish and wildlife can be abundant (though our visit, on a draught-stricken January morning, yielded no fauna aside from perennial squirrels and ducks).

The trails’ two major thoroughfares, Reese Trail and River Bend Trail, function, indeed, like twin rivers, which meander off into more than a dozen additional “tributaries,” or small trails of wildly varying lengths.

Some loop, others don’t. Sporadic signage won’t help everyone trekking these serpentine footpaths; on our first visit, we became so lost in our pretzel-like meanderings that we began to feel stuck in a “Twilight Zone” set.

But the park is Eden-like, with a sense of solitary communion only wild areas can inspire—especially on the Reese Trail, when you’re flanked by shaded forest canopy, the sunlight is dappled, distant finches twitter, and that fresh piney smell fills the deep woods. There’s nothing better. Time speeds up as the world slows down, and before you know it, hours have passed.

Because of the generous trail space, Riverbend is as popular with bicyclists as hikers, and equestrian trails allow for additional horseplay. Canoeing along the Loxahatchee is heavenly, and rentals are available at the onsite Jupiter Outdoor Center.

Battlefield Park, within Riverbend, was the site of two historic Seminole War battles of 1838, which are honored with rock monuments. The park hosts Guided Battlefield Tours Saturday mornings from October through May.

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Riverbend Park

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Grassy Waters Preserve

along with the invasive feral hog, whose muddy holes are everywhere. Hog Hammock includes a leafy picnic oasis with three tables surrounded by oak and cabbage palms.

Bicyclists, meanwhile, can spin their wheels at the 16.6-mile Owahee Trail, accessible from the visitors’ center, and aquatic adventurers can rent a kayak, if the waters are high enough.

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reptiles and amphibians. The refuge made national headlines last year when FoxNews.com, among other outlets, ran a visitor’s photograph of a bobcat showing off its latest tasty find, an invasive and dastardly green iguana.

The refuge’s website includes a breakdown of which species alight at A.R.M. each month. In March, for instance—and this should be spoken in your best David Attenborough impression— “Thousands of tree swallows begin gathering for their northern migration in late spring. Usually, water levels are slowly dropping in the interior portions of the Refuge, and most of the smaller wading birds and great egrets are starting courtship behaviors and are in full breeding plumage.”

Spot these avians from the elevated Cypress Swamp Boardwalk or the Marsh Trail. Fishing, hunting and boating are permitted as well; visitors may also pedal the 12-mile Bike Trail alongside the main canal, or paddle along A.R.M.’s 5.5-mile Canoe Trail. The last time we hopped in a kayak, we came an oar’s length away from a congregation of friendly baby alligators; like people and pugs, they’re much cuter when they’re little!

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The

Gourmet With South Florida in its peak dining season, we celebrate the people, places, food trends and odds ‘n’ ends that make our region so delicious.

Café Boulud—and its delectable menu— is one of the region’s culinary treasures.

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It’s not a “best of,” per se, just a curated selection of what we’re eating, and who we’re toasting, right now, from South Dade to North Palm Beach.

Hungry yet?

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PEACHES 'N COBBLER ICE CREAM AT PROPER ICE CREAM

It started from a strip mall in the West Delray hinterlands that wouldn’t get foot traffic from Forrest Gump—and its hours were wonky: Thursday to Sunday only, at a maximum of five hours, and varying each day. But this tuckedaway storefront (soon to have a prime location in downtown Delray) from ice cream artisan Rick Felberbaum has developed a cult audience that would travel to Timbuktu for Two scoops of Proper Ice Cream is a short cut to heaven

a pint of his Peaches 'n Cream Cobbler, Creansicle or Blueberry Muffin favors, among many many more. Felberbaum creates every batch from scratch, with fruits and spices coming from Turkey, Israel, Yugoslavia and local Florida farms.

The authentic texture and buoyant mouth feel manage to reinvent a dessert wheel that we thought had lost most of its tread. It is, quite simply, the best ice cream on the planet. Period.

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A MILKSHAKE AT ROBERT IS HERE

Maple Bacon Coffee Porter

The story goes that Robert Moehling was so small when he started selling the family produce by the side of the road in the tall grass in Homestead that his dad put a big sign with an arrow pointing at him that said “Robert Is Here.” Well, Robert is still here but in a huge open-air market at the corner of the road that leads to Everglades National Park.

These days, the 60-year-old business includes a barnyard full of giant tortoises, emus, goats and more and a “fruit stand” with every kind of exotic tropical fruit you can imagine, from mamey sapote to guavas and mangos and tamarind and more—most of which Robert grows himself.

Whatever you buy, you must not miss a homemade milkshake here, which can be made from any wacko fruit combo you choose.

The shake itself is made with hand-cut fresh fruit, milk and ice. It tastes like ice cream, but that’s just because it’s the best pure milkshake ever made by the hand of man. Try the Key lime strawberry.

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MAPLE BACON COFFEE PORTER AARON BRISTOL

The offspring of the former Boca Raton lounge, the Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park has been cranking out unique suds

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since 2013. Arguably the best brew on the menu, the Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, is a small-batch creation released once a year. Likened to pouring breakfast into a glass, each sip is an explosion of maple syrup, coffee and cream. Sound delicious?

The judges at the World Beer Cup thought so too, awarding this libation the gold medal for specialty beer in 2016.

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MANGO FROM THE MANGO MEN

The Mango Men of Homestead (MMH)—not to be confused with South Florida’s Mango Gang— cultivate at least 50 different strands on their half-acre ranch. As the man who runs it, tropical fruit expert Richard Campbell, said, mangos come “in every color, shape, size, texture and flavor that you could ever

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HOUSE-MADE CHARCUTERIE AT CAFE BOULUD

Chef Rick Mace’s version of this carnivorous catch-all is an over-the-top delight.

The large, dinner version of this appetizer includes no less than seven flavor-rich meats in all—like salami, a delicate chicken liver mousse, smooth Serrano ham and pork shoulder pate, surrounded by frisee, ramps, spicy pickles and artistic dollops of Dijon, served on a long wooden slab. But that’s not all, folks: Soon came the second charcuterie course, with its so-thinly-sliced-itwas-almost-invisible coppa, duck and foie gras pate and, yes, head cheese.

And there’s more: The new Le Passage menu that debuted this winter at the chic lounge area includes charred octopus and caviar blinis.

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Café Boulud’s charcuterie

imagine.” A visit to the MMH can help you square the difference between each of them. Campbell sells mangos both fresh and dried, as well as honey that bees forage from the orchard, and it’s all produced without herbicides or pesticides.

The bad news? As you read this, mango season is over.

The magic begins again in May. 15300 S.W. 268th St., Homestead

NEIMAN-MARCUS POPOVERS

Very little makes you feel more like a Lady Who Lunches than a leisurely lunch at the Mariposa Café at Neiman-Marcus at Town Center. This is a lunch that requires champagne, of course, and a little covey of shopping bags nesting at your feet. The Neimans’ lunch begins with a demitasse of warm bouillon, followed by

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the very famous popovers served with strawberry butter.

It is these popovers we salute here. Defying gravity, they are the Truman Capote swans of baked goods, the ballerinas of bread, the whispers of wheat. They should never be attempted at home; they belong here, at Neiman’s, where dreams come true and everyone is a size zero.

ROCK SHRIMP AT THE WHALE’S RIB

Rock shrimp is a dish synonymous with the Whale’s Rib, like its famous whale fries or conch chowder (below). You never see rock shrimp on menus around here, which may be because they have notoriously hard-to-peel shells (there is a trick—just crack them in the middle first, then peel off the shell) or maybe because people do not know these are the best little Florida treats that exist, deepwater shrimp from Cape San Blas or off Port Canaveral that taste like sweet, itty-bitty lobsters. Add drawn butter and you will happily peel and eat your way through this basket of bliss. Add a cold beer, and you are in heaven.

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Schrager has also produced Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cookbook, Fried & True and America’s Best Breakfasts. All hail Lee. Chef Jeremiah

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LEE BRIAN SCHRAGER The founder of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Schrager turned what used to be known as the Florida Extravaganza into the culinary juggernaut the festival is today. It was 2002 when he took the reins and turned the one-day soiree benefiting the Florida International University hospitality program into a three-day foodie party.

Today, it’s morphed into a weeklong event drawing more than 60,000 guests, including stars from the Food Network and Cooking Channel. The Festival offers dinners, seminars, panels, demos and the highly anticipated Grand Tasting Tents on Ocean Avenue.

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attention of rapper Rick Ross, who enlisted Jeremiah as his personal chef, as well as the cooking-show establishment: He has competed on “Chopped,” “Beat Bobby Flay” and “Cutthroat Kitchen: The Truck Stops Here.” His latest project, “Jeremiah Bullfrog Forks It,” is a TV series in which he travels and eats, a la the late Anthony Bourdain.

CHEF JEREMIAH

Chef Jeremiah doesn’t need no stinkin’ surname. As far as Miami cuisine goes, there is only one Jeremiah. One of his pioneering ventures, the legendary gastroPod, is credited with launching the South Florida foodtruck movement, opening in 2009 and raising the bar for mobile cuisine with Vietnamese tacos. Jeremiah’s skills—honed at staples like the Michelin-starred elBulli, Noma and Restaurant Aquavit—earned the

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NORMAN VAN AKEN

Norman Van Aken has been elevating Florida food to the realm of poetry for more than 20 years. Van Aken formed the Mango Gang, a kind of Rat Pack of renegade chefs, fusing flavors and perfecting New American cuisine alongside colleagues

to food: His every whim tastes golden. If he only cooked at Buccan, which opened in 2011 to instant acclaim, he would probably still have made this list, but his equally innovative Imoto and Grato, not to mention his grab-and-go Sandwich Shop, have only heightened his national profile.

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BRAD KILGORE

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like Allen Susser and Mark Militello. He’s written five cookbooks and a memoir, he has been a James Beard semifinalist for “Best Chef in America,” and his namesake Coral Gables restaurant is still missed. Van Aken now runs three restaurants— Norman’s in Grande Lakes, 1921 in Mount Dora and, as of late last year, Three at the

Wynwood Arcade, further solidifying the trendy cred of this hip neighborhood.

THE SWANKS

They are now at the epicenter of the county’s “slow food” or “farm-to-table” movement, two people who started a small farm in Loxahatchee 18 years ago and now supply some of the area’s

best restaurants with their produce—and host lavish, star chef-studded farm dinners during season at a massive pole barn on their property. Darrin and Jodi Swank didn’t grow up on the lower 40; he was a landscaper and she was a travel agent when they plowed into farming. Today they own 20 acres in Loxahatchee; about seven are cultivated with 350 varieties of produce, from fancy lettuces (their specialty) to elegant veggies and wildflowers. As other small farmers start nipping at their heels, they come up with the Next Big Thing.

That was the farm dinner eight years ago, and now it’s growing hops for a homebased brewery. “But we’ll always grow food,” Jodi says.

This Miami chef, 31, started washing pots and pans in the kitchen when he was 6, but that was then. Now he is a rock-star chef in South Florida, having worked at Alinea and L20 in Chicago and Azul and J&G Grill in Miami. By 2015, Kilgore opened his first South Florida venue, Alter, in the Wynwood District. Brava

by Brad Kilgore, his second restaurant, soon followed.

In 2016 Food & Wine named him “Best New Chef in America,” and the hits keep coming.

Kilgore will soon add two restaurant concepts to Miami’s Design District: Ember and Kaido.

Watch him know; the contrail is already forming.

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Local Classics EL PALACIO DE LOS JUGOS

THE CAFECITO

The walk-up Cuban coffee window was social networking before that term was even invented, with a camaraderie born of high-octane sugary coffee poured into tiny cups (this is a cafecito) or the larger colada size. This is how people in Miami (and now all of us in South Florida by osmosis) keep going in the afternoons. In fact, The City of Miami has declared 3:05 (also the city’s area code) each afternoon cafecito time, making it the only place we know with an official coffee break time.

El Palacio is your familyowned go-to for Cuban and Latin-American fruits, freshly made juices and a vivifying chopped fruit salad. The owners have 10 Dade County locations now, serving readymade Cuban food dispensed via warming tables and deep fryers. The chicharron is the best.

SAUSAGES AT EMIL’S

Walter and Jutta Voos bought Emil’s in 1999, but the business started in 1954.

The core of the business is its dizzying array of homemade

sausages, all preservative-free with no nitrates or MSG. Any sausage you can dream up is made here, by hand, from beer brats to Italian, apple, merguez, chicken, turkey, Cajun, chorizo, andouille, and on and on— not to overlook homemade bologna of all kinds, even the lowly American hot dog. And the list of specialty foods is endless, including sauerkraut, pierogi, duck liver mousse, cheese straws, German potato salad, salami and more. 124 N. Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach

SAVOR THE AVENUE

This is everyone’s favorite dining event and for good reason. Where else do you see a small town’s main street closed, and a dining table stretching for five city blocks down the middle of it? Savor the Avenue (coming up March 25) is Delray’s elegant al fresco four-course dinner, hosted by local restaurants with free-flowing wines, piped-in music, lavish table decorations and the sense that you aren’t in Delray

Beach anymore— you are somewhere in Europe, or California’s wine country, or some other magical place with sophisticated communal dining, gourmet food and the ambience of a charming seaside town. The event, hosted every March (and sponsored by this magazine and the Delray Development Authority), sells out every year within days, and is attended by 1,000 people.

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DEBRA SOMERVILLE

Savor the Avenue

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD FISH MARKET

CAFÉ BOULUD

Daniel Boulud’s longtime Palm Beach outpost is the kind of restaurant that still offers you a choice of newspapers when you sit down for lunch.

Drinks, from the perfectly balanced sweet-and-sour strawberry mint lemonade to the harder stuff, are just as carefully prepared as the main courses, which are just as elegantly plated as the desserts, like the signature Key lime pie.

Café Boulud is not without its Old Guard Palm Beach pretensions—shorts and beachwear are not permitted—and if a party of two makes it out of the building for under $100, it’s pulled off some sort of economic miracle. But unlike many a restaurant with prices higher than an march/april 2019

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airplane’s cruising altitude, Café Boulud is worth every penny.

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DARBSTER BISTRO

It’s worth the schlep to West Palm Beach to dine at Darbster, a woke bistro that welcomes carnivores as well. If your concept of vegan food is cardboard patties of mysterious provenance, gummy knockoff cheddar slices and uncooked falafel, you owe it to yourself to experience Darbster’s flavor-forward creations.

The “beef ” Wellington tastes like the real deal, and the fried hearts of palm would satisfy any comfort-food craving. 800 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach

The grass may be greener in the summertime in Maine or Colorado or North Carolina, but when it comes to seafood, no one’s got anything on South Florida.

Wherever you live, you have a great neighborhood fish market sporting wildcaught local fish and shrimp and a wide range of other offerings, from oysters (in season) to imported fish and clams and just about anything you’ve got a hankering for. Here are three that spring to mind: Pop’s (131 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield Beach) is a fairly large market with a wide range of shellfish and fish, and it does something the other markets do not do: It cooks your pick for you at lunchtime. You can order whatever looks good to you with a side and a drink in a sandwich or taco, or go for a whole basket o’ wonderful. Pop’s has both fresh and frozen fish, all kinds of salads and specialty items like frog legs, Fin-N-Haddie and crawfish tails.

You could do open-heart surgery at Old Dixie (7000 N. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton), where all the fish is wrapped in Saran, and the frozen cases are as pristine as the driven snow. Larry and Kerry Siemsen opened this bright little market in 1996 and have enjoyed a steadily growing fan base ever since. The smoked wahoo fish dip is arguably the best sold in South Florida, and the market also has wines, delish homemade salads, caviar, truffle oil, alligator meat, pate and a secret stone crab source patrons swear by.

Captain Frank’s Fish Market (435 W. Boynton Beach Blvd.) can trace its bloodline back three generations, when Joey Sclafani’s great-grandfather was selling fish in New York at the turn of the century. And now it has a cult following. For starters, Joey buys only fresh fish (“never frozen”), only wildcaught, and he’ll tell you how to cook it while he’s wrapping it up. The market has it all, and then some, with a wall of Italian sauces and pastas, homemade soups, the occasional box of fresh local produce, bread, steaks and Key lime pie.

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YELLOW GREEN FARMERS MARKET

Open since 2010, the weekend market has become the ultimate farmers market, with more than 300 vendors selling quite possibly anything you could ever want. Check out the farm stalls for seasonal fruits and vegetables, or wander the aisles for honey, spices and loose teas. Kitchens also set up shop in booths to serve international cuisine from all over South America, the Caribbean, Morocco, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand and more.Countless vendors have handmade jewelry, bags, artwork, clothing from around the world, crystals, essential oils, candles and soaps.

For a drink, head to the Happitizer Bar, an al fresco, albeit covered, bar with international beers and

chilly frozen sangria.

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JOE’S STONE CRAB

In a weird way, we can thank Joe Weiss’s asthma back in 1913 for this legendary South-of-Fifth outpost in Miami Beach.

Suffering from breathing problems, the Weiss family moved to Florida from New York and opened a lunch counter. A few years later, locals learned that those stone crabs they found in the bay were actually edible, and the rest is history. It’s no secret: The Miami Beach institution is the place to go during stone crab season for its melt-in-your-mouth sweet meat, and its Key lime pie is just as legendary.

Joe’s staff also ships claws to anywhere in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

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WHITE GLOVE DINING

South Florida’s dining scene has a fast-paced life of its own and is defined sometimes by the Next, The Newest, the Most Trendy—which makes that quaint notion of old-fashioned white-glove dining especially attractive now and then. Thankfully, we’ve got a few places that will indulge us: Arturo’s (6750 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton) is fine and formal Italian (with the occasional opera singer, if you please), exquisite desserts, a legendary wine cellar and a garden room.

Renato’s (87 Via Mizner, Palm Beach) is all French doors, soft piano music, romantic terrace views and a refined and exquisite Continental menu. This is Palm Beach, after all, and this is simply how things are done.

Kathy’s Gazebo Cafe (4199 N. Federal Highway, Boca) offers classic French dining (there are two kinds of pâté), impeccable manners and charming details, like vichyssoise served daily in a chilled silver tureen.

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The Trends

Designer doughnuts from Doughboy

WINE BARS AND BREWERIES

Ask anyone where to get the best doughnuts in town and you’re begging for a rumble.

The pastries have truly captured the taste buds of South Florida foodies, and it’s no longer just a breakfast treat. Doughnut Works, in Delray Beach has a menu of more than 30 flavors.

Want something just a little smaller? Doughboy’s mini doughnuts have names like Winter is Coming, Ninja’s Pick and I’m a Boss. It’s a thing: Doughnuts are BIG.

There’s no shortage of breweries in South Florida, from SaltWater Brewery in Delray Beach to Funky Buddha in Oakland Park and Wynwood Brewing Company down in Miami.

Florida flavors are infused into each brew, with tropical notes you won’t find anywhere else. For oenophiles, the wine bar scene is having a moment.

Down in Broward, the cozy Wine Watch in Fort Lauderdale hosts wine dinners and elaborate tastings, and further south in Dade, the Vine Vault at the St. Regis Bal Harbour is an impressive modern sitdown with 2,500 bottles of wine in clear, temperaturecontrolled cases.

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FOOD HALLS

Chris and Kristen Vila opened Grandview Public Market to much ado in West Palm Beach earlier this year, where guests imbibe drinks at The Bar at Clare’s, experience the poke trend at the Poke Lab Eatery, or satisfy their sweet tooth with Thai rolled ice cream at Crema—just to name a few. Meanwhile, Delray Beach is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the 30,000-square-foot Delray City Market, set to open next fall off Atlantic Avenue. Down in MiamiDade, they’re popping up like mushrooms: La Centrale at Brickell City Centre offers three floors of Italian fare (including a Negroni fountain), 1-800-LUCKY is an Asian cuisine destination, The

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Wharf brings the food hall experience to the water, and Central Fare just opened at MiamiCentral—which is a Brightline stop, by the way!

TIP TO TAIL

The movement to be the ultimate chef recycler— using the whole animal for food rather than choice bits and pieces—is nothing new. (Native Americans did it, and other cultures have been doing it for years.) But now the practice is going mainstream, and our local chefs are all about it. Delray chef Blake Malatesta has been known to make beef heart tartare. We’ve got sweetbreads and pate, tripe and tongue. “Waste not” never tasted so good.

Chef Blake Malatesta’s beef heart tartare

reimagined. Case in point: Mazie’s in West Palm Beach, an homage by star chef Eric Baker to his bubbe, Mazie, whose comfort food he has spun into a whole new genre that is packing them in at this stylish Dixie corridor gastrohit. 3815 S. Dixie Blvd., West Palm Beach The Vilas of Grandview Public Market

HOME IS WHERE THE SPÄTZLE IS And they say you can’t go home again. That 1990s shift toward comfort food appears to be here to stay, especially if those tried and true dishes are

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What Else We Are Eating Up DELIVERY DUDES

Picture this: It’s raining in plague-like proportions, and your refrigerator is empty save for a few wrinkled grape tomatoes and that $12 artisanal mustard from Fresh Market. You want nothing more than to eat out, but the last thing you want to do is go out. That’s where Delray Beach-based Delivery Dudes come in—braving the elements to hand-deliver dishes from among the company’s dozens of local participating restaurants, and taking only a $7 fee for their trouble. Just call in the order, and it can be yours within the hour. The drivers will even pick up your groceries or dry cleaning.

These dudes abide.

Jayson Koss, founder, Delivery Dudes

GO WEST FOR THE BEST

For shame to those who say there’s no good Chinese food in South Florida.

Behold the promised land of international cuisine, also known as Central Broward:

Head to Toa Toa in Sunrise (4145 N.W. 88th Ave.) and order the house pan-fried noodles, sweet barbeque pork buns and shrimp dumplings for your dim sum fix.

For a taste of Seoul, cook your slices of meat over the charcoal grill at your table at Gabose (4991 N. University Drive, Lauderhill), and

douse it in Korean sauces.

Be sure to get a side of Tteok-bokki and kimchi (obviously).

RIVERSIDE MARKET

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BLUE VIEW: TOP OF THE TOWER

It’s not Everest, but The Blue is, for Boca anyway, the top of the world. Slide into a horseshoe-shaped banquette near a window, and take in the view. “All you can see is blue,” says Roberto Colombi, its general manager. “And you can forget about the world for a minute.” That forgetting is aided by the restaurant’s approachable, seasonally changing cuisine, with pastas, breads and desserts made from scratch daily. Boca Resort, 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton

CIBO WINE BAR

The Cibo Wine Bar’s theatrical trappings are as much a draw as the pastas and brick-oven pizzas.

Cibo houses 3,500 bottles of vino in its two-story, glass-enclosed wine cellar, some of which nearly scrape the industrialchic ceiling. The solution for these hard-to-reach Veuve Clicquots? Harnessequipped servers—aka “wine angels”— suspended on hydraulic lifts to retrieve them. It may be a mad scientist’s idea of a wine bar, but it’s also a haven for serious grape connoisseurs, whether it’s an $810 1957 Chateau Simard vintage or a $1,200 1990 Cuvee Dom Perignon.

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GREAT FRENCH FOOD WITHOUT THE AIRFARE

From here to Miami, the French are back … with a beautiful vengeance.

Here are a few contenders: La Cigale is a Delray favorite. We know it calls itself "Mediterranean" but its heart is oh-so-French.

Try the seafood crepes.

Jean-Louis and Gloria Quellier have operated Monet Café since 1990, and we like everything here, but the pâté, which is perhaps the best we’ve tasted around here, keeps calling us back.

Kathy’s Gazebo is a landmark in Boca, with fine dining and wildly attentive waiters.

Chez Marie in the Polo Gloria and Jean-Louis Quellier of Café Monet Shoppes is a small familyowned restaurant with big talent and classic French dishes. We say coq au vin to start, but it’s all swoon-worthy.

La Nouvelle Maison in Boca offers a glam but authentic spin on fine French fare.

Casimir in Royal Palm Place is a highly popular French bistro, and may have the best French bread we’ve had since Paris.

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Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County (HFHSPBC) celebrates the power of over 125 empowered women leaders who joined together to raise funds and actually build and revitalize three safe, decent and affordable homes for hard-working, low income families in our own backyard.

Collectively creating the “Houses that Women Built” in South Palm Beach County – for its 2018 Annual “Women Can Do It” Women Build fundraising event - both harnessed and celebrated the unstoppable power of mission-driven women to come together to help transform their community with an inspiring “hand up, not a hand out”.

www.habitatsouthpalmbeach.org 181 SE 5th Avenue Delray Beach, FL 33483

Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County Vice President and CDO, Kari Oeltjen: “This program has been purposely timed for the days leading up to Mother’s Day because Habitat for Humanity recognizes that women are uniquely positioned to nurture families and build communities.

As impassioned women-empowerment drivers, the local and national Women Builders deliver significant impact that enriches lives and communities, one home at a time.”

Make your plans for Women Build 2019 May 9th - 11th, 2019 For more information, please contact Kari Oeltjen, Vice President and CDO of Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County, at 561-819-6070 or koeltjen@hfhboca.org

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BEDROOM EYES A designer’s tips on a romantic sleep space, and much more

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[ home ] ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? Known for her versatility, interior designer Perla Lichi shares advice on creating the romantic bedroom, as demonstrated in the contemporary L’Hermitage master suite (see previous page) she recently completed.

“At the top of my tip list for creating a romantic bedroom is to make sure you have multiple light sources,” she says. “With several light sources, all on dimmers, you can create many different moods, including romantic. A chandelier that casts reflections on the ceiling, along with shaded table lamps, add a touch of romance. Another important element is to make sure you have a variety of textures. A soft, fluffy throw, metallic pillows with glitz and glamour, and mirrored furniture can all be very sexy!”

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FAST FACT: “The Kiss,” the legendary work by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, is on display at Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna.

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HEART’S DESIRE We have a special fondness for heartthemed pillows, especially when they offer a unique take on the familiar shape. Two interpretations from Nourison feature a geometric beaded heart on one, and a decorative damask heart on the other. Each makes it easy to put your heart in the right place.

Mina Victory Knotted Heart Square Throw Pillow and Mina Victory Luminescence Scroll Gold Heart Throw Pillow, $30-$39.99, available at Bed Bath & Beyond, bedbathandbeyond.com

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OBJECT OF AFFECTION Put your love on the shelf—with Loving Doves, a sculpture designed with precise craftsmanship by Claus Harttung for Baccarat Crystal and handmade in France. From the way the graceful birds stare into each other’s eyes to how their silhouettes are intertwined, the piece is a decorative way to symbolize the feelings you share with your beloved. $360, baccarat.com

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MAD FOR PLAID Burberry’s iconic check print has been a fashion staple for decades—from handbags to scarves, trench coats to loafers—but did you know it also has a place in the kitchen and elsewhere throughout the home? San Francisco-based interior designer Jay Jeffers translated the classic fabric to red and tan cabinetry, and even papered the walls with a muted version of the plaid we’ve come to know so well. His eclectic approach might encourage you to go even further, as Burberry-inspired products, such as shower curtains, wall clocks, mugs and more, are readily available online. Kitchen design by Jay Jeffers Studio; tall mug by Teqman, $15.60, redbubble.com

KISS AND TELL

SAY IT WITH FLOWERS

There’s no better way to make a powerful design statement—while keeping your lips sealed—than with the cult classic “Marilyn” lip sofa. Originally crafted by Design Studio 65 back in 1970, it has been re-named “Bocca,” reinvented in molded polymer, and made in Italy by Heller, a company known for exceptional design at reasonable prices. This new version of Bocca, a loveseat for two (in lipstick red, of course), is suitable for use indoors and out. $1,100, hivemodern.com

Coined by the French term for “the gift of flowers,” the European influence on Don de Fleurs is instantly apparent. With luxurious bouquets, the specialty floral service is designed to celebrate the recipient’s unique character while delivering true elegance that lasts.

All arrangements are customizable, and an extensive selection of rose color treatments, from multicolored to gleaming gold, brings an added touch of sophistication. The floral brand offers its rose arrangements in signature hat boxes. dondefleurs.com

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[ out & about ] EMPTY BOWLS WHAT: One in six Palm Beach County residents don’t know where their next meal is coming from, and the Palm Beach County Food Bank wants to change that. The nonprofit hosted the annual Empty Bowls, where the public was invited to enjoy a simple meal of soup, bread and water from area restaurants to raise money for the food bank. Thirty-three restaurants served more than 1,000 guests, and celebrity servers participated— including from Delray magazine! A whopping $100,000 was raised at the end of the successful event.

WHERE: Old School Square

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The team at Tim Finnegans Irish Pub celebrated its popular vote victory: Jorge Andrade, Karen Arnet and JR Miller

Judges’ first-place vote went to Caffe Luna Rosa and Mariana Hernandez (above).

BEST BITE 2018 WHAT: The seventh-annual Best Bite restaurant competition attracted a

crowd of 300 hungry foodies, who sampled items from six restaurants.

For the second year in a row, Tim Finnegans Irish Pub took the top prize for popular vote, and VIP judges chose Caffe Luna Rosa for the crown.

Other participating restaurants were Avant, City Oyster & Sushi Bar, Pizza Rustica and Salt7. At the end of the night, $3,000 was raised to be split between the HOW Foundation of South Florida and Project Holiday.

WHERE: Crane’s Beach House

Karen Crane, Sarah Crane from the HOW Foundation of South Florida, and Michael Crane

VIP judges Jake Hampu and Mike Durkee with Jacqueline Botting

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11th Annual

THE MENUS ARE IN! Monday, March 25, 2019 Rain Date: March 26, 2019 Make your reservations for a memorable evening of dining under the stars— and down the double yellow line of famed Atlantic Avenue—at the food and wine event of the year. Join hundreds of guests—and 14 of Downtown Delray’s finest restaurants—at Florida’s longest dining table, one that runs more than five blocks. This is the event you don’t want to miss.

Reservations open Feb. 1, 2019 at all participating restaurants.

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EVENT DE TAILS WHAT: This 11-year-old tradition of dining under the stars on East Atlantic Avenue is a four-course sit-down downtown Delray Beach dining experience you won’t want to miss. Each restaurant will be serving a specially designed four-course dinner with beverage pairings.

WHERE: Downtown Delray Beach on East Atlantic Avenue from Swinton Avenue to East Fifth Avenue (U.S. 1) Outside on the street.

HOW TO CHECK IN AT THE EVENT: Arrive the evening of March 25 and make your way to the restaurant location on East Atlantic Avenue. Each restaurant’s tables will be near its physical location. Check in with the host/hostess to receive your Savor the Avenue lanyard. Show the lanyard to receive complimentary cocktails at beverage stations within the event. A Savor restaurant map will be listed on DowntownDelrayBeach.com/SavorTheAvenue

TABLE DÉCOR CONTEST: For the sixth year, Savor the Avenue restaurants will be competing for the “Best in Show” table.

Rain Date: Tues., March 26 From elegant to eclectic, each restaurant Time: 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. stages a unique theme through its table CHARITY: Healthier Delray Beach is a com- settings to showcase its special style or munity-driven initiative serving as a trusted cuisine. Arrive early and walk the Avenue to view the beautifully decorated tables. advocate for the behavioral health needs of every Delray Beach resident. Partnering Don't forget to vote for the People’s Choice Award by voting for your favorite Savor with local schools, Healthier Delray Beach offers training, resources and a network of the Avenue tablescape by uploading a picture of it to Facebook or Instagram, using services that provide what students, their #SavorPeoplesChoice and checking into families and school staff need to thrive.

Through the Stock Our Schools campaign, or tagging the restaurant name. A judging panel will also be scoring the tables to Healthier Delray Beach outfits each classaward three top prizes to the restaurant room with “cozy corners"—a safe space with the best table décor. for students to go for calm, comfort and self-regulation. School staff receive supplies and information, equipping them with GREET, TOAST & DINE: the tools to help students be their healthi5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.: After checking in, est, happiest, and most productive. enjoy a complimentary drink during the welcome reception provided by each participating restaurant. Locate your seats at RESERVE YOUR SEAT: (no ticket to be Florida’s longest dining table, and prepare purchased—reservations only) to enjoy a beautiful night.

Reservations are to be made directly with the restaurant of your choice. Review the restaurant listings and menu offerings 6:15 p.m.: Seating begins. Welcome comwithin this section. Menus are available ments and grand toast will be provided by online at Bocamag.com/Savor-TheSteve Weagle, chief meteorologist, WPTV. Avenue-2019 or DowntownDelrayBeach. com/SavorTheAvenue or at the restaurant. 6:30 p.m to 9 p.m.: Four-course dinner Contact the restaurant of your choice served with custom adult beverage pairto make a reservation. Seating is limited. ings.

Reservations reserved with a credit card depend on each restaurant’s policy.

7:30 p.m.: Table décor contest winner announced.

WHEN: Mon., March 25

ATTIRE: Downtown Delray Beach evening casual or themed depending on the restaurant motif.

PARKING: Public parking lots and garage parking are available, as well as some valet locations. Atlantic Avenue will be closed during the event. Side streets will remain open for vehicle access.

(East Atlantic Avenue is closed from Swinton to Federal Highway to vehicle traffic.)

Garages: Old School Square Parking Garage Northeast First Street and Northeast First Avenue Robert Federspiel Garage Southeast First Avenue and Southeast First Street Visit DowntownDelrayBeach.com/Parking for more information.

LET US KNOW HOW THE EVENT WAS! After the event, take a moment to complete a quick survey about your experience and enter to win a dinner for two at your choice of any downtown Delray Beach restaurant.

To take the short survey, visit SavorAtlanticAve.com.

Share your photos from the evening! #DowntownDelray #BocaMag #SavorTheAvenue We ask that you please Savor responsibly.

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Above the iconic sports bar, Boston’s on the Beach, 50 Ocean features a sophisticated Old Florida atmosphere, panoramic ocean views and exquisite cuisine with exciting local influences presented by a knowledgeable and seasoned staff. 50 Ocean’s award-winning chef, Thomas Opt Holt, is a master talent at creating unique dishes, offsetting different textures and custom sauces in his signature seafood and meat dishes.

50 S. Ocean Blvd. | 561/278-3364 | 50ocean.com

WELCOME

50 Ocean Presents - Winter is Coming…

OYSTERS, CLAMS AND COCKLES Served on the wall, fire-roasted cocktail sauce, lemons, horseradish Choice of cocktail- Stallion Heart or Stark and Stormy

I GRAND PLATTERS OF CHARCUTERIES AND CHEESES Frays pie, country pâté, salted pork, wild boar salami, duck rillettes, Parmesan, pecorino Romano, manchego, high garden fruits, sugar almonds, jams and honey The Prisoner, Red Blend, Napa 2016

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Caffé Luna Rosa is the Italian restaurant on the beach and the oldest Italian restaurant in Delray Beach. Awarded the Delray Beach Restaurant of the Year in 2014 and 2015, Caffé Luna Rosa offers an oceanview dining experience where great food and a great environment come together.

34 S. Ocean Blvd. | 561/274-8898 ext.1 | caffelunarosa.com

MAINE LOBSTER & SHRIMP BRUSCHETTA MAINE LOBSTER AND GULF SHRIMP TOSSED WITH HOUSE-MADE AIOLI AND SERVED ON A TOASTED CROSTINI

Spy Valley Sauvingon Blanc

RADIATORE CON TARTUFI ROASTED MUSHROOM AND TRUFFLE SAUCE WITH HOUSEMADE RADIATORE PASTA

Ferzo Montepulciano D’Abruzzo

FOREVER BRAISED WAGYU SHORTRIBFRESH FLORIDA CORN RISOTTO TOPPED WITH SLOW-ROASTED JACKMAN RANCH ORGANIC SHORTRIB AND BOROLO DEMI GLAZE

DOTHRAKI GOAT EMPANADAS Pickled mushrooms, preserved goat cheese, fermented aioli

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Red Blend Dimajo “Ramitello”

HEATH BAR CRUNCH CANNOLI-CRISPY

ESOS SEAFOOD STEW Lobster, shrimp, crab, cod, mussels, swank vegetables, saffron broth Blindfold, White Blend, California, 2016

IV HOUSE OF BOLTEN WHOLE PIG Flayed and roasted, parsnip confit, roasted cauliflower, hassleback butternut squash, marbled potatoes Rombauer Chardonnay, Carneros, 2016 or Gary Farrell Pinot Noir Russian River Valley, 2014

TRADITIONAL CANNOLI SHELL STUFFED WITH FRESH-MADE HEATH BAR FILLING SERVED WITH NUTELLA SAUCE

Graham’s Port

$135 per guest plus tax and gratuity

V TOWER OF JOY Assorted cakes and accoutrements “White Walker”

$149 per guest plus tax and gratuity

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Che!!! is a new concept that brings authentic Argentinian specialties to Delray Beach. This family company has more than 30 years of experience originating in Argentina and then in Spain. At Che!!! guests can enjoy the best Intracoastal views in Delray while having a cocktail in its patio bar and finishing with its delicious steaks. Everything is served in an inviting and friendly atmosphere. See you soon!

Featuring fresh seafood delivered and prepared daily, City Oyster has a full sushi bar and a rotating selection of fresh oysters from both coasts. House-made desserts, pies, bread, crackers and pasta are fresh from our bakery above the restaurant. Our large selection of wines is recognized

by Wine Spectator as one of the premier wine selections in the country.

213 E. Atlantic Ave. | 561/272-0220 | cityoysterdelray.com

900 E. Atlantic Ave. | 561/562-5200 | cherestaurant.com Grand Toast: Tattinger, Brut, Reims, NV Welcome Signature Cocktail: “Amor” Champagne Served for Toast

FIRST Selected Signature Rolls from our Sushi Bar

FIRST COURSE

MINI EMPANADA, MINI SAUSAGE, MINI CHEESE TRIANGLE & MINI CHICKEN BROCHETTE

SECOND COURSE

Rosé, Figuiere, “Magali” Provence

SECOND Classic Lobster Bisque Chardonnay, Falesco,“Tellus" Umbria

CHE!!! SALAD

BABY SPINACH, CHERRY TOMATOES, MIXED NUTS, GOAT CHEESE, DRIED CRANBERRIES AND SLOW-POACHED SHRIMP IN GARLIC–INFUSED OLIVE OIL

THIRD Chilean Sea Bass

THIRD COURSE

Israeli Couscous and Vegetable “Fried Rice” Sancerre, Domaine de la Rossignole, Loire Valley

SERVED IN PORT SAUCE WITH POTATO GRATIN AND VEGETABLES

DESSERT

FILET MIGNON

Chocolate Nemesis

DESSERT

APPLE CRUMBLE SERVED WITH VANILLA ICE CREAM AND FRUIT OF THE FOREST COULIS Dinner is served with your choice of beverage

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Crème Fraiche Baby Amarone, Zenata,”Alanera” Veneto

$150 per guest plus tax and gratuity

$115 per guest plus tax and gratuity

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Zagat: “Delicious” Nuevo Latin food is the draw at this “colorful, vibrant” Delray Beach cantina well served by a “good" staff and festive drinks, including “authentic” mojitos and “thirst-quenching” sangria. “Set the scene for a fun evening” including “people-watching” from the sidewalk seats.

105 E. Atlantic Ave. | 561/274-9090 | Cabanaelrey.com

Escape into Delray! Inspired by Death or Glory's tiki bar, nestled behind the nearly 100-year-old Falcon House, Chef Daniel Dore has crafted a four-course tiki dinner with tiki cocktail pairings by Ayme Harrison. Bright flavors and beautiful presentation will have you savoring the Ave, tiki-style.

FIRST

Welcome Drink: Coconut Pisco Sour

Atlantic rock shrimp ceviche Paired with a guava punch

FIRST Ceviche Fresh shrimp, octopus, scallops and calamari marinated in aji amarillo, hot rocoto peppers, garlic, lime juice, cilantro, viandas and maiz tostado

SECOND Pineapple pork belly huli-huli Paired with a Jet Pilot cocktail

Paired with Fraga DO Corbon Godello

THIRD

SECOND

Asian-style short rib and soba noodle salad with cashews

Ensalada Cabana Field greens, hearts of palm, queso blanco, tomatoes, red onions, olives, black bean vinaigrette Paired with Eidos Albariño

Paired with a cashew orgeat Mai Tai

FOURTH Coconut haupia

THIRD

Paired with a coconut fat washed Daiquiri

Pernil Latin American-style braised pork shank, rioja garlic demi-glace, maduros and arroz con gandules

$120 per guest plus tax and gratuity

Paired with El Pedrosal Crianza

DESSERT Tres Leches with Guava Paired with Weinzerkeller Andau “Fahrenheit 19” Ice Wine

$120 per guest plus tax and gratuity

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This year for Savor the Avenue, Gary Rack combined his two Delray Beach locations to offer a one-of-a-kind duo menu to experience both concepts.

Gary Rack’s Farmhouse Kitchen is the second location to its flagship store in Boca Raton. This restaurant model is crafted on a philosophy in which the management team takes pride: respecting the guests, honoring the environment and supporting local purveyors.

RACKS Fish House + Oyster Bar is a New England seafood house featuring fresh, high-quality seafood paired with Prohibition-style cocktails.

Welcome Drink: One Cool Cucumber Grand Tasting: Lunetta Prosecco

Lemongrass Delray Beach has been the place to go for Thai, Japanese, sushi and Vietnamese since opening. With all rolls and dishes made to order, the chefs can create just about anything to your liking. The notable wine and sake list provides the perfect pairing to any entrée. Zagat 2004–2008: “Excellent”; Sun-Sentinel: Top 10 Asian Restaurants in Florida; Florida Trend: Best 20 New Restaurants in South Florida.

420 E. Atlantic Ave. | 561/278-5050 | lemongrassasianbistro.com

APPETIZER

Homemade Vegetable Dumplings Lobster Shrimp Shumai

HORS D’OEUVRES Avocado Vichyssoise

Pickled Vegetables Crudité Kim Crawford, Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand

FIRST Beets + Berries & Beans

French Beans | Anasazi Beans | Watermelon Radish | Blackberries | Almonds | Lemon Ricotta Louis Jadot, Bourgogne Blanc, France

SECOND Braised Pork Belly

SALAD

Morikami Salad

Kale/Romaine/Enoki/Tomatoes/ Sesame Dressing

ENTREE

Masaman Kea

White Cheddar Polenta | Heirloom Popcorn | Sherry Mustard Glaze

Lamb stewed for 8 hours/Thai Masaman Curry/Potatoes/ White Onions/Cashew Nuts/Roti

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Pascal Jolivet, Sancerre, France

THIRD Surf + Turf

Goong Makham

Sliced Tenderloin & Stone Crab Enchilada Butternut Squash + Baby Potato Hash Four Graces, Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley

Grilled Jumbo River Prawn/Tamarind Reduction/Shallots/Micro Cilantro/Spicy Lime Chili Dressing

OR

7 Premium Servings

DESSERT Cinnamon Bun

White Chocolate Icing | Pecan Maple Syrup Pacific Rim, Twin Vineyards, Gewurtraminer

You will venture through 7 raw premium sushi, each accompanied with the chef’s personal creation.

Each piece of sushi garnished and seasoned to perfection

DESSERT

Japanese Macha Creme Brûlée

$140 per guest plus tax and gratuity

$120 per guest plus tax and gratuity

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Feast on delicious, gourmet comfort food at this outstanding American gastropub, where the food is as important as the creative cocktails, the selection of craft beer and the noteworthy wine list. This wonderful, four-course meal will showcase gifted executive sous chef Brian Cantrell’s innovative cuisine, including refreshing salads, sublime small plates, award-winning burgers, enticing chicken, steak and fish dishes and delectable desserts.

201 E. Atlantic Ave. | 561/276-3600 | theofficedelray.com

Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar offers an authentic taste of Mexico in a fun, casual environment where guests can sample more than 400 varieties of tequila and enjoy guacamole made tableside.

110 E. Atlantic Ave. | 561/808-1100 | roccostacos.com

FIRST COURSE Locally Caught Cobia Ceviche

FLY...

Foie Gras Slider Seared Hudson valley foie gras, caramelized onion pâté, fennel slaw, pomegranate barbecue Paired Pinot Grigio Santa Margarita

Shaved Shallots, Radish Sprouts, Cucumber, Florida Orange Blossom Honey, Ginger-Infused Mezcal Agua Paired with Coconut Orange Margarita

SECOND COURSE El Taco Cubano

BREATHE...

Garlic Mojo Pork Carnitas with Jamon Serrano, SpicySweet Pickled Cucumber Relish, Aged Manchego Cheese and Roasted Habanero Mustard Served on Hand-ground Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Paired with Rosé Sangria

Kaffir lime/lemongrass sorbet

SING TOGETHER...

Duet of Duck Duck leg confit and breast, parsnip puree, “braised and glazed” kale, bulls' blood demi-glace

Duet Chanterelle crusted filet and Scallop 6 oz. filet mignon medallion, Gigantic Scallop, Chanterelle, brussels and salsify ragout, loganberry caviar demi-glace Choice of: Italian Barolo, French Rose or Napa Chardonnay

THIRD COURSE: Adobo Seared Filet Mignonette Herb Goat Cheese Crust, Charred Jalapeño Creamed Corn, Sherry-braised Rainbow Chard Paired with Tequila Tasting Flight

FOURTH COURSE:

SMILE...

Florida Key Lime Margarita Pie

S'mores' Mifredo Graham Sponge cake, bittersweet ganache, whipped marshmallow, vanilla bean ice cream More preferred wine

Graham Crust and Mango Sorbet Paired with Extra Añjeo Sipping Tequila

$95 per guest plus tax and gratuity

$115 per guest plus tax and gratuity

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Indulge your palate with modern American shareable plates, gourmet entrees and premium cocktails in a trendy, upscale atmosphere. Our unique name is derived from a blend of seven exotic sea salts used to season our prime steaks and enticing dishes, making them truly unforgettable. We pay attention to every detail, ensuring your dining experience is remarkable from the moment you step into Salt7 on Atlantic Avenue in beautiful Delray Beach.

Vic & Angelo’s Delray team is entirely dedicated to providing our guests with the very finest quality of Italian-American cuisine, accompanied with exceptional service and genuine hospitality. Amid recently changing ownership, our number one goal is to share our vision of a premium class restaurant and serve amazing food with excellent service. This Savor the Ave, we are excited to showcase Chef Mimo D’Amore’s love, passion and skill for cooking. It’s going to be an amazing night, so save the date and join us at our table.

290 E. Atlantic Ave. | 561/278-9570 | vicandangelos.com

32 S.E. Second Ave. | 561/274-7258 | salt7.com Welcome cocktail by Redemption Bourbon

FIRST COURSE

HORS D'OEUVRES

Tempura Zucchini Blossoms English Peas, Seasoned Mascarpone, Carrot Ginger Puree

Seared Scallops D'Amore Cauliflower Puree, Caramel Fennel, Truffle Caviar, Smoked Olive Oil Paired with Amelia Brut Rosé, Crémant De Bordeaux, France

SECOND COURSE Gremolata Crusted Halibut Fiddlehead Ferns, Lobster Beurre Blanc

ANTIPASTI Duck Confit Tortelloni Roasted Duck, Orange Zest, Foie Gras, Demi-Glace, Dry Fig, Sage Paired with Talbott Kali Hart, Pinot Noir, Monterey, California

THIRD COURSE Grilled Prime NY Strip

ENTRÉE

Charred Tomato Compote, White Truffle Aioli, Braised Asparagus

Chilean Seabass

DESSERT

Truffle Mousse, Crispy Chicory, Citrus Reduction Paired with Whitehaven, Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand

Meyer Lemon Tart Swiss Meringue, Huckleberry, Ginger

$150 per guest plus tax and gratuity

OR Buffalo Filet 'Mignon' Quinoa Parmigiano, Crunch Candied Walnuts, Dijon Mustard Paired with Da Vinci, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy

DOLCE Chocolate Rose Tiramisu Rose Flower Tiramisu, Coffee & Coconut Reduction, Mixed Berries House Made Limoncello

$130 per guest plus tax and gratuity

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dining guide

Your resource for Greater Delray Beach’s finest restaurants

Grilled salmon from The Venu

IF YOU GO

PARKING: parking lot HOURS: Lunch and dinner daily, 11 a.m. to 3 a.m.

PRICES: Entrees $18-$38 WEBSITE: thelocalvenu.com

The Venu 8794 W. Boynton Beach Blvd., Boynton Beach, 561/200-0222

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t’s a restaurant. It’s a theater. It’s a stage. It has holographic cocktails hanging over your head at the bar.

The Venu is one unusual place. It’s also comfortable, which is mandatory if this supper club-like venue is going to succeed.

Put together by owners Terry and Nicole Woods (they also own Alabama Joe’s in Lantana), this jigsaw puzzle works with Executive Chef Kelley Randall, formerly of Vic & Angelo’s and The Office, in the kitchen. There’s a large stage at one end of the long space, a large bar, more booths and then an enormous private dining room at the other end. Alongside is outdoor seating that sports live music, too.

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It’s an entertainment environment.

Although it’s tough to spot at first—it’s tucked inside the Canyon Town Center mall on the corner of Boynton Beach Boulevard and Lyons Road—the crowd of cars and a bass beat hum will guide you like a GPS signal. There’s seating everywhere; the booths by the bar are a perfect perch. And you’re not going to walk away hungry, because the portions are large.

Even the happy hour-priced arancini ($6) and bruschetta ($5) are full-price sizes.

Both are just serviceable, but the braised wild boar pappardelle ($24), with fresh in-house pasta and a rich, hearty meat sauce garnished with ricotta and breadcrumbs,

is a winner. The grilled salmon ($24) was tending toward dry, but the salad it sat on came to the rescue with a soy honey glaze, butternut squash, Brussels sprouts and farro.

The menu reflects Italian and Mediterranean dishes, and then we got to the deep-fried pretzel with salted caramel gelato dessert. We were sugar-deep into fair food with whipped cream and strawberries on top. It was salty and sweet and gooey; what was not to like?

Judging from a bustling midweek crowd, The Venu has been discovered by the locals.

You should take a trip out to west Boynton and see for yourself.

—Lynn Kalber

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Gravlax salmon flatbread from Apeiro

DINING KEY $ Inexpensive: under $17 $$ Moderate: $18 to $35 $$$ Expensive: $36 to $50 $$$$ Very expensive: $50+ DELRAY BEACH 3rd and 3rd—301 N.E. Third Ave. Gastropub. This

50 ocean—50 S. Ocean Blvd. Seafood. The former Upper Deck at Boston’s on the Beach is now the more upscale, seafood-oriented spot. The menu ranges from familiar to slightly more inventive, from a classic lobster bisque and crisp-tender fried clam bellies to rock shrimp pot pie and baked grouper topped with blue crab. The cinnamon-dusted beignets are puffs of amazingly delicate deep-fried air and should not under any circumstances be missed. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. Brunch Sun. 561/278-3364. $$

angelo elia pizza • bar • tapas—16950 Jog Road.

Italian. Nothing on the menu of Angelo Elia’s modern, small plates-oriented osteria disappoints, but particularly notable are the meaty fried baby artichokes stuffed with breadcrumbs and speck, delicate chicken-turkey meatballs in Parmesan-enhanced broth, and Cremona pizza with a sweet-salty-earthy-pungent mélange of pears, pancetta, Gorgonzola, sun-dried figs and mozzarella.

• Lunch Tues.–Sun. Dinner nightly. 561/381-0037. $ apeiro kitchen & bar—14917 Lyons Road. Mediterranean. West Delray diners have another reason to stay in their neighborhood with this stylish, contemporary Mediterranean eatery. Apeiro’s menu spans the entire Mediterranean, with dishes like Moroccanspiced lamb ribs, 14-ounce double-cut pork chops, and fluffy meatballs adorned with tomato sauce, ricotta and pesto. The apple crostata, baked in a wood-burning oven, is one of the best desserts in town. • Dinner nightly. 561/501-4443. $$

atlantic grille—1000 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood/ Contemporary American. This posh restaurant in the

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The menu changes frequently, but hope the evening’s fare includes plump scallops with caramelized mango sauce, stunning delicious roasted cauliflower with Parmesan mousse and bacon, and wicked-good espresso panna cotta on it at your visit. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/303-1939. $$ luxurious Seagate Hotel & Spa is home to a 450-gallon aquarium of tranquil moon jellyfish and a 2,500-gallon shark tank. Savor inventive cuisine that takes the contemporary to the extraordinary. Bold flavors, inspired techniques and the freshest ingredients make every meal a culinary adventure. • Lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/665-4900. $$

the banyan—189 N.E. Second Ave. American.

Snuggled under its namesake banyan tree in Pineapple Grove, this modern restaurant boasts a bright pink neon bar with bright cocktails, too. Try the purple Aviation gin cocktail paired with the Maryland crab bites or the Yum-Yum shrimp with spicy-sweet sriracha aioli. Sliders, tacos, mac trios and flatbreads do not disappoint. Order the crème brûlée cheesecake if it’s available. • Lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/563-8871. $$

batch gastropub—14813 Lyons Road. Gastropub.

Definitely try the homemade batches of cocktails on tap, which give this west Delray gastropub its name.

The artisanal mixes boast ingredients such as H.M. Tonic No. 22—the crisp, tangy part of a very good gin and tonic. The heirloom tomato and feta salad is a highlight with Champagne vinaigrette dressing.

Also popular are the brisket and short rib burgers, the avocado toast and the chicken Caesar. But the drinks are what you’ll remember. • Brunch Sat.–Sun. Dinner nightly. 561/877-0000. $$

beg for more izakaya—19 S.E. Fifth Ave. Japanese Small Plates. The large sake, whisky and beer menu here pairs beautifully with the small plates full of everything except sushi. No sushi. And that’s fine. Try the takoyaki (octopus balls), the crispy salmon tacos and anything

with the addictive kimchi, such as the kimchi fried rice.

There are pasta, teriyaki and simmered duck with bok choy dishes—or 16 varieties of yakitori (food on skewers).

You’ll be back to beg for more. • Lunch and dinner daily.

561/563-8849. $$

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

American. While the regular menu of this Pineapple Grove hipster hangout always has satisfying dishes (filet mignon carpaccio, seared tuna poke, seared diver scallops, slow-cooked lamb pappardelle), the nightly specials will amaze: beef Oscar, Tangier crusted yellowfin tuna.

Oh, and the Meyer lemon tart? ‘Nuff said. Outside tables offer the best option for conversation. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/274-2046. $$

buddha sky bar—217 E. Atlantic Ave. #3. Pan Asian.

Don’t miss a meal at this stylish Asia-meets-industrial chic spot with a view of the Delray skyline. Chinese-influenced dim sum is inspired, while rock shrimp tempura and Tokyo beef skewers with twin chimichurri sauces touch the heart and the taste buds. Veggie fried rice is exemplary thanks to the kitchen’s application of wok chi.

• Dinner nightly. 561/450-7557. $$

burt & max’s—9089 W. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Burt Rapoport and Dennis Max have struck gold with their first collaboration in years, bringing an accessible and affordable brand of contemporary comfort food to west Delray. A few dishes from Max’s other eatery, Max’s Grille, have made the trek, like the hearty chopped salad and bacon-wrapped meatloaf.

Other dishes are variations on the comfort food theme, including a stellar truffle-scented wild mushroom pizza.

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cabana el rey—105 E. Atlantic Ave. Cuban tropical. Little Havana is alive and well in Delray. The menu is a palettepleasing travelogue, including starters like mariquitas (fried banana chips) and main courses such as seafood paella (think mussels, shrimp, clams, conch, scallops and octopus).

• Lunch and dinner daily. 561/274-9090. $$ cabo flats—Delray Marketplace, 14851 Lyons Road.

Mexican. Mexican cuisine often has more personas than Madonna. This highly stylized cantina adds another—that of California’s Chicano culture. All your favorite Mexican dishes are there, as well as enormous margaritas, but also niftier items like the crispy tuna tacos. Try the restaurant’s famous avocado fries with garlic and cilantro, and finish off with Captain Crunch deep-fried ice cream. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/499-0378. $

caffé luna rosa—34 S. Ocean Blvd. Italian. This favorite is always lively, and alfresco dining is the preferred mode. Entrée choices are enticing, but we went with the housemade pasta with pancetta, tomato and basil. Also delicious was the costoletta di vitello, a center-cut 14-ounce veal chop lightly breaded and served with San Marzano tomato sauce. For breakfast, indulge in a crab meat benedict, and for dessert, you can’t go wrong with the cheesecake imported from the Carnegie Deli.

• Dinner nightly. Brunch Sunday. 561/274-9404. $$ city oyster—213 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood. This stylish mainstay of Big Time Restaurant Group serves up reasonably priced seafood that never disappoints, such as shrimp and grits with jumbo crab cake and jalapeño cheddar grits. • Lunch Mon.–Sun. Dinner nightly. Outdoor dining. 561/2720220. $$

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cut 432—432 E. Atlantic Ave. Steak house. Hipper decor, a more casual vibe and an inventive take on steakhouse 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. • Dinner nightly. 561/272-9898. $$$ dada—52 N. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American.

The same whimsical creativity that spawned Dada the art movement infuses Dada the restaurant, giving it a quirky charm all its own. The comfort food with a moustache menu has its quirky charms too, like shake-n-bake pork chops with sweet-savory butterscotch onions, and a brownie-vanilla ice cream sundae with strips of five-spice powdered bacon. The wittily decorated 1920s-vintage house-turned-restaurant is, as they say, a trip. • Dinner nightly. 561/330-3232 $$ deck 84—840 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American.

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Burt Rapoport’s ode to laid-back tropical dining is like a day at the beach without getting sand between your toes.

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ness, creativity and elegant simplicity. An appetizer of octopus with olive oil, crushed potato aioli and lemon is outstanding. • Dinner Tues.–Sat. 561/266-3750. $$

el camino—15 N.E. Second Ave. Mexican. This sexy, bustling downtown spot is from the trio behind nearby Cut 432 and Park Tavern. Fresh, quality ingredients go into everything from the tangy tomatillo salsas to the world-class fish tacos clad in delicate fried skin, set off by tart pineapple salsa. Cinnamon and sugar-dusted churros are the perfect dessert. And check out the margaritas, especially the smoky blend of mezcal and blanco tequila. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/865-5350. $$

harvest seasonal grill & wine bar—11841 S. Federal Highway. American. You don’t have to worry about calories (most dishes are under 500), you don’t have to worry about finding something you haven’t tried before (new items are added every three months) and freshness is the silent ingredient throughout. Try the pesto Caprese flatbread, the supergrain salad and the steak or salmon or chicken. Desserts offer big tastes in small jars. • Lunch and dinner daily. Brunch on weekends. 561/266-3239. $$

fifth avenue grill—821 S. Federal Highway. Ameri-

henry’s—16850 Jog Road. American. This casual,

can. Since 1989, this upscale tavern has been a Delray favorite. The straightforward menu focuses on entrées like lamb osso buco and tenderloin brochette teriyaki.

Add a lobster tail for good measure. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/265-0122. $$

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.

561/638-1949. $$

the grove—187 N.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. This small restaurant has emerged as a Delray standard-bearer, with a menu thst changes often, turning out dishes exhilarating in their fresh-

il girasole—2275 S. Federal Highway. Northern Italian. This South Florida classic is not trendy, but it offers a level of comfort and consistency that has been

bringing people back for more than three decades. The food is fine hearty Italian, with excellent service. Try the veal Kristy or the calves brains. • Dinner Tues.– Sun. 561/272-3566. $$

j&j seafood bar & grill—634 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood. This local favorite on Atlantic Avenue— owned by John Hutchinson (who is also the chef) and wife Tina—serves up everything from burgers and wraps to a menu brimming with seafood options.

Don’t forget to inquire about the stunning array of 10 specials—every night. • Lunch and dinner Tues.–Sat. 561/272-3390. $$

jimmy’s bistro—9 S. Swinton Ave. Eclectic. 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. • Dinner nightly. 561/865-5774. $$

joseph’s wine bar—200 N.E. Second Ave. Mediterranean-American. Joseph’s is an elegant, comfortable, intimate nook in Delray’s Pineapple Grove, and an ideal place for a lazy evening. This family affair— owner Joseph Boueri, wife Margaret in the kitchen,

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[ dining guide ] and son Elie and daughter Romy working the front of the house—has all tastes covered. Try the special cheese platter, the duck a l’orange or the rack of lamb. • Lunch Mon.-Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/272-6100. $$

la cigale—253 S.E. Fifth Ave. Mediterranean. True culinary professionals turn out gently updated and classically oriented dishes notable for the quality of their ingredients and careful preparation. Sweetbreads in chanterelle cream sauce are glorious; a barely grilled artichoke with mustardy remoulade is gloriously simple. Watching your server skillfully debone an impeccably fresh Dover sole is almost as satisfying as eating it. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/265-0600. $$ latitudes ocean grill—2809 S. Ocean Blvd., Highland Beach. Modern American. You should come for both the sunset and the food. This oceanfront restaurant is a gem tucked inside the Delray Sands resort. From the airy, bubbly interior to the raw bar, the décor is soothing and fun. Try the lobster and crab stuffed shrimp, the miso-glazed Skuna Bay salmon, the branzino or the veal Bolognese. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.–Sat. Brunch Sun. 561/278-6241. $$$ lemongrass bistro—420 E. Atlantic Ave. PanAsian. Casually hip ambience, friendly service, moder-

ate prices and a blend of sushi and nouveau pan-Asian fare make this a popular destination. The quality of its seafood and care in its preparation are what gives Lemongrass its edge. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/2785050. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 101 Plaza Real S., Boca Raton, 561/544-8181; 1880 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, 561/733-1344). $

the office—201 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Your office is nothing like this eclectic gastropub, unless your office sports more than two dozen craft beers on tap and a menu that flits from burgers and fries to mussels. 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.

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prime—29 S.E Second 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 Maryland-style crab cakes and indecently luscious chocolate bread pudding.

Service is a strong suit too, so with a bit of work this good-looking restaurant will fully live up to its name.

• Dinner nightly. 561/865-5845. $$$

racks fish house + oyster bar—5 S.E. Second

park tavern—32 S.E. Second Ave. Contemporary

Ave. Seafood. Gary Rack, who also has scored with his spot in Mizner Park, certainly seems to have the restaurant Midas touch, as evidenced by this updated throwback to classic fish houses. Design, ambience and service hit all the right notes. Oysters are terrific any way you get them; grilled fish and daily specials are excellent. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/450-6718. $$$

American. The guys from Cut 432 have done it again with this hip, casual modern American tavern. The menu is tightly focused and tightly executed, whether Maryland crab cakes featuring fat chunks of succulent crab or the behemoth slab of tender, juicy prime rib for a near-saintly $29. • Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/265-5093. $$

scuola vecchia—522 E. Atlantic Ave. Neapolitan pizza. This bright pizza and wine place makes a certified and serious Neapolitan pizza—according to standards set forth by The Associazone Pizzaliola Napolentani (APN). That means light flavorful dough, spanking fresh imported ingredients—and about as far away as

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sundy house—106 S. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. It’s fine dining served in arguably the most beautiful restaurant and gardens in Delray. Menus are seasonal and imaginative. Try any of the fresh local fish dishes. • Lunch Tues.–Sat. Brunch Sun. Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/272-5678. $$

taverna opa—270 E. Atlantic Ave. Greek. Yes, you can order a side of belly dancing and napkin tossing with your moussaka and baklava at this chain. But the moussaka and baklava are very good; so is the rest of the food at the downtown Delray outpost. Also worth your while (and appetite) are appetizers like melitzanosalata, whipped eggplant with orange zest and roasted red pepper, and tarama, a creamy emulsion of bread, olive oil and salmon roe. Whole grilled bronzino is finished with lemon and orange juices for a citrusy flavor boost, while tongue-tying galaktoboureko goes baklava one better by adding vanilla-scented custard to golden, flaky phyllo. • Dinner nightly. 561/303-3602. $$ terra fiamma—9169 W. Atlantic Ave. Italian. The pleasures of simple, hearty, well-prepared Italian-Amer-

ican cuisine are front and center at this spot. Among the pleasures you should enjoy are delicate, pillow-y veal meatballs in Marsala sauce; lusty chicken Allessandro with mushrooms, spinach and artichoke hearts; and a finely crafted tiramisu that’s as satisfying as it is familiar.

• Lunch and dinner daily. 561/495-5570. $$

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tramonti—119 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian. In a world

tempting to split the difference between happening bar and American café, Bar Louie in the sprawling Renaissance Commons complex mostly succeeds, offering burgers, pizzas, fish tacos and a variety of salads, all at moderate prices and in truly daunting portions. In South Florida’s world of trendy and expensive bistros, this is a welcome relief. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/853-0090. $

where restaurants chase trends with the relentlessness of Casanova in full Viagra heat, Tramonti stands out as a classy, classic outpost of authentic Italian cookery. Not trendy hardly means stodgy, however, as evidenced by expertly crafted, robustly flavorful dishes like the signature spiedini di mozzarella Romana, spaghetti al cartoccio and braciole Napoletana.

Torta della nonna is a triumph of the highly refined simplicity that lies at the heart of true Italian cuisine.

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josie’s—1602 S. Federal Highway. Italian. Famed chef and South Florida culinary godfather Mark Militello works his magic in the kitchen of this cozy, old-school Italian restaurant. His influence is evident in the daily specials, but old favorites like beefy short rib meatballs, an upmarket version of the classic San Francisco cioppino, and Josie’s signature veal Bersaglieri (veal medallions with artichokes, olives and roasted peppers in lemon-white wine sauce) don’t fail to satisfy either. • Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner nightly.

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[ my turn ] B Y J O H N S H U F F Arts Garage performers, from left: Lauren Mitchell, Nestor Torres, Spam All-Stars, Josh Hoyer

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store. That’s it.

hen my wife Margaret Mary and I arrived in Delray Beach 39 years ago we took the wrong exit off of I-95 onto West Atlantic Avenue. At 9 p.m. the street was dead. Nothing was open to the east, and the west had two dilapidated honkytonks and a package

Day or night back then, Delray deserved its nickname Dull-Ray, despite a few bright spots. The most popular restaurant and watering hole was the Arcade Tap Room, the department store was Mercer Wenzel, and the best place for music and fine food was Erny’s. If you wanted a hot dog the place to go was Doc’s, which is still at the corner of Atlantic and Swinton. Nina Raynor was the top women’s boutique—and still is—under the Wollenberg family ownership. Boston’s on the Beach was—and still is—a popular hangout. The Seagate Beach Club, started by Lee Redd and now owned by The Seagate Company, was a summer favorite.

Today, Delray is a South Florida dining and entertainment destination. This evolution has come about through a city government working closely with business and residents to achieve a small town that not only works, but practically vibrates with activity.

One of the hidden gems (which Delray magazine’s John Thomason alerted me to) is the Arts Garage at 94 N.E. Second

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Ave. just off East Atlantic Avenue. It delivers programs that bring local emerging artists and established performers into the South Florida community.

If you have not seen a rock, jazz, blues, reggae, classical jazz, and even big band performance there, please make it a point to go to artsgarage.org to find the music that fits your taste. I can’t tell you how good the talent is—real pros from around the country. We attended three performances in December, and my wife, Margaret Mary, said, “The entertainment here hits home runs, not singles.”

Marjorie Waldo, its president and CEO, has done a superb job of marketing and promoting this eight-year-old entertainment venue that has an art gallery in the same location. What’s fun about Arts Garage is that the venue permits attendees to bring in their own food and liquor. Getting a liquor license and charging for cocktails might be more lucrative for the Arts Garage, but I kind of like it the way things are. BYOB is now just part of the Arts Garage DNA. The Arts Garage brings a new dimension to the Delray entertainment scene, a refreshing departure from all the noisy, overcrowded bars. It is a slice of Delray that many don’t know about, but is worth checking out.

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Chiara Clark

Board member, Delray Beach Public Library; Board member, Delray Beach Historical Society; President, Gulf Stream School Parents’ Auxiliary

THEN:

Growing up in a small town in Connecticut and then landing marketing, publicity and event-planning jobs in Boston and New York City helped Chiara Clark prepare for her role as a philanthropic community leader who has chaired a variety of high-profile fundraising events locally. After graduating from Northeastern University, Clark went to work for an international marketing firm where she led loyalty marketing efforts for British Airways. “It was a great first job out of school,” she says. Later she worked for a well-known public relations firm in New York City, promoting restaurants and nightclubs, before joining an event-marketing firm in Boston working mostly with nonprofit organizations. “That’s when I got the passion for nonprofits,” she recalls. In 2010, she was one of five event planners to work on Chelsea Clinton’s wedding.

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“I think it’s important to always give back to your community, and I think it’s important for my children to see me doing that, because it’s the key to helping them become happier, smarter and more successful in life. When children see their parents being philanthropic, they learn and better understand the meaning of empathy.”

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After moving to Florida in 2013, Clark began focusing on her family, which now includes her husband, Tom, a private equity investor, and three children: Finley, 10, Francesca, 8, and Fletcher, 5. She became involved in the Parents’ Auxiliary at Gulf Stream School, chairing several fundraising events, and is now the organization’s president. Clark was recruited as the chair of several volunteer event committees. In October she chaired the Fall Festival for the Delray Beach Historical Society and recently chaired Laugh With the Library for the Delray Beach Public Library. She is on the board of both organizations and is involved as well with the Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition and Impact 100 Palm Beach County.

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Ocean Delray has become the most highly-anticipated residential of fering in South Florida. This visionar y oceanfront enclave, designed by award-winning architect Randall Stof f t, seamlessly blends modern sophistication with natural, coastal elements. Intelligent living spaces, beautiful surroundings, and ex traordinarily chic design await just 19 for tunate homebuyers. It’s the first and only oppor tunit y for contemporar y, modern design on the ocean in Delray Beach.

1901 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD, DELRAY BEACH | (800) 793-9783 | OCEANDELRAY.com

ORAL REPRESENTATIONS CANNOT BE RELIED UPON AS CORRECTLY STATING REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SELLER. FOR CORRECT REPRESENTATIONS, MAKE REFERENCE TO THIS BROCHURE AND TO THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY SECTION 718.503, FLORIDA STATUTES TO BE FURNISHED BY A SELLER TO A BUYER OR LESSEE. All dimensions, features, and specifi cations are approximate and subject to change without notice. Brokers warmly welcomed.