Delray Beach magazine Sept/Oct 2016

[ YOUR TOWN, YOUR MAGAZINE ]

2016 Home Design Issue Uptown Atlantic WHAT DELRAY WANTS NOW

WHAT’S THE HOLDUP?

GameOn!

PINBALL IS BACK—AND IT’S BIG

WELCOME TO SCA N DESIGN B OCA R A TON .

S I N C E 19 6 9 , W E ’VE BE EN TRAVE LI N G THE WOR LD TO B R I N G OUR CUSTOMER S THE VER Y B ES T IN SEL ECT ION , S TYLE AND Q U ALITY. TH EN WE B A CK I T WI TH UN MA TCHED CUSTOMER SER VI CE A N D DESIG N A DV ICE. C O M E I N A N D DI SCOVER THE SCA N DESI GN DI FFER EN CE.

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contents september/october 2016

ON THE COVER FASHION: COVER: Nicole Azria dress and Joie shoes from Nicole’s Gallery and Boutique, Delray Beach; rings, earrings and necklace from Blings & Things, Delray Beach THIS PAGE: Elisabetta Franchi dress from Magenta Couture, Boca Raton; Ball clutch and bracelets from Blings & Things, Delray Beach PHOTOGRAPHER: Jason Nuttle LOCATION: Silverball Museum, 19 N.E. Third Ave, Delray Beach; 561/266-3294 ART DIRECTOR: Lori Pierino STYLIST/HAIR & MAKEUP: Jenna DeBrino/Hot Pink Style STYLIST ASSISTANT: Amanda Miller/Hot Pink Style MODEL: Sandy Kacura/MC2 Miami

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what’s the holdup?

Why is Uptown Atlantic talking so long to get going? We talk to the people closest to the project.

BY RICH POLLACK

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home design trends

Designers and builders working in Delray talk about what’s trending now—and who’s living where.

BY IRENE MOORE

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calendar/top five

Our readers pop up at events, festivals and at the store next door.

Autumn fades in with love and sex, the “Evil Dead,” Fright Nights and, happily, the return of Stitch Rock.

BY JOHN THOMASON

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editor’s letter

Our iconic little resort town has acquired its own evolving “lifestyle”—marked by hipsters, affluent families and all the trappings that entails.

BY MARIE SPEED

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hot list

We look at life by the numbers, a woman with a nose for business, vintage pinball and a few other fun Delray discoveries.

BY DOROTHY MACDIARMID

style

Speaking of hang-ups, here are a few home accessories that can take up our wall space anytime.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON BRISTOL

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dine

Cena takes up residence in our favorite old house— and serves up reliable Italian favorites.

BY BILL CITARA

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up close

Meet a woman who knows the ghosts and a chef with a wood-turning talent.

community connection

Dale Medeiros, the quintessential volunteer, is unstoppable—at any age.

BY RICH POLLACK

BY JAN NORRIS AND JOHN THOMASON

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dining guide

The DDA, the chamber and all kinds of civic groups have been kicking up their heels this summer—and often for very good causes.

Your only review-driven dining guide will steer you to the best restaurants in and around Delray.

BY BILL CITARA

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my turn

The author looks back in order to learn how to go forward.

BY JOHN SHUFF

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STYLISH LIVING

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It’s Time to Turn Back the Clock.

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associate editor allison lewis

Indulge in a personalized 80-minute ESPA facial designed to exfoliate, hydrate, and nourish skin, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles for a younger-looking complexion. Then, maintain the benefits of your treatment at home, with our complimentary ESPA product gift.

assistant art director valentine s. fracassi

managing editor john thomason

senior art director lori pierino

art intern michael guhl

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production manager mandy wynne graphic designer/production coordinator shari brown contributing writers bill citara dorothy macdiarmid brad mee irene moore jan norris rich pollack john shuff contributing photographer jason nuttle emiliano brooks group advertising director rebecca valenza, rebecca@bocamag.com advertising consultants lorraine manfre, account executive georgette evans, senior account manager bruce klein jr., corporate account manager gail eagle, special projects manager

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Delray Beach magazine is published six times a year by JES Publishing.

The entire contents of Delray Beach magazine are copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the expressed written consent of the publisher. Delray Beach magazine accepts no responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts and/or photographs and assumes no liability for products or services advertised herein. Delray Beach magazine reserves the right to edit, rewrite or refuse material and is not responsible for products. Please refer to corporate masthead.

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PRETTY IMPRESSIVE for a One-Year Old

We’ve specialized in women’s health for nearly three decades and have earned a national reputation for excellence for our capabilities in breast care. But with the opening of our new Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute in 2015, we’ve taken that reputation and our capabilities to even greater heights.

In its first year of operations, the Institute provided diagnostic procedures or other health-related services to over 60,000 individuals. Very simply, more and more women in the region are turning to us for care.

Maybe it’s because of our clinical expertise or spectrum of advanced imaging technologies. Or perhaps an expanded range of programs and offerings. Could be that all of this is now provided in a strikingly beautiful, $22 million, 46,000 square foot facility.

Maybe it’s all of the above.

The new Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Providing an environment of care that is complete, connected and comforting. Pretty impressive for a one-year old.

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2013: best overall online presence (Boca Raton) 2013: best department (Boca Raton) 2012: best overall magazine (Boca Raton) 2012: best feature (Delray Beach) 2012: best photographic essay (Boca Raton) 2011: best new magazine (Delray Beach) 2011: best custom publication (Worth Avenue) 2010: best overall magazine (Boca Raton) 2010: best overall design (Boca Raton) 2009: best overall magazine (Boca Raton) 2009: best overall design (Boca Raton) 2009: best feature (Boca Raton) 2008: best overall magazine (Boca Raton) 2008: best feature (Boca Raton) 2008: best single, original B&W photo (Boca Raton) Plus: 10 silver awards (2008-2013)/7 bronze awards (2008-2013)

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SERVICES DIRECTORY Delray Beach magazine is published six times a year, with January/February, March/April, May/June, July/August, September/October and November/December issues. If you have any questions or comments regarding our magazine, call us at 561/997-8683. We’d love to hear from you.

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Your thoughts and comments are important to us. All letters to the editor may be edited for style, grammar and length. We reserve the right to withhold any letters deemed inappropriate for publication. Send letters to the address listed below, or to Marie Speed (editor@bocamag. com).

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

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[ out & about ]

A photo collage of social gatherings and events in Delray Beach. All photos submitted should be clearly identified and accompanied by a brief description of the event (who, what, where, when); photos will not be returned. E-mail images to people@bocamag.com. Or mail photos to:

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Our independent reviews of restaurants in Delray Beach.

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

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[ letters ] OFFENSIVE AD

I was appalled and deeply offended by the sexist and misogynist advertisement placed in your July/ August editions. The advertisement degrades women to mere sexual objects, and I urge you to reconsider in the future taking on ads such as these, as they not only create standards of beauty (white/ Caucasian, underweight) that are harmful for women and especially young girls, but also reinforce gender relations in which women are objectified and sexualized. Numerous studies show the harmful effect on women’s and girl’s self-perception, as well as the link to eating disorders and gender-based violence.

As a professor in women’s and gender studies, I teach my students the detrimental and dangerous effects of women’s representation in the media; having a young daughter myself, I am offended by the fact that you allow advertisements in your magazine that dehumanize women by objectifying them as property and sexual objects.

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COOLEST PROPRIETOR JUST GOT COOLER

My name is Fran Marincola, and in the May/June Delray magazine, there is an error. It says under Caffe Luna Rosa that I sold 49 percent of the restaurant to key employees. That is inaccurate. I gifted—no money, no tax advantages—50 percent of the restaurant and building to those employees.

I do appreciate “Coolest Restaurant Proprietor,” but it would much appreciated if that mistake were corrected. Thanking you in advance.

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DON’T-MISS EVENTS

With the end of summer, Delray cranks up again, with a whole new season of special events.

Here are a few we’re including on our calendars; call first for updated specifics.

GROVE WEEK ON THE AVENUE WHAT: Music, entertainment, drum circles, art exhibitions and more. Free to attend.

WHEN: Oct. 13-17 WHERE: The Pineapple Grove district CONTACT: 561/278-0424

FREE FRIDAY CONCERTS WHAT: The Free Friday Concerts are back at Old School Square, so plan on bringing a lawn chair and meeting up with friends at the end of a long week. Food trucks are on site.

WHEN: 7:30-10:30 p.m. every Friday beginning Oct. 14 WHERE: The lawn at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave. CONTACT: 561/243-7922 ORCHIDS ON THE SQUARE WHAT: A judged orchid show and sale presented

by Delray Beach Orchid Society.

WHEN: Oct. 23-25 WHERE: Old School Square Gymnasium, 51 N. Swinton Ave. CONTACT: 561/573-2422 HALLOWEEN WHAT: Trick or treat along the avenue from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at participating shops. A parade begins at 1 p.m. at Old School Square and ends at Veterans Park with Kidsfest until 5 p.m.

WHEN: Oct. 29, 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

CONTACT: 561/243-7277

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[ editor’s letter ] B Y M A R I E S P E E D

Life in the Big(ger) City The changing face of Delray includes a shift in how people are living.

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t the heart of Delray’s evolution from a sleepy resort town to a bustling little city full of career hipsters is a gradual change in lifestyle. You can see it everywhere. We used to have one or two restaurants that were almost adventurous, but it was mostly family dining—Streb’s, Lucille and Otley’s in Boynton, Ken & Hazel’s, The Annex, Fifth Avenue Grill.

Somewhere along the way trendy dining slipped into Delray, along with skyrocketing retail rents and revamped streetscaping. The “new” city began inching its way north and south, where townhouses and condos started popping up all along Federal Highway, culminating in a whole new “SofA” district south of Atlantic in what was previously a spotty area near the tracks. Not to mention the morphing of what used to be “Leave It to Beaver” country—Lake Ida—into a prestigious and expensive community.

Starting on page 52, we take a look at what builders and designers say are the trends in Delray—from walkability to smart houses to first-class amenities—and it’s clear there is a shift in our demographics to younger, more affluent families and singles, people who came here specifically because of Delray, and where it’s headed.

That’s not quite the case west of Swinton, where Uptown Atlantic is still laboring to get a shovel in the ground (page 47). We were assured there are good reasons for the delay (there always are), but it still presents that nagging question about why things are so slow to develop in Delray’s minority neighborhoods. It’s a question we are tired of—and I hope this development will finally take it off the table soon.

We also bring you the best tickets for this upcoming “shoulder” season, and our Hot List of great finds. Enjoy the issue, and I’ll see you next time.

Marie Speed

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5 (MORE) THINGS I LOVE ABOUT DELRAY: [ 1 ] Skee ball at the Silverball Museum [ 2 ] The Delray Escape—especially the Area 51 theme [ 3 ] Banker’s Row [ 4 ] The shrimp and corn chowder at Bedner’s [ 5 ] Chef Nick Morfogen at 32 East

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hot list NEWS AND NOTES FROM DELRAY BEACH

Fall Finds Our September dog

days get a boost from Silverball, magic numbers, fitness fashion and more.

BY DOROTHY MACDIARMID

Manmaker Sports fitness gear

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[ hot list ] B Y D O R O T H Y M A C D I A R M I D

PINBALL WIZARD

PHOTOGRAPHY BY LINZI

It’s on like Donkey Kong at the Silverball Museum. The vintage arcade and bar filled with more than 200 retro pinball machines and other popular arcade games from the 1950s through 2000s is already a hit. In the large building (formerly the “new” City Limits) behind Hand’s and Johnnie Brown’s, Silverball serves beer and wine as well as limited food items and is designed for all ages, making it an outing the whole family can enjoy. Both educational and entertaining, each game features a placard that tells the story of its historical significance. There is a $10 per hour charge (you buy a wristband) for unlimited free play. The Silverball Museum was founded by Robert Ilvento and Steve Zuckerman in 2009 in Asbury Park, N.J., and was inspired by Ilvento’s autistic daughter, Morgan, and her love of pinball machines. 19 N.E. Third Ave., 561/266-3294, silverballmuseum.com

Mary Evert

FITNESS FASHION

Booking it in Delray French photographer and Delray resident Thierry Dehove has released a new glossy coffee table book featuring Delray Beach.

Delray Beach, Je t’aime is a visual journey through the village by the sea, showcasing our beaches, landscapes, nature, architecture and overall beauty.

Enjoy the colorful scenery without the humidity! Dehove is a rising star in the world of architectural photography and has been recognized by well-known magazine publishing houses and contracted by the likes of Google and other significant Internet and media companies. In addition to being a photographer, Dehove is also a kite surfer and world traveler. When he

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finds a location that truly speaks to him, he photographs the place. In 2003 he created an “I Love Anguilla” website followed by “I Love Bali” and “I Love Brazil.” “I Love Delray Beach” was the next obvious choice. Available on Blurb.com for $52 or by visiting thierrydehove.com.

MANMAKER SPORTS is a new local brand making its mark in the athleisure fashion trend. Launched by Hot Yoga teacher Mary Evert (sister-in-law of tennis great Chris), Manmaker Sports clothing is designed for yogis, CrossFit devotees, teachers, mothers, sisters and designers who love to sweat, train and honor each breath. Be downdog-ready in its high-quality, functional fitness apparel delivered in unique, vibrant prints.

From the toughest training sessions to the sweatiest yoga flows, its Triple Threat fabric supports muscles with compression, wicks sweat away from the skin and is anti-microbial to stand up wear after wear. Function and style are integrated in each piece, designed to help men and women feel and look their best while becoming their best. Available at Hot Yoga of Delray and online. 561/809-9122, manmakersports.com

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Our lives are overrun by numbers: four-digit PIN codes, our bank account balances, the price of gas, how much we weigh.

And then there are the fun kind, like the ones in a numerology reading

by Marcy Heller.

Numerologists believe the practice is the spiritual measurement of the soul’s progress— according to a lifetime plan revealed in our names and birth dates.

Through the letters and numbers in your name, numerology shows you the blueprint of your life: what you came here to accomplish, how the assignment should be undertaken and what tools you have been given to live a larger, more meaningful life. So go have a reading today and find out how to tap into your mathematical potential. 561/7895597, marcyheller.com

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After Dark: Blue Anchor

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ust in time for Halloween, a visit to the haunted Blue Anchor Pub should be on your checklist. This authentic British pub ca. 1800s was dismantled and brought to Delray 20 years ago after its original London location was cleared for a parking lot. The beautiful dark oak doors, paneling and stained glass windows weren’t the only things that came along with the pub; souls of pint drinkers past also seem to have made the journey across the pond, giving the Blue Anchor a spooky charm—and sense of history (see page 44). In fact, a couple of Jack the Ripper’s victims supposedly spent their last hours within these walls, so you might just run into someone (or something!) spookier than an ex. Extra-large pints and traditional British food like fish n’ chips complete the time-traveling feel. It’s also a great place to catch a real football game (aka soccer) on the telly. A variety of bands perform live Thursday through Sunday. 804 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/272-7272, theblueanchor.com

Raw and roasted crudites from Farmhouse Kitchen

The rebranding of Gary Rack’s Fat Rooster to Gary Rack’s Farmhouse Kitchen reflects its Boca flagship restaurant, with the same emphasis on honoring the environment and supporting local purveyors, serving “just-good-food.” Executive Chef Matthew Danaher has crafted a menu highlighting his passion for fresh foods and straightforward cooking; gone are the deep-fried, guiltladen dishes. Seasonal, sustainable and locally sourced ingredients form crave-worthy dishes that won’t leave you in a food coma. Gary Rack says, “It’s been a dream of mine to open a restaurant with a menu that captivates the better-foryou foods, that leave you happily satisfied while not guilty. Beyond serving good food, we have a mission to provide a lifestyle.” 204 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/266-3642, farmhousekitchenboca.com

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SPOTLIGHT:

Jeremy Office, Maclendon Wealth Management

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eremy Office moved to Delray Beach the summer of 1998 from Dayton, Ohio, as an analyst for a technology company. In 2002 a good friend thought Office would be a good fit for the financial services industry, and in April 2002 he joined Merrill Lynch. He spent nearly 10 years building one of the most successful Merrill Lynch offices in the country before opening his own firm, Maclendon Wealth Management. Office caters to successful, affluent individuals, but his claim to fame these days was a recent guest appearance on “The Chelsea Handler Show” on Netflix, interviewed by the chief financial correspondent for the show, Miami’s DJ Khaled. We asked Office about his 15 minutes of fame— and why he loves Delray.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT?

EDUARDO SCHNEIDER

It was an amazing experience. To see the cutting-edge production of Netflix and social-media guru DJ Khaled in action was awesome. It shows you what can be done when you hone in on your craft.

Cary Caster

WHY DELRAY?

In my business, success relies on the ability to identify trends. It was by design that I opened up my firm in Delray (maclendon.com).

I could tell it had the bones to be a great city.

DO YOU HAVE A DREAM PROJECT YOU’D LIKE TO CREATE IN DELRAY? When I first moved to Delray, the town was electric with live music in multiple venues. Places like City Limits were packed. With my passion for live music, I would love to see a venue that brings that electricity back: live music, dancing, spoken word.

SCENTSATION Delray resident Cary Caster has a nose for success; she’s the genius—or Certified Clinical Aromatherapist—behind 21 Drops, a line of 21 pre-blended essential oils. Caster has been studying essential oil therapy and blending for more than 25 years. 21 Drops’ thoughtfully concocted blends come in a rollerball and are fun and simple to use. Just select the blend that addresses your needs, from getting a good night’s sleep to dealing with daily stress to running that extra mile. Apply the rollerball in a circular motion to the desired pulse points or directly to the area of concern. Then roll on, inhale and transform to your best self. Sold locally at Yoga Shala. 877/673-7677, 21drops.com

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Lynn Van Lenten, Joeilynnae Sandolo and Kim Bentkover at the Focus on Women event at La Cigale

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Barbara and Steve Stark at the Chef vs.

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Delray’s original indie craft bazaar turns 10, demon dolls roam the South Florida Fairgrounds, a cult film series becomes a bloody-good musical, and more.

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“The Mystery of Love and Sex”

Karina Iglesias

Stitch Rock

Delray Beach When: Oct. 7-30 About: The “mystery” suggested in the title of this critically acclaimed Off-Broadway play may not be solved by the end of it, but the vagaries of love and sex will receive two hours of compassionate, multi-generational exploration.

The main characters, Charlotte and Johnny, have known each other since childhood, but only in college do they decide to elevate their friendship to the next level of intimacy. They don’t share much ethnic DNA: She’s Jewish and he’s black, which Charlotte’s parents have a difficult time accepting. Not that they’re the best role models to espouse advice; their own relationship, itself built on cultural opposition, is on the fritz. Never a theater to shy away from sexually charged material—Did you make it through last season’s “Smoke,” set at a New York kink party?—the Theatre at Arts Garage will continue to explore matters of the heart and libido in this provocative season kickoff.

Considering that playwright Bathsheba Doran has written for Showtime’s “Masters of Sex,” this observational dramedy seems right in her wheelhouse.

Cost: TBA Contact: 561/450-6357, artsgarage.org

Delray Beach When: Sept. 23 About: When South Florida native Karina Iglesias auditioned for “The Voice” for the third time, in 2013, she nearly didn’t make it. It was only during the last, belt-y note of Melissa Etheridge’s “I’m the Only One” that Adam Levine and Blake Shelton pushed their buttons, creating national overnight stardom for the thirty-something R&B vocalist. A few episodes later, she was “stolen” by Shakira, after her stirring “battle round” rendition of James Brown’s “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World” proved the Godfather of Soul wrong. Iglesias didn’t make it into the Top 12, a decision that left her local community crushed. But Iglesias remains in her fierce and passionate element on cabaret stages and nightclubs. A veteran of the South Florida music scene, this classically trained vocalist recorded her first collection of original songs, “The Way” in 2007; sang with the Miami Dolphins’ elite eight-person choir in 2009 and 2010; and recorded a Latin duet with Franco de Vita that sold 20 million copies in 2011. At this performance, Iglesias will remind her hometown audience why Shakira made the wrong choice.

Cost: $30-$45 Contact: 561/450-6357, artsgarage.org

Where: Arts Garage, 180 N.E. First St.,

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Where: Arts Garage, 180 N.E. First St.,

Where: The Fieldhouse at Old School Square,

51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach

When: Oct. 1 About: From ornate cupcakes to anime-

inspired plush dolls to outsider art prints and cutting-edge clothes, Stitch Rock has been offering South Florida shoppers a motley assortment of handcrafted art, fashion, tchotchkes and sweets since 2006. Arguably Palm Beach County’s inaugural indie craft bazaar, Stitch Rock launched the trend and has surpassed the lifespans of many of its followers. And this year it celebrates its 10th anniversary. “Attendance continues to grow year after year,” says founder Amanda Linton, of her event’s legacy. “But I would say the vendors are the ones doing the growing. We have seen lots of vendors through the years turn their handmade hobby into a hardy side gig or even a full-time business. More and more people are turning to buying things made by hand, and it shows.” In honor of this landmark year, Linton will be providing the first 500 attendees with a “commemorative one-of-a-kind goodie,” and there will be special photo ops available during the show along with a few “surprises in the works.”

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“Evil Dead: The Musical”

Fright Nights

Where: Crest Theatre at Old School Square,

51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach When: Oct. 7-8 About: Given that movies like “Night of the Living Dead” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” have already spawned horror-comedy stage musicals, the question is not, “Why create a musical based on the ‘Evil Dead’ franchise?” so much as, “What took them so long?” The “them” in this case is composer Christopher Bond, lyricist George Reinblatt and a couple other renegade Canadians—longtime fans of the “Evil Dead” trilogy who, in 2002, took the first step in making their musical a reality: They found Bruce Campbell’s email online and asked his permission. With the blessing of the movie’s original star, the team premiered “Evil Dead: The Musical” a year later, and it has been improved ever since. This national tour promises headless chainsaw wielders, severed heads that won’t shut up, hands that take on lives of their own, and such songs as “What the F**k Was That?” and “All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons.” Ticket buyers, take heed: If you plan on sitting in the “splatter zone,” be prepared to don a poncho, because it will be a bloody good time.

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Where: South Florida Fairgrounds,

9067 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach

When: Oct. 14-29 About: Craig McInnis has one of the coolest

jobs in South Florida. As the creative director of Fright Nights, he gets to imagine inventive ways to scare the wits out of people. Each year, McInnis and his small staff of twisted compatriots conjure four scenarios from popculture, the news, conspiracy theories or horrorfilm lore, set-design a walkable architecture for each one, stock the space with “scare-actors” crouching in its nooks and crannies, and voila!

Our collective desire to feel frightened every October is gloriously manifest. This year’s haunted-house themes pull from the classic annals of horror: a demented schoolhouse, a demonic doll factory, a series of underground caves populated by mutants and truck-sized rodents, and a vampire’s lair—“the Romanian Nosferatu variety, not the ‘Twilight’ kind,” McInnis assures us. As a scare-actor himself, McInnis will reprise his favorite character, roaming the fairgrounds as the crazed backwoods barker known as the Eggman. “I’ve gotten new goodies from trade shows, but he’s still the same snarky redneck jackass,” he says.

Cost: $20-$30 Contact: 561/793-0333, myfrightnights.com

Clockwise from opposite page: “The Mystery of Love and Sex,” Karina Iglesias, Amanda Linton at a previous Stitch Rock event, “Evil Dead: The Musical,” and Fright Nights’ Craig McInnis as the Eggman

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On & Off the Avenue ENJOY THESE OTHER SUMMERTIME ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND OUR FAVORITE CITY. SEPT. 3: SEAN CHAMBERS AT ARTS GARAGE, 180 N.E. First

SEPT. 15 AND OCT. 13: STEEL DRUM CRUISE

St.; 8 p.m.; $30-$45; 561/4506357, artsgarage.org. Acclaimed by publications ranging from USA Today to Britain’s Guitarist magazine, this veteran axman has earned comparisons to the Rolling Stones on the strength of his eclectic mastery of blues, soul, country and rock.

SEPT. 1 AND OCT. 6: SILENT DISCO AT THE FIELDHOUSE at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave.; 9 p.m.; $15; 561/243-7922, oldschool.org.

Attendees receive a pair of headphones and the ability to choose between two spinning DJs, in a monthly silent dance party that allows listener autonomy and encourages socialization.

SEPT. 2: ALBERT CASTIGLIA AT ARTS GARAGE, 180 N.E. First St.; 8 p.m.; $30-$45; 561/450-6357, artsgarage.org. This award-winning South Florida blues guitarist launched his professional career in 1990 as a member of the Miami Blues Authority and later cut his teeth as the guitarist for Buddy Guy’s iconic harpist, Junior Wells. His tradition-rooted original music channels hopes, fears and heartaches.

leaving from Veterans Park, 802 N.E. First Ave.; 7 to 9 p.m.; $25; 561/243-0686, delraybeachcruises.com.

Enjoy island sounds aboard the Lady Atlantic courtesy of Delray Yacht Cruises, whose voyages offer snacks, beverages, guided tours of Delray Beach’s most beautiful mansions and plenty of local history.

SEPT. 9: SUSHI & STROLL SUMMER WALKS at Morikami Museum, 4000 Morikami Park Road; 5:30 p.m.; $5-$8; 561/495-0233, morikami. org. The Morikami opens its Japanese Gardens to guests for a discounted rate at this popular summer program, which offers rare craft sake selections—sparkly, creamy or canned—and roaring taiko drum performances by Fushu Daiko.

SEPT. 9: IVAN “MELON” LEWIS & THE CUBAN SWING EXPRESS at Arts Garage, 180 N.E. First St.; 8 p.m.; $30-$45; 561/4506357, artsgarage.org. Born in Cuba and based in Spain, pianist Lewis has performed with a coterie of Spanish and European music luminaries. After years touring the world with different artists, he formed the Cuban Spring Express with 10 fellow-musicians, developing a ‘60s-fueled sound ranging from Herbie Hancock and Michael Jackson covers to bold originals.

SEPT. 23: HEART at Perfect SEPT. 15 AND OCT. 20: ARTISTS ALLEY OPEN STUDIOS at Pineapple Grove Arts District, east of Third Avenue between Northeast Third and Fourth streets; 6 to 9 p.m.; free; artistsalleydelray.com. See the talented local artists of Delray Beach’s arts district create and discuss their work as they unveil their warehouses for an evening of open studios.

Vodka Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach; 6:30 p.m.; $56.45-$76.45; 561/7958883, westpalmbeachamphitheatre. com. Heart, the legendary rock band known for its sweeping, lighterwaving power ballads, headlines a “Rock Hall Three-for-all” of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Arrive early for proto-punk icon Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and ‘70s powerpop virtuosi Cheap Trick.

SEPT. 23 Heart

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OCT. 26 The Adventures OCT. 20: ZOMBIE PROM at the of Bella Fieldhouse at Old School Square, 51 & Harry

SEPT. 24: THE RAD TRADS AT ARTS GARAGE, 180 N.E. First St.; 8 p.m.; $30-$45; 561/4506357, artsgarage.org. Expect to hear an eclectic set list spanning early jazz, the New Orleans brass sound, R&B, delta blues and rock and roll courtesy of this New York City big band complete with four vocalists, three horns and a driving rhythm section.

OCT. 2: PROPHETS OF RAGE at Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach; 7 p.m.; $13-$62.50; 561/795-8883, westpalmbeachamphitheatre.com.

Prophets of Rage is a rock-rap supergroup aiming to “Make America Rage Again.” Promising an evening of leftleaning anti-establishment rock, this band of revolutionaries includes Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford; Public Enemy’s Chuck D.; and Cypress Hill’s B-Real.

OCT. 6-23: “URINETOWN” at Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave., Lake Worth; 8 p.m. Thursdays to

Saturday, 2 p.m. Sundays; $29-$79; 561/586-6410, lakeworthplayhouse. org. Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis’ musical comedy is set in a Gothamlike dystopia suffering from a 20-year drought, prompting its government to ban private toilets and its citizens to use only the public facilities managed by a malevolent corporation.

hits. Concerts continue throughout the month with Chemradery (pop-rock and soul, Oct. 21) and Joel Dasilva & the Midnight Howl (blues, Oct. 28).

OCT. 26: “THE ADVENTURES OF BELLA & HARRY: LET’S VISIT LONDON! THE MUSICAL” at Crest

OCT. 8-23: “THE SENSUOUS SENATOR” at Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 N.W. Ninth St.; 8 p.m. Thursdays to Saturdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; $30; 561/272-1281 ext. 4, delraybeachplayhouse.com. Just in time for the 2016 election, this spirited farce by Michael Parker centers on a philandering presidential candidate whose plan for an extramarital fling hilariously backfires.

OCT. 14: OPENING NIGHT OF FREE FRIDAY CONCERTS at Old School Square Pavilion, 51 N. Swinton Ave.; 7:30 p.m.; free; 561/243-7922, oldschool.org. The band Orange Sunshine opens Old School Square’s popular free concert series, performing ‘60s

OCT. 2 Prophets of Rage

N. Swinton Ave.; 9 p.m.; tickets TBA; 561/243-7922, oldschool.org. Cheekily subtitled “A Night to Dismember,” this themed prom encourages its undead attendees to arrive in zombie attire.

There will be a lounge and dance floor, a “Zombie DJ” will play ‘80s hits until 1 a.m., and a Zombie Prom King and Queen will be crowned.

OCT. 15: LANTERN FESTIVAL at Morikami Museum, 4000 Morikami Park Road; 3 to 8 p.m.; $5-$8; 561/495-0233, morikami. org. The Morikami’s five-hour festival honoring the passing of loved ones will include a street fair with shopping, games and children’s activities; taiko drumming by resident percussionists Fushu Daiko; and vendors offering Asian and American delicacies. The evening ends with guests writing messages to their deceased loved ones and floating them in paper lanterns across a tranquil lake at nightfall.

Theatre at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave.; 7 p.m.; $15 children, $25 adults; 561/243-7922, oldschool. org. Recommended for children ages 3 to 12, “The Adventures of Bella & Harry” is a musical stage adaptation of the educational book series of the same name, about a pair of globetrotting Chihuahuas. This time, they em-“bark” on a journey to the land of Big Ben and Buckingham Palace.

OCT. 29: OPENING DAY OF DELRAY BEACH GREENMARKET at Old School Square Park, 96 N.E. Second Ave.; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; free; 561/276-8640, delraycra. org/greenmarket. Enjoy live musical entertainment and shop from more than 65 vendors—selling everything from locally grown produce to farm-fresh eggs, raw milk, grass-fed meats, baked goods and flowers—at South Florida’s best green market.

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Silver charger, $154, from Artistic Elements; Artisan House handpainted copper wall sculptures, $2,399 (set of five), from Brown’s Interior Design; metal Echeveria flower, $40, from Clive Daniel Home; swan shelf, $96, silk tulip, $24, both from Petal Pushers; Black vase, $9.50, from Rustic Rooster

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Favorite Hang Ups These fun home accessories are decorative—and functional PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON BRISTOL Global Views “Wall Climbing Man,” $89, from Brown’s Interior Design; black vases (small, $6.50, medium, $9.50, large, $13.50), from Rustic Rooster; “Diving Man” wall art, $129, from Clive Daniel Home; wall vase, $135.20, purple and white allium, $19 each; succulents, $16.50, aluminum platter, $175.20, rocks, $4.50 per bag, all from Petal Pushers

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White rectangle tray, $1,129, ceramic flower, $29, from Clive Daniel Home; ceramic fish (small, $24, large, $54), metal octopus, $204, coral starfish, $9, white spiral shell, $3, brown spiral shell, $2, lily pads, $169 (set of three), all from Artistic Elements; bamboo, $24, silk aqua berries, $14.40 each, from Petal PushersÂ

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ARTISTIC ELEMENTS: 400 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, 561/750-1554 CREATIVE COLLECTION BY PETAL PUSHERS: 1200 Clint Moore Road, Boca Raton, 561/994-0505 CLIVE DANIEL HOME: 1351 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd., Boca Raton, 561/440-4663

Sand dollar wooden tray, $125, wooden signs, $16 each, Taleen pashminas, $58 each, all from Excentricities; wooden wall hanger with hooks, $105, from Rustic Rooster; succulent plant, $40.80, from Petal Pushers, ceramic fish, $39, from Artistic Elements

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EXCENTRICITIES: 117 N.E. Fifth Ave., Delray Beach, 561/278-0886 BROWN’S INTERIOR DESIGN: 4501 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, 561/368-2703 RUSTIC ROOSTER: 605 S.E. First Ave., Unit B, Delray Beach, 561/243-1303

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Clockwise, from top: sleek old house ambiance, Cena’s version of a strawberry mojito, rhubarb margarita and a frozen Dark & Stormy, the cozy bar and fried calamari; opposite: veal chops, top, and the signature tiramisu

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CENA

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9 S.E. Seventh Ave., Delray Beach, 561/330-1237 HOURS: Tuesday through Thursday 5 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 5 to 11 p.m.

PRICES: Entrees $18 to $36 WEBSITE: cenamodern.com

Italian style Cena serves up tried and true favorites.

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n this life there are a few certainties. Death and taxes, heat and humidity, traffic jams and crazy drivers. Oh, and Italian restaurants.

In fact, if we had any more Italian restaurants we’d all be driving on the sidewalk and shouting hello.

Most of these establishments contribute much that is familiar and little that is new, prizing comfort and satisfaction over excitement and feats of culinary derring-do. Which suits most of us just fine, as will Cena.

Styling itself a “modern Italian restaurant,” Cena occupies the small but stylish space previously home to one of Angelo Elia’s more casual restaurants. Its clean lines and laid-back ambiance make it a pleasant and relaxing place to dine. In less humid weather, outdoor patios in front and back are equally inviting.

The menu doesn’t stray far from the tried and true. There’s carpaccio and fried calamari, linguine with clam sauce and veal Milanese, and always, always tiramisu. For something a little different, look to the specials.

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Arugula, of course, makes an appearance, in this case tossed with a well-balanced balsamic vinaigrette and gilded with figs, cherry tomatoes and goat cheese so mild and creamy even confirmed goat-a-phobes might find themselves seduced.

Among the pastas con vongole, frutti di mare and arrabiata is pappardelle with short rib ragu. It’s not a large portion, but noodles as wide as a city street make a substantial base for shards of fork-tender short rib and chanterelle mushrooms in a Chiantispiked sauce that sadly was under-reduced and watery.

A neat rectangle of snowy-white halibut got a crusting of sun-dried tomatoes and breadcrumbs, a perfect counterpoint to a properly reduced Chianti sauce. If the fish was a trifle overcooked, the terrific ricotta mashed potatoes and garlic-fueled broccoli rabe served alongside made it easier to forgive.

There’s a reason tiramisu is always, always on the dessert menu, and this is it: creamy-dreamy mascarpone, bracing espresso-soaked ladyfingers, a fine dusting of cocoa. It’s a certainty far more appealing than death, taxes and the rest of that stuff. delray beach magazine

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Ernie DeBlasi Caffe Luna Rosa’s chef hand-makes more than great food.

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or 16 years, Ernie DeBlasi has been shaping pasta by hand, then saucing it delicately—or boldly—to make oneof-a-kind dishes.

That’s his day job: chef at Caffe Luna Rosa in Delray Beach.

“I really enjoy pasta making,” he says. “It is an artisan experience much like bread making, except after the actual pasta is made, there are so many sauces and combinations you can use. Much like art.”

Of which he knows something about. Late at night and into the wee hours, DeBlasi becomes a true artist: turning wood.

In his small workshop at his Boynton Beach home, he coaxes chunks of upcycled trees into wooden boxes, figural ornaments, and functional—yet beautiful—trays and bowls. None resemble the original blocky shape; instead, sensuous curves that could be banned in some countries, accentuated by whorls and grains, emerge.

The process is lengthy. Woods like Cuban mahogany, a mediumdense wood and his favorite, are cut from logs and branches into a working size. Imperfections such as knots, gouges and holes are left in—“for character,” DeBlasi says.

A design is decided, and initial turnings on one of two lathes give it a basic form. This base piece cures for up to six months, letting the wood dry completely. Then he finishes the piece—taking up to 10 hours to form its final shape with wood chisels and other tools. It’s finally sanded, treated with foodsafe oils and waxed with beeswax for a subtle luster. The products sell online for between $12 and $150—modest prices for unique art pieces.

Wood chunks that are lopped off in the initial phase become part of his other business: Impact Fishing Lures. These he began making 15 years ago.

He gets excited talking about the unique mini-fishes he’s created not for beauty but for serious work on the end of a line.

“The whole 16-step process to making a lure, combined with using your developed skill to fish, is really something when it all comes together.

Studying the old-time lure makers such as James Heddon and Lauri Rapala is also fascinating to me. These were the masters of the craft,” he says.

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to catch them. The customer favorite, he says, is the Pop & Chug. “It hits the top of the water,” and is painted to shimmer as it’s pulled like a minnow.

They sell for around $9.50.

The brightly painted faux fish are a niche market for him since he’s one of the few in the nation still making each lure by hand. They’re found in tackle boxes around the world and used by noted guides in Israel, Spain and Africa, as well as here in Florida.

And he puts them to the test as well. “The reward of catching a fish on something you made is hard to explain.”

Even better, he says, is “when someone on the other side of the world is lit up with a smile because they landed their biggest fish on one of your lures.”

DeBlasi figures he’s created thousands of pieces over his years of woodworking, between the art pieces and the lures. He got hooked on woodworking as a young teen in his uncle’s cabinet shop in Miami.

“I was fascinated with all the various types of woods as well as the skill that the furniture makers possessed,” he recalls. “I spent many summers building tree forts and other various projects with my father, also.”

At college in Central Florida, he was turned on to a pottery class.

Later on, he said, “When I discovered that I could spin wood on a lathe much like pottery, it was like the two arts combined for me.”

Now, it’s a way to unwind after a high-energy night in the kitchen. “A big chunk of time I spend in the woodshop is after the restaurant closes. Sometimes I will work in the shop from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. If you add that up for five days it’s 15 hours, or almost two average workdays. You can get a lot done in that time,” he says.

He keeps work and art separate. “I usually stay pretty focused at the restaurant.” Right now, the lure business and art bowls and boxes are the extent of his artistry.

“I mostly keep it to food—and wood.”

Ernie DeBlasi’s art pieces are sold through his Etsy.com shop, Woodcycles. His lures can be found locally in bait and tackle shops as well as his online store, impactlures.com. delray beach magazine

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This ‘Wicked’ tour guide revisits the haunted myths and legends that helped shape Delray.

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tanding across the street from the Blue Anchor Pub on a recent Saturday night, Marilyn Egan’s voice rises with excitement as she shares what is arguably Delray Beach’s most famous ghost story.

It starts in 19th century Britain, at the original Blue Anchor Pub in Whitechapel, a favored watering hole for literary and political luminaries as well as Jack the Ripper. It was also the pub of choice for Bertha Starkey, a hard-partying gold-digger who married a sailor for his money but caroused with other men when he was away at sea. One night, around 10 p.m., her husband returned home early and found Bertha at the Blue Anchor, predictably intoxicated, in the arms of another man.

As Egan tells it, “He was so unstrung and humiliated and shocked by this that he just snapped. He had a fish filet knife in his boot and he pulled it out and started slashing away. It was so sudden, and he was so crazed, that by the time someone apprehended him, the two of them were dead.”

Starkey reportedly continued to haunt her favorite dive from beyond the grave. And when Lee Harrison, the owner of Delray’s Blue Anchor, purchased architectural details from the original pub at auction to establish his business on Atlantic Avenue, her spirit traveled 4,000 miles along with the oak paneling and stained-glass windows.

One year, on the anniversary of her death, the quarter-inch thick glass behind the Blue Anchor’s bar suddenly shattered, along with the bottles lining it. Recognizing a potential liability, and at the advice of paranormal researchers, Harrison bought a brass bell to appease Bertha, and his staff rings it nightly at 10 p.m. to honor her memory.

These days, Bertha is a benign spirit, unless you disrespect her. Egan tells of one skeptical cook at the Blue Anchor, who dismissed the Starkey ghost as a publicity stunt. “There was a big soup pot on the pot rack,” Egan says.

“Witnesses say the pot came up off the hook, and instead of falling to the ground, it went sideways and hit the cook right in the head. He was taken to Delray Medical Center with a concussion, and he never came back to cook at the Blue Anchor—because he knew that Bertha had his number.”

This is one of a trove of stories Egan shares on her Wicked Delray Ghost

Tour, which she’s been operating since 2013. Egan, a Delray resident whose day job is in real estate, is a longtime devotee of the paranormal. So when the subprime mortgage crisis cost her a lucrative position at Toll Brothers, she used the time to study Delray’s rich legacy of the unexplained and craft a walking tour of its haunted history.

The tour begins at Veterans Park and continues along the marina and other spooky hot spots, including the railroad tracks and the Colony Hotel.

Egan’s website teases the latter destination as “a world-class hotel where the loyal staff is still on duty—90 years later!”

A Delray booster as much as she is a supernatural raconteur, Egan finds paranormal connections to some of the city’s most durable myths, legends, anecdotes and tragedies, from the wreck of the S.S. Inchulva to the formation of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade to the death of Jerrod Miller. Errol Flynn makes a cameo, along with nightlife visionary Michael Elwood Gochenour and the Arcade Tap Room.

“A lot of the ghosts in Delray are here because they love the community,” she says. “They likseeing the people, and all the goings-on. It’s a whole different era, but it’s got to be interesting to them.”

The tour costs $20 per person and can take about 90 minutes. Egan’s witchy wardrobe alone is worth the admission: She carries an atmospheric lantern and flashlight and is clad entirely in black, from her dress and fishnet gloves to her feathered church hat. She gets a lot of looks from passersby. “It’s probably about a six-hour deal to get dressed, get down there, do the tour and get home again,” she says.

Occasionally, she’ll be saddled with an unruly customer, like the girl one Valentine’s Day who believed she needed to save the ghosts, and wanted to commit suicide so could be with them; Egan says she and the girl’s boyfriend had to carry her to her car.

On the flipside, sometimes she’ll relate a tale that makes a customer uncomfortable, which comes with the territory. “Ghosts and the paranormal is rather taboo,” she says. “Some of the old guard don’t like my lurid stories.”

But as one who never found a spotlight she didn’t want to occupy, Bertha Starkey certainly likes them. And, for our safety, that’s what matters most.

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Egan has seen her share of sensationalist paranormal television shows, in which the intrepid ghost-hunters attempt to provoke spirits into appearing for the cameras. That’s not her style. “I find it offensive for people to go on TV and shout at the ghosts,” she says. “I don’t think I’d like that if I was a spirit. However, I do believe strongly that spirits are here. Great physicists say that energy is never destroyed, it’s always transformed, which makes you think that the energy of the human spirit would also be transformed.”

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WHAT'S THE

HOLDUP? Why Uptown Atlantic—arguably the most significant development on West Atlantic— is taking forever to get off the ground.

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Clockwise, from top: an aerial rendering of Uptown Atlantic, Joycelyn Patrick, Robert Currie, project plans, Choli Aronson

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ince 2013, when the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency cleared the way for a private company to develop three mostly empty publically owned city blocks just east of Interstate 95, Uptown Atlantic has often been described as the long-awaited genesis of a West Atlantic Avenue Renaissance.

So what’s the holdup? Almost three years later, ground for the ground-breaking project has yet to be broken.

Oh, people are still excited about what’s coming—and what it will mean for the area between the interstate and the existing downtown that many feel has long been neglected. But these days, that excitement is tempered by more than a touch of frustration from people waiting for the new homes and offices, the grocery store, the restaurants—which were supposed to be open months ago.

“I would hope to see this project get off the ground before my 16-month-old granddaughter

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goes to her senior prom,” Joycelyn Patrick, who chairs the West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition, or WARC, says. “We’re concerned that it’s taking this long, but we have been kept in the loop.”

That frustration is shared by those working with Uptown Atlantic’s developers at Equity Delray LLC, who have seen potential large commercial tenants bail out, not knowing when they would be able to move in.

“This project has gone on for so long that you have a hard time remembering what it was like when it started,” says Choli Aronson, senior associate with Currie Sowards Aguila, the architects for Uptown Atlantic. “It’s frustrating, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.”

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The first gleam of brightness came in April with the signing of two documents—a Developers Agreement with the city and a revised Community Benefits Agreement hammered out between Equity Delray and the West Atlantic Branding Initiative. With those agreements in hand, architects were able to submit 10 permit applications, which this summer worked their way across several desks in the city’s building department. Aronson and architect Bob Currie say that if all goes well, bulldozers could be arriving on the site, on the south side of Atlantic Avenue, within the next month or two. And, with construction taking about two years, Uptown Atlantic could be a reality by 2018.

If completed without major changes (there have been a few small changes over the last two years, like repositioning the grocery store and adding parking), Uptown Atlantic will consist of three buildings, one each in the 600, 700 and 800 blocks of West Atlantic Avenue. The buildseptember/october 2016

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ing in the 600 block is expected to be home to a 20,000-square-foot grocery store, which will occupy the entire bottom floor. Above the grocery store will be two stories of offices, filling about 22,000 square feet. With two ground floor entrance lobbies, the office space could be leased by one single tenant or possibly two.

The 700 building will be the site of four ground-floor restaurants, including some representing chains with familiar names as well as two stories of apartments, while the 800 building will house neighborhood retail businesses, such as a nail salon, on the bottom floor and three stories of apartments above them.

Currie says there was a financial firm that was interested in leasing all of the office space above the grocery store but withdrew because of the delays.

“Once the shovel hits the ground, leasing will be hot and heavy,” Aronson predicts.

Opinions differ as to why it has taken so long for those first shovels to dig up dirt, ranging from delays due to overwhelmed and understaffed departments at city hall to a desire to make sure it is done right as opposed to quickly.

Still, many involved in the Uptown Atlantic project—from the community, the city and the developer—will tell you that it is the complexity, scope and importance of the project that has slowed it down.

“We would like to have seen it done sooner rather than later, but we want it to be done right,” says Chuck Ridley, a community leader and vice Renderings of Uptown Atlantic

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hen it was created in 1998, Delray Beach’s West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition (WARC) was designed to provide input to city leaders on the best ways to revitalize an area on both sides of the city’s main corridor from Interstate 95 to Swinton Avenue. By the time community leader Joycelyn Patrick joined the board in 2010, however, the group was in need of some revitalization of its own.

“We somehow got lost as an advisory board or a strong voice for the black community,” says Patrick, who now serves as the board’s chair. “We felt that WARC had to expand its role to be more of a force in the city.”

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diverse group of involved residents—both black and white—to speak up for what they see as the best interests of the historically overlooked community.

“We’re a liaison between the city leaders and other city organizations and the black community,” says Patrick, who gives much of the credit to former WARC chair Reggie Cox, now the chair of Delray Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency.

While it is not the only voice of Delray’s black community, WARC is by most accounts the loudest. Its board members include presidents of both the Northwest and Southwest neighborhood associations as well as civic leaders. “We’re advocates for community investment, West Atlantic revitalization, civic pride and the health of

our neighborhood,” Patrick says.

Over the last three years, WARC has played a central role in crafting a Community Benefits Agreement representing the areas most affected by the new Uptown Atlantic Project, which will encompass three blocks on the south side of West Atlantic Avenue. The group has also been working on a major rebranding initiative, and this month will officially unveil a new name for the area: The Set. “We felt we needed to have our own identity,” Patrick says. “West Atlantic is the name of a street, it’s not a strong identity.”

The name, she explains, reflects the sun setting in the west and is also remi-

niscent of a time before the civil rights movement when African-Americans in Delray Beach had to be west of Swinton Avenue before sunset, she said. The Set also connotes a community gathering place, as similar spaces where students come together on college campuses, including those of historically black schools, are called the Set. “The name is a play on words and circumstances,” Patrick says.

To launch the new brand, WARC is hosting events on Sept. 9-11, including a golf tournament, wine and cheese fundraiser and a gala.

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“We would like to have seen it done sooner rather than later, but we want it to be done right. ...

We want a project that is going to be a good fit for our neighborhood.”

Clockwise, from top: Chuck Ridley, Jeff Costello and Mayor Cary Glickstein

chair of WARC. “We want a project that is going to be a good fit for our neighborhood. To build it quickly [but] without a grocery store, you haven’t done us a favor.”

Ridley, Patrick and other members of the WARC board—along with a community coalition that included neighborhood association presidents and “village elders”—were deeply involved in creating the Community Benefits Agreement, which spells out steps the developer can take to have a positive effect on local residents and the Delray economy.

“The Community Benefits Agreement is unique, especially at the grassroots level,” says Jeff Costello, the executive director of the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency. In essence, what developer Equity Delray and the community coalition did in creating the benefits agreement was to get together at the outset of the project to jointly create a plan that worked well september/october 2016

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for both—rather than present a plan later for community comment.

Included in this agreement are requirements that the developer give priority to contractors and subcontractors from the local area. Another provision requires that 20 percent of the housing within the project be set aside as workforce housing. Currie said that rents on all units— even those not part of workforce housing—will be less expensive than most new units being built throughout Delray.

Also spelled out in the agreement was a stipulation that the developer would relocate any tenants of existing shopping centers on the property to Uptown Atlantic if they so desire—and provide temporary space for them while construction takes place.

Creating the benefits agreement took time, as did bringing plans to the city boards and the city commission as well as the CRA, which, until

the permits are approved, still owns the land on which the project will be built. In addition, the developer had to acquire a few private parcels behind the buildings for parking. Aronson says she has been involved in at least 100 meetings since January of 2013, when her firm first started working on the project.

“This is a complex project involving six acres and three city blocks,” says the CRA’s Costello.

“It takes a lot of patience and perseverance, but everyone is working connectively.”

Delray Beach Mayor Cary Glickstein says he believes the project will be worth the wait. “Success begets success, and I think the development community now views West Atlantic differently than ever before,” he says. “It is viewed as an area for sustainable growth.”

For his part, Ridley is exhibiting patience, adding that he’s accepting of the delays.

“We’ve waited for this for 30 years,” he says. delray beach magazine

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DELRAY BY DESIGN Local builders and designers share what buyers are asking for. by Irene Moore

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elray still has traces of that time-honored suburban model: two kids and a yard. But homebuyers and renters have changed over the past two decades—along with lifestyles. Singles are gaining ground, second Florida homes are still in demand, and there’s a return to that old extended family idea, with grandparents aging in place with their families. There is a widespread tendency of millennials to remain in urban settings, and even boomers are abandoning the subdivision for the city.

Here’s how this sea change in how we live is playing out in Delray, according to a few prominent builders and designers on the forefront of 2016 trends.

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Ocean views and poolside daybeds are popular amenities in South Florida's luxury market.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION Douglas Elliman is the largest regional real estate company in South Florida. One of its Realtor associates, Dawn Schwartz, who specializes in Delray’s luxury real estate market, says it’s all about location.

“Empty nesters are moving east— many want a condo in Delray with a view that is on the water (Intracoastal or ocean),” she says. “They aren’t just moving into any condominium.

It should be close to the hustle and bustle of Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. They are buying so they can walk there.

“Millennials are buying everywhere; they look for new, modern and clean spaces and amenities, including wine storage and beautiful outdoor kitchens,” Schwartz adds. “Those moving from east to west want properties with country clubs, and lots of amenities such as golf and tennis. Families want land, playgrounds, a waterpark area, programming for children (tennis, swimming, arts and crafts, gym classes, etc.). They want … everything at their fingertips.”

Trends in single-family housing configuration have changed, she says, from the traditional model of many distinct spaces. “People want great room floor plans; the living room has gone by the wayside,” she says. And homes are smarter, as well. “The latest trend is in smart homes: garage doors, locks, security systems—everything operational by a cell phone; wireless everything; Sonos systems, etc.”

Open kitchen and dining areas are an attractive design trend.

"Millennials look for new, modern and clean spaces and amenities, including wine storage and beautiful outdoor kitchens."

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OVER 55 IS THE NEW 30

From top, the over-55 crowd wants an active lifestyle; bottom, Delray's Villa Borghese

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Castle Group specializes in community management throughout the state. In Delray, it handles the active 55-and-older communities Villa Borghese and Pines of Delray North.

Jordan Goldman, vice president at Castle Group, weighs in on what’s important to those older than 55: “What we’ve seen is decreasing house size … but with a broader array of amenities,” he says. “The over-55 demographic makes decisions based on community amenities, whereas millennials make their decisions based on home amenities.”

Are his 55+ buyers into the smart home trend? “Not so much,” he says. “They do want to go online and schedule their appointments for amenities in the community, such as bocce and pickleball, which are popular.

(Pickleball is like tennis, but on a smaller court, he says.) Some people are looking for current technology, but not frequently in Delray. Some do want to control security from their home.

“The great room with one large space seems to be the most popular floor plan,” Goldman adds.

“The most popular villa option is single-story [with] two or three bedrooms. Or buyers are downsizing to two bedrooms and a den.”

Environmentally conscious amenities such as Low-E energy-saving windows are desirable but for a different reason than that espoused by younger buyers. “The over-55 group is looking to save on electric bills, because they are living on fixed incomes. They are looking for energy efficiency.”

The over-55 buyers do not require luxe kitchens and bedrooms.

“Our buyers in Delray are more price-conscious. They appreciate the ability to choose from multiple levels of appliances, as opposed to high-end custom homes, where clients are looking for super highend appliances. In the bedroom/ bathroom area, they would like a couple of options, but not necessarily custom,” he says. “They don’t want large walk-in closets, either.

“Most don’t want a backyard— they don’t want to have to maintain landscaping. They have beautiful outdoor amenities at their community center or clubhouse. But they do want indoor-outdoor space, such as screened-in Florida rooms with a large-screen TV if the space is enclosed. A pool is not an asset, as they want minimal maintenance,” Goldman adds. “Walking trails are a plus. They want to be outside. It’s very important to the demographic that we’re talking about.”

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Related's SofA Delray zeroes in on what new urban dwellers want, from luxurious pool decks and outdoor grill areas to fitness centers and artwork.

WALKABILITY That trend holds true for the very different demographic at the Related Group’s SofA Delray, a mixed-use project consisting of 76 rental units, office space and retail—all just a block from Atlantic Avenue.

“What people want is walkability”, says Jorge Mendez, vice president of development for the Related Group.

“SofA Delray is a walker’s paradise,” he says. “Only two blocks south of Atlantic Avenue, residents can enjoy the vibrant scene any time of day without dealing with the hassles of driving or parking.”

There’s an edgy industrial vibe to the apartments as well—with interior design by V Starr Interiors (Venus Williams’ firm) and custom touches from flooring to appliances and accessories.

Mendez says, “Efficiency is most important. As the trend continues to smaller and smaller spaces within the city center and away from suburban sprawl, efficiency becomes vital.”

Amenities at the complex include original art in the common areas and two fitness centers. “One is more

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focused on cardio, while the other is more weight-centric,” Mendez says.

“There is also a covered outdoor space where residents can hit the air bikes.”

Residents here are more likely to entertain outside of their apartments.

“Today’s residents host a gathering at the club lounge or deck rather than in their unit. This allows them to minimize their rent payments while not having to adjust their lifestyles,” Mendez says.

Interaction with the outdoors is also very important, with projects today routinely offering one or more outdoor “living rooms.” Mendez says there are four of these at SofA Delray, “each with its own feel [along with] many ‘alone together’ spaces for residents and their guests.”

In addition to its design work on SofA Delray, V Starr has also worked on Botaniko, Blue Lagoon and Atlantico, and says the trends it’s seeing are “technology, convenience, good design and unique amenities such as team rooms, dog washes, outdoor living spaces and social areas.”

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"We are seeing a demand for full-purpose Jason Alexander

multi-functional spaces with easy maintenance."

Jason Alexander designs with a less-is-more approach, stressing open floor pans and transitional contemporary spaces.

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LIVING SMART— WITH AMENITIES Jason Alexander, the high-end residential designer behind Fort Lauderdale’s J Alexander Interiors, says he is seeing a demand for smart homes and “full-purpose, multi-functional spaces with easy maintenance.”

It’s a less-is-more approach. “They want transitional/contemporary spaces that are bright and airy. They want open floor plans with great rooms and informal dining rooms.

They want high-impact windows and doors, motorized drapery and music systems. In décor, they want organic textures, neutral tones with accents of color and custom furniture,” he says.

“In the kitchen they want open kitchens with large islands and quartz countertops. They are looking for amenities such as wine coolers, mi-

crowave drawers, a large pantry with maximum storage. They want water filtration systems, push-button garbage disposals and energy-efficient appliances. They request custom cabinetry and millwork, with selfclosing doors and drawers. They want built-in linen closets.

“In the bedroom, they want tranquil rooms with a hotel feeling, clean contemporary furniture and sitting areas,” he adds. “They want walk-in closets and closet organizational systems. Outdoors, clients are looking for an extension of interior living spaces, with a resort feel.”

Lisa Michael, owner of an eponymous full-service interior design firm, agrees that people are asking for amenities and smart homes these days. “With the Delray community becoming more diverse and hip, there are many younger, style-savvy people moving into the area,” she says. “Most people are looking for amenities, gated communities where landscape and exterior are maintained, security, a gated clubhouse or country club and a golf course,” she says. “As for those smart homes, it depends on where they live. … Appliances that can be controlled by mobile devices, cooling systems, garage doors [and] alarm systems are all gaining in popularity. Many travel and want to set their lights when they are away.”

“There is a move to more casual dining spaces,” Michael adds. “They want to have the kitchen open; some are spending $25,000-plus just for kitchens. They see the kitchen as the heart of the home, as a showpiece.

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are environmentally conscious and want energy-star-rated appliances to save energy. Instead of built-in coffee makers, most want countertop single-cup Nespresso machines. We put wine refrigerators in the bar area where there is open concept living.”

Luxury finishes are also big. “They want stainless steel, quartz—cut from a mountainside to handmade—soapstone and bright-white classics. They want luxe metallics and some textured and tactile materials. They want wood finishes in their natural forms and reclaimed wood—some on the kitchen islands, not the entire kitchen. The trend now is to mix up the cabinetry, like a pearl finish on the wall and an island in dove gray. Combo glass cabinets that you can see through, and stacked cabinets with a smaller cabinet on top are frequently requested.” september/october 2016

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Lisa Michael

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Lisa Michael's nod to South Florida is expressed through coastal colors and open spaces.

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This smartly appointed beach house designed by Margaux Interiors balances stylish aesthetics with multigenerational comfort.

"We use a lot of slipcovers, white and soft colors on the wall [that] bring the outside in." —Margarita Courtney

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Margaux Interiors maintains that its clients want homes that reflect a stylish South Florida lifestyle—and that are easy to care for.

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own room and bathroom, and six grandkids share a bedroom with bunk beds. The pool area was remodeled, and an outside shower was added to provide an easy way to clean the sand from the beach.

Courtney says, “There are a lot of second homes, and clients want their homes to reflect South Florida living and easy care while still being stylish. We use a lot of slipcovers, white and soft colors on the wall [that] bring the outside in.”

Courtney reiterated the trends other builders and designers were seeing: smart homes, designer kitchens, high-end appliances, fine hardware and finishes, the “large main dining area that flows into a European design modern kitchen,” the decline of the formal living room. “Clients want the room to actually be used for living. The whole house should be livable and used,” she says.

Bathrooms are going more and more upscale, with top-of-the-line marble, porcelain and glass finishes. “They are functional and high-tech, with multi-showers, large showerheads and

toilets that flush by themselves. In the bedroom, they want walk-in closets and built-in phone chargers, custom drawers made for their needs. They even decorate their walk-in closets. One lady said it was the only place she ‘could get away from it all.’ ” Backyards have also become far more than a place for swing sets and a grill; many have elaborate outdoor kitchens. “Landscaping is very, very important,” Courtney says. “Clients want shade umbrellas, and special lighting they can control from their phone. Many want outdoor showers where they can clean off after the beach. And most people want a pool.”

Still, home is also what’s outside the house—the country club amenities, downtown Atlantic Avenue, parks and playgrounds.

The current boom in South Florida housing sales and the new communities sprouting up are testaments to that fact.

The house or apartment may be an oasis of smart luxury, but the neighborhood still matters.

And Delray is stacking up nicely.

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Michael says that these days the elderly want to stay in their homes as long as possible.

“Clients don’t necessarily want granny suites where the grandparents will be isolated from the rest of the family,” she says. “We had special hardware installed for a client who lives in Canada, but the grandfather lives in their house here in South Florida most of the year. We installed grab bars in the bathroom and shower, placed outlets higher up and lowered switches.”

Older people are also planning for extended family visits, as Margaux Interiors’ team explains. Owners Crissi Boland and her mother, Margarita Courtney, designed the interiors for an elegant beach house for a multigenerational family in Delray. The grandparents wanted a beach house where their four married children could bring their kids and have a great time. The house was originally a four-bedroom 1950s house. Remodeling added an additional upstairs floor so each of the four grown children has their

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FOCUS ON WOMEN WHAT: The Delray Chamber’s Focus on Women luncheon featured TEDx speaker Rita Craig on “Generations in the Workplace—Baby Boomers, GenXers, Millennials: Seeing the Workplace Through Different Eyes.”

WHERE: La Cigale

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WEEK I: CHEF VS. CHEF What: The first Chef vs. Chef throw-down benefiting the Milagro Center was between Jardin’s chef, Jordan Lerman—who won—and Dada’s chef, Bruce Feingold.

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staff pick Gary Rack’s Farmhouse Kitchen 204 E. Atlantic Ave. 561/266-3642

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ary Rack’s newly revamped Fat Rooster—now Gary Rack’s Delray Farmhouse Kitchen— takes its cues from its Boca parent, Gary Rack’s Boca Farmhouse Kitchen, from its eco- and health-oriented farm-to-table fare to its cozy, comfy nouveau-farm-style decor. House signatures like the spicy Buffalo cauliflower and nut-and-seed-encrusted chicken made the trek up from Boca, while dishes like fried green tomatoes with goat cheese and roasted tomato and deviled eggs with paprika and mustard seeds hint at the newbie’s previous Southern incarnation.

One especially notable addition to the menu is a seasonally changing roster of dishes based on the best and freshest locally obtained fruits and veggies, which could include everything from green beans with red onion, almonds and kale pesto to honey-roasted carrots with cumin-coriander yogurt. You might even say it represents a “fresh” start.

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DINING KEY $ Inexpensive: under $17 $$ Moderate: $18 to $35 $$$ Expensive: $36 to $50 $$$$ Very expensive: $50+

DELRAY BEACH quirky, individualistic, obscurely located little place is one of the most important restaurants in Delray.

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. $$

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32 east—32 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. There are trendier, flashier, more celebrated restaurants than this beacon of vibrant modern American cuisine in downtown Delray, but there are no better restaurants anywhere in South Florida. Thank chef-partner Nick Morfogen, who turns out food that’s consistently as inspired, inventive and up-to-date as it is thoroughly delicious. The menu changes weekly, but still look for items like the sublime black truffleGruyère pizza and the venison-wild boar sausage duo, which is the stuff of carnivorous fantasies. For dessert, the chocolate-peanut butter semifreddo is truly wicked in its unabashed lusciousness. • Dinner daily. 561/2767868. $$$

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 daily. 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 chickenturkey meatballs in Parmesan-enhanced broth, and Cremona pizza with a sweet-salty-earthy-pungent

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mélange of pears, pancetta, Gorgonzola, sun-dried figs and mozzarella. • Lunch Tues.–Sun. Dinner daily.

561/381-0037. $

ray at its best, with entrées like Snake River Kobe flank au poivre to Maine lobster bisque with fennel pollen. • Lunch and dinner Mon.–Sun. 561/274-2046. $$

apeiro kitchen & bar—14917 Lyons Road. Medi-

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terranean. 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 daily. 561/501-4443. $$

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 daily. 561/450-7557. $$

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

brulé bistro—200 N.E. Second Ave., Suite 109. American. This chic and casual bistro tucked away in the Pineapple Grove district of Delray Beach serves modern American cuisine, artisan wines, craft beers and handcrafted cocktails. This intimate neighborhood bistro has the culinary IQ of a very fine restaurant. It is local Del-

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.

• Dinner daily. Sunday brunch. 561/638-6380. $$$ cabana el rey—105 E. Atlantic Ave. Cuban tropical.

Little Havana is alive and well in Delray. The menu is a palette-pleasing 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.

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deck 84—840 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary Amer-

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. $

ican. Burt Rapoport’s ode to laid-back tropical dining is like a day at the beach without getting sand between your toes. Though the restaurant is casual, the kitchen takes its food seriously, whether the steallar flatbreads, the thick and juicy 10-ounce special blend burger or homey seasonal cobbler. And the waterfront location just seems to make everything taste better. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat.–Sun. Dinner daily. 561/665-8484. $

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 daily. Brunch Sunday. 561/274-9404. $$ city oyster—213 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood. This stylish mainstay of Big Time Restaurant Group serves up reasonably priced seafood that never disappoints, such as shrimp and grits with jumbo crab cake and jalapeño cheddar grits. • Lunch Mon.–Sun. Dinner nightly. Outdoor dining. 561/272-0220. $$

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

561/272-9898. $$$

dada—52 N. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. The same provocative, 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 sweetsavory 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 daily. 561/330-3232 $$ d’angelo trattoria—9 S.E. Seventh Ave. Italian.

Don’t go expecting the tired old “Italian” culinary clichés at this wickedly stylish spot. Open your palate to more authentic and exciting Roman-style cuisine, like roasted veal bone marrow with brisk caper-parsley pesto, creamy-dreamy burrata with roasted fava beans and watercress salad, the classic tonnarelli cacio e pepe (“cheese and pepper”) and the best gelato this side of a real Roman trattoria.

• Dinner daily. 561/330-1237. $$

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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 tacos of fish clad in crisp, delicate fried skin and set off by tart pineapple salsa. Cinnamon and sugar-dusted churros are the perfect dessert. And do check out the margaritas, especially the half-and-half blend of smoky mezcal and blanco tequila. • Lunch and dinner daily.

561/865-5350. $$ fifth avenue grill—821 S. Federal Highway. American. 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. $$

the grove—187 N.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. Chef-partner Michael Haycook and chef Meghan O’Neal change their menu biweekly, turning out dishes exhilarating in their freshness, creativity and elegant simplicity. An appetizer of octopus with olive oil, crushed potato aioli and lemon is outstanding. • Dinner Tues.–Sat. 561/266-3750. $$

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American. Sometimes you just want to chill, and Burgerfi is a great way to do this. The burgers at this snappy oceanfront bistro—all-natural Black Angus beef—are a big hit, whether a single “All the Way” burger or the $10 Ultimate Cheeseburger, which is a pair of ground brisket burgers, plus Swiss and blue cheeses. You can customize your burger too, choosing from a roster of free add-ons like mayo, relish and grilled onions, and from a list of “premium” toppings.

• Lunch and dinner daily. 561/278-9590. $

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 elevate everything from the tangy tomatillo salsas to the world-class fish tacos clad in crisp, delicate fried skin and set off by tart pineapple salsa. Cinnamon and sugar-dusted churros are the perfect dessert. And do check out the margaritas, especially the half-and-half blend of smoky mezcal and blanco tequila. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/865-5350. $$

henry’s—16850 Jog Road. American. This casual, unpretentious restaurant from Burt Rapoport 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. $$

house of siam—25 N.E. Second Ave., #116. Thai.

TAVERNA OPA—270 E. Atlantic Ave. Greek.

The normally riotous flavors of Thai cuisine are muted at this family-friendly downtown spot, but that seems to suit diners just fine. Dishes, well-prepared and generously portioned, include steamed chicken and shrimp dumplings with sweet soy dipping sauce and crisp-fried duck breast in a very mild red curry sauce.

• Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. 561/330-9191. $$

This bright and cheery taverna is a great way to have an evening on the Ave without breaking the bank. Enjoy hot and gold meze, Greek specialties like moussaka and pastitsio—or wood-fired lamb chops and artichoke chicken. Greek, Middle Eastern and Spanish music is specially mixed to give you that I’m-at-the-Plaka feel, and there is even the occasional belly-dancing show and some mean happy hour deals. Love this place! • Dinner daily.

561/303-3602. $

il girasole—1911 S. Federal Highway. Northern Italian. This South Florida classic is not trendy, but it offers a level of comfort and consistency that has been

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out of denmark—2275 S. Federal Highway. Danish/ Continental. Reprising the restaurant he closed in 2006 to care for his ill wife, chef-owner Jorgen Moller is back with his signature brand of Danish-inflected and continental dishes. The look, feel and menu remain very old school, the way his loyal patrons like it. The restaurant is perhaps best known for its Danish koldt bord, an array of small bites served on a three-tiered stand. Entrées are more familiar; both rack of lamb and Wiener Schnitzel are well-prepared and flavorful. • Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/276-2242. $$$

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. $$ jimmy’s bistro—9 S. Swinton Ave. Eclectic. Best bets are a lovely salad of ripe tomatoes and fresh, milky house-made mozzarella; a rich, elegant version of lusty Cajun etouffee; and caramelized bananas in puff pastry with silken vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. • Dinner daily. 561/865-5774. $$

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. Contemporary American. This seaside restaurant at the Delray Sands has long been an unfussy

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local favorite—with a jaw-dropping view. Think gold standard faves like calamari, mom’s chicken soup, stuffed portabello, steaks, chops, the always-great yellowtail snapper. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner Mon.–Sat. Brunch Sun. 561/278-6241. $$

park tavern—32 S.E. Second Ave. Contemporary 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. Don’t miss the decadent soft pretzel bites. • Dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/265-5093. $$

lemongrass bistro—420 E. Atlantic Ave. Pan-

prime—29 S.E Second Ave. Steak/Seafood. Prime is aptly

Asian. Casually hip ambience, friendly service, moderate 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). $

named for its heart of the action location, classy neo-supper club decor, extensive wine list and roster of designer steaks.

Starters and desserts fare better than entrées, especially plump, crabby Maryland-style crab cakes and indecently luscious chocolate bread pudding. Service is a strong suit too, so with a bit of work this good-looking restaurant will fully live up to its name. • Dinner daily. 561/865-5845. $$$

mastino—25 N.E. Second Ave. Italian/pizza. While pizza from the restaurant’s oak-fired oven may be the focus, Mastino also dishes an array of small plates, from an achingly rich mac-n-three cheeses to a hearty “Old School” meatball with tomato sauce and ricotta to plump littleneck clams in a garlicky white wine-olive oil broth. • Lunch Fri.–Sun. Dinner daily.

561/921-8687. $

max’s harvest—169 N.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. Dennis Max, instrumental in bringing the chef and ingredient-driven ethos of California cuisine to South Florida in the 1980s, is again at the forefront of the fresh, local, seasonal culinary movement. Max’s Harvest soars with dishes like savory bourbon-maple glazed pork belly. • Dinner daily.

Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/381-9970. $$

racks fish house + oyster bar—5 S.E. Second 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. $$$ 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 you can get from the American smeary cheesy greasy version. • Lunch and dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/865-5923. $ september/october 2016

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[ dining guide ] smoke—8 E. Atlantic Ave. Barbecue. With famed pit master Bryan Tyrell manning the smoker, this joint smokes every other barbecue spot in South Florida.

Pretty much everything that comes out of Tyrell’s three-wood smoker is good, but his competition-style ribs are porky-smoky-spicy heaven, the Sistine Chapel of rib-dom. Crisp-greaseless house-made potato chips, meaty baked beans and plush-textured bananacoconut pudding are also excellent. The ambience is an inviting blend of Southern hospitality, urban chic and sports bar. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/330-4236. $$ sundy house—106 S. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. It’s fine dining served in arguably the most beautiful restaurant and gardens in Delray. Menus are seasonal and imaginative. Try any of the fresh local fish dishes. • Lunch Tues.–Sat. Brunch Sun. Dinner Tues.– Sun. 561/272-5678. $$ 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 also 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 daily. 561/3033602. $$ terra fiamma—9169 W. Atlantic Ave. Italian. The pleasures of simple, hearty, well-prepared Italian-American cuisine are front and center at Wendy Rosano’s latest venture. 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. $$ tramonti—119 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian. In a world where restaurants chase trends with the relentlessness of Casanova in full Viagra heat, Tramonti stands out as a classy, classic outpost of authentic Italian cookery. Not trendy hardly means stodgy, however, as evidenced by expertly crafted, robustly flavorful dishes like the signature spiedini di mozzarella Romana, spaghetti al cartoccio and braciole Napoletana. Torta della nonna is a triumph of the highly refined simplicity that lies at the heart of true Italian cuisine. • Lunch Mon.– Sat. Dinner daily. 561/272-1944. $$$ tryst—4 E. Atlantic Ave. Eclectic. It’s tough to beat this hotspot with the lovely outdoor patio, well-chosen

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selection of artisan beers and not-the-usual-suspect wines, and an eclectic “gastropub” menu of small and large plates. Try the fried green tomato caprese. • Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/921-0201. $$

vic & angelo’s—290 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian. Giving old-school Italian eateries a modest jolt of more contemporary cuisine and more youthful ambience has proved a winning formula for V&A. Best bets include succulent little baked clams, lusty and hugely portioned rigatoni with “Sunday gravy,” and lemon and caper-scented chicken cooked under a brick. Tiramisu is delicious, as is the Italian version of doughnut holes, zeppole. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat.–Sun. Dinner daily. 844/842-2632. $$

prime catch—700 E. Woolbright Road. Seafood. Waterfront restaurants are few and far between in our neck of the woods, and those with good food are even more rare. Prime Catch, at the foot of the Woolbright bridge on the Intracoastal, is a best-kept secret. The simple pleasures here soar—a perfectly grilled piece of mahi or bouillabaisse overflowing with tender fish. Don’t miss one of the best Key lime pies around. • Lunch and dinner daily, Sunday brunch. 561/737-8822. $$

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been called “Nobu North” by some aficionados, and for good reason. Local sushi-philes jam the narrow dining room for such impeccable nigirizushi as hamachi and uni (Thursdays), as well as more elaborate dishes like snapper Morimoto and tuna tartare. Creative, elaborate rolls are a specialty. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/731-1819. $$

bar louie—1500 Gateway Blvd., #100. Eclectic. At-

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561/853-0090. $

couco pazzo—915-917 Lake Ave. Italian. Despite the name, there’s nothing crazy about the cooking at this homey eatery. It’s the hearty, soul-satisfying Italian cuisine we’ve all come to know and love. Spaghetti Bolognese is a fine version of a Northern Italian classic. • Dinner nightly. (Tues.–Sun. during summer).

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[ dining guide ] paradiso ristorante—625 Lucerne Ave. Italian. A Tomasz Rut mural dominates the main dining room, and there is also a pasticceria and bar for gelato and espresso. Chef Angelo Romano offers a modern Italian menu. The Mediterranean salt-crusted branzino is definitely a must-try. Plus, the wine list is a veritable tome. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/547-2500. $$$

safire asian fusion—817 Lake Ave. Pan-Asian.

This stylish little restaurant offers food that gently marries East and West, plus a roster of more traditional Thai dishes and inventive sushi rolls. Menu standouts include tempura-fried rock shrimp or calamari cloaked with a lush-fiery “spicy cream sauce.” Among the newer items are panang curry and duck noodle soup.

Expect neighborly service and reasonable prices. • Lunch Tues.–Fri. Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/588-7768. $

LANTANA the station house—233 Lantana Road. Seafood. If you’re hungry for Maine lobster, plucked live out of giant tanks and cooked to order, this modest replica of a 1920s train station is the place to go. Lobsters come in all sizes (up to 6 pounds) and are so reasonably priced that getting a taste of one without reservations is highly unlikely.

• Dinner nightly. 561/547-9487. $$$ PALM BEACH bice—313 Worth Ave. Italian. Bice continues to hold the title of favorite spot on the island. The venerable Sushi boat at Echo

restaurant offers a marvelous array of risottos and fresh pastas and classic dishes like veal chop Milanese, pounded chicken breast and roasted rack of lamb. The wine list features great vintages. • Lunch and dinner daily. Outdoor dining. 561/835-1600. $$$

buccan—350 S. County Road. Contemporary American. Casual elegance of Palm Beach meets modern culinary sensibilities of Miami at the first independent restaurant by chef Clay Conley. The design offers both intimate and energetic dining areas, while the menu is by turn familiar (wood-grilled burgers) and more adventurous (truffled steak tartare with crispy egg yolk, squid ink orrechiette). • Dinner daily.

561/833-3450. $$

café boulud—The Brazilian Court, 301 Australian Ave. French with American flair. This hotel restaurant gives Palm Beach a taste of Daniel Boulud’s world-class cuisine inspired by his four muses. The chef oversees a menu encompassing classics, simple fare, seasonal offerings and dishes from around the world. Dining is in the courtyard (not available during summer), the elegant lounge or the sophisticated dining room. • Dinner daily.

561/655-6060. $$$

café l’europe—331 S. County Road. Current international. A Palm Beach standard, the café has long been known for its peerless beauty, the piano player, the chilled martinis and the delicious Champagne and caviar bar. Try one of its sophisticated classics like Wiener schnitzel with herbed spaetzle, grilled veal chop

and flavorful pastas. • Lunch Tues.–Fri. Dinner nightly (closed Mon. during summer). 561/655-4020. $$$

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

Sumptuous cuisine, attentive servers and a see-and-beseen crowd are hallmarks of one of the island’s premier restaurants. Indulgences include scrambled eggs with caviar and the Dover sole meunière filleted tableside.

When your waiter suggests profiterolles au chocolat or hazelnut soufflé, say, mais oui! • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/833-1171. $$$

cucina dell’ arte—257 Royal Poinciana Way. Italian. The wide range of items on the menu and the great quality of Cucina’s cuisine, combined with its fine service, ensures a fun place for a casual yet delectable meal—not to mention being a vantage point for spotting local celebs. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Outdoor dining. 561/655-0770. $$

echo—230A Sunrise Ave. Asian. The cuisine reverberates with the tastes of China, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam. The Chinese hot and sour soup is unlike any other, and the sake list is tops. This offsite property of The Breakers is managed with the same flawlessness as the resort. • Dinner nightly (during season). 561/8024222. $$$

hmf—1 S. County Road. Contemporary American.

Beneath the staid, elegant setting of The Breakers, HMF is the Clark Kent of restaurants, dishing an extensive array of exciting, inventive, oh-so-contemporary small plates. Don’t depart without sampling the dreamy warm onion-Parmesan dip with house-made fingerling potato chips, the sexy wild boar empanaditas, chicken albondigas tacos and Korean-style short ribs. The wine list is encyclopedic. Dinner daily.

561/290-0104. $$

imoto—350 S. County Road. Asian Fusion/Tapas.

Clay Conley’s “little sister” (the translation of Imoto from Japanese) is next to his always-bustling Buccan.

Imoto turns out Japanese-inspired small plates with big-city sophistication, like witty Peking duck tacos and decadent tuna and foie gras sliders. Sushi selection is limited but immaculately fresh. • Dinner daily.

561/833-5522. $$ jové kitchen & bar—2800 S. Ocean Blvd. Contemporary Italian. Jové is named for the Italian god of the sky, and when the folks at the tony Four Seasons decided to remake their premier restaurant, they reached high to offer the kind of food, service and ambience that would appeal to both their affluent older clientele and a younger, hipper, foodie-oriented crowd. Mission accomplished with dishes like the inventive take on octopus marinated and grilled with baby fennel, red pepper sauce, artichoke and olives.

Desserts sparkle too. • Dinner daily. 561/533-3750. $$

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[ dining guide ] leopard lounge and restaurant—The Chesterfield Palm Beach, 363 Cocoanut Row. American. The restaurant offers excellent food in a glamorous and intimate club-like atmosphere. In fact, it’s advisable to make early reservations if a quiet dinner is the objective; the place becomes a late-night cocktail spot after 9. The menu is equally decadent. • Breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner daily. 561/659-5800. $$

meat market—191 Bradley Place. Steak house.

“Meat Market” may be an inelegant name for a very elegant and inventive steak house but there’s no dissonance in its food, service or ambience. Multiple cuts of designer beef from multiple sources can be gilded with a surprising array of sauces, butters and upscale add-ons.

Whole roasted cauliflower is an intriguing starter, while a meaty Niman Ranch short rib atop lobster risotto takes surf-n-turf to a new level. Cast your diet to the winds and order the dessert sampler. • Dinner daily.

561/354-9800. $$$$ nick & johnnie’s—207 Royal Poinciana Way. Contemporary American. Expect flavorful, moderately priced California-esque cuisine in a casual

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setting with affordable wines and young, energetic servers. Keep your wallet happy with five-dollar dessert specials. • Lunch and dinner Mon.–Sat. Breakfast Sun. 561/655-3319. $$

trevini ristorante—290 Sunset Ave. Italian. Expect

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

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ta-boo—2221 Worth Ave. American. This selfdescribed “American bistro” is less typical “American” restaurant or classical French “bistro” than it is posh-casual refuge for the see-and-be-seen crowd in and around Palm Beach. The eclectic menu offers everything from roasted duck with orange blossom honey-ginger sauce to dry-aged steaks and an assortment of pizzas. • Lunch and dinner daily.

561/835-3500. $$

a warm experience, complemented by a stately but comfortable room and excellent food. • Lunch Mon.– Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/833-3883. $$$

café chardonnay—4533 PGA Blvd. Contemporary American. This longtime stalwart never rests on its laurels. Instead, it continues to dish finely crafted American/Continental fare with enough inventiveness to keep things interesting. The popular herb-and-Dijon-mustard rack of lamb, regular menu items like duck with Grand Marnier sauce, and always superlative specials reveal a kitchen with solid grounding in culinary fundamentals. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. 561/627-2662. $$ WEST PALM BEACH café centro—2409 N. Dixie Highway. Italian. There are many things to like about this modest little osteria— the unpretentious ambiance, piano Thursday through Saturday during season, the fine service, the robust por-

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grato—1901 S. Dixie Highway. Italian. “Grato” is Italian for “grateful,” and there is much to be grateful for about Clay Conley’s sophisticated yet unpretentious take on Italian cookery. Anyone would be grateful to find such delicate, crispy and greaseless fritto misto as Grato’s, ditto for lusty beef tartare piled onto a quartet of crostini. Spinach gnocchi in porcini mushroom sauce are a revelation, so light and airy they make other versions taste like green library paste. Don’t miss the porchetta either, or the silken panna cotta with coffee ice cream and crunchy hazelnut tuille. • Dinner daily, Sunday brunch. 561/404-1334. $$ leila—120 S. Dixie Highway. Mediterranean. Flowing drapes and industrial lighting complete the exotic decor in this Middle Eastern hit. Sensational hummus is a must-try. Lamb kebab with parsley, onion and spices makes up the delicious Lebanese lamb kefta. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sun. 561/659-7373. $$

marcello’s la sirena—6316 S. Dixie Highway.

Italian. You’re in for a treat if the pasta of the day is prepared with what might be the best Bolognese sauce ever. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. (closed Memorial Day–Labor Day). 561/585-3128. $$

pistache—1010 N. Clematis St., #115. French.

Pistache doesn’t just look like a French bistro, it cooks like one. The menu includes such bistro specialties as coq au vin and steak tartare. All that, plus guests dining al fresco have views of the Intracoastal Waterway and Centennial Park. • Brunch Sat.–Sun. Lunch and dinner daily. 561/833-5090. $$

rhythm café—3800 S. Dixie Highway. Casual American. Once a diner, the interior is eclectic with plenty of kitsch. The crab cakes are famous here, and the tapas are equally delightful. Homemade ice cream and the chocolate chip cookies defy comparison. • Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/833-3406. $$

rocco’s tacos—224 Clematis St. Mexican. Big Time Restaurant Group has crafted a handsome spot that dishes Mexican favorites, as well as upscale variations on the theme and more than 200 tequilas. Tacos feature house-made tortillas and a variety of proteins. Madeto-order guacamole is a good place to start. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/650-1001. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 5250 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton, 561/416-2131; 110 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/808-1100; 5090 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, 561/623-0127) $ september/october 2016

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table 26°—1700 S. Dixie Highway. Contemporary American.

Take a quarter-cup of Palm Beach, a tablespoon of Nantucket, a pinch of modern American cookery and a couple gallons of the owners’ savoir faire, and you have Eddie Schmidt’s and Ozzie Medeiros’s spot. The menu roams the culinary globe for modest contemporary tweaks on classically oriented dishes. Try the fried calamari “Pad Thai.” • Dinner daily. 561/8552660. $$$

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It works like a charm on chicken, resulting in remarkably crisp skin and tender meat, as well as on fist-sized shrimp you can customize with one of several sauces. Don’t miss feather-light profiteroles filled with caramel and pumpkin mousse. • Dinner nightly.

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tions and relatively modest prices. And, of course, the simple, satisfying Italian cuisine. The kitchen breathes new life into hoary old fried calamari, gives fettucine con pollo a surprisingly delicate herbed cream sauce, gilds snowy fillets of grouper with a soulful Livornese. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner daily. 561/514-4070. $$

abe & louie’s—2200 W. Glades Road. Steaks. This outpost of the Boston steak house cooks up slabs of well-aged, USDA Prime beef like nobody’s business. Two of the best are the bone-in rib-eye and New York sirloin. Start with a crab cocktail, but don’t neglect side dishes like steamed spinach and hash browns. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. Brunch Sun. 561/447-0024. $$$

arturo’s ristorante—6750 N. Federal Highway.

Italian. Arturo’s quiet, comfortable dining room; slightly formal, rigorously professional service; and carefully crafted Italian dishes never go out of style. You’ll be tempted to make a meal of the array of delectable antipasti from the antipasti cart, but try to leave room for main courses like fresh jumbo shrimp grilled in hot marinara sauce. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily.

561/997-7373. $$$

biergarten—309 Via De Palmas, #90. German/Pub. Part vaguely German beer garden, part all-American sports bar, this rustic eatery offers menus that channel both, as well as an excellent selection of two-dozen beers on tap and the same number by the bottle. The food is basic and designed to go well with suds, like the giant pretzel

with a trio of dipping sauces and the popular “Biergarten burger.” • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/395-7462. $

boca landing—999 E. Camino Real. Contemporary American. No Hollywood celebrity has gotten a better face-lift than Boca’s aging Bridge Hotel, now the sleek, contemporary Waterstone Resort & Marina. The hotel’s new signature restaurant, Boca Landing, is equally stunning, showing off its prime waterfront location and views. The mostly small-plates menu features Asian-inflected tuna tartare, green curry mussels and fried calamari. Probably the best dish, though, is the thoroughly continental filet mignon with crab and béarnaise, with wickedly luscious house-made hazelnut gelato coming in a very close second. • Dinner daily.

561/368-9500. $$ bonefish grill—21069 Powerline Road. Seafood.

Market-fresh seafood is the cornerstone—like Chilean sea bass prepared over a wood-burning grill and served with sweet Rhea’s topping (crabmeat, sautéed spinach and a signature lime, tomato and garlic sauce.) • Dinner nightly. Lunch on Saturdays. 561/483-4949. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 1880 N. Congress Ave., Boyndelray beach magazine

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Italian. The Boca outpost of this national chain does what it set out to do—dish up big portions of well-made, easily accessible Italian-esque fare at a reasonable price. If you’re looking for bruschetta piled with fresh cheeses and vegetables or house-made fettuccine with tender shrimp and lobster in a spicy lobster butter sauce, you’ll be one happy diner. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/392-3777. (Other Palm Beach County locations: The Gardens Mall, 3101 PGA Blvd., 561/622-0491; CityPlace, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., 561/835-1511) $$ butcher block grill—7000 W. Camino Real, #100.

Steak house/Contemporary American. This casual steak house with a Mediterranean twist and a local, seasonal, sustainable ethos gives the stuffy old-fashioned meatery a swift kick in the sirloin. Beef here is all-natural and grassfed, delivering big, rich, earthy flavor; the New York strip is 12 ounces of carnivorous pleasure. Seafood, whether raw (tuna crudo) or simply grilled (wild-caught salmon), is palate-pleasing as well. Don’t miss the fresh mozzarella, made and assembled into a salad at your table. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/409-3035. $$$

the capital grille—6000 Glades Road. Steaks. This is one of more than three dozen restaurants in a national chain, but the Boca Grille treats you like a regular at your neighborhood restaurant. Steaks, dry-aged if not Prime, are flavorful and cooked with precision, while starters from Wagyu beef carpaccio to a lighter version of the hardy chopped salad are nicely done too. Parmesan truffle fries are crispy sticks of potato heaven; chocolate-espresso cake a study in shameless, and luscious, decadence.

• Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. 561/368-1077. $$$

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Angelo Elia’s impeccable Italian restaurant is a delight, from the stylish room to the suave service to the expansive wine list, not to mention food that’s by turn elegant, hearty, bold, subtle and always delicious. Dishes off the regular menu make excellent choices, like char-grilled jumbo prawns with artichoke, arugula, lemon and olive oil. But pay attention to specials like pan-seared snapper and scallops in a spicy, garlicky cherry tomato sauce. • Dinner nightly. 561/338-1703. $$$

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[ dining guide ] chops lobster bar—101 Plaza Real S., Royal Palm Place. Steak, seafood. Steaks are aged USDA Prime—tender, flavorful and perfectly cooked under a 1,700-degree broiler. There’s all manner of fish and shellfish, but you’re here for the lobster, whether giant Australian tails flash-fried and served with drawn butter or sizable Maine specimens stuffed with lobster. • Dinner nightly. 561/395-2675. $$$$ cuban café—3350 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd. Cuban.

Diners pack this traditional Cuban restaurant for lunch specials that start at $7.95, including slow-roasted pork served with white rice and black beans. Other highlights include the Cuban sandwich and (on the dinner menu only) lechón asado. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/750-8860. $

davinci’s of boca—6000 Glades Road. Italian.

Expect carefully prepared Italian fare that will satisfy both traditionalists and the more adventurous.

The former will like crisp, greaseless fried calamari and hearty lasagna made with fresh pasta. The latter will enjoy creamy burrata with prosciutto, tomato jam and arugula and a branzino served with spin-

ach, clams and shrimp. • Lunch and dinner daily.

561/362-8466. $$

dorsia—5837 N. Federal Highway. Continental. The simple pleasures of the table—good food, personable service, comfortable ambience—are what this modestly stylish restaurant is all about. The menu has a strong Italian bent, evidenced by dishes like a trio of fried zucchini blossoms stuffed with an airy three-cheese mousse, and a cookbookperfect rendition of veal scaloppine lavished with artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes and a tangy lemon-white wine sauce. • Dinner nightly 561/961-4156. $$

farmer’s table—1901 N. Military Trail. American.

Fresh, natural, sustainable, organic and local is the mantra at this both tasty and health-conscious offering from Mitchell Robbins and Joey Giannuzzi. Menu highlights include flatbreads, slow-braised USDA Prime short rib and the popular Buddha Bowl, with veggies, udon noodles and shrimp. • Breakfast Mon.–Fri. Lunch Mon.– Fri. Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/417-5836. $

grand lux cafe—Town Center at Boca Raton.

American. The Cheesecake Factory’s sister brand is an

upscale take on the original formula, with an atmosphere inspired by the great cafes of Europe. The menu offers a range of international flavors, and the specialty baked-to-order desserts are always a big hit. • Lunch and dinner daily; breakfast on Saturday and Sunday.

561/392-2141. $$

the grille on congress—5101 Congress Ave. American. Dishes at this longtime favorite range from tasty chicken dishes and main-plate salads to seafood options like Asian-glazed salmon or pan-seared yellowtail snapper. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/912-9800. $$

houston’s —1900 N.W. Executive Center Circle.

Contemporary American. Convenient location, stylish ambience and impeccable service are all hallmarks of this local outpost of the Hillstone restaurant chain. There are plenty of reasons why this is one of the most popular business lunch spots in all of Boca, including menu items like crab cakes, the mammoth salad offerings and the tasty baby back ribs. • Lunch and dinner daily.

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josef’s table—5030 Champion Blvd. Continental.

Though the kitchen does have a timid hand with sauces and seasonings, there’s no quibbling about the execution, whether a light, refreshing “tower” of lump crabmeat with mango, cucumber and tomato; rosy-rare double-cut lamb chops with port wine-mint sauce; pan-seared hogfish with orange beurre blanc; or the richly decadent half-moon chocolate tart. • Dinner nightly. Lunch Mon.–Fri. 561/353-2700. $$$ josephine’s—5751 N. Federal Highway. Italian.

Tradition trumps trendy, and comfort outweighs chic at this Boca favorite. The ambience is quiet and stately but not stuffy, and the menu is full of hearty dishes to soothe the savage appetite, like three-cheese eggplant rollatini and chicken scarpariello. • Dinner nightly.

561/988-0668. $$ kapow noodle bar—431 Plaza Real. Pan-Asian. This wickedly stylish Asian-inspired gastropub delivers a delicious and inventive punch to the taste buds. Among the hardest hitters is tuna poke with sesame citrus soy-marinated ahi tuna, crispy wontons and habanero cucumber cream—not to mention cheesecake spring-

rolls with a banana caramel dipping sauce. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/347-7322. $

kathy’s gazebo café—4199 N. Federal Highway.

Continental. This local stalwart smoothly rolls along with its signature blend of French and Continental dishes. The ornate, formal dining room and equally formal service are anomalies these days but are comforting nonetheless. Classic dishes like creamy lobster bisque, house-made duck paté, broiled salmon with sauce béarnaise and dreamy chocolate mousse are as satisfying as ever. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/395-6033. $$$ ke’e grill—17940 N. Military Trail. American. The attraction here is carefully prepared food that is satisfying, flavorful and reasonably priced. The fist-sized crab cake is a good place to start, followed by sea bass with a soyginger-sesame glaze. • Dinner nightly. 561/995-5044. $$$ la ferme—9101 Lakeridge Blvd. French/Mediter-

ranean. Classic style and classically oriented French cuisine come together at this elegant yet comfortable restaurant in a west Boca shopping mall. Though there

are a few Asian and Italian-inflected dishes on the menu, at its heart Le Ferme (“the farm”) is as French as the Eiffel Tower. Start with gougères, cheesy pastry puffs filled with béchamel; don’t miss the unconscionably savory cassoulet; and finish with a tux-n-tails version of pineapple upside-down cake that takes a classic one better. • Dinner daily. 561/654-6600. $$$

la nouvelle maison—455 E. Palmetto Park Blvd.

French. Elegant, sophisticated French cuisine, whiteglove service and a trio of (differently) stylish dining rooms make Arturo Gismondi’s homage to the Boca’s storied La Vieille Maison the home away from home to anyone who appreciates the fine points of fine dining.

The cuisine showcases both first-rate ingredients and precise execution, whether a generous slab of silken foie gras with plum gastrique, posh lobster salad, cookbook-perfect rendition of steak frites and assortment of desserts that range from homey apple tart to bananas Foster with chocolate and Grand Marnier. • Dinner daily. 561/338-3003. $$$ la rosa nautica—515 N.E. 20th St. Peruvian. Expect no ambience, no pretensions, low prices and food

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Ceviche and the lomo saltado are among the best in South Florida. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/296-1413. $$

la tre—249 E. Palmetto Park Road. Vietnamese. For almost two decades, this elegant little spot has been celebrating the delicate, sophisticated flavors and textures of traditional and contemporary Vietnamese cuisine. A house signature, shrimp tossed with coriander curry pesto, is an inspired riff on Vietnamese classics.

Service and wines match the refinement of the cuisine.

• Dinner nightly. 561/392-4568. $$

la villetta—4351 N. Federal Highway. Italian. This is a well-edited version of a traditional Italian menu, complete with homemade pastas and other classic dishes.

Try the signature whole yellowtail snapper encrusted in sea salt; it’s de-boned right at tableside. Shrimp diavolo is perfectly scrumptious. • Dinner nightly. (closed Mon. during summer). 561/362-8403. $$

le rivage—450 N.E. 20th St. French. Don’t overlook this small, unassuming bastion of traditional French cookery. That would be a mistake, because the dishes that virtually scream “creativity” can’t compare to the quiet pleasures served here—like cool, soothing vichyssoise, delicate fillet of sole with nutty brown butter sauce or perfectly executed crème brûlee. Good food presented without artifice at a fair price never goes out of fashion. • Dinner nightly. 561/620-0033. $$

the little chalet—485 S. Federal Hightway. Continental/Steak house. This clubby faux chalet touts both

its pricy pedigreed beef and that once-hip culinary staple of the 1950s and ’60s, fondue. The latter offers a unique taste experience, especially if you go for the three-course prix fixe fondue dinner for two. It starts off with a choice of cheese fondues; we suggest trying the Parmesan, cherry tomato and fresh basil. Entrée fondues feature beef, chicken and shrimp cooked in a burbling consommé, to be dabbed with any of seven different sauces. Dessert fondues are all about the chocolate; try the decadent chocolate-peanut butter.

Dinner daily. 561/325-8000. $$$

madison’s—2006 N.W. Executive Center Circle.

American. This location is something of a Bermuda Triangle for restaurants, with at least four eateries preceding this local outpost of a Canadian chain that styles itself a “New York grill and bar.” What Madison’s has going for it is an exceedingly handsome and capacious space, as well as service that is as professional as it is personable. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/994-0808. $$

maggiano’s—21090 St. Andrews Blvd. Italian. Do as the Italians do and order family-style, sit back and watch the endless amounts of gorgeous foods grace your table. In this manner, you receive two appetizers, two salads, two pastas, two entrées, two vegetables and two desserts. The menu also includes lighter takes on staples like chicken parm, fettuccine alfredo and chicken piccata. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/361-8244. $$

mario’s osteria—1400 Glades Road. Italian. This popular spot is swanky in its reincarnation, but the rustic Italian and Italian-American fare keeps with an osteria’s humbler pretensions. Signature dishes like the garlic rolls, lasagna and eggplant “pancakes” are on the

new menu, as are butternut squash ravioli and thick, juicy rib-eye served “arrabiata” style. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/239-7000. $$

matteo’s—233 S. Federal Highway. Italian. Hearty Italian and Italian-American food, served in giant “family style” portions, needs no reinventing. Though there is no shortage of local restaurants cooking in that genre, it’s the details of preparation and service that make Matteo’s stand out. Baked clams are a good place to start, as is the reliable chopped salad. Linguini frutti di mare is one of the best in town. • Dinner daily.

561/392-0773. $$

max’s grille—404 Plaza Real. Contemporary American. After 24 years in Mizner Park, Dennis Max’s modern American bistro is a true local classic. The food and decor are both timeless and up to date, the ambience is that of a smooth-running big city bistro.

Service is personable and proficient. The menu is composed of dishes you really want to eat, from grilled artichokes with rémoulade to wild Alaskan salmon with citrus beurre blanc to the wickedly indulgent crème brûlèe pie. It’s a classic. Just like Max’s Grille.

• Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat–Sun. Dinner daily.

561/368-0080. $$ morton’s the steakhouse—5050 Town Center Circle. Steak house. There’s seemingly no end to diners’ love of huge slabs of high-quality aged beef, nor to the carnivores who pack the clubby-swanky dining room of this meatery. While the star of the beef show is the giant bone-in filet mignon, seasonally featured is the American Wagyu New York strip. Finish off your meal with the blueberry white chocolate bread pudding. • Dinner daily. 561/392-7724. $$$

new york prime—2350 N.W. Executive Center Drive. Steak house. This wildly popular Boca meatery packs them in with swift, professional service, classy supper club ambience and an extensive wine list. And, of course, the beef—all USDA Prime, cooked to tender and juicy lusciousness over ferocious heat. The bone-in rib-eye is especially succulent, but don’t neglect the New York strip or steak-house classics like oysters Rockefeller, garlicky spinach and crusty hash browns. • Dinner daily. 561/998-3881. $$$$

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19th St., #904. Italian. Cross Naples (thin, blistered crust, judicious toppings) with Connecticut (fresh clams and no tomato sauce), and you’ve got a pretty good idea of the pies coming out Nick Laudano’s custom-made ovens. The “white clam” pizza with garlic and bacon is killer-good; Caesar salad and tiramisu are much better than the usual pizzeria fare. • Lunch and dinner daily.

561/368-2900. $

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History Lessons Windows to the past offer a new perspective for the future.

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’ve looked multiple sclerosis in the face for the last 41 years, accepting the consequences of this disease and living with it the best I can. Over the years I’ve tried to act as normally as possible, determined to do anything practical to slow its insidious progress. One technique I’ve found helpful is visualization. I often find my mind wandering back to the days prior to being diagnosed with MS, those days when I was able-bodied, more participative, more physical. I’m not sure why these flashbacks are so vivid, but each one brings a new appreciation of the life I had—and the one I have now.

I remember when the Helfter kids, our next-door neighbors’ children in Buffalo, would come to the back door and ask me to play basketball with them. I was kind of the neighborhood Pied Piper, the guy who was always there when the kids wanted a pickup game. I loved the interaction with the kids, especially the younger ones who played so intensely, always looking for approval. Today, I look back on those spontaneous games from the vantage point of a wheelchair—but I’m glad I was always willing to play.

I remember the last round of golf I played 36 years ago at the Colgate National Pro-Am at Pinehurst, N.C. My partner was Lanny Wadkins, the affable pro golfer from Advance, N.C. We finished second. I never swung a club after that day, as I collapsed the next week and was on crutches after that. Today, I look at the trophy I took home from that event with the realization that living in the past is unproductive. What really matters is how to live with an uncertain future.

I remember telling my wife from a phone booth outside the Mayo Clinic in 1975 that I had just been diagnosed with MS. I remember standing with the phone in my hand, crying uncontrollably, the tears coming out of nowhere. I had no idea what was in front of me and my young family, only that our lives had changed forever in that one instant. I was tall —6’3”—but I did not know then that the remainder of my life would be lived in a wheelchair looking up, not down. That perspective has helped me understand how some children feel—small and insignificant—surrounded by adults towering over them like giant sequoias.

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by the office and invited me to spend a morning in a public school in Delray Beach to offer a little “outsider” feedback to the principal. My first question was, “Are the schools accessible?” He inquired what my disability was.

“MS,” I said, and there was dead silence as his head dropped. When he lifted his face, his eyes were full of tears. He told me that his son, at age 40, had been institutionalized for the last 10 years with MS. He was now totally paralyzed, requiring him to be fed and diapered.

It was then I recalled a saying of my dad’s: “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man with no feet.”

Despite all the changes in my life, I have learned there is one constant, and that is hope. It is a hope driven by the premise that our lives will not get better unless we take control to make them better. You must become the change-agent in your life, drawing on your own strength to cope with the adversity that you will face. Pray for the fortitude to improve your tomorrow by taking responsibility for your own happiness.

Most of all, never throw in the towel, never give up, never quit. A nun I worked closely with once said to me something I’ve never forgotten: “Mr. Shuff, remember, life is not a problem to be solved but a miracle to be lived.” september/october 2016

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“I will never be too old to volunteer as long as I can walk and talk.

There’s so much out there to do. You can make your life better and somebody else’s life better.”

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Just a few months short of her 90th birthday, Medeiros continues to be one of Delray Beach’s most active volunteers, working with the city’s police department on several fronts and also helping at Parks and Recreation Department events. She remains a member of the Homefront Security team (launched in New York after 9-11), maintains a regular shift as a Citizens on Patrol (COP) volunteer and is also part of the police department’s volunteer roving patrol. During the holiday season, Medeiros continues to help during construction of Delray Beach’s 100-foot Christmas Tree.

“When you go home after a good day’s work, you feel like you’ve really accomplished something,” she says.

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Dale Medeiros has been Delray Beach’s “go-to gal” for decades, raising her hand to volunteer for a variety of organizations whenever the need would arise. A Michigan native who arrived in Delray Beach in 1968 with two dogs and no job prospects, Medeiros found employment doing everything from working in the local bowling alley as a server to helping out in the real-estate industry. When city leaders agreed to put up a then 50-foot Christmas tree on the grounds of Old School Square in 1993, Medeiros was one of the first to sign up to fluff branches and check light bulbs. She later assumed the role of coordinating volunteers at the tourist-information center on the beach and has been a familiar face at a wide range of events.

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