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The city enters a new culinary chapter with the opening of the Delray Beach Market, the former Marriott completes a posh transformation into the Opal Grand, and a longtime Irish pub plans a pandemicsafe St. Paddy’s Day. Plus, style trends for the homebound masses, the GreenMarket’s Lori Nolan on why she loves Delray, and more. BY MARIE SPEED
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Events have gradually returned to South Palm Beach County. This past season, we spotted you at pumpkin patches, golf clubs and shovel-ready groundbreakings.
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A jazz-rock guitar great channels his inner Beatle at Old School Square, the Norton Museum turns its curatorial eye on its own rich history, the Delray Beach Playhouse provides an answer to a British whodunit, and more springtime arts picks.
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With a new chef and a new name for its in-house restaurant, the Sundy House, now more than ever, is the place for an Edenic al fresco brunch. BY LYNN KALBER
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How have Delray’s cultural institutions weathered the existential challenges of the coronavirus? From installing pod seats to investing in streaming tech and improving air circulation, leaders from Arts Garage, Old School Square, Arts Warehouse and Delray Beach Playhouse share their survival strategies. BY JOHN THOMASON
48 where you should be eating now We scoured the Palm Beaches east and west, north and south, far and wide, for the places and faces cooking up buzz-worthy food in 2021.
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Accessories this spring are vibrant nods to natural classics, and turquoise makes a comeback. PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON BRISTOL
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From Lionfish to the Delray Beach Market to the Ray Hotel, West Coast transplant Craig O’Keefe is reinventing Delray’s cultural landscape, while acclaimed artist Jeff Whyman sculpts cosmic worlds out of clay and grit. BY JOHN THOMASON
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Our review-driven dining guide showcases great restaurants in Delray and beyond. BY LYNN KALBER
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A retired schoolteacher, indefatigable volunteer, master gardener and “Woman of Grace” has cultivated a lifetime of service to Palm Beach County. BY RICH POLLACK ON THE COVER: Yellowfin tuna tiradito from Lionfish Photography by Aaron Bristol
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86 out & about
The pandemic didn’t stop local volunteers from filling “Empty Bowls” for residents in need—or from classic cars and their enthusiasts from filling the artistic grounds of Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens. BY JAMES BIAGIOTTI
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The Great Comeback Delray’s enduring legacy of recreating itself is already showing. Again.
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t looks as if we are finally on the upswing in Delray after a year of shutdowns and setbacks amid the relentless pandemic that made South Florida a “hot spot” for so many months on the national COVID map. All the signs are there, however, that we will emerge as another kind of hot spot altogether now—one that is vibrant again, that celebrates Delray—or at least we’re headed that way, as we start our vaccinations and our long road to recovery. This is in no small part due to the innovation Delray has long been known for and the role two segments of the city—the arts and our culinary sector—played in that scenario. Both are celebrated in this issue, and both were emblematic of Delray’s continuing legacy of ingenuity, despite the odds. In the arts, we saw Arts Garage step up with virtual programming. We saw Old School Square introduce “pod seating” that allowed live performances safely. When it comes to dining, we saw the grassroots formation of the Socially Distanced Supper Club that launched a flash mob approach to patronizing restaurants for takeout when indoor dining was not permitted. Finally, social distancing and masking were adopted early on; safety was stressed by our DDA and by city leaders. There have been setbacks, of course, as many continue to flaunt these measures, but progress is slowly being made. The new dynamic Delray Beach Market is slated to open this spring, new restaurants and new hotels are coming. The Opal Grand opened with a sweeping new look. There are still months to go as we navigate our recovery, but the early signs of the next chapter are already there. The determination and spirit of the city is proving stronger than its challenges, once again.
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Springtime kicks off with the new Opal Grand and the long-awaited Delray Beach Market.
BY MARIE SPEED The newly revamped Opal Grand lobby
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OPAL GRAND
Here’s a do-over we are loving: the Opal Grand, which used to be a Marriott, has gotten a glam makeover from tired, standard-issue Spanish to an “American-Caribbean” design that is open, airy and sumptuous. The big reveal is now, with a new “oceanic-inspired” lobby, marketplace and lounge, front desk/check-in area and retail spaces. There’s a dazzling new circular skylight, “flanked by walls of water, living green walls and swinging chairs.” Add in a great two-story signature oceanfront restaurant and an unparalleled beachside location, and suffice to say, the resort game in town has been taken up a notch—or several thousand—with the opulent transformation. The new Opal Grand Oceanfront Resort & Spa is a sophisticated getaway now, a testament to what is rapidly becoming the “new,” more elegant Delray. See for yourself. Visit opalgrand.com or call 866/240-6316. Opal Grand lounge
MARCH-APRIL DO-NOT-MISS
Although the jury’s out on live events right now, here are some key springtime traditions to track—some are full-on back in gear, others may have limited capacity, and still others are 100-percent virtual. Keep them on your radar for up-to-the-minute developments.
SAVOR THE AVENUE, downtown Delray Beach. Florida’s famous longest dining table—and Delray’s favorite foodie event—is back, although a date had not been finalized as of this writing. Check downtowndelraybeach.com for the latest. HONDA CLASSIC, MARCH 15 TO 21 This top sporting event will be a go, but no word yet on how many tickets will be sold or what the protocols will be. Visit thehondaclassic.com. FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS BOCA, MARCH 5 TO 13, various locations. This landmark Boca festival will be all virtual—and free—this year, and will highlight at least four concerts at key locations around Boca Raton, as well as authors’ readings on Zoom. Check out festivalboca.org/events for more details. SPRING TRAINING THROUGH MARCH 28 South Florida’s beloved Spring Training at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches is home to the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals. Although protocols are not clear yet, check ballparkpalmbeaches.com to see if you can take yourself out to the ballgame.
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DELRAY BEACH MARKET It’s almost here! The Delray Beach Market is opening this spring—at four stories tall with 25 local and regional dining vendors as well as a rotating roster of pop-up vendors. “We’re bringing back the American Dream of entrepreneurship and reinventing the food hall experience in a big way,” says Jordana Jarjura, president and general counsel for Menin Development, who’s doing the project. The market will have more than vendors, however; it’s envisioned as a downtown hub with a creative beverage program, art exhibitions, live music shows, culinary classes—the works. The main hall, designed with “neon and retro modern signage,” will also feature “European-style market shopping for pantry goods, pastas, seafood, produce and more.” A central bar will include build-yourown Bloody Marys, seasonal cocktails, craft beers and more, and the mezzanine level will feature a show kitchen. So far, here are a few of the vendors slated to be there: Sorella’s, an artisanal handmade pasta house featuring Driftwood Chef Jimmy Everett; Bona Bona, an ice cream shop “with a drinking problem”; Tekka Bar, for hand-rolls and sake; and Tiffin Box, a fast/fresh Indian concept, with many more to be announced later. We can’t wait.
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Three-course French dinner out
Takeout from Flybird
New eyelashes
No makeup
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CrossFit at the gym
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TIM FINNEGANS IRISH PUB AFTER DARK:
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It was a dicey year for one of Delray’s mainstay Irish pubs—Tim Finnegans—which opened in 2009. “COVID hit our industry hard, and it was a daily struggle to survive,” says owner Lisa Walsh, who credits Iain Paterson and John Brewer, who launched the Socially Distanced Supper Club, for helping them survive. “The concept was to flash mob restaurants on a particular day and time slot. We did 357 meals our first try,” she says. “Over a couple of weeks it organically grew into a tailgate party. After people picked up food through the drive-through, they socially distanced in our parking lot.” Although bars and restaurants have reopened, Walsh says Finnegans tables are spaced, masks are required while moving around, and there is constant sanitizing. Still, people are still coming for the pub classics like fish ‘n’ chips, Dublin dip, chicken curry, Irish breakfast and corned beef and cabbage. And a mean Irish coffee. Entertainment varies from weekly pub quizzes and karaoke to poker, drag shows and bands and musicians. “It’s hard to believe it’s almost a year since the shutdowns began,” Walsh says. “The biggest day on our calendar—March 17, St. Patrick’s Day—is right around the corner, and Finnegans will not disappoint, from the perfect pint of Guinness to live entertainment all day and evening featuring Irish bands, Irish step dancers and pipe ‘n’ drum bands. It’s definitely going to be a challenge in this climate to socially distance, but we are blessed with the weather here and a large outdoor space.”
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LORI NOLAN, DELRAY GREENMARKET MANAGER
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ori Nolan is one of these people who embody the heart of Delray through both her longevity as a resident and her love of the city. She remembers the good old days, yet she has helped usher in and sustain a new era through her work at the Delray GreenMarket. We wanted to say hello to Lori, and see what she’s up to these days.
HOW LONG SHE’S LIVED IN DELRAY:
“I grew up in Delray’s Lake Ida neighborhood, and it’s where I still reside today. I’ve been the Delray GreenMarket Manager for the past 22 years, and am passionate about public markets. Wherever I travel I am always looking for a local market to explore.”
HOW THE MARKET HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS?
“For many years the market moved around to different downtown locations; seven years ago I moved the market to Old School Square Park, and it’s become an ideal home for us with a parking garage, restrooms and playground on site.”
ONGOING CHALLENGE (ASIDE FROM COVID):
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“Keeping the market fresh and lively! This season we partnered with Old School Square to open the Pavilion Bar on Saturdays during market hours so customers can sip a Bloody Mary or mimosa while seated in a socially distanced dining pod and listening to live music.” WHAT MAKES DELRAY SPECIAL: “The people. Delray is full of wonderful people. Our downtown and beach are very special, too, and of course, the GreenMarket! FAVORITE THING TO DO IN DELRAY: Meeting family or friends downtown for lunch and a little shopping.
CHAMBER EVENTS The Delray Affair was up in the air as of this writing, but the Chamber is plugging along with its monthly programs such as Contacts and Cocktails, First Friday Forum and the Young Professionals Association of Delray. Here are a couple of highlights: MARCH 23: The Chamber will host a media luncheon featuring representatives from all channels of communications: print, TV, radio, social media and journalism. APRIL 13: The Tourism Roundtable will feature reports from tourism partners such as Discover The Palm Beaches and the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association. To sign up for these events, VISIT DELRAYBEACH.COM/EVENTS.
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In a break from tradition, the Junior League of Boca Raton held its Woman Volunteer of the Year ceremony virtually in 2020, and rather than choosing a single winner, honored the history of woman volunteers and celebrated all previous WVOY nominees. Pictured: JLBR members and production staff.
Fontainebleau Development and Perko Development Partners celebrated the ground-breaking of the luxurious SeaGlass Jupiter Island residences. Pictured: Jim Cohen, Brett Mufson, Bruce Weiner, Phil Perko, Mayor Abby Brennan, Jeffrey Soffer, Eric Cohen, Jose Rodriguez
Broward College teamed up with HANDY (Helping Abused Neglected Disadvantaged Youth) to host a “Fresh Start” distribution event where 150 Broward County families received bedding, restaurant gift cards, fresh produce, toiletries and more. Pictured: Kirk Brown, HANDY CEO
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On a gorgeous Saturday in November, Boca Lago Golf & Country Club invited guests to tee off for a round of fresh-air play on its vibrant fairways and greens. Pictured: Christina Karas, Sandy Seller, Dawn Burke and Anne Zuckerman
Bocamag. com contributing writer Michelle Olson-Rogers and her daughter Avery celebrated this past fall in style, creating personalized pumpkins at Boca Center’s Fall Feels activation.
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“Celebrating the Norton: Eighty Years” and More
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When: March 12-April 1, show times vary Where: Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 N.W. Ninth St., Delray Beach Cost: $35 Contact: 561/272-1281 ext. 5, delraybeachplayhouse.com One of those scheming “the game’s afoot” mysteries from the rich vein of British theatre, Simon Gray’s enduring 1979 play charts the increasingly corroded marriage between Anne, a star on the West End stage, and Robert, a onetime actor and stage manager whose career has peaked. Relegated to serving as Anne’s personal assistant while assuaging his ego through affairs with aspiring ingénues, Robert’s final thread of dignity has begun to unravel: Anne has been working behind his back to obtain grounds for a divorce, and Robert will do anything in his power— including nifty tricks he perfected in his stagemanaging years—to seek revenge on his spouse. The supporting characters, including a private detective masquerading as a psychoanalyst, and a young neighbor who is also more than he seems, allow for some chameleonic acting. Traditional performances of “Stage Struck” run March 12-28; virtual streaming performances can be viewed from home on March 25-April 1. 26
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When: Now through June 13 Where: Norton Museum of Art, 1450 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach Cost: $15-$18, $5 students Contact: 561/832-5196, norton.org It’s been a full year since the Norton Museum unveiled any new exhibitions, but the West Palm Beach institution is making up for lost time with four shows now open throughout the multistory grounds. The capstone is “Celebrating the Norton,” its most personal exhibit to date, chronicling its own eight-decade history with the aid of never-before-seen documents, photographs and other priceless archival materials. These discoveries will be displayed alongside signature works the Norton has acquired over 80 years. “Celebrating the Norton” joins three exhibitions spanning various styles: “Waiting for the Night to Bloom,” a survey of Colombian-born magical realist María Berrío; “Krome,” local artist Jose Alvarez’s prison-made drawings of immigrant inmates; and the timely “Art Finds a Way,” which explores artists’ response to issues of racial injustice.
When: March 30, 7 p.m. Where: Pavilion at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach Cost: $180-$275 for four-person “pods” Contact: 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org Guitar god Al Di Meola is the first to admit he wasn’t born with a golden pick clasped between his infant figures. His ascendance to just about every authority’s list of the greatest acoustic guitarists in the jazz and rock worlds came after a monastic study regimen of eight to 10 hours a day during his high school summers in Bergenfield, New Jersey. The labor has paid off in the form of some 38 releases since 1976, not to mention his earlier tenure with Chick Corea and jazz fusion pioneers Return to Forever. Known for his complex rhythm syncopation and lyrical, seemingly effortless precision, Di Meola has joined legends from Pavarotti to Paul Simon, and has lately returned to his formative musical love, the Beatles, on 2020’s Across the Universe, whose exhilarating covers further explore the possibilities of the Lennon/McCartney corpus.
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Ledisi’s “Nina and Me”
When: April 24, 8 p.m. Where: Arts Garage, N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach Cost: $40-$45 Contact: 561/450-6357, artsgarage.org This uncategorizable nine-piece band is selfdescribed as “unmistakably Miami,” and indeed, it is hard to imagine such flavorful and globetrotting music hatching anywhere else. Named after a Spanish verb meaning “to sound, slap or play upon a musical instrument, object or person,” Suénalo hopscotches across genres, its players feeding their omnivorous appetite for sound into goulashes of Afro-funk, reggae, rock, hiphop and jazz. So unique and pliable is Suénalo’s multicultural cocktail that the group has opened for acts as disparate as Pitbull, Chaka Khan, Spyro Gyra and Inner Circle. Full of melodic surprises and lyrical digressions but always groovy and danceable, Suénalo is just what the rhythm doctor ordered.
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When: April 16, 8 p.m. Where: Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach Cost: $29-$105 Contact: 561/83207469, kravis.org Single-named vocalist Ledisi has come a long way since earning a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist in 2008; she has received no less than 13 Grammy nominations over eight albums, and has literally filled the shoes of two of her idols: She played Mahalia Jackson in the Oscar-winning biopic “Selma” and portrayed Patti LaBelle in the BET series “American Soul.” For this appearance, she’ll be honoring another legend: the immortal singer, composer and civil rights activist Nina Simone. Like Simone, who famously took inspiration from sources ranging from Billie Holiday to Bach, Lidisi’s own diverse repertoire encompasses classical, jazz and R&B. In “Nina and Me,” she’ll perform Simone’s eternal classics reimagined with strings and a horn section, shaping the concert into a narrative about how an artist from one generation can imprint herself on another.
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BY JOHN THOMASON
Craig O’Keefe In just a year and a half, a West Coast transplant has built a culinary empire in Delray
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raig O’Keefe cares about the minutiae. “There’s a thought behind everything,” he says, sitting in a corner booth at Lionfish on an autumn morning, the table set for the evening’s 4 p.m. opening. “Behind this napkin, behind this silverware, the glassware. It’s not just the food, or the materials you’re using. It’s everything. There’s intention behind all of it. And we have to deliver all of that, all the time.” O’Keefe, the 36-year-old managing partner of Clique Hospitality, may be a recent import to Delray Beach, having only moved here in the summer of 2019. But his firm’s reputation precedes him, having built an empire in the West Coast with some 17 restaurants, nightclubs and lounges in the San Diego and Las Vegas markets. Clique’s venues, from the décor to the menu to the house music, are designed with Gen-X and millennial diners in mind, and O’Keefe is not shy about trumpeting his company’s record. “We changed the entire food and beverage landscape in Las Vegas,” he says. He’s hoping to accomplish much the same in Delray. “There’s so much potential here, and I think most people in this area can feel this emerging market coming out of the Delray area,” he says. “I think it’s right in line with the type of atmosphere, service, food quality, drink quality that our company delivers.” Much of Clique’s expansion in Delray Beach is thanks to developer Craig Menin, who enlisted O’Keefe as the food and beverage director on Menin Development’s The Ray, a 141-room hotel in Pineapple Grove that is projected to open this summer. O’Keefe is designing its three restaurants, lobby bar and grab-and-go market. Opportunities mushroomed from there, most visibly the Delray Beach Market, the massive four-story food hall set to open this spring. Clique was originally hired to develop a handful of the two-dozen stalls in the market, but last November Menin announced that O’Keefe would oversee the market’s entire operations. Last but certainly not least are the two restaurants O’Keefe runs across the street from the Delray Beach Market: Johnnie Brown’s, which has
seen upgrades to its menu and live entertainment since Clique took over in December 2019, and Lionfish, its adjoining fine-dining restaurant with a hyperlocal “dock to dish” ethos. Lionfish, which serves its invasive namesake whole, among other seafood, carnivorous and vegan delicacies, is upscale but approachable—and prides itself on its sustainable mission. “All of our fish and meats are found from sustainable places,” O’Keefe says. “Almost everything we use produce-wise is from local farms here. We get all of our microgreens made specifically from hydroponics people here. When you’re ordering the swordfish, we can tell you who’s fishing for it. To be able to literally trace the lineage of the food you’re eating is a really cool concept.” The restaurant, which opened in September after five months of COVID delays, has already had an appreciable impact on culling lionfish; O’Keefe’s supplier says he’s had to take his spearfishing operation south because so few predators remain in the waters off Boynton/Delray. If all of this pressure—the market, the hotel, the restaurants—is weighing down on O’Keefe, he doesn’t show it. He’s laserfocused on the job, which he credits in part to not having children (he moved to Delray with his wife and three dogs, which he says are “hilarious and more than I could handle”). He arrived in culinary management from another competitive industry, the film business, where he worked as an actor, cameraman and production assistant. This included five years under the direct employ of Sylvester Stallone, a time that included traveling to Brazil to watch things blow up on the set of “The Expendables.” O’Keefe has enjoyed a go-go lifestyle in which one gig has snowballed into another, and a new opportunity is forever on the horizon. So when asked if there are still more projects to come in Delray Beach, his answer of “not at the moment” came with qualifications. “Right now our focus is on making sure our venues are successful in this market, as we continue to grow here,” he says. “We’re not a company that usually retreats. We continue to move forward, and I’m confident we’re going to keep doing so.”
“We’re not a company that usually retreats. We continue to move forward, and I’m confident we’re going to keep doing so.”
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God, Gaia and the universe are all present in this local artist’s eclectic oeuvre
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elray Beach artist Jeff Whyman describes his work as “intergalactic.” His ceramic vessels—abstract mutations of teapots, vases and plates—do indeed resemble amalgamations of space junk hurtling through the cosmos. Created from wood-fired kilns and festooned with sea glass, Chinese crystals, mineral oxides, metal nails, and wood ash from trees like cedar, oak and walnut, his offbeat creations almost seem to have minds of their own. They sway one way or another, the dried paint on their surfaces in a state of perpetual drip, earthen shards jutting out where you’d least expect to find them. After 50 years in clay, Whyman still enjoys the surprises in his unpredictable process. “I’ve learned to let the clay tell me what it wants to do,” says the 67-year-old artist, from his capacious studio in Artists Alley. “A lot of artists will go away for three hours, and come back the next day, and add shapes, more like a constructivist. I don’t have that patience. I want to see it right now. I call it my explosive creative outburst.” As a result, he says, “you just don’t know what the thing is going to look like until you open it up. It’s like Christmas every time.” Though he has enjoyed 23 solo exhibitions, in various mediums, since 1976, Whyman’s ceramics have earned most of the artist’s attention lately, thanks to a solo show this past winter at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, which also purchased his work for its permanent collection. His vessels are one aspect of an impressive oeuvre that stretches from painting to steel— like his epic “Innocent Love,” a towering re-telling of the Biblical creation story sans the devil’s temptations; instead, the angular, semi-abstract figure of Eve hands Adam a maple leaf. “It’ll be nice to see that in front of a tax building,” he says, noting that the sculpture was recently purchased by Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon. cutline Whyman calls art his “calling,” one that has driven him since childhood, in St. Louis, when he would spend his allowance on plaster and clay so
he could “make a mess upstairs. When I was 6 or 7, I was painting and drawing and going out into the mud and ditches, making things.” He was 10 years old when construction began on the Gateway Arch, cementing his lifelong love of steel. He studied art, on full scholarship, at the University of Miami and Kansas City Art Institute, and in the 1970s he formed a mentee relationship with legendary artist Peter Voulkos, in Whyman’s words “the Jackson Pollock of ceramics.” It was Voulkos who instilled in Whyman the possibilities of clay, and it was Voulkos who reaffirmed them from his deathbed. “I talked to him a couple days before he died [in 2002], and he said, ‘you’ve got to listen to me. You’ve got to start working in clay again,’” Whyman recalls. “Two days later, after he passed away, I ordered 1,000 pounds of clay, and got my own wheel.” Over the next six years, Whyman developed his signature style, spending his workdays in a quarter-acre of rented woods in Hood Canal, Washington, next to a rushing creek. He let nature “feed into the work. I built a big kiln, and I worked with clay, and starting incorporating things from nature into the wet clay, and it just built from there. It was a slow, long journey.” The journey continued when he moved to Delray Beach, in 2008, to take care of his 80-year-old mother, and became a fixture at the city’s monthly Art Walks. God, as much as Mother Earth, remains a central influence in Whyman’s life and art. Many of his works—like his feverish series of paintings of 2,000-year-old olive trees, potentially to be shown in an Israeli museum this year—are imbued with Biblical themes and titles. He chooses to focus only on the positive aspects faith can bring. “It’s all about my love for the way God gave us a life to live, which is supposed to be a beautiful, innocent, peaceful, joyful adventure of inspiration and love and beauty and fulfillment,” he says. “It’s everything dark that’s attacking us day and night that you just have to keep at bay.”
“I’ve learned to let the clay tell me what it wants to do. ... You just don’t know what the thing is going to look like until you open it up. It’s like Christmas every time.”
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seem to be following Chef James Strine around Palm Beach County. It’s not stalking, it’s just eating good food that this invariably inventive chef adds to various menus. Strine headed up the kitchen at Grato in West Palm Beach in 2016, then opened Hai House in Palm Beach, then went to The Trophy Room in Wellington. That was all after his earlier years at Café Boulud. He’s now putting his creations on the Taru restaurant in Delray Beach. Take the opportunity to benefit from all this experience and try the brunch (or dinner) at popular Sundy House in downtown Delray, home of the newly launched Taru. The surroundings are extraordinary, and I can’t think of another spot in Delray to match them. Outside dining means sitting in a botanical garden, with small gazebos housing two to six diners, set along a pond or bamboo glade. Brunch means bottomless drinks ($15 per person) that can be mixed-and-matched during the meal: mimosas, Bloody Marys,
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sangria, frosé (frozen rosé) and frozen mules. Start with those, then move onto the warm cider donuts with cinnamon sugar and apple compote ($8). These are light, airy dough balloons and could be a meal if you lack willpower. But push on and try the shrimp and grits with onions, peppers, and pan gravy ($21). If you’re a grits connoisseur, you’ll taste the butter and cream, and see small yellow bits of corn in these smooth and decadent grits. The pan gravy is light and flavorful, with a scattering of scallions over the eight tender shrimp. Even the simple is elevated here. The smoked salmon plate ($19)—an everything bagel, whipped cream cheese, red onion, tomato, capers—arrives with heirloom tomatoes, which boosts both the attractiveness of the plate as well as the flavor. Small things, like the thinly sliced loops of red onions, are easy to lay on top of the whipped cream cheese, also a step up in the flavor department. The menu also has eggs Benedict, prime rib toast, Taru burger, Nutella French toast and more. There are plenty of both sweet and savory options. At Taru, nature is invited into the restaurant, while Chef Strine brings the flavor. You can’t miss with either. Put brunch back in your week.
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State of the Arts
How four of the city’s arts institutions have weathered —and survived— COVID challenges WRITTEN BY JOHN THOMASON
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rts Garage President Marjorie Waldo has seen firsthand the positive impact of arts and culture. “Art and music really matter to a lot of people,” she says. “They bridge segments of a community. They bring people together in a common language that erases the things that divide us.” Their absence has been palpable during the coronavirus pandemic and its many months of shuttered cultural nonprofits. Arts Garage has been something of a microcosm for the crises faced by most performing-arts venues: taking one day at a time, rapidly adapting to virtual programming while facing nearly existential setbacks, only to receive sorely needed federal largesse in the nick of time, when funding through the Paycheck Protection Program came through last spring. But the economic toll borne by the organization has been seismic. At the height of lockdown, Arts Garage was forced to lay off 10 of its 24 employees
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and reduce others’ hours to part-time. “For me, one of the biggest burdens as the leader of the organization is knowing the impact my decisions have on the people who work for us,” Waldo says. “You have to do what’s right for the organization, but it’s a harsh reality for the people who work for you.” And yet Arts Garage has been at the forefront of spreading positive vibes through its online platforms. Early in the pandemic, Waldo and her team launched the “From our heARTs to your home” series, featuring local talent performing on its stages and streamed on YouTube, all of the performers donating their time. “The generosity of our artists who came and presented their art form on the stage for us—the visual artists, dancers, comedians—blew my mind,” Waldo says. “We were so humbled by everyone’s willingness to come together. The best they got out of it was a video they could use to book future gigs. … I will find a way to book these artists, and pay them for their craft.” The venue’s Grassroots Gallery also opened its walls to artists who created new work during quarantine and, later, who debuted work related to racial justice and police brutality in the wake of the murder of George Floyd; these virtual galleries were “open” 24/7 even when spectators couldn’t visit them in person. Arts Garage resumed live concerts in September, in addition to live-streaming them for a lower ticket price, but audiences have been slow to return: On a good night, 30 attendees might show up, and Waldo has rehired only a handful of employees. “It makes sense that people are wary [about returning],” she says. “We understand people are concerned, and we’re excited about this damn vaccine.” Waldo is fighting, at this point, simply to break even. “Our gross revenues in August and September combined equaled one bad day in season,” she says. “When you buy a live stream ticket, you’re helping save the arts,” she adds. “Everybody knows that live music is absolutely the best experience. But it’s not something that can easily be attained right now for most of us. That live stream helps keeps the doors open at their favorite places. “We’re determined to make it, come hell or high water. Arts Garage will be standing at the end. It’s important that now, more than ever, supporters come out of the woodwork.”
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we would be closing down. I didn’t know, as far as Arts Warehouse goes, what that was going to look like. At that time, we didn’t know if it was two weeks, two months … now we know it ended up being a lot longer than we were expecting.” Arts Warehouse would not reopen until November. In that seven-month interval, the venue, which operates with a staff of two, had to reinvent itself as a virtual space in order to assist both patrons and the local artists whose exhibition received only a 10-day run before the closure. Gdaniec, who still came into the office every day, shot professional images of the work and uploaded the show to the Web as a virtual exhibit. Next, she helped ensure that Arts Warehouse’s resident artists, who relied on foot traffic to boost sales, had the digital exposure they needed by creating Resident Artist galleries on the website. “That kick-started thinking in a more virtual realm in the beginning,” Gdaniec says; she would increase the group’s online videos, virtual workshops and Instagram presence over the summer and fall. “I felt busier than ever over those months, even though we were closed. I think creating an online presence takes up more time than just visiting with people in person.” In late October, the CRA opted for a “gentle” reopening, timed for the return of Delray’s First Friday Art Walk on Nov. 6. Gdaniec hustled to install two new exhibitions in the galleries, while opening on a pared-down, three-day-a-week schedule, and at 40 percent of its usual capacity. With its free admission, Arts Warehouse has never relied on ticket sales to survive, and so took less of a hit than some of its peers in the arts world. Gdaniec is grateful to have never been furloughed, and to once again be welcoming visitors. “I think the want has always been there,” she says. “We’re slowly getting that momentum again, getting into people’s minds that we’re open again, as safe as we can be. As of now, we have a few visitors that come in throughout the day, which is a win in my book; even one person a day is great.”
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he Delray Beach Playhouse is not only the oldest theater in South Florida, with more than 70 years of history; it’s also one of the region’s most prolific, with a year-round calendar of some 200 performances. It was in the midst of high season last March when everything on its docket suddenly had to be canceled. “Once we had to shut down, we literally spent the next two months on the phones, talking to all of our customers, canceling shows and re-booking folks,” recalls Executive Director Kevin Barrett. “And that required a lot of labor, a lot of staff time. Once everything seemed to reverse itself as far as restrictions, we … began the long journey to reopen.” Despite these financial and logistical challenges, it was
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t seemed to happen almost overnight last fall: All of a sudden, big-name musical acts began to slowly hit the road again for the first time since the COVID lockdowns. Here in South Florida, they found perhaps the perfect venue: The Pavilion at Old School Square. First, it was feel-good genre hopper G. Love in November. That was followed in December by the return of “Carols by Candlelight” with Matthew and Gunner Nelson, sons of proto-rocker Ricky Nelson; modern swing revivalists Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; and Smith & Myers of the rock band Shinedown. “It’s a different and unique situation that’s happening now, where a lot of the larger organizations you would
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a constructive summer for the Playhouse, which finally had the time to install a long-awaited new wing of the building, called Memory Lane. Offering a bit of nostalgia during pre-shows and intermissions, it features seven decades of archived newspaper stories and photographs from the venue’s rich history, rescued from dusty archives and lovingly mounted. Barrett also invested in the building’s air conditioning units, replacing them with state-of-the-art filters. And he spent months surveying his subscriber base of 3,000, which had shrunk to about one-third of that total. “We called thousands of people, and the ones that aren’t coming back? It’s until there’s a vaccine. So we have a very optimistic outlook over the next 12 to 24 months that once a vaccine is in place and people are able to get it, they will return. And they’ll return hungrier for theatre than they ever were before, because you always want what you can’t have.” Barrett finally opted to reopen in December, with a production of Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers,” even if the majority of his clientele preferred to stay home. “We scrub down every point of contact after every single performance,” he says. “We’ve communicated that to our audience, and I think it’s helped boost sales somewhat, in that they know we’re doing everything possible.” As for the actors, they wore masks during rehearsals and were asked to undergo COVID tests weekly. For the foreseeable future, Barrett expects to continue operating at a maximum 80 attendees per show, down from the venue’s capacity of 238. It’s a financial hit he’s willing to absorb for the rest of this season. “The main issue now is demand,” Barrett says. “Over the next six months we’ll gradually begin to see an uptick in attendance and sales. Hopefully in 2021/2022, I don’t think we’ll get back to 100 percent of where we were, but even if we got back to 80 percent, we’d be in good shape.”
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normally see putting together major tours—the AEGs, the Live Nations—are still dark at the moment, because they can’t commit to the variations in everybody’s state and county rules and regulations,” says Holland Ryan, Old School Square’s chief operating officer. “Whereas these artists, for the most part, are comfortable with getting out and doing a smaller show. So what would normally be a giant 20-tractor-trailer type show, they’re coming out in a bus, because they just want to play to their audiences. They’re just getting back to their roots, and playing their music.” That Old School Square is now serving as a central spot for regional tours in South Florida is a victory for what might be called the campus’ incremental approach to reopening. While Ryan says his team “started to come up with ideas on how we could have a safe and sustainable concert experience for our patrons as early as April,” they held off until the time was right, watching as other live-music guinea pigs opened prematurely—like Funky Biscuit and Boca Black Box, which opened, then closed, then reopened again. All the while, Old School Square was redesigning its Pavilion capacity to meet CDC guidelines for social distancing. At great expense, it installed 3,000 linear feet of French barricades and 123 pod seats for parties of up to four. As of this writing, it is in the process of applying for GBAC STAR Accreditation, the gold standard for safety compliance in COVID-era hospitality and entertainment. This means that concerts at the Pavilion, even when sold out, will look quite different from their previous capacity, which could reach 10,000; it is presently at 500. As a result of the added cost to install the new seats and barricades, the venue’s Friday concerts are no longer free, but they’re not terribly expensive either. Standard pods for four run $45, or about $11 per ticket, and VIP pods for four run $150 and include table and bar service. Prices vary for the national touring acts. So far, Ryan’s patient and rigorous approach has been paying off. The return of Friday concerts, last October, brought a 90-percent capacity despite being announced just nine days in advance. “There was a lot of interest, not only from patrons but also a lot of other municipalities that have come by and subsequently reached out to ask how we did this, how did we push this through the cities, the counties?” Ryan says. “And I’m working with them independently, with Old School Square, to show them a way to move forward in these crazy times.” In the live music world, we still may be a long way from that much-desired “return to normal.” But for those of us a little tired of virtual everything, Old School Square is helping us getting a little bit closer to the energy and electricity that only a performer and spectator, symbiotically connected in the same space, can generate.
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What and where you should be eating
Now Start your new year with the trending dining and foodie destinations everyone is talking about Written by Marie Speed
e all have our favorites, classics like Arturo’s and Trattoria Romana and Gazebo to blockbusters Elisabetta’s and Max’s Grille, local hits J&J Raw Bar & Grill and Driftwood, among many others. But here’s a list of newer places you may want to try, some a little drive away, others in your own neighborhood. We say it’s time to shake off 2020 and get out and add a few new food and dining discoveries to your repertoire.
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10 Buzz-Worthy Restaurants LIONFISH, 307 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray
Beach (561/865-7066), is the buzziest sea-to-table purveyor on the buzziest of South County thoroughfares, where the titular invasive species—spearfished off Atlantic waters and served whole—is only the beginning of the restaurant’s flavor-rich menu of American and Asian influences. New Chef Aaron Panganiban curates the eclectic menu, serving everything from a deconstructed burger inspired by a California fast-food chain to tableside Hot Rocks to vegan specialties.
“The Whole Crispy Lionfish is a house specialty. It’s such a unique and exciting dish, and I just want to keep perfecting it. Additionally, the tuna in our Tuna Pizza is sourced directly from local fishermen. It’s served on a crispy flatbread and topped with Truffle Dijon aioli for a flavor combination that’s unforgettable. —Aaron Panganiban, Lionfish
REBEL HOUSE, 297 E. Palmetto Park
Road, Boca Raton (561/353-5888), has always been, well, a rebel in the city’s dining scene, with an eclectic menu and an imaginative take on both the décor and dining. With well-known Chef Eric Baker at the helm now, its culinary pedigree has ratcheted up a few notches, but it’s still fun, still fresh—just more yummilicious.
ALMOND, 207 Royal Poinciana Way, Palm Beach (561/355-5080) is stylish and chic with updated classic French food, “ethnic street food” and a menu that is fresh and seasonal and locally sourced. You’ll find everything from curried mussels and kimchi fried rice to three different takes on steak frites. This is new Palm Beach dining—with a creative menu.
Try the pork cheek empanadas, the Mongolian beef lo mien, the bouillabaisse, the duck l’orange. Or anything on the menu. It’s a winner and continues to be a downtown dining linchpin.
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Uncle Pinkie’s fried rice from Rebel House; right, Eric Baker
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SUNDY HOUSE, 106 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach (561/272-5678), has always been the prettiest restaurant in the area— and one of the most romantic—with its dramatic tropical gardens, its porch and gazebo dining. But now it has a celebrated chef, James Strine, formerly with Café Boulud, Buccan and Grato, to ramp up the dining. And it is ramped. The new Taru at Sundy House offers locally sourced cuisine with a confluence of Caribbean, Latin and Southern American flavors in a fun menu you’ll love. You can get pompano and chips, Florida Bouillabaisse, oysters, ribs and a dish that is already getting its own Hollywood star: the Dynamite rice, with pork belly, lump crab and Japanese Furikake seasoning, for starters. Time to get back to the garden, as the song says.
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We don’t usually send our readers this far up the road, but VOODOO BAYOU in Downtown at the Gardens, 11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., Suite 5095, Palm Beach Gardens (561/888-6703), is worth the drive. This is mouthwatering Cajun/ Southern food with a menu that we need, just need, about now. Think charred okra, gumbo, jambalaya, fried chicken, po’ boys, redfish, gator tail. And beignets. Of course beignets. The South may be gone, but it’s not forgotten here, mon cher.
HENRY’S, 229 Royal Poinciana Way,
Palm Beach (561/206-1896), is the Breakers’ newest restaurant (named after Henry Flagler, of course) that now occupies what was once Testa’s in Palm Beach. This could be your catcher’s mitt for all things comfort food—but with an elevated level of culinary panache. There’s a raw bar, sandwiches (they call them “handhelds”—after all, this is Palm
Beach), stalwarts like beef Wellington and chicken pot pie. But we’re going for the pigs in a pretzel dough blanket with the “warm pilsner cheese fondue.” Yikes.
Meatballs from Rose’s Daughter
Nothing like a pandemic to bring out the craving for mom’s comfort food, which is Chef Suzanne Perrotto’s specialty when it comes to her newest restaurant, ROSE’S DAUGHTER, 169 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach (561/271-9423). Perrotto, a Cordon-Bleu trained chef who also owns the popular Brulé restaurant across the street, grew up with her family’s homemade Sunday Italian dinners as well as their trattoria in New York, so this is food from memory, food from mom, food that will send you home warm and fuzzy and coming back for more. Perrotto offers everything from handcrafted (and certified) Neapolitan pizza to “mom’s manicotti,” lamb meatballs, chicken Parm—all the classic mainstays.
“When you walk through the door, you just focus on forgetting about your troubles. Now it’s time to work together and create together and make things happy. It starts with our staff. It’s a philosophy that works. We won’t put up with anything else.”
—Suzanne Perrotto, Rose’s Daughter
Smoked salmon pizze from Henry’s
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STAGE, 2000 PGA Blvd., Suite 5502, Palm Beach Gardens (561/408-3685), is another hike to the north, but we are excited about this one. Number one, it offers small plates; number two, the menu features cuisine from here, there and everywhere—spiced churrasco, fried chicken, Korean barbecue ribs, chana masala and tons more. This is truly global cuisine (with plenty of American mainstream options) or, as Chef Pushkar Marathe says, “The way I see Stage is like it’s a big tree. The branches are my travels all over the world, but the roots are deep in India.”
“My vision is to bring all the experiences and all the different cultures through my traveling and combining them with my Indian roots—to bring eclectic and unique food to Palm Beach Gardens. There is no set of rules we follow— just flavor-forward cuisine. We are known for our chicken liver pâté—it’s a must—it’s different than most pâtés. The technique of pâté is French, but we do it with yogurt and Indian spices.” —Chef Pushkar Marathe, Stage
Dining at Stage
YELLOWTAIL MODERN ASIAN CUISINE & SUSHI, 7959 W. Atlantic
Ave., Delray Beach (561/501-6391), is gaining fans by the legion for its fresh and flavorful Asian menu. All the usual suspects are there, but each dish is exceptionally well-wrought, from a battery of salads and curry dishes from the wok to classic rolls and all-time standard favorites like pad woon sen, Tom Yum soup and those flash-fried “popcorn” rock shrimp you dream about.
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Copperfish Kitchen
COPPERFISH KITCHEN in the old Uncle
Tai’s space at Boca Center, 5259 Town Center Circle, Suite 143, Boca Raton (561/391-3474), is getting rave reviews— even though it opened in a pandemic. Copperfish prides itself on “responsibly caught, sustainable and exceptionally fresh seafood and shellfish” that it sources from across the county, in addition to Florida. There is a raw bar, elaborate
shellfish towers and a wide-ranging number of fish entrees—with a menu for landlubbers as well. The next time someone asks where to get really good seafood (the second most-asked question in South Florida, after where to get good Chinese), you won’t have to scratch your head—this fine dining newcomer is a sure bet.
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Vegan Wonders VEG EATS FOODS, 335 E. Linton Blvd., Delray Beach (561/562-6673)Nondescript in everything but the ingredients and the flavor, the strip-mall sanctuary for plant-based foodies is located in a foot-traffic backwater. But those who discover it inevitably return for its seasonally changing menu of locally sourced comfort-food favorites, which work meatless magic on your taste buds. Try the Smothered Mushroom Burger, which makes dairy cheese seem downright obsolete, and the banh mi, made with pea protein-based sausage.
THE NEW VEGAN, 528 N.E. Second St., Delray Beach (561/404-5301) Husband-and-wife restaurateurs Rahein and Patricia Jones’ landmark restaurant, thriving for seven-plus years off Delray’s
main drag, is a frill-less space committed to a non-GMO, nondairy, non-wheat, non-soy, nongluten, non-everything-that’s-slowly-killing-us philosophy. The owners’ palate-pleasing menu pulls off typically carnivorous favorites like “chick’n” and waffles and a “toona melt” (with hearts of palm as the base) while maintaining their hearty profiles. And the Jones’ stir-fried rice puts literally every Chinese restaurant to shame.
FARMER’S TABLE, 1901 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton (561/417-5836) This farm-to-table outpost nestled on the ground floor of the Wyndham Boca Raton is not a 100-percent vegan restaurant, but it is rich in plant-based apps and entrees—so much so that the few meaty
items feel like bottom-of-the-menu concessions for the rare unenlightened diner that enters its premises. If it’s in season, the cauliflower brie flatbread (sin a little and eat the cheese) is a splendid mélange of salty and sweet, and the adjacent Farmer’s Table Express is tops for grab-and-go grub.
Coconut vegetable curry soup from Veg Eats Foods
Chef Michael Schenk of Farmer’s Table
Raj vegan meatball dish from Farmer’s Table
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Specialty Markets We Love & What to Get There THE GOURMET MARKET, 2800 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, 561/609-2680 This small market, which also serves sandwiches and quiche, is a Francophile’s dream, with imported cheeses like Brie de Meaux Alba Truffle, foie gras and, yes, a large selection of truffles (French and Italian) fresh during the season. They are also rumored to have the best French baguettes—baked fresh daily—in addition to hard-to-find French brands of mustards and other goodies. JOSEPH’S, 6000 Glades Road, Boca
Raton, 561/347-2314 Who doesn’t love an Italian specialty food market? Joseph’s new location at Town Center is larger than the old one, but its personal touch still shows, from the 60-some entrees/ side dishes presented daily (everything from pastas to chicken Parm and stuffed artichokes) to pizza from scratch, produce, seafood, wines and cheeses, the works.
BEDNER’S, 10066 Lee Road (Boynton),
Bedner’s Market
561/733-5490; 381 N.E. Third Ave. (Delray), 561/501-5177 Bedner’s is one of those stops that doesn’t feel like an errand; it’s too much fun. Farm-fresh produce in season, boiled peanuts, wine and beer, breads, selected meats, Kirby cukes, sunflowers, orchids,
“Both of us are the French food lovers. We are passionate about what we do, from making fresh quiches (French style) every day to the weekends, when Cathy cooks a French dish and uses our own imported foods. Now we are so happy to live in Boca Raton; we meet the most interesting people in South Florida and share our knowledge with them.” —Nikolas and Catherine Vernet, The Gourmet Market
heirloom tomatoes, and on and on. The original market out west borders the Bedner farm with u-pik-em options and fresh ice cream and kid diversions—not to mention the Loxahatchee preserve next door. The smaller Delray downtown market is more tailored to the suburbancraft-beer-lunch-to-go crowd, but they are both local treasures.
THE BIG THREE: CAPTAIN FRANK’S, POP’S, OLD DIXIE
We have stellar fish and seafood markets here, so there’s no excuse not to revel in fresh seasonal seafood pretty much year round. We go to all of them and love them all. You can get anything at any of them, but we associate Old Dixie with homemade smoked wahoo fish dip and stone crabs, Pop’s with fish tacos and lobster, Captain Frank’s with Canaveral shrimp, scallops, hogfish (and how-to
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advice on cooking all of the above). Pop’s Fish Market, 131 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Deerfield beach, 954/427-1331; Old Dixie, 7000 N. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton, 561/988-0866; Captain Frank’s, 435 W. Boynton Beach Blvd., Boynton Beach, 561/732-3663.
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Lobster roll
Sushi from Yakitori
Your Takeout Faves Cocktails in a bag from DEATH OR GLORY give new meaning to feeling “in the bag”—but in a good way. 116 N.E. Sixth Ave., Delray Beach, 561/808-8814 Those home smoked ribs from CAESAR’S RIBS in Delray are redefining ‘que in South County. 37 S.W. Fifth Ave., Delray Beach, 561/577-7561 The Lobster Roll from GOURMET KILLER DOGS is winning rave reviews— but all the hot dogs here are first-rate. 4057 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/513-1761 The chicken pot pie from FLYBIRD was a quarantine comfort food standby. 335 E. Linton Blvd., Suite B-13, Delray Beach, 561/243-1111 For a tasty spin on your salad, you’ll love the Chicken Shawarma Salad from JUST SALAD. 5050 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton, 212/244-1111 CONTE’S may have closed its deli, but it’s more than made up for it with its delish New York pizza. 309 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach, 561/562-5132 MARIO’S chicken meatballs with
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ricotta and a big gorgonzola salad equal takeout heaven because, as one fan put it, “Can you really ever have too much cheese?” 1400 Glades Road, Suite 210, Boca Raton, 561/239-7000 Fellow office workers in Boca report that on Fridays for lunch, everyone takes advantage of Super Gyro Day at SOUVLAKI FRESH in Downtown Boca. 122 N.E. Second St., Boca Raton, 561/395-1906 MAX’S GRILLE made a splash this year with its Thursday prime rib takeout deal. 404 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, 561/3680080 Boca’s ANOTHER BROKEN EGG goes off the charts with its beignets—so much better than poor old whole wheat toast. 508 Via De Palmas, Suite 76, 561/4056940 YAKITORI is a happy never-fail takeout choice, with tasty food pods like sushi, tempura and Hong Kong Wok noodles. 271 S.E. Mizner Blvd., 561/544-0087.
FLORIDA:
10 things We Love In Season NOW 1 Stone Crabs
6 Bell Peppers
2 Strawberries
7 Red Snapper
3 Tomatoes
8 Florida Grouper
4 Avocados
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Artisans At Their Best Dan Ramos of BUTCHER AND THE BAR has found a new passion at his trending retail butcher shop and bar in east Boynton (510 E. Ocean Ave. Unit 101, Boynton Beach, 561/903-7630). Formerly at fine restaurants like Sundy House in Delray and Market 17 in Fort Lauderdale—as well as Red Splendor, where he was known for his bone broth and sausages—Ramos is touting his “whole animal” butcher initiative from “clean” regionally sourced meats, in keeping with his longtime involvement with the local slow food movement. He’s making the food writers swoon, and his sandwiches and house-made condiments are blowing people away.
ROGIE PIEROGIES are handmade
pierogies (Polish dumplings filled with potatoes and other fillings) made by Bob Buzek from his grandmother’s recipe. Long a Delray GreenMarket fave—and you can also get them at Bedner’s—Buzek opened his own store this fall at 1445 N. Congress Ave., Suite 11, Delray Beach. He says his most popular flavors “are the traditional potato and cheddar and
potato and onion, but our loaded potato made with bacon, cheddar and scallions is quickly gaining popularity.”
MARIANNE GOURMET, at 803 George
Bush Blvd., Delray Beach (561/2783349), has prepared frozen foods and apps and great sandwiches and salads, but we’ve been a slave to the famous legendary cannot-stop-eating epic garlic spaghetti for 20-some years now, a bird’s nest of fine brown noodles with the most devastating garlic flavor ever concocted on the planet. And don’t bother asking; they will not share the recipe.
EMIL’S EUROPEAN SAUSAGE KITCHEN, 124 N. Federal Highway,
Deerfield Beach (954/422-5565), has been making every kind of imaginable sausage for decades as well as a whole gamut of prepared foods (German potato salad comes to mind), but the sausages are why we go to Emil’s. All of them are made of all-natural ingredients with no fillers, no MSG, no nitrates, no preservatives—just the real stuff.
“We are a full-service whole animal butcher shop that believes in a case-to-kitchen food philosophy for bringing the butcher shop into the bar for our food program. During the day we prepare a daily changing craft sandwich menu that makes everything from scratch. This includes making our mayonnaise, ketchup, mustards and pickles all from scratch too. This way of running our kitchen is not an easy commitment, but we feel the benefits outweigh the challenges in providing high quality food. … It’s funny. We went into our first week with the idea of a daily changing menu, and one of our opening sandwiches was a porchetta on ciabatta. That sandwich has become so popular that we can’t take it off now.” —Daniel Ramos, Executive Chef, Butcher and the Bar
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OLD SCHOOL BAKERY has been around since 1997 under the direction of baker Billy Himmelrich (trained at the Hotel Ritz in Paris) and has been one of South Florida’s go-to places for all kinds of breads forever, so if you are over making your own pandemic sourdough, head to 45 N. Congress Ave. in Delray Beach (561/276-0013), and be dazzled by its “crusty” artisan breads, pan breads, pastries, focaccia, crisps, baguettes, and on and on. We have a soft spot for the olive rosemary bread, but you can’t go wrong with this old-school standard.
“What makes my products special is that I try to make high-quality, all-natural products. I do not use any artificial ingredients in my sauces, no high-fructose corn syrup or corn syrup, and no artificial preservatives. My motto is, if you can’t pronounce an ingredient, it does not go into my products.” — John Holbrook, Pitbullbbqsauce.com
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SWANK FARMS has a new product this year—premade salads from its produce. Now certified by the Department of Agriculture as a “salad maker,” Jodi Swank says she is serving up “five-ingredient” salads, including Bibb lettuce with goat cheese, Swank strawberries, toasted walnuts, Swank carrots and Swank baby
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romaine with watermelon radishes, beets, olives, edible flowers and Swank Asian lettuce mix. Fresh out of the fields is hard to beat. Buy them at the farm on Saturdays, 14311 North Road, Loxahatchee.
JOHN HOLBROOK is making waves with
local green markets. He makes two sauces (we love the mustard-based Carolina version), two hot sauces and three sugar-free dry rubs, and you can buy them all online (if the markets are closed) at pitbullbbqsauce.com. He also delivers locally.
his all-natural Pitbull Barbecue Sauce at
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private education camp guide 2021 The following section presents helpful information provided by prominent private schools and camps in Palm Beach County. All listings include a brief synopsis of the programs’ achievements, curriculum highlights, and many more important details families look for when choosing the best fit for their children. This comprehensive guide is designed to help you make informed decisions at a glance.
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BOCA RATON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
- Grades: Infants - 8th - Tuition Range: $5,000 - $15,000 - Students: 400 - Student-Teacher Ratio: Varies by class - Virtual Classes: If necessary - Denomination: Christian
- Grades: PreK3 - 12th - Students: 630
At Advent, your child will become a CONFIDENT, CAPABLE, CHRISTIAN LEADER making a difference in the world! Advent combines rigorous academics with character development in a safe in-person learning environment. Innovative programs include Dual Language and Emergent Reader groups in the Early Childhood School, Transitional Kindergarten, Elementary & Middle School STEM enrichment, 1:1 Technology, Spanish and more. Advent also provides opportunities in spiritual growth, fine arts, and athletics. Aftercare/camp programs offer engaging activities. The Early Childhood School offers VPK and Summer VPK. Infants to 8th Grade – you can grow with us!
Boca Christian gives students the highest caliber of college-preparatory education in a Christian environment, located on a spacious 21-acre campus in the heart of Boca Raton. Boca Christian is an independent PreK3-12th grade school established in 1973 as a ministry of Boca Raton Community Church. The school’s vision is to develop Christian leaders of influence for today and tomorrow by nurturing academic excellence and inspiring Christian character. Boca Christian is known for a family-oriented environment, outstanding records in college placement, athletics, and the arts, as well as a commitment to service by our students and faculty.
300 E. Yamato Road • Boca Raton • 561.395.3631 • AdventSchoolBoca.org
470 NW 4th Ave • Boca Raton • 561.391.2727 • Bocachristian.org
- Tuition Range: $9,790 – $13,860 - Student-Teacher Ratio: Varies - Denomination: Christian
DONNA KLEIN JEWISH ACADEMY
EAGLES LANDING CAMP
- Grades: K - 12th - Students: 545
- Ages: 3 - 15 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 3-2nd grade no larger than 12; over 12 1:6 supervisor ratio - Price Range: Tuition rates vary based on the number of weeks
- Tuition Range: $23,985 - $27,060 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 7:1 - Denomination: Jewish
Donna Klein Jewish Academy (DKJA) provides an education of extraordinary power and purpose for each of its students through a rigorous dual-curriculum designed to meet the individual needs of a diverse student population. DKJA offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities including JV and Varsity sports, and an extensive fine arts program including music, dance, drama, and visual arts. Our students are provided with the skills and knowledge required for success in college and beyond.
Eagles Landing & Night Owls is a day and overnight camp based in South Florida. Eagles Landing Camp is a leader in the camping industry because of our attention to the individual camper, outstanding facilities, experienced staff and the family atmosphere that permeates our campus. We offer Day Camp for ages 3-14 and a residential camp for junior campers from Monday – Friday. In addition busing and extended care is available. Specialty programs and activities include: arts & crafts, hobbies, science, nature, origami, hip-hop, rocketry, cartooning, media, camp chefs, yoga, cheerleading and much more!
9701 Donna Klein Blvd • Boca Raton • 561.852.3310 • DKJA.net
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EVERT TENNIS ACADEMY - Tuition Range: From $695 up - Student-Teacher Ratio: 4:1 per court - Ages: 8 - 18 yrs. old - Denomination: Tennis Summer Camp - Dates: From May 31st - August 20th, 2021 (12 weeks)
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- Grades: K - 8 - Tuition Range: $9,500 - $11,000 - Students: 100 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 16 - Virtual Classes: Optional - Denomination: Non-sectarian, Co-educational th
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The French American International School (FAIS) offers a bilingual dual curriculum, satisfying American and French academic standards. As an International Baccalaureate (IB) candidate school, FAIS offers the PYP to all primary school students. Students not only become proficient in a second or third language but have access to an array of enrichments courses. Program available in-person and on-line. Call us for a visit: (561) 479.8266. Merci!
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GRANDVIEW PREPARATORY SCHOOL
LEVIS JCC MARLEEN FORKAS CAMPS
- Grades: PreK3 - 12th - Students: 275 - Virtual Classes: Yes
- Ages: 2-16 (entering 10th grade) - Counselor/Camper Ratio: 1:5 - Price Range: $425 - $4,280 - Dates: June 14 - August 6
- Tuition Range: $12,500-$21,850 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 8:1 - Denomination: Independent
Founded in 1997, Boca Raton’s Grandview Preparatory School (GPS) is a small, diverse community committed to the philosophy that education is a personal endeavor. Grandview pairs timeless ethics with modern thought and personal attention with global consciousness while preparing students for college and life beyond. GPS is an independent, non-sectarian, college preparatory, co-educational day school enrolling students from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve.
The Levis JCC has been providing children of all ages with unforgettable summers since 1986. Our dedicated, caring team is committed to making the camp experience the best it can be for every child, every summer. Our full-day camp program offers exciting activities, convenient schedules and experienced staff. We provide kids the freedom to learn and grow while developing skills that prepare them for future success. With a culture built on universally accepted moral ideals as well as strong Jewish values, we incorporate respect, honor, good sportsmanship and teamwork into all that we do. Campers from all backgrounds are welcome. Adolph & Rose Levis JCC and the Marleen Forkas Camps continue to follow CDC, state and local guidelines to ensure the safety of every camper.
336 Spanish River Blvd. NW • Boca Raton • 561.416.9737 • Grandviewprep.net
9801 Donna Klein Blvd • Boca Raton • 561.852.3200 • Levisjcc.org/camp
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NORTH BROWARD PREPARATORY SCHOOL
OXBRIDGE ACADEMY
- Grades: PreK3 – 12th - Students: 1,550
- Grades: 7th - 12th - Students: 475
- Tuition Range: $24,200 - $34,340 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 14:1 - Denomination: Non-Denominational
- Tuition Range: $25,500 - $34,800 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 9:1 - Denomination: Non-sectarian
North Broward Preparatory School is an extraordinary community of learners and has been educating, empowering and inspiring day and boarding students since 1957. We think beyond traditional education to transform learning and provide unique learning experiences both inside and outside of the classroom through collaborations with MIT, The Juilliard School and UNICEF. Our students are immersed in a multi-cultural community and have the confidence to influence beyond borders. Through our performing arts program students are prepared for the world stage; equipped to solve world problems through our STEAM curriculum; and learn the importance of service.
In conjunction with its 10th anniversary, Oxbridge Academy is adding seventh and eighth grades beginning in August 2021. Oxbridge currently offers grades 9-12. Adding a middle school expands the school’s commitment to providing a world-class education to younger students from all walks of life who have a love of learning. Oxbridge students benefit from the school’s high academic standards, a culture of kindness, and character building that prepares them to be caring, confident, compassionate, critical thinkers, and global citizens unafraid to tackle 21st-century problems. Middle school and high school students can apply for financial aid. High school students who meet the criteria can apply for merit scholarships.
7600 Lyons Road • Coconut Creek • 954.247.0179 • NBPS.org
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PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY
SAINT ANDREW’S SCHOOL
- Grades: K-12, University - Tuition Range: Varies - Student-Teacher Ratio: 1:1, 1:8 - Students: 85-150 - Virtual Classes: Yes - Denomination: Non-denominational
- Grades: PreK - 12th - Students: 1,315
Since 1989, Palm Beach International Academy (PBIA) has been developing self-paced, individualized, college preparatory programs for K-12 students whose lifestyles, activities, and passions require flexible and varied schedules, interesting and exciting coursework, and classes focused on their specific learning styles. PBIA offers yearround 1:1 and small group classes using live, on-line and in-person instructors. University@PBIA offers practical certificate programs and rigorous college courses throughout the year. Professors and students work 1:1 engaging in relevant discussions and classes. Summer 2021 includes innovative summer camp, entertaining middle school courses, and high school credit recovery and transcript boosting.
Saint Andrew’s School is a nationally recognized Pre-k through grade 12, day and boarding, college preparatory school in Boca Raton, Florida. We offer a rigorous, private school curriculum that fosters creative thinking, opportunities to achieve balance, and experiences that build strong character. We are delighted to serve students from over 40 countries of multiple faiths and cultures. Saint Andrew’s School was voted the Best Private School in Palm Beach County by the readers of the Palm Beach Post in recent years.
Wellington • Boca Raton • 561.338.3811 • Pbiafl.com
3900 Jog Road • Boca Raton • 561.210.2000 • Saintandrews.net
- Tuition Range: $26,650 - $36,280 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 8:1 - Denomination: Episcopal
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SPACE OF MIND, A MODERN SCHOOLHOUSE
- Grades: 9th - 12th - Students: 430
- Grades: K-12 & Gap Year - Tuition Range: $30,500 - $33,700
- Tuition Range: $13,100 - $13,850 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 14:1 - Denomination: Catholic Based
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- Students: 80 - Virtual Classes: Yes
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 1:4 - Denomination: Non-Denominational
Saint John Paul II Academy, located in Boca Raton, Florida, is a Catholic coeducational college preparatory school in the Diocese of Palm Beach following the tradition of Saint John Baptist De La Salle and the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Saint John Paul II Academy provides a rigorous academic curriculum designed to prepare students for success in college and in life. Our faith-based learning community fosters excellence in all programs and enables the spiritual, academic, artistic, and physical development of each student. Dedicated faculty and staff instill the Gospel values of tolerance, concern for the poor, justice, peace, and responsibility while welcoming students of all beliefs and backgrounds.
Space of Mind (SOM) is a boutique educational experience, designed for our modern, social world and where students learn how they learn best. Built upon the benefits of homeschooling, the SOM approach replaces the traditional parent role with a full or part-time progressive and nurturing coaching approach, gifted-style project-based curriculum and live-taught sessions online or on our 10,000 sq ft. innovative campus in downtown Delray Beach. Programming is also available for pods, private students and parent-led homeschoolers. We provide a creative, flexible and personalized educational environment that fosters social, emotional and academic growth for all kinds of learners, including children, parents, adults, families and educators.
4001 N. Military Trail. • Boca Raton • 561.314.2100 • sjpii.net
102 N. Swinton Ave • Delray Beach • 561.894.8772 • Myspaceofmind.com
SPANISH RIVER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
ST. JOAN OF ARC CATHOLIC SCHOOL
- Grades: PreK3 – 8th - Students: 520 - Virtual Classes: Yes
- Grades: PreK - 8th - Students: 465 - Virtual Classes: Yes
- Tuition Range: $3,919 - $10,462 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 14:1 - Denomination: Presbyterian
- Tuition Range: $8,700 - $12,150 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 1:20 - Denomination: Catholic
Preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds (Gold Seal Quality Care Program). Academic program K-8th with high quality, challenging academics enhanced by robust technology innovation in the classrooms; leadership skill building; strong fine arts and performing arts programs; critical thinking and project based learning. High school-level honors Algebra 1, Geometry, and Spanish I for middle school students. Accredited by CSF and MSA. Before and after-school programs. Interscholastic Sports program. After school enrichment for elementary. State-of-the-art technology, including 3-D printing, video productions, coding. Competitive robotics. Stanford Achievement Test. Lunch program. Clinic with fulltime nurse. Uniforms required. Parent-Teacher Fellowship. Summer Camp.
St. Joan of Arc Catholic School is a Blue Ribbon School of Academic Excellence and a Florida Catholic Conference STREAM certified school. St. Joan’s offers a challenging curriculum such as: Accelerated Math and Spanish for Heritage Speakers (3rd through 8th grade) including Geometry Honors. Our students benefit from our 1:1 iPads, a beautiful campus which has a Sports Arena, new Fine Arts Conservatory, and STREAM Lab, as well as numerous clubs and a competitive sports program in a faith-filled nurturing environment. For more information contact us at info_school@stjoan.org.
2400 Yamato Rd • Boca Raton • 561.994.5006 • Spanishriverchristianschool.com
501 SW 3rd Avenue • Boca Raton • 561.392.7974 • Stjoan.org/school
ST. JOSEPH’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL
- Grades: Infant-8th - Tuition Range: $11,781 -$16,830 & Hourly for Early Childhood Academy - Students: 200 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 1:10 - Denomination: Episcopal
- Grades: PS3-8th - Students: 350
Nurture your child’s S-STEAM at St. Joe’s - the only independent school that nurtures and enlightens the whole child. By focusing on Spirituality, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/language arts and Math, we encourage collaboration, innovation, critical thinking, and 21st century skills promoting educational excellence. All this in an inclusive, Christian environment. Call for a tour today.
Since 1962, St. Paul has been an accredited traditional Christian school in east Boca Raton. St. Paul offers leveled reading and math groups, art, music, band, advanced technology, physical education, Spanish as well as STEM in grades 6-8. Our extracurricular sports programs often excel to state and national levels. Our Early Childhood Program is nurturing and provides flexibility with days and times. After school care and summer camp are available. Our Parent Teacher League offers many opportunities for parents to be involved. Contact us for a tour or more information. St. Paul is a family fostering a foundation for the future!
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- Tuition Range: $4,542 -$11,860 - Student-Teacher Ratio: 17:1 - Denomination: Lutheran
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- Grades: Toddler - 8th - Students: 400
- Grades: Age 1 – 8th - Students: 315
- Tuition Range: $10,950 - $14,800 - Student-Teacher Ratio: Varies - Denomination: Non-denominational
- Tuition Range: $4,400 - $10,500 - Student-Teacher Ratio: Varies - Denomination: Lutheran
Hands on Montessori learning environment, art, music, Spanish, PE, after school sports teams and specialty classes including basketball, volleyball, soccer, track, cross country, swimming, robotics, art, educational labs and more. Certified Montessori teachers. Beautiful 10-acre campus. Tutoring available. Gold Seal of Excellence Award. Montessori Teacher Training site. Pool and indoor gymnasium. Summer Camp available!
Trinity Delray, Excellence in Christian education since 1948. For over seventy years, Trinity Delray Lutheran School has been providing academic excellence in a Christ-centered environment. Trinity Delray is committed to providing the best instructional environment for students. Trinity Delray is a Cambridge International School. Cambridge International helps students become confident, responsible, reflective, innovative, engaged, and ready to tackle the demands of tomorrow’s world, capable of shaping a better world for the future. We offer class sizes that give students the opportunity to have curriculum differentiated to their needs. Trinity Delray students develop critical thinking skills that are needed to be successful after elementary and middle school.
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Small Pleasures A big floral centerpiece can make a huge impact, but smaller grouped arrangements can be equally impressive. We offer five tips for maximizing their beauty.
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Using repetition is an easy way to create cohesiveness among multiple arrangements. Identical flowers, similar colors or like vases can make multiple arrangements unite as one. Here, small bowls and deep purple figs add dimension and expand the simple, single-hued display.
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Use a piece of stone, wood or stack of books to add height and dimension to a group of similar containers. By elevating one of the arrangements, you also elevate the entire presentation’s interest. Here, a vase filled with maidenhair fern is staged on a stone block. Below, two thick-stemmed peonies contrast with the ferns’ delicate sprigs. The display is simple yet stunning.
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Look past flowers to create an eye-catching display. Unexpected pheasant feathers, dried mushrooms, cacti and golden owl accents join more traditional flame calla lilies, football mums, dahlias and a cymbidium orchid to shape this unique arrangement. A gold tray and stack of books anchor the individual pieces and unite them into a cohesive collection.
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Small vases with huge appeal
Cubist Alabaster Vases, $480/set of three, Elegant Strand, Boca Raton, elegantstrand.com
Evelyn Small Vase, $20, Crate & Barrel, Boca Raton, crateandbarrel.com
Small Reef Vase, $10, Hive Home & Gifts, West Palm Beach, hivepalmbeach.com
Capitalize on contrast by pairing disparate colors and styles. A trio of elegant, cut-crystal vases showcase different flowers—hanging amaranthus, white calla lilies and a single chocolate sunflower with delightful results. The flowers’ masculine hues and rich textures make the crystal look less formal and add a sense of surprise.
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Bel Air Mini Scoop Vase, $98, Jonathan Adler, Miami, jonathanadler.com
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Inspired by the tones of an antique hydrangea bloom, this grouping of two soft green stoneware vases and a green bottle anchors the individual arrangements of hanging millet, wheat and a single leafy branch. The height and lightness of the branch balances the visual weight of the large-scale hydrangea bloom.
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[ out & about ] EMPTY BOWLS DELRAY BEACH WHAT: During the holiday season, the Palm Beach County Food Bank hosted its fifth-annual Empty Bowls Delray Beach to benefit thousands of hungry people in our community. Each year, the grassroots event raises money for hunger relief with the message of “eat simply, so others can simply eat.” This year’s reimagined event featured a drive-through pickup for signature soups donated from 30 local chefs. WHERE: Old School Square Connor Dodge, Stephanie Dodge and Rep. Mike Caruso
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4TH ANNUAL SCULPTURE IN MOTION AT THE ANN NORTON SCULPTURE GARDENS WHAT: The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens cruised into the season with its fourth-annual Sculpture in Motion event, an outdoor exhibition that celebrated the art of pre- and postwar automobiles on the main lawn of the Gardens. The daylong socially distanced event, which was the Gardens’ first exhibition since last spring, honored Gold Star Families of Palm Beach County and local veterans. WHERE: Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens
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[ out & about ] MERRY AT BOCA CENTER
WHERE: Boca Center
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Daniel Events set the scene with a beautiful holiday setting for families to enjoy and snap photos.
Haley LaBrasca and her daughter Willow
Doug and Jill Chaser with their children Annabelle, Amelie and Andrew
Parents Alison and Armand Guimont with their sons Cameron and Morgan
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WHAT: Boca Center was the best place to get into the holiday spirit in 2020, hosting safe and socially distanced activations that included virtual meet-and-greets with Santa Claus, a snow globe workshop with ArtNest, and live music each Friday.
GALS & GUYS GO GOLFING AT BOCA LAGO COUNTRY CLUB WHAT: On a gorgeous Saturday in November, Boca Lago Golf & Country Club invited guests to tee off for a round of fresh-air play on its vibrant fairways and greens. WHERE: Boca Lago Country Club
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DELRAY’S FAVORITE DINNER PARTY IS BACK! P R ES ENTED B Y magazine P R ES ENTED B Y magazine To learn more about Savor the Avenue, visit Bocamag.com/Savor-The-Avenue-2021 or DowntownDelrayBeach.com/SavorTheAvenue To learn more about Savor the Avenue, visit Bocamag.com/Savor-The-Avenue-2020 or DowntownDelrayBeach.com/SavorTheAvenue Savor 2021 4pg ad.indd 92
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WHERE: Right on the street, outdoors on East Atlantic Ave., at tables stretching from Swinton Ave. to East Fifth Ave./U.S. 1. #OUTSIDEDINING WHEN: Monday, April 19, 2021 5:30-9 p.m. is the current date as of press deadline, but it may be changed to a later date in May depending on city COVID guidelines. Please check with DowntownDelrayBeach.com for the latest information. WHO IT BENEFITS: Community Greening is a Delray Beachbased nonprofit dedicated to planting trees and protecting green spaces. Matt Shipley and Mark Cassini are behind the charity, which is patterned on a host of other grassroots urban forestry organizations around the country that are working to increase the local tree canopy and educate people on the critical role trees can play in the urban infrastructure. It provides native trees and certain fruit trees to eligible groups and neighborhoods at no cost, taking on the site and species selection, making sure any necessary permits are in place, and providing the tools needed for planting. The silver palms, red maples, avocados and other trees Community Greening is planting help clean the air and water, increase property values, improve health and well-being and reduce energy bills.
HOW YOU CAN GO: Guests cannot buy tickets to the event; reservations must be made directly with the participating restaurant of your choice. Review the restaurant listings; menus are available online at Bocamag.com/Savor-The-Avenue-2021 or DowntownDelrayBeach.com/SavorTheAvenue or at the restaurant by March 8. But you have to act fast; when reservations open up March 15, seats go quickly, and the event is usually sold out. (And there are even fewer seats this year due to CDC guidelines.) Reservations reserved with a credit card depend on each restaurant’s policy. HOW TO CHECK IN AT THE EVENT: You’ll need to check in at the restaurant location on the Avenue the night of; you’ll get a temperature check, a wristband and a lanyard to identify you as a Savor participant, both required to attend. For more particulars, please visit DowntownDelrayBeach. com/SavorTheAvenue. TABLE DÉCOR CONTEST: For the eighth year, Savor the Avenue restaurants will be competing for the “Best in Show” table. From elegant to eclectic, each restaurant stages a unique theme through its table settings to showcase its special style or cuisine. Arrive early and walk the Avenue to view the beautifully decorated tables. Don’t forget to vote for the People’s Choice Award by voting for your favorite Savor the Avenue tablescape by uploading a picture of it to Facebook or Instagram, using #SavorPeoplesChoice and checking into or tagging the restaurant name.
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WHAT IT IS: This signature tradition of dining under the stars down the middle of Atlantic Avenue is here again—our 12th year!—featuring a four-course legendary downtown Delray Beach dining experience you won’t want to miss.
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DINNERTIME! 5:30 P.M. TO 6:15 P.M.: After checking in, enjoy a welcome drink at a welcome reception provided by each participating restaurant. Locate your seats at Florida’s longest dining table, and prepare to enjoy a beautiful night. 6:15 P.M.: Seating begins, and your Delray hosts will welcome you. 6:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M.: Dinner begins, with four courses of sheer indulgence, served with custom adult beverage pairings. 7:30 P.M.: The table décor contest winner will be announced. AND WE’RE KEEPING YOU SAFE! : This year, the layout will be a little different, with a new socially distanced seating arrangement for each restaurant. There will also be limited seating. Facial coverings are required to be worn at all times, except when seated for dinner. Face coverings must be worn when walking or touring the event. Each person will receive a temperature check upon arrival along with personal hand sanitizer. NonSavor attendees will be required to wear facial coverings as well while walking within the event area.
ATTIRE: Downtown Delray Beach evening casual or themed attire, depending on the restaurant motif. PARKING: Public parking lots and garage parking are available, as well as some valet locations. Atlantic Avenue will be closed during the event. Side streets will remain open for vehicle access. (East Atlantic Avenue is closed from Swinton to Federal Highway to vehicle traffic.) AVAILABLE GARAGES: • Old School Square Parking Garage, N.E. First St. and N.E. First Ave. • Robert Federspiel Garage, S.E. First Ave. between Atlantic and S.E. First St. • 4th & 5th Delray Garage, S.E. Fourth Ave. between Atlantic and S.E. First St. Visit DowntownDelrayBeach.com/ Parking for more information. WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SAVOR RESPONSIBLY. Produced by Downtown Development Authority of Delray Beach, FL, Delray magazine and Boca magazine. * Adjacent restaurants all have a 561 area code.
THESE ARE THE RESTAURANTS: * ELISABETTA’S: From pastas to pizzas, this is Delray’s Saturday night central. 560-6699 CABANA EL RAY: Our beloved (and hip) Cuban restaurant has all the moves—and great Latin cuisine. 274-9090 AVALON: Delray’s new sumptuous seafood and chophouse is a crowd-pleaser. 5932500 ROCCO’S TACOS: Tableside guac, Taco Tuesdays and an epic Avenue hangout make this a Delray fave. 808-1100 ROSE’S DAUGHTER: Mom’s Sunday Italian dinner—with a fresh new spin—already has a loyal following. 271-9423 RACKS FISH HOUSE + OYSTER BAR: Clams, oysters, lobster rolls and a great outdoor bar define this hot spot. 450-6718 GARY RACK’S FARMHOUSE KITCHEN: Food this good can’t be this healthy—but it is. And everybody loves it. 266-3642 CITY OYSTER: The heart of the Avenue, with its long friendly bar and diverse menu, is a see-and-be-seen dining spot. 272-0220 VIC AND ANGELO’S: This longtime Avenue staple is great Italian on the right side of the tracks. 278-9570 CAFFE LUNA ROSA: This oceanside Italian bistro is a tradition for locals as well as tourists. 274-9404 LIONFISH: Delray’s buzzy new seafood restaurant has been a hit from day one. 639-8700 CHE!: You can’t beat the Intracoastal views—or the yummy empanadas—at this special Argentine restaurant. 562-5200 DEATH OR GLORY: This funky and festive bar has great food—and innovative small plates. 808-8814 LEMONGRASS: This Asian restaurant is a tried-and-true Avenue benchmark, with a mean sake selection. 278-5050
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Your resource for Greater Delray Beach’s finest restaurants Mangrove snapper from Henry’s Palm Beach
STAFF PICK PARKING: Street parking, valet service HOURS: Dinner Mon., Wed.-Fri., 5 to 10 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 3 to 10 p.m.; weekend brunch, Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed Tuesday. PRICES: Entrees $16-$58 WEBSITE: thebreakers.com/dining/henryspalmbeach
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lways in elegant, understated style, the patrons are the standouts at Henry’s, even with masks on. Henry Morrison Flagler looks down from a large portrait in the dining room, surrounded by historical images of the grand opulence that was Palm Beach then, and still exists behind plaster walls today. From the luxury linen plum-and-mustard napkins and tablecloths to the wine list with a 1990 Burgundy for $7,200 a bottle, you know you’re on Breakers real estate. But even average folks can dine here without breaking the bank, and revel in well-prepared dishes worthy of Henry’s name. There are quite a few happy hour/comfort
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appetizers—among them pigs in a pretzel dough blanket ($18), Southern onion rings ($16), beer can corn ($12) and more. Or move to more solid plates with salads and sandwiches (the $34 lobster roll is popular); entrees that include butter crumb Dover sole ($52) and spaghetti Bolognese made with veal, beef and pork ($32); and desserts. We tried the onion rings with a horseradish dipping sauce and the shaved cauliflower salad ($17) with Parmesan, dates, Calabrian peppers, Marcona almonds and a honey lemon vinaigrette. The salad was light, creamy and full of almonds and dates. A cedar plank Antarctic salmon with miso ginger glaze ($36) was served with wasabi sauce and char-grilled asparagus. The tender
fish was cooked perfectly, the sweet glaze melding with the sweetish asparagus. Fish of the day was mangrove snapper ($43), pan-seared with house-made tartar sauce, creamy Parmesan rice grits and asparagus. A vanilla crème brulee with blueberry and nuts streusel on top was a delightful mix of tastes, and the Frenchpress coffee was a perfect complement. There was outdoor seating, but that was only until the next-door retail neighbors moved in. Otherwise, Henry’s wasn’t designed with an outdoor dining option. Henry’s lives up to The Breakers: top quality, great service and a memorable meal. If you go early enough, the parking is free. — Lynn Kalber
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DINING KEY $ Inexpensive: under $17 $$ Moderate: $18 to $35 $$$ Expensive: $36 to $50 $$$$ Very expensive: $50+ DELRAY BEACH 3rd and 3rd—301 N.E. Third Ave. Gastropub. This quirky, individualistic, obscurely located little place is one of the most important restaurants in Delray. The menu changes frequently, but hope the evening’s fare includes plump scallops with caramelized mango sauce, stunning delicious roasted cauliflower with Parmesan mousse and bacon, and wicked-good espresso panna cotta on it at your visit. • Lunch Wed.-Fri., Brunch Sat. and Sun., Dinner Mon.-Sat. 561/303-1939. $$
50 Ocean—50 S. Ocean Blvd. Seafood. The former Upper Deck at Boston’s on the Beach is now the more upscale, seafood-oriented spot. The menu ranges from familiar to slightly more inventive, from a classic lobster bisque and crisp-tender fried clam bellies to rock shrimp pot pie and baked grouper topped with blue crab. The cinnamon-dusted beignets are puffs of amazingly delicate deep-fried air and should not under any circumstances be missed. • Lunch Mon.-Sat. Dinner nightly. Brunch Sun. 561/278-3364. $$
Angelo Elia Pizza • Bar • Tapas— 16950 Jog Road. Italian. Nothing on the menu of Angelo Elia’s modern, small plates-oriented osteria disappoints, but particularly notable are the meaty fried baby artichokes stuffed with breadcrumbs and speck, delicate chicken-turkey meatballs in Parmesan-enhanced broth, and Cremona pizza with a sweet-salty-earthy-pungent mélange of pears, pancetta, Gorgonzola, sun-dried figs and mozzarella. • Lunch Tues.-Sun. Dinner nightly. 561/381-0037. $ Atlantic Grille—1000 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood/ Contemporary American. This posh restaurant in the luxurious Seagate Hotel & Spa is home to a 450-gallon aquarium of tranquil moon jellyfish and a 2,500-gallon shark tank. Savor inventive cuisine that takes the contemporary to the extraordinary. Bold flavors, inspired techniques and the freshest ingredients make every meal a culinary adventure. • Lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/665-4900. $$
Beg for More Izakaya—19 S.E. Fifth Ave. Japanese Small Plates. The large sake, whisky and beer menu here pairs beautifully with the small plates full of everything except sushi. No sushi. And that’s fine. Try the takoyaki (octopus balls), the crispy salmon tacos and anything with the addictive kimchi, such as the kimchi fried rice. There are pasta, teriyaki and simmered duck with bok choy dishes—or 16 varieties of yakitori (food on skewers). You’ll be back to beg for more. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/563-8849. $$ Brulé Bistro—200 N.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. The regular menu of this Pineapple Grove
favorite always has satisfying dishes. Its specialties include crab tortellini with black truffles, chicken meatballs with coconut broth and cashews, plus signature dessert pistachio crème brùlée. Spirits and house cocktails steeped in speakeast style are paired with an ever-changing menu. Outside tables offer the best option for conversation. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/274-2046. $$
Burt & Max’s—9089 W. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. This bastion of contemporary comfort food in west Delray is approaching local landmark status, forging its own menu while borrowing a few dishes from Max’s Grille, 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 nightly. Sunday brunch. 561/638-6380. $$ Cabana El Rey—105 E. Atlantic Ave. Cuban tropical. Little Havana is alive and well in Delray. The menu is a palette-pleasing travelogue, including starters like mariquitas (fried banana chips) and main courses such as seafood paella (think mussels, shrimp, clams, conch, scallops and octopus). • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/274-9090. $$
Caffe Luna Rosa—34 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. Italian. This multiple Delray Beach-award winning restaurant has sparkling service, comfort food taken to a higher level, and a setting just steps from the Atlantic. Open since 1993, and a success since then, they dish up big flavors in a tiny space, so call for reservations. Try the calamari fritto misto, then the rigatoni pomodoro and leave room for dessert. Or come back for breakfast. • Open daily from breakfast through dinner. 561-274-9404. $$ Casa L’Acqua—9 S.E. Seventh Ave. Italian. You’ll get what you pay for here: very good Italian food in the cozy converted house that is a refreshing change from busy Atlantic Avenue. The antipasti (bread, balsamic/honey dipping sauce, Parmesan chunks, bruschetta) are so good, they could be dinner. But save room for the pollo Parmigiana, the scallopine piccate al limone, the four kinds of risotto, and dessert. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/563-7492. $$$
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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 a jumbo crab cake. This is the place to see and be seen in Delray, and the food lives up to its profile. • Lunch Mon.–Sun. Dinner nightly. Outdoor dining. 561/272-0220. $$ Delray has a wide range of Asian, including Beg For More Izakaya.
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Dada—52 N. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. The same provocative, whimsical creativity that spawned Dada the art movement infuses Dada the restaurant, giving it a quirky charm all its own. The comfort food menu has its quirky charms, too, like shake-n-bake pork chops with sweet-savory butterscotch onions, and a brownie-vanilla ice cream sundae with strips of five-spice powdered bacon. The wittily decorated 1920s-vintage house-turned-restaurant is, as they say, a trip. • Dinner nightly. 561/330-3232. $$ Deck 84—840 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. 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 stellar 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 nightly. 561/665-8484. $
El Camino—15 N.E. Second Ave. Mexican. This sexy, bustling downtown spot is from the trio behind nearby Cut 432 and Park Tavern. Fresh, quality ingredients go into everything from the tangy tomatillo salsas to the world-class fish tacos clad in delicate fried skin, set off by tart pineapple salsa. Cinnamon and sugar-dusted churros are the perfect dessert. And check out the margaritas, especially the smoky blend of mezcal and blanco tequila. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/865-5350. $$
fried chicken to flatbreads and hefty composed salads. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/638-1949. $$
Il Girasole—2275 S. Federal Highway. Northern Italian. If you want Northern Italian in a low-key atmosphere, and nobody rushing you out the door, this is your spot. Start with something from the very good wine list. Try the yellowtail snapper, the penne Caprese and the capellini Gamberi, and leave room for the desserts. Reservations recommended. • 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. Contemporary American. This small gem off noisy Atlantic Avenue is big on taste and ambience, and has been busy since 2009. You can travel the world with dumplings, conch fritters, pork schnitzel, rigatoni Bolognese, étouffée and more. Reservations are recommended at this laid-back, comfortable venue. • Dinner nightly. 561/865-5774. $$
Joseph’s Wine Bar—200 N.E. Second Ave. Mediterranean-American. Joseph’s is an elegant, comfortable, intimate nook in Delray’s Pineapple Grove, and an ideal place for a lazy evening. This family affair— owner Joseph Boueri, wife Margaret in the kitchen, and son Elie and daughter Romy working the front of the house—has all tastes covered. Try the special cheese platter, the duck a l’orange or the rack of lamb. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/272-6100. $$
The Grove—187 N.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. Chef and sommelier Michael Haycook and Dining Room Manager Paul Strike 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. $$
La Cigale—253 S.E. Fifth Ave. Mediterranean. Popu-
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Latitudes—2809 S. Ocean Blvd. Modern Ameri-
eral Highway. American. You don’t have to worry about calories (most dishes are under 500), you don’t have to worry about finding something you haven’t tried before (new items are added every three months) and freshness is the silent ingredient throughout. Try the pesto Caprese flatbread, the supergrain salad and the steak or salmon or chicken. Desserts offer big tastes in small jars. • Lunch and dinner daily; brunch on weekends. 561/266-3239. $$
can. You should come for both the sunset and the food. This oceanfront restaurant is a gem tucked inside the Delray Sands resort. From the airy, bubbly interior to the raw bar, the décor is soothing and fun. Try the lobster and crab stuffed shrimp, the miso-glazed Skuna Bay salmon, the branzino or the veal Bolognese. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 561/278-6241. $$$
Henry’s—16850 Jog Road. American. This casual, unpretentious restaurant in the west part of town never fails to delight diners. Expect attentive service and crisp execution of everything—from meat loaf, burgers and
Lemongrass Bistro—420 E. Atlantic Ave. Pan-Asian.
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lar venue since 2001, with Greek and Italian dishes and more. Highlights are seafood paella, roasted half duck and grilled jumbo artichoke appetizer. Lots of favorites on the menu: calf ’s liver, veal osso buco, branzino, seafood crepes. Nice outdoor seating if weather permits. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/265-0600. $$
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
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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 nightly. 561/272-9898. $$$
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care in its preparation are what gives Lemongrass its edge. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/278-5050. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 101 Plaza Real S., Boca Raton, 561/544-8181; 1880 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, 561/733-1344). $
The Office—201 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Your office is nothing like this eclectic gastropub, unless your office sports more than two dozen craft beers on tap and a menu that flits from burgers and fries to mussels. Don’t miss the restaurant’s winning take on the thick, juicy Prime beef burger and simply wicked maple-frosted donuts with bacon bits and two dipping sauces. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/276-3600. $$
Park Tavern—32 S.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. Check out the high-top seating or bar stools during an excellent happy hour menu that includes deviled eggs, pork sliders, chicken wings and a happy crowd. Entrees are generous and well executed. Try the fish and chips, one of six burgers, fish tacos and more. • Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.-Sun. 561/265-5093. $$
Prime—29 S.E Second Ave. Steak/Seafood. Prime is aptly named for its heart of the action location, neo-supper club decor, extensive wine list and roster of designer steaks. Starters and desserts fare better than entrées, especially the Maryland-style crab cakes and luscious chocolate bread pudding. Service is strong so with a bit of work this restaurant will fully live up to its name. • Dinner nightly. 561/865-5845. $$$ march/april 2021
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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. $$$
Rose’s Daughter—169 N.E. Second Ave. Italian. While not your traditional Italian trattoria, it is a place to find new favorites and revisit old standbys updated with delicious ingredients and high standards. Try the Monet-colored lobster risotto, or housemade q OK AS IS pasta, pizza, bread and desserts. From the mushroom q OK WITH CORRECTION(S) arancini to the tiramisu, you will be glad Owner/Chef q REQUEST 2ND PROOF Suzanne Perrotto is in the kitchen. Indoor and outdoor seating. • Dinner Wed.-Sun. 561/271-9423. $$
goes to Executive Chef Paul Niedermann, who won TV’s notorious “Hell’s Kitchen” show, and his talent is displayed here on the plate. • Dinner Mon.-Sat. Brunch Sunday. 561/274-7258. $$$
Sazio—131 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian. This long-lived venue on crowded Atlantic Avenue is a reason to sit down and take a breath. Then take up a fork and try the linguine with white clam sauce or the ravioli Sazio or grilled skirt steak or pretty much anything on the menu. Prices are reasonable; leftovers are popular. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/272-5540. $$
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Sundy House—106 S. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. It’s fine dining with a new chef and rave reviews here, served in arguably the most beautiful restaurant and gardens in Delray. Menus are seasonal and imaginative. Try any of the fresh local fish dishes. • Lunch Tues.–Sat. Brunch Sun. Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/272-5678. $$
Taverna Opa—270 E. Atlantic Ave. Greek. Yes, you can order a side of belly dancing and napkin tossing with your moussaka and baklava at this chain. But the moussaka and baklava are very good; so is the rest of
the food at the downtown Delray outpost. Also worth your while (and appetite) are appetizers like melitzanosalata, whipped eggplant with orange zest and roasted red pepper, and tarama, a creamy emulsion of bread, olive oil and salmon roe. Whole grilled bronzino is finished with lemon and orange juices for a citrusy flavor boost, while tongue-tying galaktoboureko goes baklava one better by adding vanilla-scented custard to golden, flaky phyllo. • Dinner nightly. 561/303-3602. $$
Terra Fiamma—9169 W. Atlantic Ave. Italian. The pleasures of simple, well-prepared Italian-American cuisine are front and center here. Enjoy the 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. $$
Tramonti—119 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian. In a world PHONE: 561.982.8960 where restaurants chase trends with the relentlessness FAX:heat, 561.994.8509 of Casanova in full Viagra Tramonti stands out as a classic outpost of authentic Italian cookery. Not trendy hardly means stodgy, however, as evidenced by expertly crafted, robustly flavorful dishes like the signature spiedini di mozzarella Romana, spaghetti al
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Veg Eats Foods—334 E. Linton Blvd. Creative Vegan. This is comfort food for everyone; the dishes will impress carnivores, too. Smell the fresh coconut vegetable curry soup, which tastes as good as it sounds. Try the grilled brawt sausage, the Ranch chixn, the banh mi and a Ruben—all from plant-based ingredients that will fool your taste buds. You’ll want to take home some of the prepared meals after you’ve visited, too. • Lunch daily. 561/562-6673. $ LAKE WORTH Couco Pazzo—915-917 Lake Ave. Italian. Despite the name, there’s nothing crazy about the cooking at this homey eatery. It’s the hearty, soul-satisfying Italian cuisine we’ve all come to know and love. Spaghetti Bolognese is a fine version of a Northern Italian classic. • Dinner nightly. (Tues.–Sun. during summer). 561/585-0320. $$
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 saltcrusted branzino is definitely a must-try. Plus, the wine list is a veritable tome. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/547-2500. $$$
PALM BEACH Bice—313 Worth Ave. Italian. Bice continues to hold the title of favorite spot on the island. The venerable restaurant offers a marvelous array of risottos and fresh pastas and classic dishes like veal chop Milanese, pounded chicken breast and roasted rack of lamb. The wine list features great vintages. • Lunch and dinner daily. Outdoor dining. 561/835-1600. $$$ 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 nightly. 561/833-3450. $$$ Café Boulud —The Brazilian Court, 301 Australian Ave. French with American flair. This hotel restaurant gives Palm Beach a taste of Daniel Boulud’s world-class cuisine inspired by his four muses. The chef oversees a menu encompassing 102
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classics, simple fare, seasonal offerings and dishes from around the world. Dining is in the courtyard (not available during summer), the elegant lounge or the sophisticated dining room. • Dinner nightly. 561/655-6060. $$$
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. $$$ Echo—230A Sunrise Ave. Asian. The cuisine reverberates with the tastes of China, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam. The Chinese hot and sour soup is unlike any other, and the sake list is tops. This offsite property of The Breakers is managed with the same flawlessness as the resort. • Dinner nightly (during season). 561/802-4222. $$$
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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 nightly. 561/290-0104. $$
Imoto—350 S. County Road. Asian Fusion/Tapas. Clay Conley’s “little sister” (the translation of Imoto from Japanese) is next to his always-bustling Buccan. Imoto turns out Japanese-inspired small plates with big-city sophistication, like witty Peking duck tacos and decadent tuna and foie gras sliders. Sushi selection is limited but immaculately fresh. • Dinner nightly. 561/833-5522. $$
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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. 561/655-9752. $$$
terfield Palm Beach, 363 Cocoanut Row. American. The restaurant offers excellent food in a glamorous and intimate club-like atmosphere. In fact, it’s advisable to make early reservations if a quiet dinner is the objective; the place becomes a late-night cocktail spot after 9. The menu is equally decadent. • Breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner daily. 561/659-5800. $$
The Sandwich Shop at Buccan—350 S. County Road. Takeout stop. Like big sister Buccan Italian restaurant, The Sandwich Shop is full of flavor and builds your favorite sandwich with just a touch of delicious creativeness you won’t find elsewhere. Owned by celeb chef Clay Conley and partners, the menu has hot or cold sandwiches, salads, sides and drinks (both alcoholic and non). Good-sized portions mean the Italian and prosciutto subs include leftovers if you have some willpower. • Lunch daily. 561/833-6295. $$
M.E.A.T. Market—191 Bradley Place. Steakhouse.
Ta-boo—2221 Worth Ave. American. This self-
“Meat Market” may be an inelegant name for a very elegant and inventive steak house but there’s no dissonance in its food, service or ambience. Multiple cuts of designer beef from multiple sources can be gilded with a surprising array of sauces, butters and upscale add-ons. Whole roasted cauliflower is an intriguing starter, while a meaty Niman Ranch short rib atop lobster risotto takes surf-n-
described “American bistro” is less typical “American” restaurant or classical French “bistro” than it is poshcasual refuge for the see-and-be-seen crowd in and around Palm Beach. The eclectic menu offers everything from roasted duck with orange blossom honeyginger sauce to dry-aged steaks and an assortment of pizzas. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/835-3500. $$
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Board Member, Achievement Centers for Children & Families; Old School Square
THEN:
Deborah Dowd knew she always wanted to be a teacher, so in 1974, while in her senior year of college in frigid upstate New York, she made one of the coldest of cold calls. Focusing on South Florida, where her golf-fanatic father brought the family of a wife and six kids most winters, Dowd found contact information for a member of the Broward County School Board and picked up the phone. The board member pledged to find her a job—which he did—but before it could come to fruition, Dowd was offered a teaching position at Spady Elementary School in Delray Beach working with the youngest children. That launched a 39-year career in Palm Beach County that included working in more than half a dozen schools. A skilled multitasker, Dowd found time to own and operate a franchise candy store while teaching and also became active in city government. She served on several city boards and started the Seacrest Neighborhood Association Board.
NOW:
Retired since 2012, Dowd remains active in several organizations, including serving on two nonprofit boards. A board member at the Achievement Centers for Children & Families, Dowd is now in charge of coordinating volunteers for the organization’s annual Delray Beach Home Tour and also serves as a resource for the teachers. She was selected by The Bethesda Hospital Foundation as a Woman of Grace in 2018 for her work. A longtime member of the board of Old School Square, Dowd has also served on the board of Impact 100 Palm Beach County, works closely with Roots and Wings, and serves on a committee for the local Lupus Foundation chapter. A certified master gardener, Dowd volunteers weekly at Daggerwing Nature Center tending to the butterfly garden. When not volunteering, she offers tutoring services to students.
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