Lighthouse Point Magazine June 2020

JUNE 2020

Grand Theft Auto THE LIGHTHOUSE POINT POLICE CATCH A THIEF

Happy Snaps COMMUNITY MOMENTS

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SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND MORE ARE BACK IN ACTION WITH NEW GUIDELINES IN PLACE

Silver Linings OPTIMISTIC TALES FROM THE PANDEMIC

Wine Pairings WHAT GOES WITH WHAT?

Lindsay Selbach

P R E M I E R E S TAT E P R O P E R T I E S P R E S E N T S

COASTAL RESORT

EAST DEERFIELD BEACH | LIGHTHOUSE POINT | HILLSBORO SHORES | EAST

new modeRn intRacoastal point estate EAST POMPANO BEACH, FL | $6.995 MILLION

coastal-inspiRed deepwateR estate FORT LAUDERDALE, FL | $6.95 MILLION

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lake santa baRbaRa tRophy point lot EAST POMPANO BEACH, FL | $2.395 MILLION

Reimagined noRth gRand canal estate LIGHTHOUSE POINT, FL | $2.295 MILLION

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deepwateR intRacoastal view estate EAST DEERFIELD BEACH, FL | $1.695 MILLION

RaRe intRacoastal lot EAST POMPANO BEACH, FL | $1.195 MILLION

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ESTATES P OMPANO BEACH | FORT LAUDERDALE

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elcome to Coastal Resort Estates. I am proud to invite you on a monthly tour of East Deerfield Beach, Lighthouse Point, Hillsboro Shores, East Pompano Beach and Fort Lauderdale’s finest estate properties offered exclusively in excess of one million dollars. It is my pleasure and privilege to represent these important estates. Please enjoy this sampling of properties from my current Coastal Resort Estates collection. I wish to thank my valued clientele for their trust, confidence and loyalty throughout the years. My relationships with both buyers and sellers are defined by discretion, integrity, professionalism at the highest level, as well as unparalleled personalized and customized service.

new modeRn intRacoastal estate EAST POMPANO BEACH, FL | $2.495 MILLION

For a confidential consultation and evaluation of your property, please contact me. I look forward to your inquiries anytime.

INFO: WWW.F10227055.COM

Kevin R. Kreutzfeld

Lighthouse Point Resident

stylish mediteRRanean deepwateR estate LIGHTHOUSE POINT, FL | $2.25 MILLION INFO: WWW.F10155382.COM

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lake santa baRbaRa townhome EAST POMPANO BEACH, FL | $1.045 MILLION INFO: WWW.F10202239.COM

DISCLAIMER: The written and verbal information provided including but not limited to prices, measurements, square footages, lot sizes, calculations and statistics have been obtained and conveyed from third parties such as the applicable Multiple Listing Service, public records as well as other sources. All prices are either list price, sold price, and /or last asking price. Premier Estate Properties has listed, sold or participated in the sale of these properties. The transactions representing both buyers and sellers are calculated twice. Premier Estate Properties’ marketplace is all of the following: Vero Beach, Town of Orchid, Indian River Shores, Town of Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Manalapan Beach, Point Manalapan, Hypoluxo Island, Ocean Ridge, Gulf Stream, Delray Beach, Highland Beach, Boca Raton, East Deerfield Beach, Hillsboro Beach, Hillsboro Shores, East Pompano Beach, Lighthouse Point, Sea Ranch Lakes and Fort Lauderdale. All written and verbal information including that produced by the Sellers or Premier Estate Properties are subject to errors, omissions or changes without notice and should be independently verified by any prospective purchaser of a Property. The Sellers and Premier Estate Properties Inc. expressly disclaim any warranty or representation regarding all information. Prospective Purchasers’ use of any written and verbal information is acknowledgement of this disclaimer and that the prospective purchaser shall perform their own due diligence. In the event a Buyer defaults, no commission will be paid to either Broker on the Deposits retained by the Seller.

“No Commissions Paid until Title Passes.” Prospective purchasers shall not rely on this information when entering into a contract for sale and purchase. Some affiliations may not be applicable to certain geographic areas. If your property is currently listed, please do not consider this a solicitation. Copyright 2020 Premier Estate Properties Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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2380 NE 30TH COURT, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 5 BED • 5.5 BATH • 110’ WATERFRONT — $2,750,000

2321 NE 33RD STREET, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 6 BED • 5 FULL / 2 HALF BATH • 98’ WATERFRONT — $2,395,000

5220 NE 29TH AVENUE, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 4 BED • 3.5 BATH • 73’ WATERFRONT — $2,200,000

2401 NE 34TH COURT, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 5 BED • 6.5 BATH • 100’ WATERFRONT —

2500 NE 35TH STREET, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 5 BED • 6 BATH • 95’ WATERFRONT — $3,897,000

2300 NE 49TH STREET, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 4 BED • 2 BATH • 80’ WATERFRONT — $1,064,000

2770 NE 23RD STREET, POMPANO BEACH 5 BED • 6 FULL / 2 HALF BATH • 100’ WATERFRONT — $2,998,000

2780 NE 21ST TERRACE, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 5 BED • 4 BATH — $989,000

1841 NE 25th Street

Lighthouse Point

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2225 SE 8TH COURT, POMPANO BEACH, 3 BED • 3.5 BATH — 250’ WATERFRONT - $998,000

2411 NE 34TH COURT, LIGHTHOUSE 5 BED • 3.5 BATH • 100’ WATERFRONT — $1,148,000

1841 NE 25th Street

Lighthouse Point

SOLD $1,850,000 5BR/5.1BA

SOLD $1,949,000 5BR/4.1BA

93’ Deep water just one house from the point off the South Grand Canal. Pool/Patio 3 Car Garage. 29,000lb Boat Lift.

Luxurious British West Indies Style on deep water canal.

Elevator, marble floors, impact windows. Concrete dock with power, phone & TV. no fixed bridges & wide canal.

2420 NE 48th Ct, Lighthouse Point

3711 NE 26th Ave, Lighthouse Point

SOLD $1,695,000 5BR/3BA

SOLD $1,199,000 4BR/3BA

Completely renovated Lake Placid Estate home. 85 ft. of deepwater slip.Large eat-in Kit w/ marble floors throughout first floor. New A/C. New dock & 20K lb. boat lift.

Totally turnkey!

Modern Waterfront Home with lots of natural light, pool, private dock & 80’ of waterfront with direct ocean access and no fixed bridges.

Close to the Lighthouse Point Yacht Club!

3150 NE 28th Ave, Lighthouse Point

4120 NE 30th Ave, Lighthouse Point

SOLD $699,000 5BR/3BA

SOLD $629,000 3BR/2BA

Remodeled kitchen, impact windows with updated non-impact sliders that are shuttered. All new underground plumbing.

2 car garage.

2241 NE 32nd Ct, Lighthouse Point

Pool home with great curb appeal with over sized one-car garage. Brand new flat tile roof, impact windows & doors

4400 NE 27th Terrace, Lighthouse Point SOLD $399,000 2BR/2BA

SOLD $624,800 2BD/2BA

Marina area of Lighthouse Point w/ eastern exposure in your backyard. Open floor plan w/ terrazzo floors throughout.

Oversized 2 car garage.

Stunning designer condo with Intracoastal and pool views!

Remodeled from the studs.

The Voyager offers incredible amenities.

2900 NE 14th Street Cswy, Pompano Beach

2628 NE 26th Ter, Lighthouse Point

Gary Small, P.A.

Steve Saliba, P.A.

FLgarysmall@gmail.com

salibarealty@gmail.com

954-830-9090 954-303-2720

$4,450,000 7BR/7.5BA

$2,495,000 5BR/5.1BA

One of a kind palatial estate on 100x198 direct intracoastal lot. Separate building with guest house and/ or full bar. This is a landmark estate in the community.

4210 NE 31st Ave, Lighthouse Point

Great location with over 7,000SF and 100’ of dockage with unrestricted ocean access.

Fireplace, Pool, Waterviews.

2345 NE 30th Ct, Lighthouse Point

$2,295,000 5BR/5.2BA

$1,895,000 WATERFRONT LAND

A Magnificent Tuscan Estate! All In-Suite baths, bonus club room, elevator, pantry. 4 Balconies, Summer kitchen, Heated pool, home generator.

2901 NE 22nd Ct, Pompano Beach

100 ft of water directly on the Intracoastal. Located in Lighthouse Point at the Hillsboro Inlet. This amazing 13,041 sq ft lot is perfect for your custom home or Spec build.

2648 NE 24th St, Lighthouse Point

$1,479,000 5BR/4.5BA

$929,000 4BR/3.5BA

Awesome open floor plan.

All impact glass. Two master bedrooms, one upstairs and one downstairs. 90 feet of water with East exposure.

Heated pool/spa and dock for a large boat!

3900 NE 25th Ave, Lighthouse Point

Pool home located in the Marina Area of Lighthouse Point. 2 Blocks from rentable boat dock. Semidetached was built in 2003 with lots of room for entertaining.

2844 NE 26th Ave, Lighthouse Point

$829,000 3BR/2BA

$789,900 3BR/3BA

South exposure in Harbor Village and just 3 homes off the Intracoastal! Pompano Beach is one of our most advancing areas in Broward.

Resort style pool built on pilings! Room to expand.

2820 NE 8th Ct, Pompano Beach

Located in the desirable area of Lighthouse Point and just one block to the Yacht Club.

Designed for entertaining, with most rooms over looking the covered patio & pool.

2810 NE 41st St, Lighthouse Point

John Putzig, P.A.

Susan C. Nelson, P.A.

johnputzigre@gmail.com

SueAtLHP@aol.com

954-263-6877

954-242-6400

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Local Tales from the Pandemic

As the extraordinary becomes the ordinary, stories of inspiration crop up everywhere. And while it’s easy to sink into a well of doubt, we are hoping these local accounts provide some level of comfort and incentive to keep moving forward.

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Questions Surrounding Antibody Testing

There are so many questions swirling around about antibody testing. Caroline Chen, a health reporter with ProPublica, examines what these tests can and can’t tell you.

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Last Resort

Activewear nation!

Marie Puleo is still hitting the pavement (or maybe just her computer screen) to keep you up to date on local news.

Things may not be so great right now but we still managed to find people out and about.

Plus the class of 2020 sort of got a bum deal, so hear a few photos of the graduates!

How to filter all the bad news that’s out there.

Jim Terlizzi might have flown over the cuckoo’s nest.

Reflections on what really matters — especially when planning your estate.

Jill Selbach examines possible pitfalls during the crisis.

If you’ve ever wondered which one is better to cure your cold — chicken soup or beef consomme —Dr. Marlene Wolf has the answer.

Does it really matter what wine you pair with food? David Ehrenfried answers this age old question.

As of press time, Broward County was set to open on May 18 (with some restrictions of course). So if you are looking to finally get out and about, consult our comprehensive list of restaurants.

The Resort at Paws Up — a luxurious social distancing friendly option.

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Creatively Speaking

Activewear Nation!

BY SUSAN ROSSER Thank heavens I wasn't born in the Victorian era. Had I been forced to dress in crinolines, corsets and petticoats, I never would have ventured past my front door. And now that I am literally not leaving the house, my fashion choices are — and I am using the word fashion very loosely here — quite dubious.

Every day, I give serious consideration to the possibility of slipping into a pair of jeans. Although slipping might not be the precise word for it. And then it hits me. Do I really want to be bothered with the constraints of buttons and zippers? Is denim really my best option? Particularly now, as my life is restricted in so many unforeseen ways, I find the freedom of Lycra infinitely more appealing.

ABOVE Susan Rosser lifts 25 pounds of flour for a challenging quarantine workout.

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Yet just yesterday, I almost put on actual pants. Then I remembered the industrial-sized 25-pound bag of flour I ordered online and immediately reconsidered. Tight jeans and copious amounts of carbohydrates are a disturbing combination.

If I am being honest, I've always had a propensity for comfort.

As a kid, I wore nothing but coordinated Danskin outfits. Really, you would be hard-pressed to find a photo of me between the ages of 3 and 12 wearing anything but Danskins. And I was never a dancer.

Fortunately, before the coronavirus, I did attempt to attend gym classes. Thanks to my efforts in the fitness arena, I find myself with numerous options for comfortable quarantine wear. Leggings are my lifeline.

And while I eagerly await the day when we can return to some semblance of normalcy, I will miss the comfort my wardrobe of activewear has provided me.

Of course, I have been trying to maintain some semblance of an exercise routine as I shelter in place. In the beginning, I was exceptionally diligent. Two months into quarantine, and my motivation is waning. Lest I become sloth-like, I do manage to keep busy. I spend an inordinate amount of time on my feet — albeit, kneading bread. But hey, I'm still standing. Fortunately, my yoga mat conveniently doubles as the perfect kitchen floor covering, and a single free weight serves as a superb sandwich press. (Place the free weight in a pan and put both on top of a grilled cheese as it cooks for a perfectly crispy-cheesy-gooey piece of heaven.)

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City BEAT Lighthouse Point Police Step Up Their Efforts Against Increased Car Burglaries and Thefts There has been a recent wave of increased auto burglaries and auto thefts in Lighthouse Point, as well as other residential areas in northeast Broward County, and the Lighthouse Point Police Department has been stepping up its efforts to thwart these crimes.

The uptick in auto burglaries and auto thefts began in mid-April, according to Lighthouse Point Police Chief Ross Licata. During a period of about three weeks, every second or third night a group of people came into the city and committed these crimes.

In almost every case, the criminals target unlocked vehicles.

When they find one, they go inside and steal anything of value, including cell phones, electronics, money, designer glasses, personal IDs and firearms. In many cases, the criminals find key fobs that have been left inside unlocked vehicles, and they steal the vehicles.

In April and May, there were 30 auto burglaries and six auto thefts in Lighthouse Point. In five of the auto thefts cases, the vehicles were left unlocked overnight with the keys or key fobs inside.

Last November and December, the city experienced a similar wave of these crimes. There were 29 auto burglaries and three auto thefts. In two of the auto theft cases, the keys were left inside the vehicle.

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The Police Department has been using a number of tools to raise awareness of the issue and remind residents that it’s important to remove valuables from their vehicles and lock the doors.

Some of that outreach has been through the Police Department’s website and Facebook page, messages sent to residents through the City’s email system, NIXLE alerts and handing out placards.

The placards, or flyers, can be displayed in the vehicle to warn criminals that the doors are locked.

BY MARIE PULEO

An attempted auto burglary that took place on April 22 on NE 48th Court in Lighthouse Point was foiled because the doors were locked.

They can also serve as reminder for vehicle owners to remove valuables and lock the doors. The placards are available at the police department for anyone who wants one.

“We’ve really worked hard in trying to educate our residents through a variety of initiatives,” said Licata.

THE ‘9PM ROUTINE’ Every night, a humorous image, or ‘meme,’ is posted on the Police Department’s Facebook page with a message reminding >>>

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Car Burglaries and Thefts residents to follow the ‘9PM Routine,’ which is making sure valuables are removed from vehicles and the doors are locked.

It also includes locking house doors and turning on outside lights.

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The Police Department started posting the ‘9PM Routine’ messages a couple of years ago.

“We try to do it in a way that generates some interest, and gets residents to look at it and remember, and then follow through on what we’re suggesting,” said Licata.

BREAKING THE TREND The Police Department is starting to see the increase in auto burglaries and auto thefts level off because officers have arrested or intercepted a number of criminals, said Licata.

Extra officers have been out at night looking for anything unusual, including suspicious people walking around and vehicles driving around slowly with their lights out.

“We’ve got officers in unmarked vehicles doing stationary and roving patrols and surveillance, and as a result we’ve been able to identify some individual and groups and prevent crimes from happening.”

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When the criminals enter the unlocked vehicle, they press the start button, and if the key fob is anywhere in the vehicle, it starts up and they drive off.

These crime groups are coming into Lighthouse Point from other cities throughout Broward County and Miami-Dade County, said Licata.

They are in their teens and 20s.

Sometimes they come into the city with two cars full of people. They’ll drop a group off, and then those individuals will walk up and down the street going from house to house trying door handles on vehicles, looking for cars that are unlocked.

If they find unlocked vehicles with valuables inside, they return to

those areas to commit more crimes, and tell their counterparts. Stolen vehicles are then used to commit additional crimes.

“That’s the trend we’re trying to break,” said Licata. “It’s a cycle.”

LUXURY VEHICLES When the perpetrators try to break into a high-end luxury vehicle, they usually pull up into a driveway and jump out and try the door handle, said Licata, rather than approach the residence by foot. The criminals drive around looking for luxury vehicles with the side mirrors in the outward position, which generally means the vehicle is unlocked.

They have become familiar with the concept that for some luxury vehicles, when the lock button on the key fob is pressed, the sideview mirrors on both sides will fold in.

IN BROAD DAYLIGHT These crimes are generally committed at night, but sometimes they happen in broad daylight.

On April 22, an attempted vehicle burglary took place at around 2:30pm on NE 48th Court, at the north end of the city. It was foiled

ABOVE Every night the Lighthouse Police Department post a humorous meme on their Facebook page to remind residents to follow the 9PM Routine.

because the doors of the vehicle, a Mercedes SUV, were locked.

The owner of the vehicle was in his house doing some repair work on his home security system. While he and a security technician were looking at the screen that displays live images from the security cameras in front of the house, they saw a car pull up in the driveway. A passenger sitting in the front seat of the car got out and tried to open the driver’s side of the Mercedes SUV. Finding that the door was locked, the suspect got back in the car and he and his accomplice drove away.

The owner of the vehicle immediately ran outside with the security technician, and was able to get the license plate number of the car. The incident was reported to the Police Department right after it occurred. >>>

City Beat BY MARIE PULEO

Car Burglaries and Thefts <<<

The city’s License Plate Recognition system captured an image of the vehicle as it left the street, which enabled police to confirm the license plate number and determine the vehicle was rented from a car rental agency in Miami. The police contacted the rental agency, and because there was a GPS device in the car, they were able to track it down in Fort Lauderdale.

Lighthouse Point detectives, with the help of the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) Aviation and K9 units, apprehended the 20-year-old male suspect who had tried to enter the Mercedes SUV. He was in possession of a loaded firearm when arrested, and the source of the firearm was an unlocked vehicle that was

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burglarized in Lighthouse Point several months earlier.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES Leaving vehicles unlocked can have unintended consequences. There have been a number of cases when firearms were left in vehicles and stolen by criminals, putting police officers and citizens at risk.

“We strongly urge people not to leave guns in their vehicle even if it’s locked,” said Licata, “because we certainly don’t won’t to put firearms in the hands of criminals.”

On many occasions, Lighthouse Point patrol officers have intercepted perpetrators and attempted to stop them, only to have them flee, which causes additional hazardous conditions for the public

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and the officers.

More often than not, the police have been able to recover stolen vehicles within a couple of days, because they are typically taken to areas where they know the perpetrators are coming from.

Sometimes the vehicles are in good condition, said Licata. Other times, they’re banged up a little because they’ve been involved in an accident, or the inside is littered with trash.

“We’ve had some good success recently in preventing these crimes, and we hope it continues,” said Licata. “If you make your vehicle a harder target, then the criminals won’t come back here, and that’s what we’re trying to get across to our residents.” Y

The Lighthouse Point City Commission will hold a workshop for the city’s fiscal year 2020-2021 budget on June 23 at 5:05pm. The workshop will be followed by a regular city commission meeting at 6:30pm.

Last month, the city commission set the dates for the budget and millage rate hearings, as well as public hearings for special assessments. The hearings will be held as part of regular city commission meetings.

The schedule is as follows: SEPT. 14 AT 6:30PM – first budget public hearing, including fire protection,

stormwater utility and residential solid waste collection special assessments.

SEPT. 24 AT 6:30PM – second budget public hearing to

adopt final budget.

For information on how to view and participate in the meetings, visit city.lighthousepoint.com. Y

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City Beat BY MARIE PULEO New Stores, Restaurants and a Multi-Family Residential Development are Coming to Pompano Citi Centre

The owner of Pompano Citi Centre, the large shopping and dining property on the corner of North Federal Highway and East Copans Road, is working on getting approvals to build a large multifamily residential development on the southwest corner of the property, along the public golf course.

Part of the residential development will be on the site of the Macy’s store, which began liquidating in January after 50 years of operation. While in the midst of its final clearance sale, the store closed due to the coronavirus pandemic and did not reopen.

Although more than 50% of the businesses in Pompano Citi Centre mall were temporarily closed due to the coronavirus crisis, redevelopment of the old Sears retail store and the site of the demolished Sears Auto Center has continued, according to Robert Vreeland, Senior Vice President of Leasing for Sterling Organization, owner of the Citi Centre property.

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NEW RETAIL & RESTAURANTS The former Sears retail store is being reconfigured to accommodate multiple tenants, including a Burlington department store, TJ Maxx and Five Below (a $5-andunder retail chain store).

Crafty Crab, a full-service seafood restaurant and bar, recently signed a lease for a 6,000-squarefoot ground-floor space in the northwest corner of the building, and construction will begin once permitting with the City of Pompano Beach is finalized, according to Robert Vreeland.

Approximately 60% of the second floor of the old Sears retail store is still available for lease.

A new 18,829-square-foot retail and restaurant building is being constructed on the site where the auto center used to be, fronting Copans Road. It already has leases for three tenants, including Aspen Dental and Venetian Nail Spa. Wing Stop, a restaurant specializing in chicken wings and chicken tenders, recently signed a

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lease for a space in the new retail building, and there are an additional three or four spaces that will also be filled.

The opening of Burlington and the other new stores, as well as the completion of the new retail building, was anticipated for the summer of 2020, but the coronavirus caused some delays, said Vreeland. The targeted opening date is now the end of 2020.

An International House of Pancakes (IHOP) restaurant is slated to occupy an outparcel on East Copans Road, and plans are being finalized with the city.

Another new restaurant, Saito’s Japanese Steakhouse, is ready to open soon in the main building of Pompano Citi Centre.

The steakhouse was originally anticipated to open last year, but experienced delays. It will be located on the second floor, above Panera Bread.

The Pier 1 Imports store – located on an outparcel fronting Federal Highway that is not owned >>>

City Beat BY MARIE PULEO Pompano Citi Centre <<< by Sterling Organization – began closing its doors before the coronavirus outbreak. The owner of the outparcel building is currently looking for a new retail or restaurant tenant to fill the space vacated by Pier 1 Imports.

“There’s demand out there,” said Vreeland. “I’ll bet you there are 10 different retail tenants that want that space.”

THE NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS Sterling Organization, based in West Palm Beach, has a contract with a multi-family developer to build 300 to 400 market-rate rental apartments to the south and west of Macy’s on land currently used as a parking lot.

The Macy’s store went into liquidation in January and will be torn down. Part of the property

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that Macy’s currently occupies will be used for the new residential development. There are no plans to add new retail on the remainder of the Macy’s site because the shopping center “has enough retail at this time,” said Vreeland.

Macy’s owns the property where the store currently sits and is going to sell the land to the multi-family developer.

The new development won’t be a mixed-use project – it will be strictly residential, with no commercial component on the ground floor.

The property, which has commercial zoning, will have to be rezoned to allow for the residential units.

Vreeland said the location of the development is desirable because residents living there will be able

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to take advantage of the “beautiful golf course views,” and be able to easily walk to dining, entertainment, shopping, fitness, beauty salons, and other personal services. Y

Police Department Is Getting Ready For Launch Of County’s New 911 Radio System After two years of delays, Broward County will be rolling out the first phase of its new P25 digital radio system in June 2020. In order for municipal police departments to operate on the new P25 radio system, they must upgrade their portable radios that will be operating on the system.

The Lighthouse Point Police Department will be spending approximately $68,000 for the purchase of equipment, software and programming for its 37 portable radios to make them compatible with the new radio system.

The P25 radio system is used for 911 calls, and is the standard communications system for all law enforcement agencies in Broward County, except for Plantation and

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Coral Springs, which have their own radio systems.

When a 911 dispatcher gets a call, they use the P25 radio system to contact an officer from the appropriate law enforcement agency directly in the officer’s vehicle, and then the officer responds to the call.

Officers also use the radio system to communicate with one another, and share information when working with other law enforcement agencies on crimes in progress or ongoing criminal activity, said Lighthouse Point Police Chief Ross Licata.

The radio system can be used to check the status of criminal offenders, check vehicles, and run auto tags.

The new county system, which costs $59 million, has been designed to enhance countywide coverage, add redundancy and limit system overload during major incidents when user capacity is high.

Last month, the City Commission approved an agreement between Palm Beach County and Lighthouse Point that allows the city’s police officers to communicate with officers that are on the Palm Beach County public safety radio system. For example, if Lighthouse Point police officers were following a vehicle from Broward County to Palm Beach County, they could communicate with law enforcement agencies in Palm Beach County and ask for assistance. Y

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Pompano Beach High School Graduation Parade PHOTOS BY JEFF GRAVES AND JOE YERKOVICH The caps, the gowns, the parties, the proms, and finally, the long-awaited strut across stage to receive a hard-won diploma. Poof!

Gone. Instead of going out with a bang, the class of 2020 experienced more of a slow fizzle to the end of high school or college.

Lest their achievements be forgotten, schools and parents scrambled to find ways to honor graduating seniors. Celebratory lawn signs and drive-by parades became the new norm. And while this is undoubtedly not the pomp and circumstance they so deserve, perhaps this shared adversity will lay the foundation for the next greatest generation. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Susan Rosser

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Personal Development

Tap – Tap – Guard Up! DON’T BE OVERWHELMED WITH BAD NEWS

BY CRAIG HALEY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO TRAIN WITH ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MUAY THAI TRAINERS IN THE WORLD ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. HIS NAME IS Master Toddy. He has trained over 40 World Champions, and he continues to turn out top quality martial arts champions regularly.

When you train with him, he brings his own music.

It’s a very unique, Thai style music with his voice on the track. You hear him throughout the recording, saying, "Tap. Tap. Keep your guard up."

He wants to remind his students and fighters to stay on the balls of their feet so they are faster and can adapt to what happens in the fight. When a fighter his flat-footed, they are slower and less effective.

Keeping your guard up in combat sports is a must, yet every top-notch fighter, as well as hobbyist, needs to be reminded of that. Myself included!

I think the "Tap – Tap – Guard Up" concept as being a mental one as well as a physical one. We need to keep our guard up to the kinds of information we allow into our brains.

Watching too much of the news, reading too many articles filled with gossip and negative news can make anyone feel stressed out, depressed, and anxious.

There is a big difference from being informed versus inundated with negative, doom and gloom news. Yes, we need to know what is going on in the world; however, we do not need to hear it over and over and over.

Tony Robbins says, "Stand guard at the door of your mind." We to be careful what influences we allow ourselves to consume.

Having the news on 24/7 and listening to people complain about the economy and everything wrong in the world will wear anyone out quickly! For some people, whining and droning on and on about their problems is a habit and a bad one at that!

Those are the types of people that brighten up the room when they leave it!

Instead, read inspirational books, listen to success-driven

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podcasts, and talk with successful, encouraging people. When you do this, you feel motivated and inspired.

As I am writing this article, a good friend of mine, and fellow entrepreneur, called me to check in. We had a positive conversation about things, we laughed, and we talked about getting together in the future when we are allowed to.

In the book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill, he talks about how every adversity brings with it an equal or greater opportunity. I believe this to be true.

However, you will only see the opportunity when you are limiting the negative information you are allowing to seep in.

Stand guard at the door of your mind. Be bold, be confident, have faith, and remember, the best is yet to come! Y Master Shihan Craig Haley is the Seventh Degree Black Belt instructor at Elite Force Martial Arts, eliteforcemartialarts.com.

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One Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

BY JIM TERLIZZI

AFTER ROUGHLY TWO MONTHS OF SELF-IMPOSED QUARANTINE, MY HOME HAS BECOME LIKE THE OREGON PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IN KEN KESEY’S novel, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”

My wife, whom I now call “Nurse Ratched," is starting to really scare me.

I looked over her shoulder while she was online and found she was ordering something from "Blunt Instruments R Us" while muttering something about "our wedding vows didn't include being stuck in the house for months with this guy" and "no jury will convict me."

I can appreciate her boredom, so I understand why she has called to chat with every person we have ever known. Having run out of people, she has taken to calling, alphabetically, all of the numbers in the phone book.

She is already up to the "United Fruit Company." Makes robo-callers look like pikers.

As in the novel and subsequent movie, I have found that institutional processes can seriously change behavior. For example, I am now thrilled when the post office delivers bills. That means I can write checks and go to the drive-up mailbox—my big adventure for the week.

I have learned to cook. I can make oatmeal (add milk and microwave for six minutes) and eggs prepared in different ways: scrambled, over easy, soft-boiled and hard-boiled. Also, I have learned that in reference to an egg, the word poached does not mean stolen.

I used to think that “house arrest” was a pretty lame punishment for a crime. Not any more. It’s a really

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productive sentence as it makes you more religious.

For example, since we are not allowing anyone to enter our house, I now pray every day that my TV does not conk out. Ditto for the air conditioners and refrigerator.

As a result, I have established a new religious order: “The First Church of the Appliances.” If you wish to become a devotee, please go online to heisoutofhisfreakinmind. com and fill out the application.

In the meantime, while I am awaiting IRS approval as a recognized religion, I am accepting donations, so we don't lose any time getting this off the ground. Just stuff an envelope with large bills and drop it in my mail slot. Be sure to use Purell before you touch the flapper.

In the “’tis an ill wind indeed that blows no good” department, the virus has brought some positives. I have saved a fortune on haircuts. However, by the time I can go out in public, I will have to wear a tuxedo and carry an orchestra leader’s baton.

Choosing my garb for the day has become simple — shorts and a tee-shirt. For variety, I switch to a tee-shirt and shorts.

This disaster also made me feel good to learn that people weren’t distancing themselves from me because my deodorant had failed.

Finally, I realized that a pandemic has nothing to do with an attack by feral pandas. Y

Legal Matters

Reflections on What Really Matters FOR ESTATE PLANNING AND FOR LIFE

BY MARTIN ZEVIN, ATTORNEY

AS I SIT HOME WRITING THIS, WITH MY WIFE OF 44 YEARS IN THE KITCHEN AND OUR ONLY SON WORKING FROM HIS APARTMENT IN CALIFORNIA, I'M REFLECTING ON WHAT really matters. This world crisis has given me time to see things in perspective. I've been waking every morning saying "Thank You,

God" and repeating it constantly all day and night. I have such deep gratitude for the roof over our heads, food to eat, each other to hug and our son safe, healthy and still working.

Through all my years of assisting clients with estate planning, I have seen so many parents who are alienated from one or more children. I hear things like: "I haven't talked to my son in 20 years."

Or: "My daughter has said things to me that I can never forgive. I want her out of the will." It always makes me sad. But as a lawyer, I do what the client asks. The estate ends up going to a charity, or a sibling or a friend. And charities and siblings and friends are certainly all worthy.

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And yes, children can be mean or selfish or inconsiderate. But in this moment, as a man and a father and a son of two parents who were far from the greatest, but who gave me life, I say to anyone reading: This is a time to forgive. Forgiveness is healing. If you can, leave this Earth, having forgiven everyone, especially those closest to you. And forgive yourself, too. Forgiveness brings peace.

My mother-in-law was a sweet, loving woman.

But her son, whom she loved dearly, married a woman who she couldn't stand. Her son was caught in the middle, but, as is usually the case, he sided with his wife. And because of that, my mother-in-law lost her relationship with not only her son but her granddaughter as well.

I sound more like a preacher than a lawyer.

But here's the legal advice: as long as you're alive, there's an opportunity to forgive. To heal.

To bring peace to yourself. If you've cut out a son or a daughter from your will or trust, consider putting them back in. If you can reconcile with them, on any level, it would be beautiful. But even if you can't, the mere act of making him or her an heir again is a great act of forgiveness and love.

These days, I (and many other lawyers) are working remotely. So I can talk to you on the phone, and we can amend trusts, make new wills, or change any other documents without physically being in the room together.

Once we have prepared the new documents, we e-mail or regular mail them to you with detailed instructions for signing.

And if you are lucky enough to have a fulfilling relationship with your children, count your blessings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and give them a call. Y Martin Zevin is available to discuss wills, trusts, estates, probate and is available for free consultation regarding personal injury claims or car insurance coverage. For more information call 954-569-4878 or visit martinzevinpa.com.

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BY DR. JILL SELBACH

LIFE HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED AS WE KNOW IT. NEW CONCERNS AND WAYS OF LIVING HAVE COME UPON US. JOBS HAVE BEEN LOST OR DRASTICALLY CHANGED HOW THEY ARE DONE; SCHOOL IS NO LONGER A SOCIAL OUTLET FOR KIDS. As the end of the school year is approaching, milestones will be missed at all stages â&#x20AC;&#x201D;no gatherings for kindergarten graduation, elementary, middle school, high school and college. The celebrations we all took for granted will not be occurring in the traditional manner. This has really affected many kids and young adults. The activities that high school students look forward to as seniors won't happen. No grad bash at amusement parks, prom celebrations at hotels in beautiful clothes or graduation parties with family and friends before going off to college!

College! Is that happening in the fall? Who knows. Many families are re-thinking sending their child in the fall, let alone out of state as planned. Students are greatly affected by these changes caused by the virus. Not necessarily concerned about the virus for themselves, but worried about what the virus's presence here is causing them to miss. Graduation trips, family vacations, cruises are not going to happen as planned as far as we can tell at this point. Transitioning home to live with family after being away at college for years also has posed challenges for many students and families.

The concerns and anxieties about this virus seem to be different depending on where you are in life. Younger children enjoy the time they are spending with their families. I talk to young adults who are very depressed about social isolation.

This conflicts with their developmental stage of separation from parents and developing an independent personal identity.

My older adults seem to have two very distinctive factions. One that is petrified of contracting the virus and dying and the other that goes about their lives as if nothing has changed, fearless. One patient proudly told me she changed her hair color. I asked her how she did that and she replied, "I went to the salon."

We are in a tremendous period of uncertainty, not unlike 102 years ago, during the Spanish flu. There was fear, death, doubt and life stopped as people knew it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is estimated that about

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500 million people or one-third of the world's population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be 50 million worldwide. This was an extremely high mortality rate. While the coronavirus is highly contagious, the mortality rate seems to be lower. We are still collecting data to determine the accurate case fatality rate. That is the proportion of deaths from a specific disease compared to the total number of people diagnosed with the disease for a certain period of time. It is crucial to examine the data critically.

Our country went on to survive this pestilence, the great depression, World War II and many other challenging events.

However, we also moved forward as a society in terms of Civil Rights, education, medical care, science and technology and general quality of life. Recently, commenting on the effects of the virus, the legendary stock investor, Warren Buffett, said he is unsure about the prospects of any individual stocks. However, he continues to invest in S & P 500 index stocks because he would never bet against the United States of America. Y Dr. Jill Selbach is a licensed clinical psychologist. For more information visit drjillselbach.com or call 954-618-8412.

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BY MARLENE R WOLF, MD, FAAFP "GET ME A BOWL OF CHICKEN SOUP, "I MOANED ONE DAY WHEN I HAD A CASE OF THE NASTIES! "WHAT?" MY DEAR HUSBAND WAS QUESTIONING MY REQUEST. HE PROCEEDED TO GIVE ME a lengthy lecture about how his mother always served him beef consommé as a child for the nasties! I did the best eyeball roll any sick person could muster. I was too weak to throw the can of beef consommé at him. This battle, chicken soup versus beef consommé has been ongoing in our household since, say, last century.

As a child, chicken soup was the cure-all.

Runny nose? Chicken soup.

Failed a test? Chicken soup.

Bad breakup? Chicken soup.

You get the idea. I had never heard of the beef consommé treatment for the nasties, until I met my husband.

He is from the Midwest, Ohio, to be specific. He is a meat and potato man, period, end of statement. When he had a stuffy nose as a child, beef consommé from a can was in the soup bowl. Our pantry still has a can of beef consommé on the shelf, for obvious reasons.

It has never been opened. I better check that expiration date.

Honey, I would say, have some soup to treat those nasties. Will it be beef consommé or chicken soup? Somehow my husband always chose chicken soup. Ah, this is not canned chicken soup, my friends. This is homemade chicken soup, made by yours truly.

Yes, I must admit, I did buy the boneless, skinless chicken breasts at a supermarket. I did not raise, catch, butcher, defeather or debone the chicken. I left that up to the poultry experts, giving them job security. Feathers are not my thing.

When my husband recovered, obviously assisted by the homemade chicken soup, he would profess to his mother's genius.

He gave the same dissertation about the healing powers of beef consommé. I would give a quick, smirky smile. I always agreed.

Mother knows best.

Then it happened. I read a medical article about homemade chicken soup helping our bodies heal. Beef consommé was not even mentioned in the article.

As a retired physician, now teaching nutrition at the graduate school level, I scan a lot of medical articles related to food. A quick read of one such article stopped me in my tracks. This medical article touted the benefits of chicken soup in fighting infections. My eyes widened, pulse raced, breath quickened, as I read the article. My proof at last in the chicken soup versus beef consommé battle!

The article outlined foods that boost the immune system to fight infections.

Chicken soup was the first food listed.

Homemade chicken soup was touted as being much more beneficial than canned chicken soup. But please, let the poultry experts prepare the chicken. Job security!

Boiling the chicken in liquid such as water, makes a delicate broth. This process releases essential nutrients, vitamins, and amino acids from the chicken. These nutrients, happily doing the backstroke, help bolster our infection-fighting cells. This is the magical healing powers in the homemade chicken soup.

As for our household, we still have a can of beef consommé in the pantry. It honors my husband's mother. But with the science backing me up, homemade chicken soup is the winner in the battle, chicken soup versus beef consommé. Watch out, nasties, I am having homemade chicken soup.

I have been known to start making my soup at 6 am in the morning! Hey, why not? This is the time the chickens get up, at the crack of dawn. You are wondering, is she a crazed morning person? I used to be a devoted night owl, never doing mornings.

Three years ago, it happened. I became that crazed morning person. Another story for another day.

Stay healthy, my friend and have some homemade chicken soup. Y

ABOVE Chicken stock made with leftover vegetable scraps. Save your peels and the stems of herbs and whatever else you might typically toss. Add it to a pot with chicken and water and voilà — a few hours later you’ll have a beautiful broth. Mrs Kossenfloffer for Lighthouse Point magazine

Dr. Marlene Wolf is a board certified physician who has been practicing medicine for over 30 years. To learn more visit drmarlenewolf.wixsite.com

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Reference: Meszaros, L. (March 17, 2020). Boost your immune system with these foods. MDLinx. Retrieved from https://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/article/index.cfm/?slug=6467&amp;_rw=true

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Does It Matter what Wine You Pair with Food?

BY DAVID EHRENFRIED I’M WRITING THIS JUNE WINE COLUMN IN LATE APRIL, AND EXCEPT FOR PLENTY OF NEARBY WALKS IN THE COOL SPRING AIR, I’M STILL SHELTERING IN MY NEW JERSEY HOME DUE TO the coronavirus crisis restrictions. Thinking back to a year ago, I was sticking close to home then, too, recovering from a long

but successful cardiovascular procedure, itching to play golf and contemplating my next wine column. The column turned out to be about pairing food and wine, a perennial topic for nearly everyone who loves wine.

So here I am again in 2020, trying to visualize my golf game — which at my age I’m sane enough to know I’ll never play the way my mind’s eye sees me doing it. And I’m thinking again about the pleasures and occasional disappointments of matching wine with food. Recently I made some disappointing food and wine pairings of my own. So I reread the wine and food-pairing column I wrote

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last year that appeared in last July’s Lighthouse Point magazine.

Rather than repeating what I wrote then, I thought I’d focus on the importance of experiencing different food and wine combinations and expanding our knowledge of what works and what doesn’t, and what we like and don’t.

My general take on matching food and wine hasn’t really changed. When people ask me about what wine goes with certain foods, I sometimes start by asking a few questions, such as: what are you eating, what’s the occasion, and what kind of wine do you like? I’ll next make a few suggestions, and then, especially if they look at me strangely, I’ll provide some reassurance. For instance, I might say, “Try not to overthink your choice. Just pick a good wine you think or know you and your family or friends will like. If the food, the company, and the setting are all enjoyable, good wine — whatever it is — should make things even better.” It’s unlikely a good wine will make things worse.

These reassurances, though, make sense only to a point. If we have particular expectations for how a meal should go, it probably does matter what wine we pair with food. If we could put friends, family, setting and occasion aside and just judge the food and wine combination, we simply would want them both to be delicious together—maybe even memorable.

Realistically, of course, that won’t happen with every pairing, unless perhaps one serves the same favorite food and wine combination all the time. So as with other things in life, we shouldn’t take our food and wine choices too seriously. Each combination is just a one meal of hopefully many.

There’ll be another.

There’s loads of advice in books and magazines, on the Internet, and elsewhere about pairing food and wine. Some of it can be very helpful, especially if it helps us to understand why certain foods and wines do or possibly don’t go together well. My column last July listed 11 things to consider. In my opinion, the best way to apply this sort of learning is to try different wine and food combinations. Often we confirm what we expect, but >>>

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<<< sometimes we surprise our guests or ourselves by discovering exciting food and wine combinations we hadn’t expected.

For example, my wife and I had friends over one summer evening for dinner, where we barbecued chicken simply prepared with a salad dressing sort of marinade mixed with mild New Mexico chili powder to give it a little kick. The wine we served was quite a good German riesling spätlese, a wine made with grapes left to ripen a bit longer than those used to make Riesling Kabinett.

Our guests were genuinely surprised by the choice, thinking perhaps the wine would be sweet and cloying.

However, the riesling paired wonderfully the food. The wine was delicious on its own: cold, dry and fresh tasting with bright citrus, apricot and other fruit flavors, plus very slightly sweet and low in alcohol. Curiously, the smoky salt, vinegar, chili and other spices that flavored the chicken made the wine seem less sweet and tart. For its part, the wine offset some of the salt and chili in the chicken. The full red wine our guests brought was also a good match, but for much different reasons.

Occasionally experimenting with our personal food and wine tastes can be rewarding. This is a reason why one satisfying path to enjoying wine with food is trying different wines, and learning for ourselves the many pleasures they can bring — or not — when combined with various foods. I sometimes wonder about people who like only white or red wine or one kind of wine — chardonnay, for example. Does such a person come to favor only particular food and wine combinations or even forego certain foods with wine because they don’t pair well with the wines they like? Or maybe, by not extending their wine palettes, they simply never realize the many exceptional food and wine combinations they're missing.

But let’s face it. Some wine and food combinations are better than others, and some may be downright disappointing. During the coronavirus lockdown we had a chicken Francese dinner delivered from a favorite nearby Italian restaurant. It was delicious, and so was the wine we drank, a tasty 2015 Calera California Central Coast Pinot Noir I bought a few years ago. The pairing, unfortunately, didn’t work very well. Chicken Francese is served with lemon and white wine sauce. In this instance, I thought the sauce’s acidity dampened the wine’s red fruit flavors, and the pinot noir's mild acidity was insufficient to neutralize the sauce’s tartness. Also, the lemon in the dish seemed to make the wine taste more tannic or a bit astringent. A crisp, white wine with citrus flavors, such as a Spanish albariño, sauvignon blanc, or any number of dry Italian white wines, would probably have been a better choice. High acid foods tend to favor acidic wines.

As for excellent pairings of a different sort, a close friend and fellow wine enthusiast mentioned that he

and his wife recently enjoyed a bottle of 2005 Chateau L’Evangile, one of five exceptional red Bordeaux wines in this outstanding vintage to receive a perfect Wine Spectator magazine score of 100 along with superb ratings from other notable wine experts. I asked what they ate with the wine. They had a cheese assortment, jam and crackers, which he described complementing the wine in terms that suggested perfection.

Some things seldom change when it comes to wine.

It’s possible, the psychology and high expectations of tasting one of the world’s great wines would have made any food pairing memorable. However, in this instance, we can expect that bold, full-bodied red wines such as premium California cabernet sauvignon and French Bordeaux (L’Evangile happens to be over 80% merlot) are usually loaded with strong tannins that naturally pair with creamy or fatty foods, like cheese, roast beef, lamb chops or poultry with buttery or creamy sauces.

Tannins are potent chemical antioxidant substances that, particularly in younger bold red wines, can impart an astringent taste and mouth-coating grittiness. They’re derived during the winemaking process primarily from extended contact with red grape skins as well as long aging in oak barrels. The tannins in the thick red skins of cabernet sauvignon and certain other grapes give bold red wines their deep color and taut structure and enable them to age for years and sometimes decades. Fortunately, strong tannins usually soften and become less noticeable in properly stored age-worthy wines, leaving many such wines velvety as well as flavorful.

In any case, tannins in wine and animal and dairy fats in food tend to offset one another (although I don’t recommend this combination as a regular in a low cholesterol diet). As food fats absorb some of the tannins, the wine’s fruit and other flavors can come through less impeded by tannins, and the fatty food can seem lighter. If you want to test this phenomenon, try some cabernet sauvignon or merlot with some raw carrots, sweet peppers, or other vegetables and then with some brie or other soft cheese.

If you want to experiment more diet-consciously with food and wine combinations, try a few different wines with either roast chicken or a simple grilled chicken recipe. My wife happens to make a flawlessly delicious roast chicken from a recipe she learned from her mother that seems to go well with almost any kind of red or white wine in the medium-full to full or bold range. I've concluded that chardonnay, pinot noir, Spanish tempranillo and Rhone-style wines all drink beautifully with these chicken dishes, although others might think differently. Part of the fun is in finding out for yourself what food and wine combinations you enjoy best. Y

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A TALE OF TWO RESTAURANTS

BY SUSAN ROSSER

For the better part of two months, life has come to a standstill.

No one is quite certain what the future holds, and most of us can’t even remember what day it is.

Mornings morph into evenings.

Days slip away without notice.

Suddenly an entire month is in the rearview mirror, and you find yourself consumed with thoughts of an uncertain future.

Before the coronavirus crisis, Lighthouse Point restaurateurs Elin Trousdale and Troy Ganter of Le Bistro and Papa’s Raw Bar respectively had never actually spoken to each other. Both establishments are located in the unassuming Main Street Plaza on Federal Highway. And now, as restaurants struggle to find new footing in a rapidly changing dining scene, Trousdale and Ganter have forged an unlikely alliance — supporting each other during difficult times.

When Papa’s first opened, Trousdale remembers that parking was a sticky issue in the small plaza but that the two restaurants “tried different things to accommodate their customers, and over time things got better,” she noted.

“Yet, people always find a way to get here,” Ganter chimed in.

A MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY IS BORN

As restaurants everywhere grapple with new restrictions, both Le Bistro and Papa’s are offering take-out service. Both businesses use multiple media channels to spread the word. And to help each other through the crisis Ganter and Trousdale include information and offerings from each other’s restaurants in their promotions.

Yet, life goes on.

An unlikely business alliance; a vacation cut short; virtual classes and a whole new set of etiquette.

Here are just a few tales from the pandemic.

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ABOVE Andy Trousdale and Troy Ganter exchange food from each other’s restaurants OPPOSITE Elin and Andy Trousdale of Le Bistro and Matt Smith and Troy Ganter of

Papa’s Raw Bar

"We’ve been marketing not only ourselves, but each other on Instagram and emails," said Trousdale.

“Synergy is everything and is something we always wanted in this plaza,” said Ganter. Referring to Le Bistro, he added, “a lot of our customers love you guys."

THE PATH FORWARD

Both restaurants are looking for ways to not only manage during this crisis but perhaps even improve their operations.

Sister restaurants Papa's Raw Bar and Seafood World will be streamlining their operations and merging. Seafood World, which has been a mainstay in the area for decades, will never open again. The two restaurants will morph into one with the front and middle rooms of Seafood World becoming Papa’s Fresh Market.

The market will offer carry-out only (and curbside service during the crisis) while the backroom will become a standing room only speakeasy-style spot. Ganter sees this streamlining of operations as a silver lining.

“We’ve taken an awkward opportunity to get a fresh start,” he said.

He is also exploring ways to add outdoor seating by using part of the parking lot for additional tables during the crisis.

The situation over at Le Bistro is a little different. The husband and wife team of Elin and Andy Trousdale (Andy is the chef) are fortunate to have gained a loyal following over their 19 years in business.

For now, they are managing the take-out business themselves. Their customers find some comfort in knowing it's just the two of them handling the orders. When asked about managing a take-out only restaurant, Trousdale even feels somewhat lucky.

"A lot of our customers are super loyal,” she said.

And the duo have even managed to find new customers through advertising and promotions.

Both Ganter and Trousdale are clearly concerned with the health and safety of their customers and staff. Ganter closed the doors to Papas Raw Bar due to

concerns about the coronavirus ten days before Governor DeSantis ordered all nonessential businesses to close. While over at Le Bistro they took the threat very seriously and began transitioning to a to-go style business on March 12 by purchasing as many kinds of to-co-containers as possible, remembers Trousdale.

Ganter is concerned about opening up and adds that he won’t until he feels it is entirely safe. Noting new and stricter regulations for restaurants, he added, "It takes an army to keep an indoor restaurant clean."

When Le Bistro opens, they may only seat three tables inside. Trousdale said she is open to the idea of outdoor seating in the parking lot to accommodate more diners.

But she quickly added, “the only people coming into my place are going to the people I know and feel comfortable with.”

In the meantime, both restaurants move forward with a little help from each other.

Referring to Ganter, Trousdale said, "I think you are the best marketer and I am your student. You put it out there and keep plugging away. I’ve learned a lot from you.”

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Shifting Moves ELITE FORCE MARTIAL ARTS ADAPTS TO CHANGING TIMES

BY SUSAN ROSSER When Craig Haley closed the doors to Elite Force Martial Arts due to the pandemic, he kept his mind open to the numerous ways he could continue teaching martial arts. He quickly transitioned classes over to the virtual world. And Haley expects to continue offering an online option even after things return to some version of the new normal. If a student can’t make it to class, they will be able to join in virtually.

“I think it will give people flexibility if they can’t get to class,” he said.

In addition to holding virtual classes online six days a week, he has instituted the White Belt Challenge. To earn a white belt, students invite a friend to participate in the dojo’s virtual classes. If they are successful, they receive a white belt (which is delivered to their home) and a free month of lessons once the studio reopens.

And for anyone looking for a pick-me-up, Haley is releasing YouTube motivational videos every few days. Each one is about two to four minutes long and relates an inspirational story to help the viewer thrive during this crisis.

RIGHT Craig Haley in one of his YouTube videos

OPENING THE DOJO

When the dojo can open up, Haley says, “The big thing we will do is double down on our cleaning and sanitizing efforts. When people see you taking steps to sanitize the iPad every 10 minutes or the doors every 10 minutes, that makes people feel more comfortable. We’ve had hand sanitizer wall units for years. We’ve always used sanitizing wipes to clean the pads. We are

Trouble in Paradise

BY ELIN TROUSDALE

In November of 2018, our Lighthouse Point neighbor, Nils Jacobsen, who is vice president of the Under Sea Adventurers Dive Club in Fort Lauderdale, pre-planned a March 2020 dive trip to the country of Fiji, the "Soft Coral Capital of the World." Pristine waters, almost 70 dive sites and uninhabited Islands help to make Fiji a paradise for scuba divers. Only one-third of its 330 islands are inhabited.

In addition to Nils and his partner Ronnie Farr, four other club members committed to the experience. The trip arrangements were to include one week aboard the luxury Nai’a live-aboard dive boat, commencing in Lautoka, just north of the island of Nadi. Following would be a one week stay at the Volivoli Beach Resort on Viti Levu, Fiji’s largest island, for more diving.

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just going to continue to be the role model in terms of cleanliness and sanitation because I think that’s what’s going to make people feel comfortable coming back.”

STAY POSITIVE

And during this crazy time, Haley says the dojo is ramping up their efforts in character education.

“When this happened, my immediate

New Rules MANNERS IN THE TIME OF CORONA thought was to be a role model,” he said.

“In other words, let’s be the role model of optimism and positivity. If our students need something, let’s get it to them. Or help them in whatever way they need. Just be the role model.”

Ever the eternal the optimist, to maintain his positive attitude during the crisis, Haley says he is reading inspiring material at least an hour every day and listening to uplifting podcasts.

“Anything that’s going to keep me positive because it’s so easy to go to the other side,” he said. “It’s so easy to start thinking about fear, so I just flood myself with this [positive messages], so I don’t have the option to start thinking that way.”

He cited an old audio program called “The Strange Secret.” The message of that recording is, “you become what you think about all day long.” Haley spoke of how that message guides him through the crisis.

“So my thing is I’m going to stay focused on service,” he said. “I want to see us get back to 400 members doing karate and 200 doing jiu-jitsu, and that’s my focus. So what do we need to do? We need to serve at the highest level. We need to continue to get positive messages out there. We need to continue to reach out to people and be a source of inspiration.”

Volivoli was almost destroyed after taking a direct hit by category 5 severe cyclone Winston in 2016 and was rebuilt.

Fast forward to 2020 and the weeks leading up to the long-anticipated vacation. With the grim and ever-escalating news of COVID-19 lingering, the group considered postponing their trip. However, with flights still scheduled and without imposed governmental travel restrictions, LEFT Roni Farr waits at the airport on her

way home from Fiji in March, 2020.

Someday we might be able to emerge from our respective hovels and venture forth into the world. Though, it is unlikely we will all partake in a group hug anytime soon. Sharon Schweitzer, an international etiquette and culture expert, offers these new etiquette considerations for changing times.

• ASKING FOR 6 FEET OR MORE OF SPACE: Before Covid-19, asking someone to step-back, stepping back from them, or reminding them of your personal space would have been a faux pas—or at least felt awkward in U.S. culture. However, today, it's expected, and if you don't do it, be prepared for someone else to do so or say something to you.

• PETTING MY DOG: If a walker or

neighbor tries to pet Fluffy, consider walking her earlier or later in the day or a different neighborhood.

If someone doesn't respect the recommended 6-foot distance, politely say, "Fluffy and I are both social distancing. Please greet us from at least 6 feet away. We look forward to seeing you after this all resolves. You'll be more than welcome to pet her then!"

• PUTTING ON A MASK: Not only is

wearing a mask in public the new norm, but it's also the law in many places. Don't even question this

their travel insurance policy would not, at that point, cover any prepaid travel losses.

On March 11, one day before they planned to depart, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. On March 12, there were only five COVID-19 cases per million in the United States and zero cases reported in Fiji. Traveling to a place in the world unaffected by >>>

one. Just do it. Studies show that there are individuals who test positive for the virus, yet, don't show any symptoms.

These individuals, who aren't suffering from the illness physically, are potentially spreading the virus even more because they don't know they are carrying it in the first place. Always put on your mask when going out for now.

• CHANGING YOUR RSVP FROM YES TO NO: Longstanding etiquette and social

graces dictate if you responded that you would attend an event, you must.

However, in light of the coronavirus, changing your RSVP to decline and skipping an activity is appropriate if it's done immediately. Send a note to the host explaining you regret missing the event, but it's safest for all.

• GREETINGS: Global greetings vary by

culture. The most unsanitary have been the cheek kiss, handshake and hug due to potentially dangerous bacteria or a deadly virus. The CDC recommends reducing all physical contact with others.

Consider using germ-free gestures like a nod, smile, bow, wave and of course, a verbal exchange.

Sharon Schweitzer is founder of the firm Access to Culture. For more information visit protocolww.com.

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<<< the virus was a great reason to carry on with plans. Ronnie had recently had her monthly treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, a painful auto-immune disorder, and was excited about getting into the water and away from COVID-19. Nils had just recovered from a chest cold and cough, and he was relieved to be going to a place where he and Ronnie could relax and not worry about COVID-19 affecting their health.

The week of March 14, aboard the Nai’a, the travelers experienced a mixture of beautiful sunny days with perfect diving visibility along with rainy days. Along with guests from various countries aboard, they enjoyed their time relaxing and getting acquainted. For the Americans, cell phone service was poor in the remote location on the South Pacific Sea and they were not receiving any news or information. A few days into the journey, a couple from New Zealand received news from Singapore via email, signaling them to end their trip and return home. Having been struck by SARS in 2003 and with the looming threat of MERS in 2013, Singapore and New Zealand were well-positioned and equipped to take swift action and precautions against COVID-19.

During the last night on the boat (Thursday, March 20), letters began circulating, and the Floridians were recalled home to the United States immediately.

However, there were no flights available before their originally scheduled return on March 28. The balance of the trip became a confusing mess.

The first known case of COVID-19 in Fiji happened to be in the town where the Nai’a planned to disembark its travelers.

They were rerouted to a point near the airport requiring a seven-hour van ride back to the resort, their next intended destination. To their relief, a good decision was made to allow disembarkation close to the Dive Resort, saving them hours of unnecessary travel all around the island.

This required transfer from the Nai’a to dinghies in shallow water in order to arrive at the Volivoli Resort. Two dinghies were needed just to transport luggage.

The group had planned to go diving two days later on Sunday morning after a day of relaxation at the resort. However, on the following day, Saturday, a mandatory evacuation was issued for all non-residents by the government of Fiji. The second case TOP The group tries to nap at the airport in Los Angeles. BOTTOM The van ride to the airport on Fiji

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of COVID-19 was confirmed. The victim, this time, was a Fiji Air flight attendant. The government began shutting everything down, including the resort. The group was told if they did not leave immediately, they would have to remain there into April.

Finally, at midnight, the resort manager successfully contacted their travel agent in California. The flight was successfully rebooked with the use of the available Fiji Air airplane that was grounded due to the ill flight attendant. They left the resort at 7:00am on Monday, having to travel by van all around the island to avoid the one affected village. They were checked into a day hotel at 2:00pm to await the 11:00pm departure to Los Angeles.

They arrived safe and sound in Los Angeles with a five-hour layover in the middle of the night. The airport was freezing cold and they struggled to stay warm while waiting for check-in to open for the next flight to Miami. Ronnie was well prepared with facemasks and warm traveling gear that she always travels with

due to her auto-immune disorder.

Life became more bearable and pleasant when they were unexpectedly upgraded to first class.

The next day they were greeted by an eerily quiet and empty Miami International Airport. Once back in their cozy home, they took the advice of Ronnie’s son and self-quarantined for 14 days. Nils became sick from freezing in LAX. With his doctor unavailable, he went to the hospital emergency room and was tended to under an outside tent.

He was diagnosed and treated for pneumonia and fully recovered.

He was never given, nor offered a COVID-19 test.

Even so, he never thought he had the virus. Ronnie was forced to suffer considerable pain and discomfort due to a two-week postponement of her scheduled rheumatoid arthritis treatment.

Category five tropical cyclone Harold battered Fiji on April 8, 2020. Luckily for Ronnie and Nils, they didn't have to stay in Fiji through April. As of May 5, only 18 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Fiji. Ronnie and Nils hope to complete the balance of their unused vacation in Fiji one day soon.

For now, Nils is very busy working at home full time for his job at Motorola, conducting quality assurance for radios operated by police and fireman. Ronnie barely has any work at all from her usual part-time job selling supplemental insurance. She occupies her time by cleaning, watching past travel videos and chit-chatting via Zoom cocktail parties with friends. Ronnie and Nils share lovely meals either prepared at home or from curbside pick-up at favorite local restaurants.

Ronnie feels giving each other the right amount of space is the key to success in staying at home with each other all the time, and they are doing just fine. Y

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WHAT ANTIBODY STUDIES CAN TELL YOU — AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THEY CAN’T Coronavirus antibody studies and what they allegedly show have triggered fierce debates, further confusing public understanding. ProPublica’s health reporter Caroline Chen is here to offer some clarity around these crucial surveys.

BY CAROLINE CHEN, PROPUBLICA ince April, researchers across America have begun announcing results from studies showing that there have been many more coronavirus infections in their communities than were previously recorded.

Findings have come in from Santa Clara County, California, as well as Los Angeles, New York, Chelsea, Massachusetts, and Miami-Dade County, Florida. The debates began immediately. What did the study results actually mean?

If more people were infected than previously known, did that mean the death rate is actually lower than previously thought? Is the coronavirus actually more like the flu, after all? And are we close to “herd immunity,” meaning enough people are infected that the virus won’t spread easily anymore?

These studies all were based on antibody tests, which are diagnostics that can look in a person’s blood and see if there is evidence of prior infection. In the past month, as these tests have reached the market, researchers have launched large-scale studies, known as sero-surveys (sero is short for serology, the study of blood serum). By running these surveys, scientists are finally able to start estimating how many people have been infected, which can give us information about how deadly the disease is and where the disease was most concentrated geographically.

It’s a pity that some of the first of these studies conducted in the U.S. have been dogged by controversy.

Within hours of results being announced, researchers started to pick apart the studies’ methodologies, arguing over whether the surveys were well designed, which added to confusion over whether the results could

be trusted. While the scrutiny is well warranted, my fear is that the public might lose trust in future survey results, when in fact, antibody studies are going to be critically important in helping us better understand the coronavirus and how to fight this pandemic.

But I’m hopeful, because there are many such surveys in the works that can learn from the shortcomings of the initial attempts. We’re all going to be hearing far more about antibody tests and surveys — and maybe even participating in them — in the coming months.

So here’s a primer on what they do, how they should be properly wielded and how you, a critical reader (or journalist), can interpret a study that’s hot off the presses.

ANTIBODY STUDIES CAN BE USED TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.

When the coronavirus emerged, the first type of diagnostic that scientists raced to produce was a test that could detect an active infection. Those tests will continue to be necessary, but they can only catch the virus red-handed. Once a patient has recovered, that kind of test won’t come back positive anymore.

In the U.S., especially at the start of the outbreak, there was a paucity of such tests — and even now, there aren’t enough to test every person who has only mild symptoms, let alone identify people who are asymptomatic carriers.

So that means the case counts that we see reported every day are certainly an undercount. The question is: how much of an undercount? The only way to know is to test a random sample of a given population and see who has antibodies — proteins in the blood that indicate past infections.

Once you know the percentage of people who

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have been infected (the fancy word for that is “seroprevalence”), then you can calculate what’s known as the “infection fatality rate.”

Bear with me here as we wade through some jargon, because I think it’s worth your time. So far, the death rates you’ve seen in headlines have largely been case fatality rates, which are the number of deaths reported divided by the number of cases confirmed with a diagnostic test. That’s all we’ve been able to report so far. You should expect the case fatality rate to be higher than the infection fatality rate, because there are way more people infected than people who have been able to be tested. We’ll get back to what we’re learning about the infection fatality rate in available studies later on, but for now, just know that this is one reason why serosurveys are so useful to us.

But there’s more you can learn from a sero-survey.

Dan Larremore, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, whose recent work has focused on designing antibody surveys, said you can use serosurveys to find out if there are certain neighborhoods that have been harder hit than others. Or, by surveying specific populations, you can study questions like: “How much transmission is there within a household?” or “What’s the role of kids in all of this?”

SETTING UP A SERO-SURVEY CORRECTLY MEANS YOU NEED TO TEST A RANDOM POPULATION — EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

For now, most of the studies being set up around the country, as well as nationwide ones being conducted by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are focused on asking the most basic question, which is, what percentage of a given population has been infected?

To do that properly, researchers need to test a random sample of the population. One of the main criticisms of some recent studies is that their results could have been biased because of how participants were recruited.

Take, for example, the study conducted in Santa Clara, California. Researchers at Stanford put out ads on Facebook, asking people to volunteer to participate.

“The problem is there are people who will think, ‘Oh, yeah, I had this nasty flu, or cough, or whatever, and I think I had it.’ And if you said to them, ‘Would you like to get tested?’ They would say, ‘Abso-frickin-lutely!’” said Marm Kilpatrick, a professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz who studies infectious diseases.

Conversely, people who felt totally healthy could be less inclined to participate. “So there’s a differential excitement to go get tested, and if that leads to the first group being at a higher chance of being participants in

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the study, then you’ve just totally blown your estimates.”

Contrary to Kilpatrick’s concern, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, senior author of the Santa Clara study, said in an email that while “volunteer bias is certainly a potential problem in any survey that recruits participants the way we did … in our study, the evidence points in the direction of healthy volunteer bias” because people in “wealthier and healthier” ZIP codes signed up faster. Bhattacharya said his team made adjustments in its calculations to represent the county properly by ZIP code, race and sex, and thinks it is “still likely underestimating prevalence because of healthy volunteer bias.”

In New York City, researchers tested shoppers at grocery stores and big box stores. That method is still not perfectly random: You’re only testing the subset of people who are out shopping in person. “You’re not sampling people who are too old, or high risk, who don’t want to shop for themselves,” Larremore said. “You’re also sampling predominantly from people who are old enough to go shopping, or who feel that they may have been infected and think they’re safe enough.”

The ideal way to conduct a sero-survey, according to Natalie Dean, assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida, would be to randomly select addresses from a database of the population you want to survey and then send a team of researchers door to door to collect samples. The World Health Organization’s guidance for such studies recommends inviting all people who live in the household to participate in the study, including children.

But sending teams door to door is labor intensive and potentially also a contagion risk, not to mention that people staying home may not want to let someone in at this time. So around the country, different cities and states are trying different methods. Miami-Dade researchers partnered with Florida Power & Light to randomly generate phone numbers and invite people to come to 10 drive-thru testing locations. Preliminary results released on April 24, based on two weeks of testing and about 1,400 participants, estimated that about 6% of the Miami-Dade population had antibodies.

The county plans to keep running the survey on an ongoing basis. “Repeated cross-sectional studies — where they’re repeating it every week — are valuable, even if there’s some sort of bias, because you can look at trends,” Dean said.

Larremore is looking into a finger-prick test that captures a drop of blood on a special type of paper, which could potentially be mailed to participants in a sero-survey being planned in Colorado. The dried blood could then later be analyzed for antibodies back in the lab. If this works, Larremore said, that could further help to reduce bias, because people could participate from the safety of their homes.

Test accuracy can skew results in some pretty surprising ways.

Another key question for any sero-survey is how accurate the test was. Tons of antibody tests have hit the market over the past few weeks, and their accuracy is still being scrutinized. Not all tests have the same degree of accuracy. • Even a test that is very good can give out more false positives than true positives when the prevalence of a disease is very low in a population. • Let’s say you’re running a sero-survey among 1,000 people and only 4% of the population is actually infected. Presume the test correctly identifies positives 100% of the time, meaning it is 100% “sensitive” in scientific parlance.

There are 1,000 people in your sero-survey.

True Positive

With a 4% infection rate, the test would accurately identify those 40 people who are positive.

False Positive

True Positive

But say the test is 95% “specific,” meaning that it returns false positives 5% of the time. Then among the 960 people who are truly negative, 48 people would get a false positive.

True Negative

In this scenario, more people would get a false positive result than a true positive.

False Positive

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So when you are running a sero-survey in a community where a small percentage of the population has been infected, you have to worry about many of your positive results being false positives, explained Andrew Gelman, a professor of statistics at Columbia University.

You can have more confidence in the signal you’re getting when there’s a higher percentage of the population that’s been infected, as in a situation like New York City, because the number of true positives would drown out a smaller number of false positives, Gelman said.

Unfortunately, New York didn’t actually share much information on how accurate its tests were when Gov. Andrew Cuomo first announced the findings of its study on April 23, so the experts I called said they didn’t have much to scrutinize. “My confidence is in the Wadsworth lab test,” health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said at the press briefing the following day, referring to New York state’s public health lab, “which has unbelievable sensitivity and specificity.”

that a community would need to have at least 60% of its population infected. That’s the lowest estimate I’ve been told. Other scientists have told me 80% to 90%. The reason this percentage isn’t precisely known is because it depends on things like exactly how contagious the virus is and also whether people who have been infected are immune forever, or if they lose immunity after a while, which researchers also are furiously working to figure out.

None of the studies I’ve seen so far have reported a number anywhere near that high. The highest rate I’ve seen is in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in that state. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital tested 200 pedestrians and found about a third had antibodies.

The other way to achieve herd immunity is via a vaccine, which is far safer and doesn’t involve millions of people getting sick. But developing vaccines is a slow process, so achieving herd immunity that way won’t happen any time soon.

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF DEATH RATES. MOST PEOPLE ARE MIXING THEM UP.

FORGET THE HEADLINES, YOUR CITY IS NOWHERE NEAR HERD IMMUNITY.

As more of these studies read out in the future, there are probably going to be a lot of headlines that say: “study finds [X] times more people in [CITY/STATE] infected than confirmed case counts,” or more vaguely, “Coronavirus infections more common than previously thought.”

These headlines may be accurate, but that does not mean that your city or state is close to “herd immunity,” which is when the vast majority of a given population have been infected. In such situations, the virus has a hard time infecting the remaining people, because there aren’t enough carriers to reach them.

In order to achieve herd immunity, scientists say

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Another thing I’ve seen some people say, when some of the study results came out, is that the coronavirus is far less deadly than we thought it was.

A columnist wrote that antibody testing “proves we’ve been had!” adding: “We’ve been told that the true death rate is 7.4% in New York. … We were told that this was worse than the flu. … But none of these ‘truths’ turns out to be so. The death rate in New York State isn’t 7.4%, it is actually 0.75%.”

This columnist is mixing up the case fatality rate and the infection fatality rate. There has never been an abundance of diagnostic tests in New York, which means mostly very sick patients are the ones who’ve been tested. As of April 24, according to the State Department of Health, 282,143 people had tested positive, and 16,599 of those people had died. That translates to a case fatality rate of 5.9%.

(As a side note, there are many reasons why the case fatality rate is a very squishy estimate. The denominator depends both on how many tests are available and how many people are seeking testing. The numerator is also shaky — for one, many people are dying at home without getting tested, and the extent to which deaths are undercounted is still unknown. Moreover, we don’t yet know the outcome, whether recovery or death, for many patients that are identified as positive.)

On April 23, Cuomo announced preliminary data from the state’s sero-survey, saying that 13.9% of state residents had tested positive for antibodies. In New York City, it was about 21%. The state is continuing to

test residents in order to generate an ongoing series of “snapshots” of the levels of infection. Cuomo had updated numbers by April 27 showing huge regional variation.

Kilpatrick, from UC Santa Cruz, said that if the estimates from New York stand up to scrutiny, the infection fatality rate in New York City would be approximately 0.8%.

Dynamics, has estimated that ultimately 20% to 60% of the population could be infected with COVID-19.

By comparison, because of immunity provided by flu shots, only about 10% to 20% of the population gets sick with influenza every year, according to Kilpatrick.

Kilpatrick sketched out what this meant: “If it’s five times deadlier than the seasonal flu, and three times as many people are going to get it, that means we’re going

The ideal way to conduct a sero-survey, according to Natalie Dean, assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Florida, would be to randomly select addresses from a database of the population you want to survey and then send a team of researchers door to door to collect samples.

He told me that is not very surprising, because scientists have been able to get some estimates of infection fatality rates using data from enclosed populations where nearly everyone got tested — on cruise ships. Epidemiologists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, for example, analyzed data from the Diamond Princess, the illfated ship on which more than 700 passengers got infected. Researchers adjusted for the fact that cruise passengers are older than average and estimated the coronavirus’ infection fatality ratio as 0.6%.

Remember, the IFR is not inherent to the virus — how old and healthy your population is and how many ICU beds were available for patients also will affect this number for your region.

STOP COMPARING THIS TO THE FLU. WITHOUT A CORONAVIRUS VACCINE, WE ARE FAR MORE VULNERABLE.

Now let’s talk about the flu. Comparisons to the flu keep coming back like a many-headed hydra, and they roared back last week with a vengeance.

The estimates I’ve seen for influenza IFR range from about 0.14% on the upper end to 0.04% on the lower end. So if the IFR for this coronavirus ends up being around 0.5%, that’s still many times worse than the flu.

But that’s not the main problem. At the end of the day, wherever the coronavirus fatality rate ends up, it doesn’t change the fact that we don’t have any immunity to the virus, which is a critical factor in why we’ve had to behave differently in our response to it.

Marc Lipsitch, head of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Center for Communicable Disease

to get 15 times as many deaths. And 15 times 30,000, which is the middle-of-the-road kind of a seasonal flu year, that’s 450,000 deaths — about half a million deaths — that’s a pretty big, scary number, I think.”

There are additional reasons why comparing the flu to the coronavirus isn’t apples to apples. We’re two to three months into the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. By comparison, the typical flu season lasts many months. So comparing current deaths from the coronavirus to a complete flu season doesn’t make sense.

Dean, from the University of Florida, also notes that the discussion about exactly how deadly COVID-19 is doesn’t change the reality of how many people have died. While it’s important that New York City’s serosurvey has helped to quantify the number of people who have had mild infections, that doesn’t change the fact that, as of April 27, about one out of every 500 residents of New York City has died from this virus.

(This includes deaths that New York City deems likely to be due to COVID-19, despite not having a lab-confirmed test.)

ANTIBODY TESTS AREN’T READY TO BE USED TO ISSUE “IMMUNITY PASSPORTS.”

As antibody tests become more widely available, there’ll naturally be a temptation to start using the tests for ourselves on an individual basis, to determine if we’re immune and can go about our lives, free of the paranoia and fear that have been plaguing us for the past two months.

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out exactly what level of protection an individual has after being infected and whether the protection lasts forever (like with chickenpox) or wanes after a while.

The World Health Organization issued a scientific brief last week warning that detection of antibodies alone shouldn’t serve as a basis for an “immunity passport” allowing an individual to assume they are totally protected from reinfection.

So for now, the antibody tests are best used in these population-wide surveys, to better understand the spread of the disease, how it’s being transmitted and regional infection fatality rates.

THERE ARE FAR MORE SURVEYS TO COME. YOU COULD BE PART OF ONE.

Sero-surveys have only just begun. Many of those that are soon launching appear to be robust and thoughtfully designed, such as in Indiana, where the State Department of Health has said it will test at least 20,000 Hoosiers in four phases over the next year.

Participants would be randomly selected, by invitation only, “to ensure that the sampling is representative of the population,” the department said.

For all the criticism that the Santa Clara study has received, Larremore says he’s “thankful that the researchers put the preprint out there, so the community could help them correct it.” (A preprint is a draft research paper, shared publicly before it has been peer-reviewed and published in a scientific journal.)

Bhattacharya, the author, said his team “received hundreds of constructive comments on our preprint from scholars around the world” and is now updating its paper. The new version will be “substantially better as a result of this worldwide peer-review.”

Overall, he said, “the open science model has really worked well.”

It’s always easier to criticize studies than to run them.

Just a few weeks ago, in the U.S., we had no antibody

If it’s five times deadlier than the seasonal flu, and three times as many people are going to get it, that means we’re going to get 15 times as many deaths. And 15 times 30,000, which is the middle-of-the-road kind of a seasonal flu year, that’s 450,000 deaths — about half a million deaths — that’s a pretty big, scary number, I think.

— Marm Kilpatrick, a professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz who studies infectious diseases.

While everyone is eager to know the results of these studies, many researchers I spoke to also said they hoped that there could be a better balance reached between sharing results quickly and publishing full information. So far, while key findings from the studies done in Los Angeles and New York State have been announced, their authors haven’t yet published many details about their methods.

“I think there should be more pushback when people are not providing their methodology,” said Dean, from the University of Florida. “They shouldn’t be running to the press. You should explain what you did. How do we know what you did, if it’s credible or not?”

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survey results to look at, and now we have some data.

I’m hopeful that as more and more studies are done, researchers will be able to discard bad data, confirm good information, start to track trends and gather intel on this virus, so we are better equipped to make wise, evidencebased decisions on how to fight the disease at local and state levels, as a country and as a global community. Y ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom. Visit ProPublica. com. For more information regarding COVID-19, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) website. And for more local news, visit our website at pointpubs.com.

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Bonefish Mac’s Sports Grill. AMERICAN Bar food and wide

Red Lotus. THAI Red Lotus serves all of your favorite Thai dishes from pad Thai to red and green curries and more. Start with the dumplings — the pasta is delicate and they are packed with flavor. 4460 N Federal Highway, 954-933-7163 $$

array of televised sports games with a game room for kids. 2002 E Sample Road, 954-781-6227 $

Cap’s Place. SEAFOOD Lighthouse Point’s own hidden seafood joint dating back to prohibition. Take the short boat ride over to the restaurant. 2765 NE 28th Court, 954-941-0418 $$$ Fetta Republic. GREEK Traditional Greek offerings close to home. 2420 N. Federal Highway, 954-933-2394 $-$$ Fish Shack. SEAFOOD This restaurant used to be a “beat kept se-

cret.” But now that they have moved into the Shoppes at Beacon Light, word is out. The fish shack keeps it simple, serving fresh fish prepared several ways. There is more to the menu but it is called The Fish Shack. 2460 N. Federal Highway, 954-586-4105 $$

Le Bistro. CONTINENTAL Professional chef, Andy Trousdale serves up both classics and inventive new dishes at this little neighborhood gem. Fresh and local produce is always used and vegetarian, dairy free and gluten free menu items are available.

And here’s a note to the wise; the porcini mushroom soup is worth every calorie. The restaurant also offers cooking classes and wine tasting dinners. 4626 N. Federal Highway, 954-946-9240 $$$ Legends Tavern and Grille. AMERICAN Enjoy gastropub fare

including sandwiches, burgers, wings, salads and a huge choice of appetizers. 3128 N Federal Highway, 754-220-8932

The Nauti Dawg Marina Café. AMERICAN Nestled in at the Lighthouse Point Marina, the Nauti Dawg is a local favorite. Start with the tuna wontons—crispy fried wonton wrappers topped with tuna tartare, seaweed salad, red pepper mayo, wasabi and a hit of sriracha. For a taste of New England with a twist, try the lobster roll. Of course you can’t go wrong with the fresh fish sandwich—ask what the catch of the day is. All sandwiches come with a side and, while French fries are always a delicious option, the restaurant offers a tangy cucumber salad (among other choices) that provides a nice crunch to any sandwich. They are a dog-friendly restaurant. 2830 NE 29th Ave. (at the Lighthouse Point Marina), 954-941-0246 $$ Papa’s Fish House SEAFOOD They offer the freshest seafood with simple ingredients. There is also a seafood market in the restaurant. (Formerly Seafood World) 4602 N. Federal Highway, 954-942-0740 $$$

Papa’s Raw Bar. SUSHI • SEAFOOD Situated next door to their parent restaurant Seafood World, Papa’s indeed seems like the hip child of an established restaurant. While the fresh food is the real star, the Keys-inspired decor certainly accounts for part of their charm. The menu goes way beyond typical raw bar offerings with inventive tacos and sliders. Papa’s also offers an impressive array of sushi and sashimi. Try the Donoghue which is made of lump crab meat with spicy mayo and eel sauce and served with taro chips. And to wash it all down, they have about a 66 pointpubs.com •

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Rocca Trattoria. ITALIAN A small and intimate neighborhood place. Watch owner and chef Lucy prepare your favorite dishes in the open kitchen. 2014 E Sample Road, 954-876-1733 $$

POMPANO BEACH And Fish Kitchen + Bar. SEAFOOD Located at the Marriott

Pompano Beach Resort & Spa, enjoy chef Eric Kaszubinski’s modern take on fresh seafood. The restaurant has recently been renovated and now sports a contemporary and breezy ambiance.

1200 N. Ocean Blvd., 954-782-0100 $$

The Beach Grille. AMERICAN Delicious eats near the beach

with the capability to order online. 3414 E Atlantic Blvd., 954-9466000 $

Beach House. AMERICAN • CRAFT COCKTAILS This is the perfect place to take out-of-town guests. Snag one of the stadium seating style booths overlooking the Atlantic. Enjoy the casual and relaxed ambiance with a rooftop deck on the second floor. 270 N Pompano Beach Blvd. 954-607-6530 $$ Bella Roma Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria. ITALIAN • PIZZA

Tasty dishes large portions,. Delivery is available. 40 SW 15th St., 954-784-3696 $$

Bobby Rubino’s. BARBECUE • AMERICAN Specials and coupons are posted daily, and catering is available. The restaurant also has a large bar room where you can dine at the bar or booths.

This place is a Pompano Beach icon. 2501 N. Federal Highway, 954-781-7550 $$ Brew Fish. BAR AND GRILL Dine outside in the tiki hut overlook-

ing a canal right in Pompano Beach. Comprehensive menu and attentive staff. 200 E. McNab Rd., 954-440-3347 $$

Briny Irish Pub. IRISH • BAR FOOD At the end of East Atlantic Boulevard, steps from the ocean, is Briny Irish Pub. There is a large beer selection plus the regular and, dare we say, unique mixed drinks. The kitchen offers an array of bar food as well as some classics like bangers and mash and fish-n-chips. The casual atmosphere is created by an immense array of nautical artifacts and oddities that fill every inch of the pub. Music plays constantly, often live with a dance floor if one is inclined. 3440 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-942-3159 $ Calypso Restaurant and Raw Bar. CARIBBEAN This gem of

a restaurant is known for its fresh, wild caught fish, Bahamian conch dishes, Jamaican jerk and American favorites all served

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with an island flair. On any given day, look around and you’ll see fellow diners devouring their house special cutter (sandwich) — sautéed shrimp with garlic butter, mushrooms and cheddar all stuffed into a hollowed-out kaiser roll. Check out the special board for a variety of locally caught fish with everything from grouper to snapper to wahoo among others. Plenty of land-lubber options are also available including filet mignon. For island comfort food, don’t miss one of their curries or rotis. Fresh oysters and clams are also available. Wash it all down with a draft beer, a glass of wine or choose from over 40 different bottled beers. So, if you are in search of high-quality ingredients, inventive cooking and a very welcoming staff, head over to Calypso. 460 S. Cypress Road, 954-942-1633 $$

Casareccio Trattoria Italiana. ITALIAN Wow! What a find.

This small but impressive Italian eatery is delightful. We can’t really tell you what to try because the menu changes daily. However, we are willing to bet you will fall in love with this place which feels like it just plopped into Pompano straight from the hills of Tuscany. Reservations are highly recommended. Also, call ahead to see what they are serving. 1386 S Federal Highway, 954-9983642 $$$-$$$$ Checkers Old Munchen. GERMAN For a traditional German

meal, try the wiener schnitzel — it’s divine — a lightly breaded veal cutlet sautéed in lemon butter and topped with homemade brown gravy. The spaetzle (German noodles) are a real homemade treat and not to be missed — throw a little of that brown gravy on them and they could be a meal unto themselves. The red cabbage is both classically sweet and sour and there are other side options too including potato dumplings, potato salad and even hot potato salad. As you look around, you can’t help but get the feeling that most of the patrons are returning customers. And the next time we get a hankering for some schnitzel, we know where to go. Imbibe to your hearts content with their wide assortment of German beers. 2209 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-785-7565 $$

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Chef Dee’s. SUSHI • SEAFOOD A small neighborhood place with plenty of charm. Impressive sushi rolls and a varied menu with something for everyone. 3919 N. Federal Highway., 954-582-4444

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Cypress Nook. GERMAN This place has been in business for 38 years — talk about staying in power. It’s open for three meals a day, and there’s nothing like a little knackwurst with your eggs.

201 SE 15th St., 954-781-3464 $ Dangerous Minds Brewing Co., BREWERY • ARTISANAL PIZZA

Dangerous Minds is more than just a brewery. This spot at Pompano Citi Centre offers artisanal pizzas made from scratch using double-zero Italian flour. Their specialty is a Scotch egg which is a soft boiled egg wrapped in homemade sausage and then fried until crispy on the outside. But back to the brewery — all the beers are brewed on-site and owners Adam and Andre hale from Germany and England — two countries steeped in beer tradition.

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Dos Amigos. MEXICAN When you feel the hankering for a fajita, this Pompano Beach spot fits the bill. Try the margaritas too. 1308 N. Federal Highway 954-781-1955 $$ The Foundry. AMERICAN • CONTINENTAL Seating options galore, from bar seating to lounge seating and old-fashioned casual dining seating. 2781 E. Atlantic Blvd., 754-205-6977 $$ Galuppi’s. AMERICAN What could be more entertaining than watching golfers swing and blimps ascend as you sip a drink at an outdoor bar? 1103 N. Federal Highway, 954-785-0226 $

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Gianni’s Italian Restaurant. ITALIAN Enjoy traditional Italian fare at this family-owned and operated establishment, serving everything from pasta to gourmet specialties like Chicken Gianni’s and fresh seafood. Pair your dish with a bottle of wine or cocktail from their full bar. They also offer daily lunch specials Monday – Friday starting at $9.95. Don’t skip the romaine salad with the blue cheese. 1601 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-942-1733 $$ Great Indian Grill. INDIAN If you like Indian food, this place

should go on your “must-try” list. Everything we sampled (and we ate quite a bit) was packed with tantalizing Indian spices and flavors representing the many different regional styles of Indian cooking.. 2692 E Atlantic Blvd., 954-532-7872 $$

Kabuki. JAPANESE • THAI Kabuki offers a full menu of Thai and Japanese entrées plus classic and specialty sushi rolls all in a hip and modern setting. 2515 E Atlantic Blvd., 954-951-6077 $$ Kings Head British Pub. BRITISH Fish and chips, bangers

Fresh local fish, ocean dishes and seafood salads.

and mash, savory pies and other British classics are all made on premises. 900 E Atlantic Blvd., 754-222-8671 $$

Kin Asian Street Food. ASIAN • SUSHI Enjoy everything from

inventive takes on ramen soups with pork belly and a jammy egg to original the rice bowls. The small bite options were some of our favorites. We swooned over the shiitake buns, mushrooms with pickled sour mustard, ground peanuts and cilantro all on a steamed rice bun. 143 SW Sixth St., 954-532-4567 $$

La Perla Di Pompano. ITALIAN This small and intimate Italian eatery offers a wide selection of Italian dishes including four different risotto dishes alone. 420 N Federal Highway, 754-222-9174 $$$-$$$$

La Veranda. ITALIAN The atmosphere is elegant, yet comfortable and warm. Inside or out, one can enjoy a special evening in the Tuscany-inspired surroundings. There is a big selection of pasta, entrées and traditional dishes, with new favorites to be discovered that the wait staff will happily explain. You can taste the love in their homemade desserts. If you’re looking to celebrate or simply treat yourself to an evening of wonderful dining, La Veranda is an excellent choice. Reservations are suggested. 2121 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-943-7390 $$$ Legends Tavern and Grille. AMERICAN Enjoy gastropub fare

including sandwiches, burgers, wings, salads and a huge choice of appetizers. 10 SW Sixth St.

Miami Masala. INDIAN Enjoy classic Indian dishes as well as a

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few more modern ones with an Indian twist. The stuffed Hungarian peppers appetizer, while not being a classic Indian dish, had all the flavors fans of the cuisine crave. Try the Indian crepe — crazy good. 900 E Atlantic Blvd., 954-317-1371 $$

Mora Grill. MEDITERRANEAN This cozy yet modern spot is open

for lunch and dinner. The menu includes a range of Mediterranean favorites from kebobs to gyros and more. They offer lunch specials ranging in price form $9-11 and family-style platters for

six people served with appetizers, salads, kebobs, rice and vegetables for $115. 3428 E. Atlantic Blvd, 954-933-2003 $$

Nikki’s Orange Kitchen. CONTINENTAL Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Enjoy salads, sandwiches and entrées all with a slight Mediterranean influence. Organic and gluten free options available. Enjoy the location right across from the Pompano Fishing Pier. Have dinner and take a stroll — it’s why we live here, people. 1 N. Ocean Blvd., Ste 102, 954-532-2771 $$-$$$ Oceanic. AMERICAN • SEAFOOD Along with stunning ocean views, the restaurant offers a comprehensive menu with an emphasis on seafood. If you are looking for a standout salad, the watermelon arugula salad with grilled shrimp is a perfect choice. The shrimp and grits were prepared traditionally and packed with flavor. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable.

The restaurant boasts dazzling architecture inspired by the great ocean liners of years past. And with sweeping views of the Atlantic, dining at Oceanic is almost like a mini stay-cation. Their hours are Sunday, 10am-10pm; Monday-Thursday, 11:30am-10pm; Friday 11:30am-11pm; Saturday, 10am-11pm, 250 N. Pompano Beach Blvd., 954-366-3768 Pho Lavie. VIETNAMESE This spot will delight you. Everything is so fresh. Go and have some pho (Vietnamese noodle soup), you’ll thank us. 3321 N. Federal Highway, 954-941-4155 $$

Rusty Hook Tavern. AMERICAN Located on the Pompano In-

tracoastal, sit inside or outside, just keep in mind that the word tavern means a local place to gather around the table. 125 N. Riverside Drive, 954-941-2499 $$

Sands Harbor Patio Restaurant. AMERICAN Located in the

Sands Harbor Hotel and Marina on the intracoastal, you can dine poolside or waterside, either way, you better know how to swim.

125 N. Riverside Drive, 954-942-9100 $$

Seaside Grill. SEAFOOD • AMERICAN Enjoy a view of the Atlantic while enjoying fresh seafood and an iced cold cocktail. Don’t worry if you’re not a fish lover — there are plenty of entrée choices from the land. Located at Lighthouse Cove Resort on the ocean.

1406 N. Ocean Blvd., 954-783-3193 $$ Shishka Lebanese Grill. MIDDLE EASTERN It’s not easy to

make a good falafel (chick peas, fava beans garlic and cilantro seasoned and deep fried, served with tahini sauce) but the ones at Shishka are worth every single calorie. There are plenty of other choices too from the classic hummus to baba ghanouj to chicken and meat shawarma. 1901 N. Federal Highway, 954-943-2999 $$

Spanx the Hog BBQ. BARBECUE Spanx uses natural ingredi-

ents and offers dine in, take out, and custom catering. 147 S. Cypress Road. 954-590-8342 $

Table 2201. MEDITERRANEAN Everything at Table 2201 is made

on the premises — even the desserts. Start with the pygros, a tower of eggplant, potatoes and ground beef topped with a cool yogurt sauce. 2201 E. Atlantic Blvd., 718-600-2236 $$

Umberto’s of Long Island. ITALIAN • PIZZA When a pizza is named Grandma’s Pizza — you must order it. And trust us, you won’t regret it. There is family tradition baked into every bite.

2780 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-784-7110 $$ Zuccarelli. ITALIAN • PIZZA This place is more than just a pizza joint. From eggplant Parmesan to shrimp fra diavolo, you will

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Baja Cafe. MEXICAN A long established local favorite for an authentic Mexican dinner or just drinks. They are known for their margaritaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as well as entrĂŠes including their bandito honey bean burritos and their many taco options. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also enjoy their fresh endless chips served with two types of salsa. 1310 S. Federal Highway, 954-596-1304 $$ Barracuda Seafood Bar & Grill. SEAFOOD â&#x20AC;˘ BRAZILIAN This

spot by the sea serves seafood with a touch of Brazilian flare such as the bobo de camaraoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;shrimp sautĂŠed in coconut milk, saffron, palm oil and yucca cream baked in a cast iron skillet. 1965 NE Second St., 954-531-1290 $$

CafĂŠ Med. ITALIAN Authentic Italian restaurant right on the ocean with an Italian chef from Rome. Excellent service, coupled with carefully prepared dishes just across from the ocean always provides for a lovely dinner. Live music nightly. Breakfast and dinner available daily. 2096 NE Second St. (at the Wyndham Hotel), 954-596-5840 $$$ Casa Maya. MEXICAN Start with a margarita and it only gets better from there. This is not your typical Mexican joint â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better. Try gobernador tacos: a combination of shrimp with diced poblanos, onions, tomatoes and cilantro on a crispy corn tortilla topped with melted cheese. See, we told you itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not ordinary. 301 SE 15th Terrace, 954-570-6101 $$ Chanson at the Royal Blues Hotel. SEAFOOD â&#x20AC;˘ SEASONAL

Chanson offers fine dining with an ocean view. 45 NE 21st Ave., 954-857-2929. $$$$

Deer Creek Grille. AMERICAN Enjoy the club atmosphere with

gorgeous views of the plush gardens and waterfall. The restaurant offers daily lunch and dinner specials, a Sunday breakfast buffet and covered patio dining so you can dine al fresco. 2801 Deer Creek Country Club Blvd., 954-421-5553 $$

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cials and most of their dinner plates will feed two. Their masas de puerco frita and their Little Havana steak are two of the standout menu items, aside from their zesty chimichurri. 721 N. Federal Highway, 954-427-6000 $$

Oceanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 234. SEAFOOD Amazing views of Deerfield Beach and the pier with gluten free options available. 234 N. Ocean Blvd., 954-428-2539 $$$ Tijuana Taxi Co. MEXICAN Perhaps itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the all day happy hour

(Mon.-Fri., 11am-7pm) with $5 El Jimador margaritas, but as soon as you enter, the weight of the day lifts off your shoulders. The atmosphere is friendly and fun all around. There is outdoor patio seating available and a large U-shaped bar inside. The portions are generous â&#x20AC;&#x201D; certainly enough for a doggie bag. Enjoy all the Mexican favorites plus burgers, sandwiches, steaks and more.

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Fast & Casual LIGHTHOUSE POINT Fast & Casual Burger Fi. BURGERS Everything at Burger Fi is cooked to or-

der. Don’t miss the fries and the larger-than-life onion rings. The breakfast all day burger is topped with a fried egg. 3150 N. Federal Highway, 954-933-7120 $

Legends Tavern and Grille. AMERICAN With three locations, they must be doing something right. 3128 N Federal Highway, 754-220-8932 $-$$ Red Fox Diner. DINER Treat yourself to one of the daily specials at the Red Fox and you just might be able to skip dinner. But if you are in the mood for some comforting diner food, Red Fox never disappoints. Breakfast and lunch served daily. 2041 NE 36th St., (Sample Road) 954-783-7714 $ Packy’s Sports Pub. SPORTS BAR If you are looking for a local

spot to watch the game, Packy’s always seems to pack them in.

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James Max, enhancing the traditional poke cuisine with creative toppings and hand-crafted sauces. Open from 9am-9pm daily, 8pm on Sunday. 250 S. Federal Highway, 954-708-2060 $

Bob’s Pizza. PIZZA • ITALIAN Pizza served remarkably close to the Beach — as if pizza could be get any better. 2076 NE Second St., 954-426-1030 $ Burger Craze. BURGERS Top quality ingredients come together to create unique taste sensations. Enjoy juicy burgers, hot dogs, wings and more. 2096 NE Second St. (at the Wyndham Hotel), 954596- 5949 $-$$ Charm City. BURGERS Try the emperor — an American kobe

beef patty with aged Swiss, truffled aioli and sautéed mushrooms — a burger fit for a king. 1136 E. Hillsboro Blvd., 954-531-0300 $$

El Jefe. MEXICAN For a truly inventive take on Mexican street food, this small yet bright and cheery taco joint is full of surprises.

27 N. Federal Highway, 954-246-5333 $ Gelateria. GELATO Offering more than 26 flavors of gelato. Open daily. 2096 NE Second St. (at the Wyndham Hotel), 694-428-2850 $

The Pickle Barrel. DELICATESSEN Get in touch with your inner New Yorker at this old style deli complete with friendly guys behind the counter filling your sandwich with enough pastrami to feed a family. 33 E. Hillsboro Blvd., 954-427-0650 $

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menu, you can’t go wrong at the Olympia Flame. For a real treat, try the turkey pot pie. The friendly staff makes you feel like a regular — even if you aren’t — but you should be. 80 S. Federal Highway, 954-480-8402 $

The Sticky Bun. DELI • BAKERY • Brunch Everyone will find something to munch on, whether it be their flourless chocolate cake or a short rib panini with fontina cheese and pickled red onions… yum. We’re still dreaming about the BLT. 1619 SE Third Court, 754-212-5569 $ Y

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The tents — if you can even call them tents — overlook the Blackfoot River, which is famous for fly fishing. And the homes are elegant yet still rustic. As the resort puts it in their promotional video “feel like a Redford by day and a Rockefeller by night.” That pretty much says it all.

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