Pompano! Magazine August 2020 by Point! Publishing

AUGUST 2020

Wake me up when it’s over SERIOUSLY, HERE’S WHAT’S IN THE MAGAZINE

The Community Foundation of Broward Q AND A WITH THE OUTGOING AND INCOMING CEOs

Neighborhood News

POMPANO BEACH DEVELOPMENT UPDATES

Go Fish and Do Good

A LOCAL NON-PROFIT BRINGS SURPLUS FISH TO FOOD BANKS

Shop Our Great Selection of New Vehicles Arriving Daily!

954.943.6700 909 South Federal Highway · Pompano Beach · Between Commercial and Atlantic Boulevards

www.JoeyAccardiCDJR.com

BACK TO THE BEACH It’s time to get back to what you love - enjoying our beautiful South Florida beaches! With 194 luxurious guest rooms and 25 oceanfront suites, the Fort Lauderdale Marriott® Pompano Beach Resort & Spa is the ideal location for a memorable staycation. Indulge in fresh seafood with spectacular views at AND Fish Kitchen + Bar. Enjoy some fun in the sun with two oceanfront pools and a variety of on-site watersports.

BACK TO THE BEACH STAYCATION PACKAGE INCLUDES VALET PARKING AND RESORT FEE. With complimentary beach lounge chairs and umbrella daily, among many other Resort Fee inclusions, you’ll be sure to relish in South Florida’s greatest asset again - the beach! Reference Promo Code YX1 when booking.

TO BOOK, CALL 954.782.0100 OR VISIT POMPANOMARRIOTT.COM FORT LAUDERDALE MARRIOTT® POMPANO BEACH RESORT & SPA 1200 NORTH OCEAN BOULEVARD, POMPANO BEACH, FL 954.782.0100, POMPANOMARRIOTT.COM Valid on new 2020 bookings only. Tax excluded. Valet parking is for 1 vehicle per reservation. Subject to availability and certain blackout dates apply. © 2020 Marriott International, Inc.

Phone:

954.784.6703 Email us at: Cathy@prenner.com

PRENNER

Visit us via social media to get the latest updates @prennergroup

GROUP

3731 NE 31ST AVENUE, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 5 BED • 5.5 BATH • 90’ WATERFRONT— $2,250,000

301 SE 13TH COURT, POMPANO BEACH 3 BED • 2 BATH • 95’ WATERFRONT — $690,000

2511 NE 35TH STREET, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 6 BED • 6.5 BATH • 95’ WATERFRONT — $2,145,000

2401 NE 34TH COURT, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 5 BED • 6.5 BATH — $2,498,000

5220 NE 29TH AVENUE, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 4 BED • 3.5 BATH • 73’ WATERFRONT — $2,150,000

2781 NE 23RD AVENUE, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 3 BED • 2.5 BATH • SPACIOUS SPLIT-LEVEL — $895,000

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

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

1841 NE 25th Street

Lighthouse Point

Phone:

PRENNER GROUP

954.784.6703 Email us at: Cathy@prenner.com

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

! ER T D AC UN TR N O

2321 NE 48TH STREET, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 4 BED • 4 BATH • 80’ WATERFRONT — $1,598,000

2739 NE 1ST STREET, POMPANO BEACH 3 BED • 3.5 BATH • DEEDED DOCK — $1,025,000

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

2548 NE 22ND AVENUE, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 5 BED • 5 BATH • 40’ WATERFRONT — $1,597,000

! ER T D AC UN TR

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

U O ND N TR ER AC T!

2780 NE 21ST TERRACE, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 5 BED • 4 BATH • OVER 3,700 SQ. FT. — $937,000

2648 SE 13TH COURT, POMPANO BEACH 3 BED • 2 BATH • 60’ WATERFRONT — $739,000

2601 NE 20TH AVENUE, LIGHTHOUSE POINT 2 BED • 2 BATH • NICELY UPDATED! — $388,000

1841 NE 25th Street

Lighthouse Point AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

contents Pompano!

Pompano! Our time in the sun

August 2020

VOLUME 6 NUMBER 8

The Off the Wall team placed third at the at the 25th Annual Saltwater Slam.

Linda Carter, who was at the helm of The Community Foundation of Broward for 23 years, is retiring. The board of directors has named Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, Ph. D as the foundation’s new president. Lighthouse Point magazine recently interviewed these two inspiring women.

In a topsy-turvy world we could all do with a some words of wisdom. Dr. Jill Selbach offers tip to staying both mentally and physically fit. Craig Haley muses on the value of good coaching and Jim Terlizzi throws in a little dark humor — because we could all use a laugh.

Two high school friends had an idea. What if they collected extra fish caught by local anglers and get that fish in the hands of local food banks? And so Fillet For Friends was born. And now as more Floridians find themselves in unfortunate circumstances, they are filling a growing need.

Philanthropy Torch Pass

4 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

Unsolicited Advice

Go Fish and Do Good

drs. Jared & caTHerine YOunG

THIS MONTH AT POMPANO BEACH’S PEDIATRIC & ADULT DENTAL SPECIALISTS

We may be covered by all this gear, but for your dental needs, we’re ALL here! Call us today for your next dental visit.

Call Bright Young Smiles today, we will treat you like family!

954•781•1855 • www.BrightYoungSmiles.com 1930 NE 34th Court, Lighthouse Point

AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

departments “From Bottoms to Repower, WE DO IT ALL!”

• Full Service On-Water Facility • Dockside Service & Repair • Fuel & Dockage • Parts • 50-Ton Marine Travelift • Sales/Brokerage • We Buy Boats

Creatively Speaking

City Beat

Pompano Peeps

In Case You Missed It

It Dawned on Me

Creatively Cooking

Dining Out

Last Resort

Just do it.

Marie Puleo keeps you up to date on Pompano development plans and more.

Out to sea.

Mayor Hardin reposted a powerful message on racism.

Brown paper packages.

Shrimp salad sandwiches for an easy summertime supper.

Peruse our comprehensive restaurant listings. Even if you aren’t eating out these days, consider ordering takeout from one of your favorite spots.

A little taste of luxury in Central Florida. OK — more like a big taste of luxury but you get the point.

content

For more local news, visit pointpubs.com

e-newsletter & social media

Coastal News is Point! Publishing’s complimentary semi-monthly e-newsletter. You can join the mailing list visiting pointpubs.com/newsletter. Like us on Facebook to receive hyper-local news on your feed.

content submissions

954 - 567- BOAT

800 S. Federal Hwy., Pompano Beach www.completeboat.com 6 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

Does your organization have an event you want people to know about? Has your event already happened? Send us your photos and we’ll put them in our upcoming issue! Email editor@pointpubs.com. Please include the name and location of the event, the names of those pictured and a brief description.

Casual Elegance...For Your Outdoor Living

Specializing in One of the Best Selections of Quality Name Brand Furniture with Low Prices 7355 Sample Rd., Coral Springs 954.752.0161 1.4 miles west of 441/State Road 7 of Coral Springs & The Palm Beaches Owner Operated Since 1981

www.PatioShoppes.com

11268 Legacy Ave., Palm Beach Gardens in Legacy Place 561.776.9980

POMPANO BEACH ARTS’ VIRTUAL SUMMER

TALKS & INTERVIEWS

MUSIC & POETRY

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Find out more:

pompanobeacharts.org/virtual-events AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

Call us! 954-603-4553 EDITOR-AT-LARGE

Jeff Levine ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Chris Peskar CONTRIBUTOR

Dawne Richards • Marie Puleo Mrs. Kossenfloffer PHOTOGRAPHERS

Jeff Graves • Joe Yerkovich TRAFFIC MANAGER

PUBLISHER

Cindy Tutan

Richard Rosser

ARTS EDITOR

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Carrie Bennett

Susan Rosser

advertising Chris Peskar chris@pointpubs.com 904-881-1573 Lisa Spinelli lisa@pointpubs.com 954-818-0266

circulation

Pompano! is published monthly by Point! Publishing and

mailed free of charge to select residents and businesses in Pompano Beach and Hillsboro Mile. Copies of Pompano! are available at Whole Foods Market, UPS, Offerdahl’s Café and at the Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce.

please contact us

Drop us a line and let us know what you’re thinking. Pompano! magazine is all about community. Your ideas and comments are important to us. All letters to the editor may be edited for grammar and length. Send letters to: Editor, Pompano! magazine, 2436 N. Federal Hwy., #311 Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 or email editor@pointpubs.com. Deadlines for camera-ready art and prepayment of ads are due on the first day of the preceding month of publication. All ongoing ads must be canceled by the first day of the preceding month of publication. pompanomagazine.com | pointpubs.com Pompano! magazine is owned and published 12 times per year by Lighthouse Point Publishing, LLC. Copyright 2020 by Lighthouse Point Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without the prior written consent of Lighthouse Point Publishing, LLC. Requests for permission should be directed to: editor@pointpubs.com.

8 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

ROOFING

Professionals CALL NOW FOR A FREE ESTIMATE

954-958-9589

www.Royalblueroofing.com NEW ROOFS • RE-ROOFS • ROOF REPAIRS In Business For Over

20 Years

Specializing in Leak Repairs & Prevention

Tile • Shingle • Flat • Metal We Re-Roof & Repair All Roofs

Fast Response Time • Thorough, Professional Work 4530 North Dixie Hwy., Oakland Park

Licensed & Insured • State Lic. CCC057576

10% off

All roof leak repair services With this coupon. Not valid with any other offers or prior service.

Serving Our Community for Over 40 Years

Well known in the local community, MacLean & Ema was founded in 1974 and is a Martindale-Hubbell® AV-rated firm, the best rating possible, awarded for maintaining the highest professional legal standards and ethics. Personal, efficient and friendly service is a trademark of MacLean & Ema for its more than 12,500 clients.

• Estate Planning • Real Estate Law • Mortgage Closings • Estate/Trust Administration

• Probate Law • Business Law • Elder Law • Asset Protection

954-785-1900 www.MacLean-Ema.com 2600 NE 14th Street Causeway Pompano Beach

AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

Creatively Speaking

Just Do It BY SUSAN ROSSER Early on the morning of June 29, my daughter was taken by ambulance to North Broward Hospital. For nearly two days, she suffered from an extreme headache, vomiting, low fever, weakness and dizziness. The hospital did blood work, a chest x-ray and a CT-scan. However, the doctor told me she could only perform a COVID-19 test for patients who were going to be admitted, and my daughter was being discharged. The doctor said we should assume she had COVID until a test could rule it out. She advised me to take her to a COVID testing site and that my family should quarantine per CDC guidelines. If this pandemic were truly under control, not only would my daughter be tested on the spot, the hospital would have insisted on testing me. Furthermore, efforts should have been made to test my husband and son, as we all would have been exposed. And someone should have inquired about our contacts, which thankfully are very few these days. Yet, I did not feel an urgent need to share our frustrating story until I read an article in the SunSentinel about Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Pompano Beach holding a small 12-person prom for their six high school employees. Although the restaurant claimed to sanitize the entire restaurant every half-hour (whatever that means), 12 kids getting together is undeniably selfindulgent. If you don’t think these kids acted selfishly, spend five minutes in a busy emergency room during a global pandemic and get back to me. While I waited in the ER with my daughter, I trembled with fear. I was worried about her health. And truthfully, I was just freaked out about being in the ER during a pandemic. Yet, as I looked around, everyone did their jobs as if it was just another day at work. Honestly, it was truly remarkable to watch the ER staff all work so calmly. Our community is blessed to have such brave and caring souls among us. All of my life, I felt so lucky to live in the United States. And I’ve always been proud of my country — believing

10 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

we were the best equipped to face any challenge — you know — that American Spirit! And then came corona. To say I’m disappointed is an understatement. Yes, I’m disappointed that 12 families thought it was so crucial for their kids to have a prom that they placed that fanciful whim above the collective health of their community. And I know their defense will be it was a small gathering and they took everyone’s temperature and other precautions. Yet, in the photo that accompanied the article, not one kid wore a mask. News flash, the virus can be spread by both pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers. All it takes is one teenager to give it to just one other kid, who then passes it to someone who is at higher risk and ends up in the hospital. I can’t believe I have to connect the dots in such a remedial fashion, but it appears some people still don’t understand how viruses spread. As my daughter and I left the hospital that morning, we received written instructions, which clearly stated the hospital did not have the resources to test for the novel coronavirus. If an ER physician cannot order a COVID-19 test for a patient she believes is at risk, then who does have the resources? If people think proms and parties are more important than public health, we are all doomed. Eighty years ago, this country asked young men to storm the beaches in Normandy, knowing that many would die. Your community is asking you to wear a mask and stay home. Just do it.

AUGUST 2020 â&#x20AC;¢ pointpubs.com

City Beat

BY MARIE PULEO

355 Apartments Planned Near Publix on Atlantic Boulevard May Get Funding from CRA The developer of Pompano Station, a $102 million 355-unit development that is being planned for the parking lots behind the Bank of America and Chase Bank buildings on East Atlantic Boulevard, is seeking $9.1 million in financing from the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) for the project to become a reality. The

An 8-story building with 147 residential units is being proposed for the 1.2-acre lot behind the Chase Bank building, located at 2401 E. Atlantic Blvd., on the east side of NE 24th Avenue. The residential units would be market rate rental units, with 53 units of workforce housing. Pompano Station would be the first

two parking lots sit on opposite sides of NE 24th Avenue, just west of Publix. An 8-story building with 208 residential units is being proposed for the 1.6-acre lot behind the Bank of America building, which is located at 2335 E. Atlantic Blvd., on the west side of NE 24th Avenue.

new development in the Transit Oriented Corridor zoning district to meet the requirement of providing a minimum of 15% of the housing units as affordable, rather than opt out by paying a fee per unit. Grover Corlew, the real estate investment management group that owns the bank buildings and

12 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

Conceptual rendering of Pompano Station looking north on NE 24th Avenue

the associated parking lots, has submitted plans to the city that are currently under review. Based on the developer’s financial analysis of the project, there is a pro forma gap of $9.1 million. To meet the gap, the developer is seeking a tax increment financing agreement with the CRA. The taxes generated by the project would be used to help finance the project. Without assistance from the CRA to fund the gap, the developer will not be able to carry out the project as it is being proposed, if at all, said CRA Director Nguyen Tran. The gap is due to the duplicative costs the project would involve, said Tran. Technically, it’s one project, but it’s split into two separate blocks, so a number of elements would be doubled, such as the parking garages, lobbies and elevators. The developer’s own funds would be used to construct the Pompano Station project. Once the project is completed and the developer starts paying taxes on the development, the CRA would rebate back to the developer 95% of the tax increment generated by the project. The other 5% would go to the taxing authorities for administrative costs. As the East CRA has a sunset date of 2031, the CRA can only commit to the tax increment rebate until 2031, or until the gap is achieved, whichever occurs sooner.

The CRA hired its own consultants to do an economic impact study of the Pompano Station project, which lies within the East CRA district. “Nothing has been built in this corridor of similar size and scale with these amenities,” said Tran. Each building features one-, twoand three-bedroom units, as well as studios. The buildings are courtyardstyle and each has its own interior multi-level parking garage, with a combined 634 parking spaces. The proposed parking structures would also serve the adjacent existing commercial buildings fronting Atlantic Boulevard. Amenities include a swimming pool, clubroom, gym and co-working space on the ground floor of the building behind the Bank of America building. Plans may include a covered pedestrian bridge over NE 24th Avenue that connects the two proposed residential buildings on the third floor. In addition to the residential buildings, the developer wants to build a 6,932-square-foot public pedestrian plaza in an area on the east side of the Bank of America building that is currently used for parking. The plaza is intended to activate the streetscape and enhance the pedestrian environment of the

proposed development and existing commercial buildings. The developer would also carry out improvements to the façade of the Bank of America building, which was built in the early 1960s. Through strong encouragement from the CRA, the developer has agreed to make the ground floor either restaurant or retail space and add glazing to open it up and encourage more pedestrian activity, said Tran. The developer plans to rename the Bank of America building, because Bank of America actually left the premises some time ago. The enhancements to the Bank of America builidng are a condition of the CRA funding, even though the funding wouldn’t be used to carry them out. Within the next few months, the CRA Board, which is made up of the mayor and city commissioners, is expected to review a term sheet for the financing. The term sheet would then be used to establish a ABOVE Conceptual rendering of a pedestrian plaza at Pompano Station LEFT The site plan

development agreement between the CRA and the developer. Under the development agreement, the CRA would assist with an expedited permit process, and the developer would have 24 months to begin construction. In July, the East CRA Advisory Committee made a unanimous recommendation to the CRA Board to move forward with the Pompano Station project and the tax increment financing. Committee members said the project fits the development objectives of the East Transit Oriented Corridor (ETOC), a zoning district created several years ago that allows mixeduse development along Atlantic Boulevard, and is intended to support mass transit use and a pedestrian-friendly environment. Prior to the ETOC being established, residential developments were not allowed within the Atlantic Boulevard and Federal Highway commercial corridors. Committee member Fred Stacer said that, just as the CRA infused money into the beach redevelopment ($11-12 million), which has had a major economic impact, the same level of investment is needed to help “kick-start” redevelopment activity on the west side of the Intracoastal. The Pompano Station project is expected to generate 409 jobs during the construction period and 10 permanent jobs. The 355 residential units are estimated to have 607 residents. Y AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

City Beat

BY MARIE PULEO

City Commission Adopts New Ordinances to Keep Pedestrians and Motorists Safer The Pompano Beach City Commission recently adopted two ordinances establishing new rules to help keep pedestrians and motorists safe while on the city’s streets and sidewalks, particularly as the city continues to develop and grow, creating increased traffic. One ordinance includes provisions for pedestrian median safety, and one prohibits pedestrian solicitors at deadly intersections. It is now unlawful for anyone to stand in medians that are unpaved, or in any median that is less than three feet wide. “They have to have some protection if they’re going to stand in the middle of the street,” said City Attorney

transmit anything by hand to, or receive anything by hand from, a driver or passenger of a motor vehicle, whether the vehicle is moving or stopped. It is also illegal to stand in a paved travel lane or other portion of a roadway while the traffic is flowing. Jaywalking is also prohibited, including crossing a roadway at a point within 200 feet of a marked crosswalk; crossing at a controlled intersection contrary to the signal lights or the direction of a traffic officer; crossing a roadway intersection diagonally, unless authorized by official traffic control devices or a traffic officer; crossing a roadway with four or more total

Mark Berman, who brought the two ordinances forward. If a roadway has three or more vehicular travel lanes in any one direction, pedestrians cannot stand in the median if it is less than five feet wide, except while lawfully crossing from one side of the street to the other. It is also unlawful to

travel lanes, except in a marked crosswalk. The other ordinance adopted by the city commission addresses pedestrian solicitation on city streets and sidewalks. The goal is to improve pedestrian and motorist safety at intersections. The ordinance adds eight

14 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

heavily-trafficked intersections to an already existing list of locations where no pedestrian street solicitation is allowed. The newly added intersections were chosen because they were considered the most dangerous, based on statistics from the last two years of traffic accidents, which the Broward Sheriff’s Office provided. These intersections are Copans Road and Andrews Avenue (136 accidents), Atlantic Boulevard and Dixie Highway (136 accidents), Sample Road and Powerline Road (126 accidents), Copans Road and Powerline Road (117 accidents), Atlantic Boulevard and Federal Highway (88 accidents), Copans Road and Federal Highway (79 accidents), Atlantic Boulevard and Powerline Road (70 accidents) and Sample Road and Dixie Highway (68 accidents). As per the new ordinance, no pedestrian solicitation can take place at, or within 400 feet of, these intersections, some of which are at railroad crossings. “Motorists need to pay attention,” said Berman, and pedestrian solicitors can be a distraction. The city and its law enforcement agency will review the traffic accident data every two years to determine if the list of prohibited intersections needs to be modified. The ordinance states that the city doesn’t want to “unduly restrict solicitation activities beyond the minimum necessary to ensure the safety of motorists, pedestrians and pedestrian solicitors alike.” “While we’ve closed several locations, other locations are still available to pedestrian solicitors,” said Berman. Y

ou keep fish on the tabl y g n i p l e e H

Boat

World

Models 24’ & 26’

Models 15’ to 35’

tion Station Preschoo a n i g a l Im at The Pink Church

A Private Christian Preschool

Our little preschool has been serving local families since 1995

• Hands-on, Literacy Based Curriculum • Cooperative Playgroup • Spanish Immersion Classes PK4 • Wee & Me Classes Enrichment Labs Include: art History, Yoga, sensory science, cooking, sTeM, & Music License #46331

ImaginationStationPreschool.org • 954.941.7501 ext. 4

City Beat

BY MARIE PULEO

Plans For A1A Hotel, Supermarket and Parking Garage Move Forward The city has moved forward in selecting a master developer to build a large-scale public parking garage, a hotel and a beach grocery store on the current site of the Oceanside parking lot. A Starbucks may also be built nearby, where the fountain now stands on The Plaza at Oceanside property. The 3.2-acre City-owned site, located at 109 N. Ocean Boulevard (A1A), is just southwest of the Pompano Beach Fishing Village, east of the Sands Harbor Resort and Marina, and right next to the fire station. In June, the city commission gave its approval to negotiate a development agreement with E2L Real Estate Solutions. The development agreement will be subject to city commission approval. E2L, based in Winter Park, was one of three firms shortlisted in the first phase of the search for a qualified master developer, which was initiated in early 2019. The other two firms ultimately decided not to participate in the second phase. In May, after reviewing E2L’s proposal, a selection evaluation committee voted unanimously to recommend that the city move forward with E2L. While the Pompano Beach A1A area already has the Pier Parking Garage, the city is looking to build a second garage to meet increased parking needs generated by new development, including the Pompano Beach Fishing Village complex. The project is a public-private partnership (P3) between the city and the master developer. The proposed public sector components are the parking garage,

16 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

retail space on the garage’s ground floor, and the creation of a through road connecting A1A to Riverside Drive that would be for pedestrian traffic and drainage. The proposed private sector components are the hotel, grocery store and some type of office space. Assistant City Manager Suzette Sibble, who oversees parking, budget and finance operations, said the private sector components still have to be finalized based on input from stakeholders, which includes the community, the city commission and advisory boards such as the East CRA Advisory Committee. The final size and configuration of the new parking garage will be determined by the nature and size of the private sector components. “We plan to have all that stakeholder input in the negotiation phase,” said Sibble.

Conceptual design

WHAT’S BEING PROPOSED E2L’s conceptual design shows an 8-story tiered hotel built on top of the garage’s western portion. The overall height of the building, including the garage and hotel, would be 180 feet. The hotel, as currently proposed, has 230 rooms, but “we haven’t decided yet what size hotel we want,” said Sibble. The conceptual design includes a 32,000-square-foot conference center on the top two floors of the hotel, with views of the ocean and the Intracoastal. An 11,000-squarefoot outdoor dining and event venue is proposed as part of the conference center. A small-scale grocery store is envisioned for the retail shell of the parking garage – such as a Trader Joe’s, a 365 Market or Joseph’s Classic Market – “where people can

pick up a few quick items without having to go over the bridge to Publix,” said Sibble. “We feel that the community definitely wants a grocery store,” she said. In E2L’s current conceptual design, the retail component would front A1A, and not Riverside Drive, which is on the western edge of the site. The proposed parking garage would have four to five levels, and 1,084 parking spots, but it could end up being less, or a little more, said Sibble. E2L’s preliminary design concept proposes decorative aluminum sails for the exterior of the garage. However, discussions will be ongoing as to any façade artistic elements and the related costs, said Sibble.

WHAT KIND OF PARKING GARAGE? Of the proposed 1,084 spaces, 868 spaces would be standard selfparking spaces, with an additional 216 spaces created using stacker lifts, which allow one vehicle to be stacked above another in the same parking space. An alternative option combines standard spaces with an

automated elevator system that would park and retrieve cars. It has yet to be decided if the new parking garage will utilize either stacker lifts or an elevator system. It depends on what makes the most sense for the private uses that will ultimately be part of the project, said Sibble. The city will lose the 279 surface parking spaces currently at the Oceanside parking lot site while the new garage is being built. E2L has reached out to The Plaza at Oceanside to see if an arrangement can be made that would provide the city with some parking spaces in the condominium’s garage during the construction of the new garage.

WHEN THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED? The first phase of the project would be the hotel, parking garage and the retail space on the ground floor of the garage. The second phase would be the grocery store and an office component. The tentative schedule for both phases of the project to be completed is in 2023 or three years after a development agreement is executed.

Conceptual drawing

HOW MUCH IT WILL COST AND WILL WHERE THE MONEY COME FROM? Based on proposed conceptual designs, the cost of the private sector components would be $150 million, and the garage without the stacker lifts or automated elevator system would be $37 million. The developer will be responsible for financing the private sector components of the project, not the city. There are no final budget figures yet since the public sector components and related costs won’t be determined until the project’s private sector components are agreed upon. E2L provided various options for financing the project, including refinancing the Pier Parking Garage to generate funds for the public sector portion and long-term funding from bonds for the new garage. E2L proposed a bond for $54 million, but Sibble emphasized that financing components still have to be worked out, and there are no final figures at this point. Part of the financing for the project would come from parking revenues. It would also come from ground lease revenues to the developer, similar to the Pompano Beach Fishing Village. The proposal to refinance the city’s existing bond debt on the Pier Parking Garage will require further analysis of the market over the next months to see if any potential savings could offset the cost of the project’s public sector components. Sibble said there are two possible scenarios for >>> AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

City Beat

BY MARIE PULEO

Pompano Beach Plans for Hotel <<< the bonds – one where the developer would issue the debt and be responsible for it; and one where the city would be responsible. If the city issued the bond, it would not require voter approval because it would not use ad valorem (property tax) revenues to secure the obligation, said Sibble. The Pier Parking Garage opened in 2016 with 663 spaces and cost approximately $20 million. E2L proposed a “podium” garage with a hotel on top due to the size constraints of the development site. While this configuration creates a smaller footprint, it is costlier than if the hotel were built beside the garage on its own foundation, said Sibble. A POSSIBLE STARBUCKS E2L has had discussions with The Plaza at Oceanside, just south of the development site, about possibly constructing a Starbucks where the condominium’s fountain currently stands, on the northwest corner of the A1A and East Atlantic Boulevard intersection. The concept is to have a coffee shop with a reading area. E2L has already discussed the idea with Starbucks. The project would be a deal between the developer, The Plaza at Oceanside and Starbucks, not the city. One of E2L’s goals is to enhance pedestrian traffic along Pompano Beach A1A to allow better visibility and access to whatever retail is finally approved for the ground floor of the new parking garage. It is anticipated this would also benefit retail space on the ground floor of The Plaza at Oceanside that isn’t active yet, as well as the proposed corner coffee shop. Sibble said E2L is working with

18 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

The Plaza at Oceanside to connect the two areas, “so there’s good pedestrian flow from their retail to our retail, and it’s a win-win.”

CONTINUED

the Innovation District and the Isle Casino, as well as other destinations.

A MOBILITY HUB E2L’s proposal included a mobility hub that was outside the footprint of the Oceanside parking lot site. The mobility hub would be a centralized location to allow for pickup and drop-off of people using ride-share services, such as the community bus, Uber, Lyft or electric golf carts. “We’d like to have a mobility hub somewhere on the barrier island,” said Sibble. “So, either we’re going to

E2L is also being considered for the master development of the Innovation District in Pompano Beach, a major, large-scale project anticipated to be designed and developed over the next two decades near the West Atlantic Boulevard, Dixie Highway, I-95 corridor. Currently, E2L is overseeing the redevelopment of downtown Boynton Beach, with a massive mixed-use project called Town Square. It includes a new city hall, apartments, retail spaces, a hotel,

rework it into the existing footprint of the site, or we’re going to figure something else out.” The city would like to eventually have mobility hubs in various locations throughout the city, to connect east to west and west to east, and allow for less cars on the road. The idea is to provide connectivity between the beach,

parking garage and fire station. Sibble said she felt assured E2L would be able to dedicate the resources needed to get the Oceanside development project done, because they are winding down their Boynton Beach project, and the Oceanside project and Innovation District “will not really parallel each other.” Y

Providing Pompano Beach with Reliable Household Pest Control and Lawn Treatment For Over 27 Years • MOSQUITO CONTROL

• FERTILIZATION

• TERMITE TREATMENTS

• LAWN AND SHRUB CARE

• ANTS, ROACHES, FLEAS, TICKS, SPIDERS, CHINCH BUGS, GRUBS

• INSECT CONTROL

• RODENT CONTROL • WHITEFLY TREATMENTS • FUNGUS AND DISEASE CONTROL

• WEED CONTROL • COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL • FAMILY-OWNED AND OPERATED • SAME DAY SERVICE

Call today to schedule your FREE estimate 954-968-7717 • 800-698-7998 • www.advantagepest .com

Find us on

@advantagepestrelated

AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

Pompano Peeps Memorable moments around town

Annual Saltwater Slam Pompano Beach

PHOTOS BY MANDY MCDANIEL

With Captain Ryan McBride behind the wheel, Lonnie Bergeron and his Mercury powered “Gator One” won their first ever tournament in the PBSC series, weighing in a total of 185.3 pounds for a grand total $27,059 in earnings. Photo by Mandy McDaniel

20 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

AUGUST 2020 â&#x20AC;¢ pointpubs.com

Pompano Peeps Annual Saltwater Slam Pompano Beach

PHOTOS BY MANDY MCDANIEL With a fleet of 95 boats, the 25th Annual Mercury/SeaVee Pompano Beach Saltwater Slam was the postpandemic tournament anglers were craving. Despite all of the current “social-distancing” guidelines in place, Bluewater Movements collaborated with the City of Pompano Beach to establish a safe and fun environment. In second place Captain/Owner Mark Lamb and his notoriously consistent team “Doing It All/Hardway” with a total of 164.4 pounds of fish to secure second place and $9,850 in prize money. Photo by Mandy McDaniel

The heaviest fish of the tournament was a 49.1-pound wahoo caught by Kyle Senkowicz from team “Hot Suppah” who weighed a total of 132.6 pounds and took home the second largest check of the tournament for a total of $18,610. Photo by Mandy McDaniel

Captain Nick Carullo and his “Lenny’s Luck” fishing team cashed in big on their 26’ SeaVee with 92.9 pounds to win first place in the small boat division, plus they had the heaviest kingfish of the tournament (36.7 lbs.) that won them several other categories for a total of $11,135 in tournament winnings! Photo by Mandy McDaniel

22 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

WATER’S EDGE

MARINE INSPECTIONS & CONSTRUCTION Docks • Piles • Seawalls • Environmental Diving • Do you see sinkholes in your yard? • Has your deck or patio level dropped? • Are yourInspections pavers uneven or sinking? Marine & Construction • Is your seawall settling or cracked? Dock/Pile/Seawall Inspections & Repairs • Environmental Diving • Are your wood pilings being attacked by worms? • marine Do you see sinkholes in your yard?

WATER’S EDGE

Save on Wind Insurance

Protect your Home before Hurricane Season

your deckfor or patio Contact •usHas directly yourlevel in-water seawall & dock evaluation dropped?

954-614-1768

• Are your pavers uneven or sinking? • Is your seawall settling or cracked?

Norma@watersedgemarineinspections.com • Are your wood pilings being attacked by marine worms?

“Particular About Excellence”

Experience. Integrity. Peace of Mind.

Full Service Service Garage Garage Door Door Co. Co. Full Since 1966 Since 1966

Keep this Ad for 10% 10% off the Ad Keep this Ad for for 10% off off New Garage Garage Door Door or or Opener your New your your New Garage Door or Opener (PERMIT INCLUDED)

Complete Marine Inspection Services

Complete Marine Inspection Services 954-614-1768 www.watersedgemarineinspections.com

www.watersedgemarineinspections.com Licensed & Insured • CC# 16-2C-20552-X Licensed & Insured • CC# 16-2C-20552-X

Where Where Tradition Tradition Meets Meets GREEN GREEN Where Tradition Meets GREEN

licensed and insured cBc033137 licensed and insured cBc033137

AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

In Case You Missed It

Mayor Hardin Reposts Powerful Message on Racism WHILE SCROLLING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, I CAME ACROSS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL POSTS I HAD EVER READ, A REPOST FROM POMPANO BEACH MAYOR REX HARDIN. It was a brilliant explanation of what "white privilege" means. While the Mayor often posts about social and racial issues, especially as they relate to our city, this message was different. It was bound to be controversial, making some white people defensive and some black people say the city isn't doing enough to battle systemic racism. There was little political benefit in Hardin reposting the message. I asked him what prompted his repost. Hardin told me he thought it was an "excellent explanation of how we got where we are [without being] an indictment of [anyone] today." Despite the possible backlash, he thought the post was worthwhile, "Everyone [is always] so careful about everything. You run for office to lead and [that means you are] supposed to do the right thing." Kudos to the Mayor for having the courage to share this message with us in a most hectic and volatile time. Sometimes politicians really do the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do. Although I wasn't able to track down the post's original author, I was inspired by Hardin to share it with you. Y

24 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

400 years ago white people brought black people over here and enslaved them. And sold them. And treated them as less than human. For 250 years. While white men built the country and created its laws and its systems of government. While 10, 15 generations of white families got to grow and flourish and make choices that could make their lives better. And then 150 years ago white people “freed” black people from slavery. But then angry white people created laws that made it impossible for them to vote. Or to own land. Or to have the same rights as white people. And even erected monuments glorifying people who actively had fought to keep them enslaved. All while another 5, 10 generations of white families got to grow and accumulate wealth and gain land and get an education. And then 60 years ago we made it “legal” for black people to vote, and to be “free” from discrimination. But angry white people still fought to keep schools segregated. And closed off neighborhoods to white people only. And made it harder for black people to get bank loans, or get quality education or health care, or to (gasp) marry a white person. All while another 2-3 generations of white families got to grow and pass their wealth down to their children and their children’s children. And then we entered an age where we had the technology to make PUBLIC the things that were already happening in private-- the beatings, the stop and frisk laws, the unequal distribution of justice, the police brutality (police began in America as slave patrols designed to catch runaway slaves). And only now, after 400+ years and 20+ generations of a white head start, are we STARTING to truly have a dialog about what it means to be black. White privilege doesn’t mean you haven’t suffered or fought or worked hard. It doesn’t mean white people are responsible for the sins of our ancestors. It doesn’t mean you can’t be proud of who you are. It DOES mean that we need to acknowledge that the system our ancestors created is built FOR white people. It DOES mean that we aren’t disadvantaged because of the color of our skin and it DOES mean that we owe it to our neighbors-- of all colors-- to acknowledge that and work to make our world more equitable. BLACK LIVES MATTER!

WHERE KIDS LOVE TO

C SCREALTY, INC. S REALTY INC Pompano Beach Pompano Beach Call Chris Searle, Broker Call Chris Searle Broker

954-644-2850 Tel 954-644-2850

Denise & Chris

Location! Location! ATTENTION ALL BOATERS ATTENTION ALL BOATERS Pompano Beach Pompano Single Family Homes Beach on the water with ocean access starting under $500,000 Single Family Homes on the water with ocean access starting under $500,000 LHP MAG DEC 13 REMASTERED 11/11/13 9:28 AM Page 44

Financial Resolutions for the New Year It’s time for New Year’s resolutions. This year, why not make a few financial ones? For starters, resolve to boost your contributions to your retirement plans, such as your IRA and your 401(k). These tax-advantaged accounts can be good options for your retirement savings strategy. Also, try to reduce your debt load. It’s not always easy, but the lower your debt payments, the more money you’ll have available to invest. Here’s another resolution: Build an emergency fund containing six to 12 months’ worth of living expenses, with the money held in a liquid account. Such a fund will help you avoid dipping into long-term investments for emergencies, like a new furnace or major car repair. Another key resolution: Make sure your protection needs are being met with the proper amounts of life and disability insurance. Finally, resolve not to overreact to market volatility. You’ll help yourself greatly by following an appropriate investment strategy in every market environment. Work to turn these resolutions into realities. Your efforts could pay off well beyond 2014.

954-783-6694

www.edwardjones.com

Robert Friedman, AAMS 1827 NE 24th Street Lighthouse Point FL 33064 MEMBER SIPC

robert.friedman@edwardjones.com

SMILE!

$89

NEW PATIENT SPECIAL •EXAM •CLEANING •FLUORIDE •X-RAYS

NOW ACCEPTING MOST INSURANCES !

SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY

(954) 406-8800

www.izzyskidzdentistry.com 2323 NE 26th Ave, Pompano Beach, 33062

TIRES• • TIRES TIRES • •TIRES TIRES TIRES

TIRE STORES ALL ALL SIZES SIZES ALL BRANDS BRANDS •• ALL PASSENGER TRAILER PASSENGER •• TRUCK TRUCK • •TRAILER SPECIALTY TIRES SPECIALTY TIRES

5680 “Service You Service You YEARS Y1Y9EE A-2 R 0 R0S 12 S CanTrust Trust” 191966600A Can -202 -2 18 52

3381 N. Dixie Hwy, Pompano Beach

3381 N. Dixie Hwy., Pompano Beach 954-941-8204

954-941-8204

Lube • Oil Change • Tire Balancing Complete Brake Service • A/C Repair LubeComplete • Oil Change • Tire Balancing Front End Service Complete Brake Service • A/CTruing Repair High Speed Balancing • Tire Front End Service DriveComplete Line Vibration…And Much More

High Speed Balancing • Tire Truing

COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE Drive Line Vibration...And Much More SERVICE & AUTOMOTIVE A/C REPAIR COMPLETE

Caring for your “kids” SERVICE & A/C REPAIR like they are our own. AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

It Dawned On Me

Brown Paper Packages BY DAWNE RICHARDS THIS BEING AUGUST, I BRIEFLY CONTEMPLATED WRITING A BACK-TO-SCHOOL ARTICLE BUT, GIVEN CURRENT CONDITIONS, IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT "BACK-TO-SCHOOL: 2020 EDITION" WILL LOOK LIKE, ALTHOUGH THE THEME MUSIC "JAWS" IS A GIVEN. So let’s talk about shopping. If there is anything good coming out of 2020, it’s that I’ve discovered an endless number of lifechanging products to buy with the click of a button. And those brown paper packages arriving at my home with alarming frequency are a testament to the power of advertising. In the past three months, I have bought so many life-changing products that I should have been reincarnated by now, preferably as a 23-year-old with all the knowledge that my 59-year-old mind possesses. Alas, this hasn’t happened, but my life has undoubtedly changed. First, I drink more alcohol. Not vast amounts — but I've gone from a "one glass of wine" every month to a "Sure, I'd LOVE to pick up a gallon of piña coladas from that iconic restaurant that’s closed but is offering curbside pickup of their famous drinks." I’m now up to maybe two drinks a week, which means that the gallon’s expiration date precedes my consumption by, like, six months. That’s ok, though! Now that I’ve always got perfectly mixed, chilled pina coladas on hand, I’m in the running for “neighbor of the year.” #winning. Second, I’ve discovered that it’s almost never a good idea to buy

26 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

anything advertised on social media by a company you’ve never heard of. I’m ashamed of myself for falling for these scams. “Take my money!” now has a far more sinister meaning, sigh. Lesson learned. Another lesson I’ve learned that it’s tough to keep up with my online purchases; the number of “your package is on its way!” emails in my inbox is shameful. If a large package containing two live llamas arrived on my doorstep tomorrow, I’d be unable to confirm that I did not, in fact, order them. I’ve considered creating a spreadsheet but (1) it’s too embarrassing, even if no one else ever sees it and (2) at this rate, it would be way too much work. I’ve also discovered that I’m a liar. “I hate shopping!” is what I’ve always smugly told people. As it turns out, however, I love shopping. This might be the real love of my life. I cannot wait to go back to the stores, particularly the home décor stores, and just touch everything. I mean, who doesn’t love that? The soft blankets. The towels. The “life-changing” kitchen accessories. I know, eww on the touching part. I had no idea how often I touched things until I couldn’t. The one truly life-changing habit that's come out of all of this may be that perhaps one shouldn’t feel everything in the store. I don't know, though; I'm so touch-thethings-deprived that they might have to call security. But go ahead, call security! Just let me check out first. Also, could I just touch that? Y

Now to Enrolling Back School EARLY EDUCATION

2458 N. Federal Highway In the Shoppes of Beacon Light Lighthouse Point, Florida

• Infant Care • Toddlers • Preschool • VPK • Kindergarten • Aftercare • Summer Camp

TOP NOTCH CURRICULUM

• STEAM (Fine Arts Program) (Preschool and Kindergarten) • Whole Language Program • PBS (Positive Behavior Support) Certified Program

UNIQUE BENEFITS

• Full-time/Part-time Programs • Nutritional Meals included • Safe/Secure Facility coded entrance Bio-metric Sign in/out • Closed Circuit Cameras • Lifecubby (Teacher-Parent Communication System) • Largest Playground • Hypoallergenic Synthetic Turf Sports Field

Sales, Manufacturing, Service, Marine Construction Elevator Lifts ranging from 5,000lbs-25,000lbs Elevator Lifts ranging from 5,000lbs-25,000lbs 4 & 8 Post Lifts ranging from 10,000lbs-50,000lbs 4 & 8 Post Lifts ranging from 10,000lbs-50,000lbs

Docks Footers Docks• Seawalls • Seawalls • •Footers

Licensed & Insured 1801 SW 1801 SW7th 7thAve, Ave.,Pompano PompanoBeach Beach FL 33060

(954) 941-8090 (954) 941-8090 www.secboatlifts.com • secl@secustomlift.com www.secboatlifts.com Find us on

@secustomboatlifts

No TVs or Electronic Distractions

ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS

100% Compliance • Music, Soccer, Drama Classes with County & State for over 10 Years • Masters of the Arts Program • Kids Yoga/Pilates • ASL for all Ages • Bilingual Studies Take a • Healthy Living/Fun Fitness Virtual Tour • Top Chef Culinary Class Online at: www.espreschool

(954) 782-2226 We’ve Expanded... Visit us at: www.espreschool.com

Funeral & Cremation BAIRD–CASE JORDAN–FANNIN FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICE

Joseph Waterwash Joseph Waterwash

Funeral Director, Managing Partner Funeral Director, Managing Partner 4343 N. Federal Hwy. 4343 N. Federal Hwy. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308

954-492-4000

954-492-4000 Baird-CaseFH.com

“Don’t Let Grief Overwhelm You . . .We Can Help” Pre-Arrangements Assisting with Your End of Life Celebration Honoring Life Permanent Memorialization Ceremonies & Services Veteran’s Services

2436 N Federal Hwy., Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 The Shoppes At Beacon Light 954.633.5444 2436 N Federal Hwy store6416@theupsstore.com theupsstore.com/6416

Light house Point, FL 33064 954.633.5444 store6416@theupsstore.com

Baird-CaseFH.com AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

Creatively Cooking

Shrimp Salad Sandwiches for Supper RECIPE AND PHOTO BY MRS. KOSSENFLOFFER

When it’s 95 degrees outside, turning on the oven is less than desirable. Enter shrimp salad. You simply boil the shrimp first thing in the morning and park them in the fridge until you are ready to compose the salad. Or better yet, buy pre-cooked shrimp — no judgment. Everyone has their way of preparing shrimp salad. I happen to be a purist, but don’t let me discourage you from trying out some inventive add-ins. All I will say is that celery and mayo are mandatory. Beyond that, have fun! My fatherin-law adds sliced black olives — he likes that they bring some salt to the party. I enjoy a touch of fresh lemon juice, which bumps up all the flavors. However you choose to prepare it, a shrimp salad sandwich is the perfect dinner for a hot Florida evening.

28 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

2007 CF Ad AUGUST BTS.qxp_Layout 1 7/22/20 11:46 AM Page 1

Shrimp Salad Sandwiches INGREDIENTS

1 pound shrimp, in the shell 2-3 stalks celery, finely chopped Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 1/2 cup mayonnaise (more or less to taste) Juice of 1 lemon (more or less to taste) French bread for serving

SMILE

We are in this Together $99

OPTIONAL ADD-INS

new patient special

Chopped scallions Worcestershire sauce Old Bay Seasoning Chopped fresh dill (or dried) Chopped fresh parsley Cayenne pepper Chopped Vidalia or red onions Dijon mustard Sliced black olives Grated lemon zest

Includes Exam, Full mouth series of X-rays and a cleaning Expires 9/30/20 D0150, D0210, D1110

PREPARATION

In a large pot bring 4 quarts of waters and 2 tablespoons of salt to a boil. Add the shrimp and reduce the heat to medium. Cook the shrimp uncovered until the shrimp are pink and just cooked through. Keep an eye on the shrimp; this will only take 3 minutes or so. Remove with a slotted spoon or a spider and cool the shrimp in a bath of ice water to prevent them from overcooking. Once the shrimp are cooled down, drain, peel and devein them. (I like to cut larger shrimp into bite-sized pieces. You can leave smaller shrimp whole if you prefer.) To make the dressing, in a separate bowl, mix the mayonnaise and lemon juice. Add salt and pepper to taste. (If you are using Worcestshire or Dijon mustard, add them to the dressing to taste — start with 1/2 teaspoons.) Toss the dressing together with the shrimp and add in the chopped celery and any other add-ins you are using. Serve on crusty French bread with a chilled glass of Soave. (See page 58.)

Services: Smile Makeover

In-Office Teeth Whitening One Visit Root Canals Same Day Emergency Treatment Esthetic Dentures and Partials Porcelain Crowns and Veneers Metal Free Tooth-Colored Fillings Extractions Implants

“

Rated Five Stars

”

Outback Plaza 6231 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

(954) 229-2424 | CFsmilesdental.com The patient and any other person responsible for payment has a right to refuse to pay, cancel payment or be reimbursed for payment for any service, examination or treatment which is performed as a result of and within 72 hours of responding to the ad for free, discounted fee or reduced fee service, examination or treatment.

AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

PHILANTHROPY TORCH PASS The Community Foundation of Broward, an organization integral to helping solve problems in the county through research, advocacy, collaboration and philanthropy, has named a new President/CEO. The Foundation’s former President/CEO, Linda Carter, who served the Community Foundation for the past 23 years, will be retiring. The Community Foundation of Broward’s Board of Directors announced Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, Ph.D., as the Foundation’s new President/CEO. Lighthouse Point magazine sat down at the Lighthouse Point Yacht Club to get to know these two powerful and inspiring women. This interview has been edited for space and clarity. INTERVIEWED BY DANIELLE CHARBONNEAU

Q&A WITH LINDA CARTER, WHO HAS ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT FROM HER ROLE AS PRESIDENT/CEO OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD

Please give our readers a brief introduction about yourself and the Community Foundation of Broward My name is Linda Carter and I’ve been the president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Broward for the past 23 years. I had the fortunate opportunity to take the foundation from a smaller, fledgling organization to what it is now. The Community Foundation of Broward is a full-service organization. We’re one of the top 100 community foundations in the nation, and we have tackled amazing issues in our community. We’ve grown significantly and we’re tackling the issues that are hard.

30 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

We are one of the first community foundations in the state to achieve national standards for accountability and transparency. We’ve grown to distribute 12 million dollars a year. It was just one million when I first got here. We now do, in one month, what we did all my first year. But I’m mostly excited about the impact we made in the community, and the leadership role we’ve taken. This is an interesting time in history for a transition in leadership. Can you tell me more about the timing of your retirement? I announced my retirement all before the Coronavirus, and who knew that was all going to happen? This is a pivotal

time to have a leadership transition. Now we have multiple issues hitting at the same time. It takes government, industry, nonprofits and citizens, all coalesced, to address these. That’s what the Community Foundation provides. I think it [the timing] will help make this organization more relevant than ever. It’s always been relevant, but now it will be enhanced and magnified. Citizens have seen the value of philanthropy more than ever. There has been no other disrupter that we have faced as a community that affected everybody. It isn’t like Hurricane Andrew that just hit one pocket. This affected every person, every place, everywhere. And people saw the nonprofit sector come to its own in that regard...I think there is a renewed sense of the sector’s power to be a player in creating change. It’s not just government. We, as a community, can make the change we want. And philanthropy is a great way to begin that journey. You are a South Florida native, born at Broward General Hospital. Besides your time away at school at the University of Florida, you have lived in Broward County for a long time. Thus, you’ve seen Broward County grow and change. What do you think have been the most striking changes in the county? What do you think have been the most monumental challenges and triumphs? What I’ve seen over the last 23 years is that, as Broward County grows, it’s added to the complexity of the challenges. We’re not a sleepy little town anymore. Las Olas doesn’t close up during the summer like it used to. We’re year-round. So it’s harder. There are more challenges. And they are more interrelated and more complex. There are no simple solutions. But that’s because we are a vibrant, exciting community. I can remember when I first got to the Community Foundation, when we would invest in cancer research, we had to send the money out of the area. And now we have major hospitals, major educational institutions, and they are doing clinical trials. So we can invest right here in our local community. That’s exciting. So the challenges and the triumphs go hand-in-hand. And the change, I think from a philanthropic standpoint, is that more people call this place home. Even though they came from someplace else, they now have said, ‘I have chosen to be here because the quality of life here is so much more robust.’ We see philanthropy staying more local as opposed to going back home. I can remember when I first got here, an estate planner said, ‘Oh my gosh. I worked on so many trusts and wills this past OPPOSITE Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson (left), The Community Foundation of Broward President/CEO with Linda Carter, the Foundation’s previous President/CEO at The Lighthouse Point Yacht Club Jeff Graves for Lighthouse Point magazine RIGHT School is Cool is one of the foundations’s 10 Issues That Matter initiative Courtesy of The Community Foundation of Broward

month, and everything is going back to the Northeast. They don’t see this as home.’ That has changed dramatically. You’re seeing more people say; this is where I live. This is where I work. This is where I raise my family. I’m going to invest in this community. When you started working for the Community Foundation of Broward 23 years ago, there were only about four staff people, and the foundation was not quite giving out $1 million a year. Now, in 2020, the foundation has 16 professional staff, 22 members of the Board and annual grants reaching $12 million. The foundation has distributed $120 million since its inception. The foundation has a $3 million operating budget, $1.5 million in operating reserves, and $4 million in a dedicated operating endowment. The foundation also has $222 million in assets in 473 unique funds, of which 90% are endowed (exceeding the national average of 68%). The growth and success of the Community Foundation of Broward is inspiring. What top factors do you think have contributed to this success? Those are all great numbers. And they do demonstrate growth. I think they also demonstrate the commitment to our community. I think they demonstrate the trust in the work we do at the foundation. But, most importantly, it is evidence that we are doing the right things. But what’s most exciting is what we’ve done with it.

The fact that we’ve taken charge of aging out of foster care and put a spotlight on that issue when nobody was working in that area. The fact that we were the very first community foundation — and were the first funder in Broward County — that embraced HIV/AIDS prevention and education. And that was even before I got here. So being an agent of change is in our DNA. And that has never wavered. That’s what we are all about — making that kind of change in our community. AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

There’s lots of tools in our toolbox. Advocacy is part of that as well. It’s not just writing grants and checks; it’s the leadership role we serve in the community. For example, we rallied the community to reauthorize the Children’s Services Council (CSC), which is funded through property taxes. The CSC distributes $60 million a year, each and every year, in our community. We could never fill that void if that had gone away. And we were delighted to be the entity that led the charge to get the community to rally around the CSC. So the numbers are good, the growth is good, but the real story is what do we do with it — the impact we are making in the community. In addition to the areas of advocacy you just mentioned, the foundation has been a pioneer in advocating for the LGBT community. Can you tell me more about that? It was literally my first month on the job. It could have even been my first week. A friend of mine called me up and said, ‘You know, we want to create a body of funds on LGBT issues. Do you want to do that.’ I’m like ‘Sure.’ And so we did that. We did the research, we found the issues that were affecting the LGBT community. We went out and raised funds specifically to address that issue and put a spotlight on that. And we showcased that in our newsletter. I remember, it was our first newsletter, and I got a piece of hate mail saying, ‘I don’t know. Why are you doing that?’ This was back in 1997. ‘Why are you even doing that? This is not right. And I’m never going to support the Community Foundation.’ I looked at it. I called my chairman. And we both laughed and said. ‘Well, we don’t need that person to be a part of the Community Foundation. We’re doing what’s right for our community. We are a community foundation serving the total community.’ And so I’m very proud of that. Because we’re doing the right things and we’re not afraid of tackling the issues in our community. From what you’re telling me, it sounds like the Community Foundation of Broward has been ahead of its time in tackling issues. Would you say that? You’re absolutely right. We try to be. Because all of these issues are bigger than we alone can tackle, you cannot change anything until you bring awareness — and so the first strategy is to raise awareness. We are a wealth of information on what’s going on in the community. We share that and get other people alarmed over the same trends we’re seeing, and then we create coalitions. We network private funders, public funders, and the busi-

32 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

ness community. We all get working in the same direction. You can make momentum if you don’t care who gets the credit, and you just work for the right thing. That’s really been in the DNA of the Community Foundation, even before I got there. I used to have a false understanding that the Community Foundation was just about raising funds. But it sounds like you also do research, advocacy and promote collaboration between organizations. It seems like you are the connecting entity — the center of many spokes. Isn’t it funny, one of our board members, General Monroe, actually made that analogy years ago. Kind of like a hub. He drew a little diagram with spokes and everything. So you’re absolutely right. We have the added advantage, too, in that we don’t represent any one issue. For instance, aging. If an organization whose focus and mission is on aging issues, if they were trying to raise awareness, some people might look at that and say, ‘Well of course they’re going to say that because that’s their mission.’ The fact is that we can say the same thing, and people will go ‘Oh, it must be true.’ We recognize that’s part of our value proposition to the community, and so we are very strategic. We’re not going to say the sky is falling if it’s not. But if there are issues and opportunities to make this community better, we’re going to broadcast that. We’re going to work on those things. We’re going to celebrate those successes for the community. This is where I grew up. I’m going to leave it a better place than I found it. And I think that’s what we all strive for. What avenues do you use to inform the public of the important issues? We do a couple things. We print research. We might commission reports and studies, and then we work with the media to help get that information out. We host forums and town halls, and we bring community leaders and philanthropists together to raise that awareness and to tackle it. We do grant programs to invest in pilot programs to begin to move the needle. And then we share what we’ve learned. Those are the best ways to advocate and to get people to pay attention. And it’s repeating and repeating and repeating and repeating. I think today’s consumption of information makes it harder. Trying to figure out how people consume information. Different ages consume it differently, and it makes it all the more challenging. But I think it’s exciting.

What are some of the greatest or hardest lessons you learned during your time as CEO? What I think I have learned is that change is hard. When you think about our work, it’s getting people to change their behavior. There’s some great books on how you get people to change their behavior. But it doesn’t happen overnight. How many years have we learned how people shouldn’t smoke cigarettes? But sometimes they still smoke. So getting people to change behavior takes dedication and commitment, and for those of us that want to see results all the time, really fast, it’s having patience. I’m learning to have patience every single day. But changing behavior takes time, and a lot of different strategies, but eventually, we can begin to move the needle.

we do an environmental scan locally and we look to see where we could be the most impactful. If you were to increase the list of ten issues that matter, to a dozen issues that matter, what would number 11 and 12 be? I would have to say I would be challenged to come up with an 11 or 12, because that’s the most interesting thing about the ten

The Community Foundation of Broward currently has named 10 Issues That Matter [see sidebar]. These 10 issues are key to ensuring a better future for the community. Are any of these ten issues the nearest and dearest to your heart? Why? That’s a great question — probably dignity in aging. My mom lived to a wonderful age of 94 and she had a wonderful quality of life, but she was able to do that because she had children, and they wrapped around her and we made sure she didn’t suffer through challenges that a lot of older people do. You know Broward County has the highest population of 85+ in the nation. At a certain point there’s diminished capacity. And if you don’t have children to wrap around you, then how do you handle those issues that your life faces? And so, that’s probably one that is near and dear to my heart. But I gotta tell you, I love them all…They are all so important. And I think what we saw with the Coronavirus now, is the interrelationship of it all. It’s all connected. How did the ten issues that matter come about? About three or four years ago we stepped back from the work we were doing and our grant making and asked, ‘Are we being strategic? What’s changed in our community?’ We did an environmental scan with a combination of community round tables. We reached out to thought leaders. We did interviews with experts in various fields. And put that all together. We also looked at where there was not a lot of other folks playing. So, for instance, with school is cool, which is about education, we focus on middle school because in our research we learned there’s a lot of folks who are working on reading by third grade, and a lot of folks around the high school and graduating seniors to help them get into college or career ready, but nobody was focusing on middle school. So that’s a perfect example. We combine national research,

OPPOSITE Habitat for Humanity Broward

TOP THIS PAGE Art in the Community mural painting

ABOVE Eco Broward Deerfield Island Photos Courtesy of The Community Foundation of Broward

AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

issues that matter. They really are the fabric of the community. It’s hard-pressed to read the newspaper any single day and not see those issues bubbling up. But I’m sure I’ll think of some good ones on my car ride home. In an interview with Fort Lauderdale Illustrated in 2017, you told the story of Margaret Roach. You said she was a real leader in the African-American community who came to you to create a small fund with Community Foundation of Broward. She asked you “Well, what should I make my fund be about?” You responded, ‘If you could create a magic wand, what’s important to you?’” You then proceeded to help her leave a legacy for African-American boys in middle school who get peer pressured to do bad. Her money has been put to that use for more than 10 years. I want to now ask you the same question you posed to Roach. After your decades of service helping others to leave lasting legacies, if you had a magic wand for Broward County, what would you do with it? I think the magic wand for our community is the power of collaborations. We must stay vigilant on organizations

working together — where you can say 1+1+1 = 10, not 3 — so that we magnify the impact of our roles. I think that would be what I would want. It [collaboration] is there, but it could be better and stronger, where government, business, community groups and the nonprofit sector are all at the table together. Oftentimes collaboration sounds easy, but it’s very hard work. It usually means people have to step away from their ego. It means they oftentimes have to step aside from their timelines. Sometimes they have to step away from an original strategy and morph and adapt to a better way. It’s so easy to say, ‘Oh well, I’ll just knock it our myself. And just do it.’ But it’s probably not as effective. So, I’d say more collaboration. And pride. I think more people are calling Broward County home, but I would like to see greater pride in the community. What are your plans after retiring? Travel was big on that list. Now, not so much. Now maybe some home improvement. But my husband now says ‘Now that you’re retired, do not be giving me that big honey-do list!”

10 ISSUES THAT MATTER

The following ten issues are the Community Foundation of Broward’s key areas of focus.

DIGNITY IN AGING

ART OF COMMUNITY

ECO BROWARD

YOUTH WORK

ANIMAL WELFARE

Florida has the highest concentration of older Americans in the country, and Broward has Florida’s fastest growing population of people over 85. Over the next 12 years, seniors who are 80-84 years old will grow by 73% according to the Florida Department of Elder Affairs projections from 2017. Although Broward is widely considered a paradise for retirees, many seniors struggle to live the good life. They need help with everyday activities like driving, cooking, finances and personal care. Current services for seniors are fragmented, making them hard to find and inaccessible. The waitlists are long. Seniors will continue to outlive their retirement income and need help that is currently not available. The Foundation’s goal is to address holes in the safety net, the isolation of seniors, the limited finances of seniors and the poor perception of elders.

The arts ignite creativity, invoke community pride and create a sense of place that connects people to where they live and to each other. Unfortunately, the arts face many challenges. As Broward grows, the art and culture scene is not keeping pace with the demand for accessible and affordable opportunities to engage. As a result, people seek arts outlets in neighboring counties. State and local budget cuts result in arts organizations suffering. 89% of arts allocations were cut in 2018 followed by only a slight increase in the 2019 state budget. Also, private arts giving is a small slice of total philanthropic giving. The Foundation’s goal is to embed the arts into the DNA of Broward in ways that ignite creativity and build community pride and identity. The Foundation ultimately wants Broward to be recognized as the artistic melting pot of South Florida.

The health of the community is contingent on promoting a healthy and more resilient environment. The dangerous effects of climate change, fueled by manmade pollution, put the community’s health at risk. Florida’s sea level is expected to rise 2 feet by 2060, according to the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact. Flooding – along the coast and inland – will force people out of homes, close businesses and threaten the drinking water supply. Climate change will also increase temperatures and intensify extreme weather events. Broward County’s climate resiliency requires immediate intervention to create a healthy, resilient and sustainable community. The Foundation’s goal is to make Broward a more livable, resilient and sustainable place to call home.

Based on data from CareerSource Broward, the county’s youth unemployment rate remains consistently higher than other age groups. Employers report that young people are deficient in: problem solving, critical thinking, dependability, oral and written communications and professionalism/ work ethic. Without these job opportunities, they are at an increased risk for a host of negative outcomes including: long spells of unemployment, poverty, criminal behavior, substance abuse and incarceration. The Foundation’s goal is to shape tomorrow’s workforce today, helping young people gain skills through hands-on employment opportunities.

Unfortunately, more than 30,000 domesticated animals become homeless and 12,000 native wild animals need care annually. Unwanted cats and dogs are often surrendered to public shelters or become strays. Without a safe permanent home, more shelters, adoption programs, or medical care, these roaming animals become a nuisance and ultimately become impounded and euthanized in some cases. The Foundation’s goal is to ensure that Broward’s animals, both wild and domesticated, are treated with respect and live safely without threat, abuse or neglect.‍

34 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

Q&A WITH JENNIFER O’FLANNERY ANDERSON, PH.D, WHO WILL START AS THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD’S NEW PRESIDENT/CEO ON AUGUST 17

Please introduce yourself and give us a quick synopsis of the career path you’ve taken. How did you arrive at this new opportunity? I’m Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson. I have been a resident of Broward County for 21 years. In my time here I earned a Ph.D from Florida Atlantic University. I was the Chief of Staff to the President of FAU. I became the CEO of the United Way of Broward, and then I went back to FAU as a Vice President, and then became the Vice President of Advancement and Community Relations at Nova Southeastern University. What interests me in this role was that it actually pieced together elements of all of my jobs in the last 20 years in kind of a perfect way. In fundraising. In community impact. Collaboration and engagement. Economic Development. Each of those has a role in the Community Foundation. As I went through the process of interviewing for the job, I kind of went through a personal journey of really figuring out what I wanted to do, and where I could find my next professional role to be personally and professionally fulfilling. And where I could perhaps have an impact. So this role just seemed like it was my destiny.

Since 2013, you served as Vice President of Advancement and Community Relations at Nova Southeastern University, where you led the university’s first capital campaign, which raised $267 million in philanthropic giving and is currently the largest capital campaign ever done in Broward County. Tell us more about this accomplishment. What strategies did you use that were successful? What lessons did you learn that you think will benefit your new role? A few things. One: we had a clear plan of attack. We had an operating plan. We had delineated roles for volunteers, staff and academic leadership. We identified the most critical needs of the institution and how we could build compelling cases for giving...And I think using research, data and ana-

RIGHT Diamond Santos, Youth Work is among the foundation’s 10 Issues That Matter Courtesy of The Community Foundation of Broward

ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE

BROWARD PRIDE

SCHOOL IS COOL

CANCEL CANCER

B FIT

54% of Broward workers are employed in low-wage service sector occupations with hourly wages and live paycheck to paycheck. Their income does not match Broward’s high cost of living. The Foundation’s goal is to move struggling families from surviving to thriving by providing a hand up, and not a handout. By supporting individuals and families from spiraling into economic despair, the Foundation hopes to break the cycle of poverty for the next generation. Federal, state and local research reveals that when the number of residents living in poverty is reduced, crime rates go down, education levels increase, residents are healthier and future generations are more likely to be financially independent.

Broward has more same-sex couples, or households, than any other county in Florida. As the community and LGBT population continue to grow, issues arise and become more complex. The issues that affect Broward residents acutely affect LGBT residents. Based on a series of listening sessions hosted by the Community Foundation of Broward, the Foundation learned LGBT residents feel confined and seek inclusion and acceptance within the entire community. But the broader community lacks sensitivity to their unique needs. LGBT residents ‘go back in the closet’ or hide their LGBT identity rather than seek help from non-LGBT social service organizations. Without inclusion and acceptance built into the culture of non-LGBT social service organizations, LGBT residents will not receive equal and fair treatment and/or have equal opportunities in employment, housing and health care. The Foundation’s goal is to unite our diverse community to ensure equality, justice and inclusion of our LGBT neighbors throughout Broward.

Only 53% of young people in America’s 50 largest cities graduate from high school on time. 25 U.S. school districts produce 1/5 of all U.S. dropouts. Broward is one of them. Research tells us that middle school is a fork in the road for school and graduation success or failure. The Foundation’s goal is to increase high school graduation rates to 90% by focusing on middle school success.

Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the U.S., exceeded only by heart disease, and accounts for nearly one of every four deaths. Broward has the second highest rate of new cancer diagnoses in Florida. The Foundation believes every Broward resident diagnosed with cancer should have the very best treatment and support right here in Broward, and not have to travel, which is inconvenient and costly. The Foundation’s goals are to advance local, breakthrough cancer research that makes lifesaving clinical trials accessible to all Broward residents, and to help patients and their families face cancer with support services that reduce levels of stress and anxiety.

The prevalence of chronic diseases linked to the obesity epidemic, such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and cancer, has increased sharply. Communities throughout the country, including Broward, are plagued by the effects of unhealthy lifestyles. According to the 2016 Florida Health Charts, 63% of adults are obese or overweight, and children born after 2010 will be the first generation in our nation’s history to die younger than their parents due to this epidemic. The Foundation’s goal is to empower adults to take control of their health to prevent and reverse serious lifestylerelated illnesses.

AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

lytics, which is hard. It is really hard for you to force yourself to do research, look at numbers, manage your database, and use it. You really want to go on your gut instinct, but you really need to use the systems and data. So we added that as well. The last thing is we also focused on endowed gifts. A traditional campaign is usually focused on a building, or a piece of equipment, or a new piece of land, or adding a new program... But with this campaign, one third were endowments. This had never been done for NSU. Here [at the Community Foundation] we’re building an endowment for the whole community. So I think it’s taking what I learned [at NSU] and layering it on a community-wide platform.

BELOW Broward Pride: Pride Day at The Museum of Discovery and Science RIGHT Art in the community Courtesy of The Community Foundation of Broward

mother’s day. She would go to the florist and buy buckets of daises and buy bolts of ribbon and we would sit the day before mother’s day and tie bows on hundreds of daises. Our family would stand and hand out daisies to the members of the congregation. These are just little things. I was five years old and we did it every year. So my father, in a way, did it on a big scale, with an entire church and the mission work. And then my mother did it on a very personal scale, with her own family, as a teacher with her students and with finding her role in the church. She would

In addition to the professional roles you already mentioned, you have also volunteered for, and sat on the boards of many Broward nonprofit organizations, including the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, PACE Center for Girls and Funding Arts Broward. Obviously, you have had a heart for service for a long time. Where do you think this heart comes from? Oh my parents. My father is a retired Presbyterian minister and my mom is an early education, special education teacher. So our whole life has been, I hope, about thinking of others. Being embedded in a community. Giving service to others. Think-

find simple ways that we could touch people’s lives. And my dad would do it on a bigger scale. For me, there was magic in that. I hope it’s in my DNA.

ing of others. And living a simple life so that could happen. I have two great role models in my parents. I think that my work ethic and my integrity, and my care and compassion for others, I hope, comes through. And if it does, I attribute it to my parents. I can remember back to five. Maybe four. When you leave church, you know the minister stands out front every Sunday. As soon as we could be on our own, the Sunday school teacher would say ‘Jennifer you can go.’ And I would go and stand with my dad and shake hands. And then I remember my mom started a tradition on

36 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

Y‍ ou are a 21-year resident of Broward County. What changes have you seen in the county in that time, for better, or worse? One of the things that struck me when I moved here from Tampa was the diversity of people and the intensity and energy and pace...it was like warp speed to what I was used to in Tampa. So over the past 20 years, that’s just exacerbated. Something I’ve also seen grow is the dichotomy of the rich and those who don’t have enough. I feel like as you look at the community, the wealth has increased, but the poverty has increased. And the fact that we have such a wealthy community but 50% of our kids go to Title 9 schools that provide free breakfast and lunch. To me, that’s a gap. That’s increased a lot and that’s always concerning to me. Another improvement has been the love of the arts. I feel as though the arts community has blossomed here, and in very unique and creative ways. Sort of non-traditional ways. And I think the recognition of the environment as something important to our hearts and to our pocketbooks, especially in the boating community. It has an economic and a health connection as well. I think we are progressive in that.

As I asked Linda before, are any of the ten issues that matter nearest and dearest to your heart? I would say I am struggling with aging parents right now. I am facing that. So for me, the concept of aging dignified, in an honorable manner, having the support services there — I feel really connected to that one, because I’m living it with my parents. And I also think about Linda’s point, about having the highest rate of people over 85 in the nation. And we also have one of the highest rates of seniors living in poverty. So if you compound an aging population with people who don’t have the resources to age in place or get the medical care or food or medicine they need, that really complicates matters. And then I would say, the arts. I think how we bring the arts back and how we fill the gap of not being able to experience art in the traditional way. I feel like that’s a real immediate issue for us because arts round out our lives. They complement the education process. They inspire us. And we’re not getting that. Or we’re having to seek it out in different ways. So I think at this time, that one speaks to me strongly, too. But all of them. If you were to increase the ten issues that matter to the dozen issues that matter, what would number 11 & 12 be? I think the issues of mental health and social justice. I think those are two prevalent things that we have to grapple with. In 2018, the Community Foundation of Broward launched the Be Bold Leadership Campaign with the goal of raising $500 million by the Foundation’s 40th anniversary in 2024. $144 million was raised during the campaign’s first two years. Do you have strategy for accomplishing this goal by 2024? Well that’s going to be my job. That’s the ultimate challenge. I think the strategy is to grow the outreach of the organization. How can we engage with more people in philanthropy and in supporting the Community Foundation of Broward? How do we use our volunteer network and our expertise and our issues that matter to share that countywide in a strategic way?

So I think we need a gradual and strategic method to expand our reach throughout the county and speak to the issues that matter in that area. Also, how do we engage the next generation and let them know what the Community Foundation is? What’s the value of an endowment? And how can we start now? We have to build a pipeline of supporters for the future. My first rule though is the Hippocratic Oath, to do no harm. I think the Foundation is doing so many things right. My goal is to maintain that and enhance it, to test and try new things, and see what sticks.

Why do you think charitable giving is so important at this moment in history? So Alexis de Tocqueville came to the United States in the 1850s from France because the concept of democracy was kind of French — I guess the philosophers had written about it. And we were implementing it in the United States in a way that other people and philosophers and countries had talked about. So he came here to study American democracy and what was different about it. Was it working? Why? He found in the 1850s that on the local levels, in communities, people were donating and conFor us, at this time, when governments are tributing and helping their fellow brothers and paralyzed and we are facing an avalanche of sisters through churches and through services, health, economic and social unrest — in all three — and that they were doing that on a local level. Not governments, but people, were owning and I think it’s philanthropy that is going caring for their communities. And he identified to be the change agent. that as one of the differentiating factors of what made democracy work, and what made it unique in America. How do we develop more of an awareness here in LightI would say 170 years later, I think it’s still the same. For us, house Point? We just funded a project here in a park. So how do at this time, when governments are paralyzed and we are we help people know about that? How do we introduce the dofacing an avalanche of health, economic and social unrest — nor to the community? Maybe that would attract other people. in all three — I think it’s philanthropy that is going to be the ABOVE FIU Biomolecular Sciences Institute — change agent. Y Cancel Cancer is one of the foundation’s 10 Issues That Matter AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

UNSOLICITED Are you finding the world confusing these days? Yeah, you and everybody else. In our new reality, two local gurus and one humorist share some ideas and jokes for making it through life in the time of corona.

BY DR. JILL SELBACH

38 pointpubs.com â&#x20AC;¢

POINT! PUBLISHING

ADVICE How to Stay Physically and Emotionally Fit BY DR. JILL SELBACH

THE FACE OF EXERCISE HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED SINCE MARCH OF 2020. OUR OLD PROMISES TO HIT THE GYM IN JANUARY CAN NO LONGER COME TO FRUITION. YET, Exercise has not lost it’s importance. It is more important than ever to stay physically and mentally healthy. Gym equipment flew off the shelves as people scrambled to create home gyms and sustain their work out routines outside of a traditional gym. There are many ways and reasons to exercise outside of the gym. >>>

With a Little Gallows Humor Thrown in for Good Measure BY JIM TERLIZZI AMERICANS ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF GALLOWS HUMOR AND THE CORONAVIRUS IS NOT IMMUNE. I CANNOT PROVIDE ATTRIBUTION FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING, BUT HERE ARE MY FAVORITES:

If you used 40 rolls of toilet paper in two weeks, you needed to see a doctor before the coronavirus. The World Health Organization announced that dogs cannot contract COVID-19. Dogs held in quarantine can now be released. As a result, WHO let the dogs out (Groan). I'm predicting a baby boom in nine months. In 2033 there will be millions of Quaranteens. Beauty parlors, tanning places, waxing centers and nail salons are closed. It’s getting ugly out there. If you work in a bank and a guy comes in wearing a mask, you're happy if he's just there to rob the place. Life without sports: I found a woman sitting on my couch. Apparently, she is my wife. She seems nice. If all else fails, you can always pour yourself a quarantini. >>>

AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

We Need Better Coaches BY CRAIG HALEY

40 pointpubs.com •

THE WORLD IS IN A DIFFICULT STATE THERE IS UNCERTAINTY, AND MANY QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. MANY experts are sharing different viewpoints about what will happen. All of this has led to people becoming fearful, stressed out, and anxious. We need strong leadership right now more than ever. I'm willing to bet that you are in a leadership role in one area of your life or more. Perhaps you are a parent or guardian, a boss or leader at work, or a team coach. Regardless of where you are a leader or a coach, we can all be better, more capable leaders. Leaders have a vision for the future. They create compelling ideas of the future and get others on board. Leaders are incredibly influential. Ask yourself an important question. How good of a leader are you? When you talk to people, do they say,

POINT! PUBLISHING

“Great speech!” or “Let’s march!” Do you inspire them into action? I recently heard the definition of a coach is someone who will take you where you want to go when you can’t get there yourself. Here are strategies to be a more effective coach. STRATEGY #1: UNDERSTAND THE FIVE MOST PERSUASIVE WORDS A COACH CAN SAY, "I AM PROUD OF YOU!" A coach never misses an

opportunity to tell someone they are proud of them. We all feed off of positive reinforcement and praise. A coach sees potential and always praises progress. This is crucial to lead effectively. Mary Kay Ash, the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, says that everyone wears a sign on their head that says, "Make me feel important." STRATEGY #2: BE AVAILABLE. Coaches need a>>>

Stay Fit <<<

STRESS REDUCTION Research shows that regular

exercise can reduce stress and increase a neurotransmitter in the brain, norepinephrine, which aids in the brain’s ability to cope with stress. Unmanaged stress has been linked to a greater propensity for heart disease, high blood pressure, chest pain and irregular heartbeats. DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY RELIEF When we exercise, chemical changes occur in the brain that improve mood, reduce chemicals that contribute to depression and calm you down by increasing body temperature. As little as a burst of activity for 10 to 15 minutes makes an impact. The lasting effects of exercise are only produced when done regularly.

Gallows Humor Jehovah’s Witnesses are making the most of the pandemic. They know everyone is going to be home. Investigators have discovered that coronavirus did not come from China. It was released by Charmin. The CDC has prepared a pamphlet containing information on how to explain to your children how a guy eating bat soup in China caused a toilet paper shortage. The guy who invented hand sanitizer must be rubbing his hands together right now.

FEND OFF COGNITIVE DECLINE As we age (beginning in our 20s), our cognitive ability starts to decline. Exercise increases neuroprotective factors that aid in slowing and preventing cognitive decline. INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY People who exercise regularly have more energy and are more productive. A recent study found that employees who spent 2.5 hours a week being physically active were happier with the quantity and quality of their work. They also reported fewer sick days than employees who did not exercise.

There little dispute about whether exercise is beneficial. So, why do some of us have such a difficult time initiating a program? Greater than 50% of people who begin an exercise program stop within 12 months. When people exercise because they genuinely like it they are more likely to stay committed. A good physical is always important before you begin to exercise. Look at the barriers you place in front of you regarding exercise. Do you really want to get that longoverdue physical? Are you afraid of the news you might receive? Motivation is a bi-product of thought and follow-through is a function of behavior. Our thinking affects our behavior. We frequently sabotage our exercise aspirations by thinking: “It’s too hard,” or “It will take too long to achieve my goals.” We need to engage good behaviors without thinking. Be aware of thoughts that do not help you achieve your goals. Replace these thoughts with positive self-talk. Psychological resistance takes many forms. If you are challenged by combating your resistance, and it might be based on depression or anxiety, it is often helpful to explore this with a psychological professional. Y Dr. Jill Selbach is a licensed clinical psychologist. For more information visit drjillselbach.com or call 954-618-8412.

Half of us will come out of quarantine as great cooks. The other half will come out alcoholics. I need to practice social distancing… from the refrigerator. My wife and I are contemplating where to go for summer vacation… the living room or the bedroom. I used to spin the toilet paper like I was on Wheel of Fortune. Now I turn it like I was cracking a safe. Every few days, try on your jeans just to see if they fit. Pajamas will have you thinking all is well.

AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

Gallows Humor

We Need Better Coaches

<<< I don’t think anyone expected that when we changed the clocks, we'd go from Standard Time to Twilight Zone.

<<< lot of face to face time to talk through challenges, discuss strategies and share ideas. If the coach is not available, they will be far less influential. A key here is eliminating distractions when talking with someone you are coaching. Putting your phone on "do not disturb" and listening wholeheartedly are some of the best things you can do when coaching. Another great idea is to take notes which sends the message that you care about what they are saying. STRATEGY #3: ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. A great coach will always give the person or team credit when they have a win. They give all the accolades and praise to the team or person. When the team loses or experiences a setback, the coach accepts 100 percent responsibility. By the coach leading this way, they guarantee stronger morale and better buy-in from his/her followers. The team will be hungry to achieve and not afraid to make mistakes. STRATEGY #4: EMPATHIZE. Showing empathy is spending time thinking about where someone is coming from. Coaches should focus on what it is like to walk in another person's shoes and understand their point of view. Don't mistake sympathy for empathy. Sympathy is when you feel the same way they do. Empathy is about understanding how they feel, so you can coach them through it. As I reviewed all my notes on coaching and wrote this article, I realized that I have a long way to go to become the coach that I want to be. How do you stack up? In the end, a coach must strive to leave every person better off after coaching them than before the interaction. Your advice, praise, or correction should leave your follower more confident, inspired and eager to take action. If you really want to evaluate your effectiveness as a coach, watch what your people do when you aren't around. If they do the right thing more often than not, you are well on your way. Y

My body has absorbed so much hand sanitizer that when I urinate, it cleans the toilet. My son is homeschooling his kids. One of them called in a bomb threat. The other one said, "I hope I don't get the same teacher next year." My wife and I went to a new restaurant called The Kitchen. You have to gather up all the ingredients and cook your own meal. I have no idea how this place stays in business. I look forward to taking out the garbage. Just can’t decide what to wear. Self-isolation is like being in a Las Vegas casino: We are losing money by the minute, cocktails are acceptable at any hour and nobody knows what time it is. Finally, know that the coronavirus lives on money. Here's what to do: Put on gloves. Stuff your money into a plastic bag and put it outside your front door. I will come by and collect it.

Master Shihan Craig Haley is the Seventh Degree Black Belt instructor at Elite Force Martial Arts, eliteforcemartialarts.com.

This will be my contribution to keeping you in good health. Y

Tips to Develop a Fitness Plan

BY DR. JILL SELBACH

42 pointpubs.com •

Increase the consistency of your exercise by defining clear and attainable goals. Start with small goals that are easily reached with a plan you can follow.

POINT! PUBLISHING

Pick something you enjoy doing.

Set up your surroundings to encourage achieving your workout goals. Place workout clothes and shoes by your bed or have packed in a gym bag.

Pencil into your schedule when and where you will exercise, just like you would make an appointment — your followthrough will dramatically increase.

Commit to a personal trainer or a friend to increase your accountability.

Diving Pompano for over 25 Years Friendly, experienced professionals

Recreational Diving at All Levels Tech Diving • Snorkeling Your adventure is just a phone call away!

954.708.4780 www.Scubatyme.com 101 N. Riverside Drive, Pompano Beach

REPOWER TODAY!

Over 65,000 65,000+ Boat Parts Parts in in Stock Stock Call or text for price and availability 954-778-5700 Call or text for price and availability www.modernboatservice.com

954-778-1465

GO BOLDLY.

1323 SW 1st Way, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

1323 SW 1st Way, Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 www.shopmodernboat.com

Now Leasing Salon Studios Don’t Work in a Crowded Salon... Lease Your Own Studio Today! Join over 18,000 professionals that are LIVING the LIFE they LOVE!

2001 N. Federal Hwy., Pompano Beach Pompano Citi Center, 2nd Floor

For Leasing information, call Rie at 260-341-3407

Call: 954-319-9848 Call: 954-319-9848

Pompano Citi Centre inside Sola Salon Studio 2001Pompano N. Federal Hwy. | Suite 208 | Pompano Beach Citi Centre inside Sola Salon Studio www.casamarastudiosalon.com 2001 N. Federal Hwy. | Suite 208 | Pompano Beach

YOUR SAFETY No Problem.IS Luz is your Girl! OUR FIRST PRIORITY!

Long Hair?

PRIVATE STUDIO Haircuts Specializing in Dry Color,Blow Highlights, Long Hair, Haircuts Color & Blowdry before after Highlights Conditioning Haircuts • Blow Dry • Color • Highlights • Conditioning Treatments Treatments Halocouture® Extensions • Teeth Whitening Halocouture® Extensions Visit our website at: www.casamarastudiosalon.com AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

44 pointpubs.com 2 pointpubs.com• POINT! • POINT! PUBLISHING PUBLISHING

GO FISH AND DO GOOD FILLET FOR FRIENDS, A LOCAL NON-PROFIT GROUP WORKS TO FEED THE HUNGRY WITH SURPLUS FISH. AND DURING A PANDEMIC WITH HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, THE GROUP FINDS ITSELF HELPING TO FILL A GROWING NEED.

LEFT TO RIGHT Colin Riley, Dalen Michaels, Nicholas Sanchez, Harrison Konsker, and Ben Mores of Fillet For Friends at the Lighthouse Point Marina

AUGUST 2020 â&#x20AC;¢ pointpubs.com

Harrison Konsker had an idea. What if he and his best friend Maccabee Herman plus few of their closest friends could somehow use surplus fish caught by locals to feed the hungry in South Florida? And now as the coronavirus blows through our community, leaving a trail of unemployed Floridians in its wake, Konsker's idea is helping to feed food insecure South Florida Families.

ANIDEAISBORN

Fillet For Friends is the non-profit 501 (c)(3) Konsker started soon after being diagnosed with a benign desmoid tumor. While he had been fishing since he was 6-years-old, he only got serious about it after his diagnosis forced him to quit the lacrosse team at Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton. With extra time on his hands, he and his best friend turned their attention to fishing. As they became more experienced anglers, their catch increased exponentially. "We needed to solve a problem we faced after each of our fishing trips: what should we do with all of this extra fish? After some thought, we both decided that there was no way the two of us could eat all these fish, even after passing some on to our extended family and friends. So, in 2014

46 pointpubs.com â&#x20AC;˘

POINT! PUBLISHING

we reached out to local food banks to find a way to blend our fishing success with a community initiative, and that's when Fillet For Friends was born," Konsker wrote in an email. According to Konsker, Filet for Friends has traveled around Florida to collect over 2,500 pounds of fresh fish that has helped feed over 5,000 families. In 2016, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recognized Filet For Friends for efforts around South Florida. And in 2017, the group was honored at the FWC Commission meeting for helping those in need in the local community. Additionally, in 2018, Congressman Ted Deutch acknowledged Filet For Friends for its positive impact across Florida.

HELPINGINAPANDEMIC

When the Fillet For Friends crew heard that the Trash Can Slam Fishing Tournament was back on after the lockdown, they leapt into action. At the end of the tournament, the organization collected 350 pounds of fresh fish at the Lighthouse Point Marina, which they delivered to Boca Helping Hands. According to Konsker, Boca Helping Hands was very grateful for the donation. The group is busy lining up more tournaments in order to collect more fish. Konsker writes that Florida fishers

GET INVOLVED Fillet for Friends is always looking for supporters and donors to get involved with the organization. If you are passionate about fishing, helping the hungry, or looking for ways to get involved in the community, sign up as a volunteer or team member and donate your caught fish. HOW TO HELP • ALERT THE FILET FOR FRIENDS ABOUT FISHING TOURNAMENTS

as not all tournament are well-publicized.

•JOIN THE TEAM. The group is looking for a social media manager and a tournament coordinator. This is a prime opportunity high school students looking for community service hours. •EXTRA FISH? Donate your personal catch. Contact Emily Elhilow,

COO at 561-598-9817 For more information visit filletforfriends. org

•DONATE If fishing isn’t your thing, but you still want to support the group, donations can be made through either PayPal or the group’s Facebook page.

OPPOSITE Harrison Konsker filets fish to be donated at the Lighthouse Point Marina BELOW Fish was donated to Boca Helping Hands

are very generous right now during these tough times. "Fishermen like us recognize that it's time to help the soup kitchens combat the meat shortages and the increase in hungry citizens," he wrote in an email. Currently, Fillet for Friends is offering to travel all across Florida to pick up donated fish. The group will be there with a quick call to ice, fillet, and vacuum seal surplus fish to deliver to their affiliated soup kitchen or one of the angler's choice. (See sidebar for contact information.) The group has set a goal to deliver 500 pounds of fish in the next two months. As an organization, they recognize the community's food shortage and the increased need to serve the less fortunate. Born and raised in South Florida, Konsker attended Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton. Currently, he is a rising sophomore at Standford University in Palo Alto, California, studying computational biology with hopes to become a physician. Konsker wrote, "To this day, our goal remains to use our love for fishing to provide protein-packed, nutritious, and delicious fillets of fish to those who need it most."

AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

dining out IN THE NORTH BROWARD BEACHES

Email us with any additions, closings, or corrections at editor@ pointpubs. com. We try to be accurate, but it’s always a good idea to call first before heading out on your dining adventure.

KEY $ Inexpensive (under $20) $$ Moderate ($21-$40) $$$ Expensive ($41-$65) $$$$ Pricey (over $65)

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

Pompano Beach Resort & Spa, enjoy a 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 $$

Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza. ITALIAN • PIZZA • WINGS You can credit this place with bringing the whole “coal-fired pizza craze” to South Florida. Pizza and chicken wings — do you need any more? Try the cauliflower pizza — good and good for you. 1203 S. Federal Highway, 954-942-5550 $$ The Beach Grille. AMERICAN Delicious eats near the beach with the capability to order online. 3414 E Atlantic Blvd., 954946-6000 $

Beach House. AMERICAN • CRAFT COCKTAILS This is the per-

fect 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 over-

looking 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 $

Bru’s Room Sports Grill. AMERICAN This spot is home to the

Florida State Booster Club of Broward County. Wings and plenty of bar food is available. 235 S. Federal Highway, 954785-2227 $

Calypso Restaurant and Raw Bar. CARIBBEAN Since they opened their doors in 1990, Calypso has been a local favorite. This gem of a restaurant is known for its fresh, wild caught fish, Bahamian conch dishes, Jamaican jerk and American favorites all served with an island flair. On any given day,

48 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

WITH MRS. KOSSENFLOFFER

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, 954-998-3642 $$$-$$$$ Checkers Old Munchen. GERMAN For a traditional German meal, try the wiener schnitzel — it’s divine — a lightly breaded veal cutlet sautéed in lemon butter and topped with homemade brown gravy. The spaetzle (German noodles) are a real homemade treat and not to be missed. Imbibe to your hearts content with their wide assortment of German beers. 2209 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-785-7565 $$ 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 $$ 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. 1901 N Federal Highway, 954-657-8676 $-$$

Darrel & Oliver’s Cafe Maxx. INTERNATIONAL This restaurant is an anchor of the South Florida fine dining scene. 2601 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-782-0606 $$$$ Dos Amigos. MEXICAN When you feel the hankering for a fa-

Family Owned & Operated SINCE 1989 Email us with any additions, closings, or corrections at editor@pointpubs.com. We try to be accurate, but it’s always a good idea to call first before heading out on your dining adventure.

jita, this Pompano Beach spot fits the bill. Try the margaritas too. 1308 N. Federal Highway 954-781-1955 $$

Eric’s Authentic Mexican Food. MEXICAN The tacos are a

standout here —served street style — which translates into fresh ingredients prepared with love and care. Start with some chips and guacamole. For some authentic and tasty Mexican, head over to Eric’s and thank us later. 625 E Atlantic Blvd., 754-215-6103 $$

Flanigan’s Seafood Bar & Grill. SEAFOOD • AMERICAN Enjoy a deal every day. 2500 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-943-3762 $$

The Foundry. AMERICAN • CONTINENTAL Seating options ga-

lore, 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 $

TAKE-OUT & CURBSIDE AVAILABLE 1601 E. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach (954) 942-1733 • giannisitalianrestaurant.com MON-THURS 11am-2:30pm & 4-9pm FRI 11am-2:30pm & 4-9:30pm SAT 4-9:30pm SUN 4-9pm

Gianni’s Italian Restaurant. ITALIAN Enjoy traditional Ital-

ian 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 $$

The Gyro Joint. MIDDLE EASTERN Eat in or carry out. It’s all Greek to me. 165 S. Cypress Road, 954-946-9199 $ Houston’s. AMERICAN Enjoy this contemporary eatery for lunch or dinner. Outdoor bar and seating on the Intracoastal available. 2821 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-783-9499 $$$ J Mark’s. AMERICAN A relaxing, modern restaurant and bar

with food and service to match. 1490 NE 23rd St., 954-782-7000

$$$

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 $$

expires 9/30/20. Participating locations only. extra toppings chicken, meatballs & steak substitutions, extra dipping sauces and dressings, tax and delivery additional. Must present coupon. cannot be combined with any other coupon! Prices subject to change without notice. nutrition information available at JetsPizza.com/nutrition

Kings Head British Pub. BRITISH Fish and chips, bangers 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, AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

Dining Out New Yo r Thin C k Style rust Piz za Dine In • Take Out • Delivery* *(Minimum Delivery $10.00)

We cater ALL occasions Open Daily Monday-Saturday: 11am - 10pm Sunday: 4pm - 10pm

954-941-0550 • LittleItalianPizza.net 448 S. Cypress Road, Pompano Beach

mushrooms with pickled sour mustard, ground peanuts and cilantro all on a steamed rice bun. The gyoza was also a star — the dough was light and tender with a flavorful pork and vegetable filling. The restaurant has a comprehensive sushi menu, but this is definitely a place to order outside of your comfort zone. After all, isn’t sushi the new pizza? 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 $$$-$$$$ La Veranda. ITALIAN The atmosphere is elegant, yet comfortable and warm. Inside or out, one can enjoy a truly special evening in the Tuscany-inspired surroundings. Be it drinks from their full bar, a bottle from the copious wine selection or naturally the Italian food, everything is served perfectly. Expect to be delighted. There is a big selection of pasta, entrées and traditional dishes, with new favorites to be discovered that the wait staff will happily explain. You can taste the love in their homemade desserts. If you’re looking to celebrate or simply treat yourself to an evening of wonderful dining, La Veranda is an excellent choice. Reservations are suggested. 2121 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-943-7390 $$$ 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 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. Great service by a friendly staff. Try the Indian crepe — crazy good. A daily lunch buffet includes traditional, vegetarian and vegan choices. 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 Greek 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, 954-5322771 $$-$$$

Ocean Grill & Tiki Bar. AMERICAN Beach front dining at the

Monday-Friday 5am-9pm Saturday 6am-9pm Sunday 7am-9pm

Beachcomber Resort — go for the view. 1200 S. Ocean Blvd. 954-941-7830 $$$

Oceanic. AMERICAN • SEAFOOD Along with stunning ocean

views, the restaurant offers a comprehensive menu with an emphasis on seafood. The restaurant boasts dazzling architecture inspired by the great ocean liners of years past. 250 N. Pompano Beach Blvd., 954-366-3768

Pho Lavie. VIETNAMESE If you have never had Vietnamese

food, you are missing out. 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 $$

Ruby’s by the Sea. ITALIAN Tucked away in a small strip mall

50 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

near the Hillsboro inlet is Ruby’s serving classic Italian fare. 2608 N. Ocean Blvd., 954-785-7700 $$

ghanouj to chicken and meat shawarma. 1901 N. Federal Highway, 954-943-2999 $$

Rusty Hook Tavern. AMERICAN Located on the Pompano

Spanx the Hog BBQ. BARBECUE Spanx uses natural ingredi-

Sands Harbor Patio Restaurant. AMERICAN Located in the

Sunset Catch. ITALIAN • SEAFOOD Seafood, steaks and Italian favorites are served daily, and they even have their very own “wine doctor.” 101 N. Riverside Drive, 954-545-0901 $$

Intracoastal, 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 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 $$ Sette Bello. ITALIAN This is a true gem just south of the Pom-

pano Beach border serving expertly prepared Italian food with quite a bit of a flare. In other words — not like mom used to make…this is way, way better. (No offense to mom.) Sette Bello is a perfect place to celebrate a special occasion or a romantic dinner for two. 6241 N. Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale. 954 351-0505 $$$

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

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 $$

Take Sushi. JAPANESE • SUSHI Fresh, authentic Japanese fair delivered to your door? Yes, please. 2714 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954785-2442 $$ Trattoria Novello. ITALIAN This intimate Italian eatery on

Atlantic Boulevard features homemade lasagna, ravioli, cannelloni and a Bolognese ragu that cooks for eight hours on the stove. 2665 East Atlantic Blvd., 954-876-1915 $$$

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 $$

Valentino’s Italian Cuisine. ITALIAN • PIZZA An abundance

Enjoy our spacious, open air patio area; or if you prefer dining indoors, our tables have been repositioned and spaced according to CDC guidelines.

NOW SERVING

BRUNCH

7 DAYS A WEEK!

7am-4pm

DAILY DINNER

SPECIAL HAPPY HOUR

MONDAY - FULL RIB DINNER

4pm- $13.99 beverage purchase required

TUESDAY - 10 OZ NY STRIP

4pm- $16.99 beverage purchase required

Monday-Friday 4pm-7pm

All Specials are Dine in Only & Cannot be Shared

Enjoy Fresh New Items For WEDNESDAY - AHI TUNA Breakfast, Lunch & Brunch 4pm- $13.99 beverage purchase required Bottomless Bloody Mary’s • Mimosa’s • Bellini’s THURSDAY - BOTTOMLESS TACOS

Freshly Squeezed!

4pm- $9.99 beverage purchase required

FRIDAY - FISH FRY Orange Juice & Grapefruit Juice All Day- $11.99 beverage purchase required

Restaurant - Patio Bar - Events

Live music 7 nights a week

1103 N. Federal Hwy., Pompano Beach • 954.785.0226 • Galuppis.com AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

Dining Out of Italian fare served for lunch or dinner. If you can’t make it over to dine in, fret not, they offer free delivery. 427 S. Federal Highway, 954-545-4881 $$

Fetta Republic. GREEK Traditional Greek offerings close to home. 2420 N. Federal Highway, 954-933-2394 $-$$

Wings N’ Things. WINGS • BARBECUE It doesn’t look like much

kept secret.” 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 $$

from the outside but it’s worth trying. 150 S. Sixth St., 954-7819464 $

Zuccarelli. ITALIAN • PIZZA This place is more than just a pizza joint. From eggplant Parmesan to shrimp fra diavolo, you will leave quite satisfied. The portions are generous and come with a fresh house salad. Bring your breath mints because their warm garlic rolls are on point. 1340 N. Federal Highway, 954-941-1261 $

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

Fish Shack. SEAFOOD This restaurant used to be a “beat

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. 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 Raw Bar. SUSHI • SEAFOOD The menu at Papa’s goes beyond typical raw bar offerings with inventive tacos and sliders plus 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 zillion craft beer options and a good wine list too. 4610 N. Federal Highway, 754-307-5034 $$-$$$ 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 $$ 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 $$

Dinner for Two at Le Bistro 4626 N. Federal Highway, Lighthouse Point 954-946-9240 or LeBistro.com As part of Dine Out Fort Lauderdale, Le Bistro is offering a $35 or $45 three-course dinner daily except Mondays. Diners can choose from seven appetizers including a crab cake with wasabi caviar and cucumber ceviche, escargot, or their devine creamy mushroom soup (a staff favorite). Entrees include pan roasted snapper, shrimp risotto, short ribs, steak Diane and more. Dinners also include a choice of four desserts. You can also order dinner for two, which includes a bottle of wine for just $100. The menu is available for curbside pick-up. See the full menu at LeBistro.com

DEERFIELD BEACH Baja Cafe. MEXICAN A long established local favorite for an

authentic Mexican dinner or just drinks. They are known for their margarita’s as well as entrées. You’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 • BRAZILIAN Enjoy seafood with a touch of Brazilian flare such as the bobo de camarao—shrimp sautéed in coconut milk, saffron, palm oil and yucca cream baked in a cast iron skillet. 1965 NE Second St., 954-531-1290 $$ Café Med. ITALIAN Authentic Italian restaurant right on the ocean with an Italian chef from Rome. Excellent service,

52 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

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 — it’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 it’s not ordinary. 301 SE 15th Terrace, 954-570-6101 $$

Chanson at the Royal Blues Hotel. SEAFOOD • 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 $$

JB’s on the Beach. SEAFOOD Glorious Beach views and a pri-

vate glass room perfect for business or family affairs. 300 N. Ocean Way, 954-571-5220 $$$

Little Havana. CUBAN Little Havana has fantastic lunch spe-

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

Ocean’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 Enjoy all day happy hour (Mon.Fri., 11am-7pm) with $5 El Jimador margaritas. There is outdoor patio seating and a large U-shaped bar inside. 1015 S. Federal Highway, 954-708-2775 $$ Whales’ Rib. SEAFOOD Locals know it well and tourists know

it from “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.” Whatever you do, don’t skip the whale fries. 2031 NE Second St., 954-421-8880 $$

Fast & Casual

POMPANO BEACH Fast & Casual Bella Monte Italian Deli. SANDWICHES 2688 E. Atlantic Blvd.,

954-946-0333 $

Big Louie’s. ITALIAN • PIZZA A South Florida chain offering classic Italian dishes. 2190 N. Federal Highway, 954-942-5510 $ Borogodo Brazilian Grill. BRAZILIAN Open for lunch Monday-Friday 11am-4:30pm; Saturday 11am-5:30pm. 7 SE 22nd Ave., 954-782-8040 $ Broad Street Deli. BREAKFAST • DELICATESSEN Jewish style

SEASIDE AND GRILL Casual restaurant offering beachside dining, delicious seafood and steaks. www.seasidegrill.com 954.783.3193 1406 N. Ocean Boulevard, Pompano Beach AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

Dining Out deli sandwiches, subs, wraps homemade soups, breakfast, bagels and homemade baked knishes. Open for breakfast and lunch Monday-Saturday, 8:30am-4pm. 2657 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-816-9649 $

chased by the owners of Galuppi’s, is a cute, hole-in-the-wall 50s diner with Elvis memorabilia on the walls, baseball flags on the ceiling, friendly servers and classic red vinyl booths. 438 S Cypress Road, 954-785-3646 $

Cafe Brie. SANDWICHES • SALADS A little gem of a place that serves fantastic sandwiches, salads, quiche and desserts. 2765 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-532-7800 $

Stingers Pizza. PIZZA • AMERICAN Dine in or order delivery. They will bring your pizza to the Beach—a million minds making the world a better place. 1201 S. Ocean Blvd., 954-7822344 $

Cafe Sportivo. CAFE Cash only, but don’t let that stop you.

They are family owned and operated with a variety of espresso drinks. 2219 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-782-6672 $

Carlucci’s Brick Oven Trattoria & Pizzeria. ITALIAN Italian

favorites and brick oven pizza at the beach. Open lunch and dinner Monday-Thursday 11am-10pm, Friday-Saturday 11am11pm, Sunday 12-10pm. 3420 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-946-3150 $$

Chez Cafe. COFFEE • BAKERY A warm and cozy place to grab breakfast, lunch or a latte. 1631 S. Cypress Road, 954-933-3453 $

Dandee Donut Factory. BAKERY • PASTRIES From the classic

old fashioned sour cream to Boston cream, these babies are just begging to be dunked. Bagels, breakfast and lunch also available. 1900 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-785-1461 $

Five Girls. BURGERS • PIZZA Check out this cozy, neighbor-

hood joint. Five Girls offers all the classics you crave including burgers, hand cut fries and the owner’s favorite Philadelphia cheesesteaks. 2659 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-783-8889 $

Sunshine Bagel. BAGELS • DELI Serving up bagels and sandwiches in a friendly atmosphere. 260 N. Ocean Blvd., 954-7887498 $

The Chicken Box & More. • SOUTHERN This small spot with

just a couple of tables serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and does a robust take-out business. The shrimp and grits with scrambled eggs are a top-notch breakfast or a perfect “breakfast-for-dinner” option. The fried pork chops were delicately coated and crispy with a side of stellar. They serve several flavors of wings for your wing-consuming pleasure. We will surely be back for more. If you are searching for a solidly authentic taste of comfort, this is the spot. 204 N Flagler Avenue, 954-781-7400

Tortillería Mexicana. MEXICAN Looking for a taco that goes

beyond ground beef and toppings? Not only will they supply you with fresh, unique tacos, but the corn tortillas are made from scratch daily. Who does that? 1614 E. Sample Rd., 954943-0057 $

Gorilla Joe’s. • SANDWICHES • SALADS Pressed sandwiches,

subs, fresh salads and beer and wine. With a location walking distance to the beach, consider taking something yummy with you to picnic in the sand. 3330 E. Atlantic Blvd., 754-800-7311 $

La Rachetta at Whole Foods Market. PIZZA AND WINE BAR

Enjoy weekly deals with plenty of beers on tap and wines by the glass. For something different, try the sweet southern swine pizza — a light and crispy pizza topped with pork belly, arugula and cheese. They have daily specials served with a draft beer for $8. And the truffle fries are great with anything. 2411 N. Federal Highway, 954-786-3535 $

Jet’s Pizza. PIZZA Try one of the specialty pizzas such as Philly cheese steak with Alfredo sauce or the BLT. 437 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-782-5387 $

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

that old-school diner feel. 2773 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-960-5882 $

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 $

Lester’s Diner. DINER American comfort fare in a retro set-

Packy’s Sports Pub. SPORTS BAR If you are looking for a

Jukebox Diner. DINER Bright, classic seating, jukeboxes, and

ting. 1924 E. Atlantic Blvd., 954-783-2109 $

Lighthouse Cove Tiki Bar. AMERICAN Seaside eats and hap-

local spot to watch the game, Packy’s always seems to pack them in. 4480 N. Federal Highway, 954-657-8423 $

py hours. 1406 N. Ocean Blvd., 954-784-2804 $$

Little Italian. PIZZA Little Italian Pizza is the best kind of Italian restaurant — the kind that feels like a hole-in-the-wall, but quickly grows vibrant as the large, steaming plates of homestyle Italian dishes come barreling out of the kitchen. While the small restaurant (with only about six cozy tables) doesn’t serve alcohol, they do allow BYOB (and there’s a liquor store conveniently located right next door). Families bring in bottles of red wine to cork, creating a joyous atmosphere. The restaurant has a huge menu with stromboli, calzone, soups, salads, subs, 26 kinds of specialty pizzas, baked pasta dishes, chicken and veal entrées and all your traditional pasta dishes and desserts. 448 S. Cypress Road, 954-941-0550 $-$$ Nelson’s Diner. DINER Nelson’s diner, which was just pur-

54 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

DEERFIELD BEACH Fast & Casual Biondo’s Pizza. PIZZA • SUBS Dine-in or take-out available.

For something other than pizza, try the stromboli or the wings. 606 S. Federal Highway, 954-427-7754 $-$$

Blue Ocean Poke. POKE Digital video walls and custom wood

furniture create a modern-coastal atmosphere. The menu was created by chef Dean James Max, enhancing the traditional poke cuisine with creative toppings and hand-crafted sauces. This place is perfect for a guilt-free lunch or a light dinner Open from 9am-9pm daily, 8pm on Sunday. 250 S. Federal Highway, 954-708-2060 $

AUTO CRITIC

Mercedes Specialists Service & Repairs

MB STAR DIAGNOSTICS

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 $

954.786.7086 More than 25 years of experience

Burger Craze. BURGERS Top quality ingredients come to-

gether to create unique taste sensations. Enjoy juicy burgers, hot dogs, wings and more. 2096 NE Second St. (at the Wyndham Hotel), 954-596- 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., 954531-0300 $$

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), 694428-2850 $ Michael’s Pizzeria. PIZZA Closed Mondays 1645 SE Third Court, Deerfield Beach, 954-426-1515 $ Nick’s Pizza. PIZZA Nick’s family moved from the Bronx to Deerfield Beach 13 years ago and opened Nick’s Pizza. The restaurant offers an extensive Italian catering menu, delivery and New York Style pizza. 137 NE Second Ave., 954-421-6700.

Autocriticinc@hotmail.com 1336 S. FEDERAL HWY., POMPANO BEACH

Living the South Florida Lifestyle! PAT WARD

REALTOR® , CLHMS, SRES 954-683-3969 | PatWardPA@comcast.net www.South-Florida-Properties.com

$-$$

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 $ Olympia Flame. DINER With a traditionally huge diner

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 $

Pizza Piez. ITALIAN Yes, they have pizza plus salads, chicken tenders and more. 614 SE 10th St., 754-212-2396 $

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 $

Tropical Grill Island Cuisine. CARIBBEAN Don’t be fooled by the counter service at this beachside eatery where the offerings range from escovitch snapper to shrimp curry. Grab a table outside for people watching. Meal prices range from $11-$25. 241 N. Ocean Drive, 754-227-5055. $$ Umberto’s. PIZZA Family tradition baked into every bite. Try

Grandma’s pizza, square pizza with fresh tomato and basil and of course, mozzarella. 233 N. 21st Ave., 954-421-7200 $-$$

Mirror Mirror HAIR STUDIO Hair Studio

Cyndi Cyndi Blackwood Blackwood

Healthy Hair & Color Expert

954-601-7757 954-601-7757

Pompano Citi Centre, 2001 N. Federal Hwy.,Sola Suite #7 POMPANO CITI CENTRE • 2001 N. FEDERAL HWY. • SOLA SUITE #7

954-942-5959 550 N. Flagler Ave., Pompano Beach Powerandplaymotorsports.com

SOUTH FLORIDA’S LARGEST SCOOTER, GO-CART, DIRT-BIKE & ATV DEALER. • No dealer fees • No freight fees • Layaway & Financing available • Family owned & operated since 2005 • Delivery available

Email us with any additions, closings, or corrections at editor@ pointpubs.com. We try to be accurate, but it’s always a good idea to call first before heading out on your dining adventure. AUGUST 2020 • pointpubs.com

Last Resort

Grand Central Florida FOUR SEASONS RESORT ORLANDO

Floating in an inner-tube along a lazy river might be the perfect antidote to — shall we say — these stressful times. The 5-acre Explorer Island water park, which includes a winding, lazy river, water slides, an interactive splash zone and much more, is one of the highlights of Four Seasons Resort Orlando. Adults can enjoy the adult-only pool, 18-hole Tom Fazio-designed golf course, and The Spa at Four Seasons. Dive-In movies are offered three times per week at the family pool, and many other activities

from golf clinics to access to The Spa’s relaxation lounges are offered complimentary — all with no resort fee. Four Seasons Resort Orlando offers six on-property restaurants. And if you are trying to avoid crowds, the resort also offers an In-Room Dining menu. Resort guests ages 5 and younger dine free at Four Seasons Resort Orlando restaurants when dining with a paid adult. The Four Seasons has embarked on a new global health and safety program, Lead With Care. Four Seasons is focused on enhancing cleanliness, guest comfort, safety and employee training. Also, high touch surfaces throughout the resort, including all guest rooms, are being treated on an intensified cleaning and sanitizing schedule. Special pricing is being offered over select dates exclusively for Florida residents through September 30, 2020. The offer is available only by telephone reservation: 407-313-4900. A valid Florida state identification will be required at the time of check-in. Y

For more about Insider Excursions and media travel visit insiderexcursions.com.

56 pointpubs.com •

POINT! PUBLISHING

FREELimited RENT ONE YEAR Time Relief Offer

• Gated and Smartphone Access • Online Bill Pay • 24 Hours Security Cameras • On-Site Management • Moving Supplies Available

PRICES GOOD FOR TWO YEARS! DRIVE-UP 10 x 10 7 x 10 5 x 10

$69.50* $49.50* $44.50*

CLIMATE CONTROLLED 10 x 10 5 x 10 5x5

$69.50* $49.50* $24.50*

CALL TODAY!

954-399-6438 2855 Hammondville Road Pompano Beach, FL 33069

STATE OF THE ART SECURITY

BRAND-NEW FACILITIES

*Bogo Buy One Get One Free Limit One Year*

SMARTPHONE AND KEYPAD ACCESS

COVERED LOADING AREA

Contact Jackie or Tracy for your insurance proposal today.

Call Us Today 954.943.5050 or 800.344.4838

If you value your assets, let us protect them. Look to us to safeguard all that you hold dear by covering: Homes, Automobiles, Excess Liability, Private Collections, Yachts, and more... We will help you find the program to meet your financial objectives and effectively protect your personal assets. The Furman Insurance agency has been in the marketplace for over 50 years.

1st row: Deidre Russell, Account Manager; Jessica Carrion, Account Manager; Jan Merridy, Customer Service Rep 2nd row: Maria Bjornsson, Account Manager; Karen Patrick, Customer Service Rep; Jackie De Los Santos, Account Manager 3rd row: Diana Brown, Customer Service Rep; Nicole Coppock, Elite Client Dept.; Tracy Brown, Account Manager; Sabrina Artiles, Customer Service Rep Center: Susie Krix, VP, Personal Lines Manager