The plate: Chicken and rib combo
The place: Smoke, 8 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach; 330-4236 or www.eatbbqnow.com.
The price: $22.99
The skinny: The chicken on this combo platter was among the best I’ve tasted anywhere. Tender, juicy barbecued chicken
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The plate: Barbecue ribs
The place: Houston’s, 1900 NW Executive Center Circle, Boca Raton; 998-0550 or www.hillstone.com.
The price: $29
The skinny: Houston’s has been a go-to place for special occasions and for comfort fare for more than 20 years. Yes
The plate: Soft taco plate
The place: Uncle Julio’s, Mizner Park, 449 Plaza Real, Boca Raton; 300-3530 or www.unclejulios.com.
The price: $13.97
The skinny: The sun was shining and the breeze was blowing. It was a great day for sitting back and relaxin
The plate: Chicken souvlaki platter
The place: Souvlaki Fast, 305 E. Woolbright Road, Boynton Beach; 877-2441
The price: $10
The skinny: If I could give a restaurant kudos for the quantity of food it serves, Souvlaki Fast would win. But what good is qua
Charity Bashed,
By Sharon Geltner
PoloPublishing, 210 pp., $15.95
By Steve Pike
The old adage that writers write what they know about has never held more true than with Sharon Geltner. The Boca Raton resident has spent the past several years raisi
The Plate: Drunken shrimp
The Place: Heroes Sports Bar & Grill, 224 N. Third St., Lantana; 328-9909 or heroeslantana.com.
The Price: $14
The Skinny: I wasn’t sure what to expect from this appetizer, cooked in Heroes’ “signature sauce served with toast p
The Plate: Baked Florida Lump Crab
The Place: Prime Catch, 700 E. Woolbright Road, Boynton Beach; 737-8822 or www.primecatchboynton.com.
The Price: $15.95
The Skinny: The view alone makes Prime Catch a destination.
Fortunately for diners, the restauran
The Plate: “Mile High” turkey sandwich
The Place: Flakowitz Bagel Inn, 1999 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton; 368-0666.
The Price: $10.95
The Skinny: I’ve been going to the place that is Flakowitz Bagel Inn since it was the Bagel Queen back in the ’80s
The Plate: BLT Nanterre
The Place: Bond & Smolders, 1622 S. Federal Highway (at Woolbright Road), Boynton Beach; 425-3551.
The Price: $6.50
The Skinny: A sandwich is a sandwich — at least until you have one from Bond & Smolders.
The BLT Nanterre offe
The Plate: Chicken tenders sandwich
The Place: Pearl’s Next Generation, 618 Lantana Road, Lantana; 582-4366 or www.pearlshomecooking.com.
The Price: $8.49
The Skinny: My daddy had a soft spot for Pearl’s.
This Lantana mainstay has been in business for mo
By Mary Hladky
After raising concerns that the city may have mistakenly allowed developers to skimp on providing required open space in downtown development projects, city officials now have reached this conclusion: Never mind.
An exhaustive fo
The Plate: Fried Gulf Shrimp
The Place: Two George’s, 728 Casa Loma Blvd, Boynton Beach; 736-2717 or twogeorgesrestaurant.com.
The Price: $17.99
The Skinny: What can I say?
Fried shrimp is my weakness. Oh, I love the shellfish in all forms.
But that comb
The Plate: Red Pizza.
The Place: Jerk Oceano, 201 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana. Daily menu is available at www.jerkoceano.com.
The Price: $20; cash only.
The Skinny: Looking for pizza in Lantana? If you’re at Jerk Oceano on the right night, it’s the place to
By Steve Pike
Ann Purcell remembered the first time she met the maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Seelisberg, Switzerland, in 1974.
“I had to walk up eight flights of stairs to get to a meeting room,’’ said Purcell, whose book The Transcendental Meditation
A 2003 memo was found as city officials analyzed why the mixed-use Mark at CityScape near Federal Highway and Palmetto Park Road is less attractive than promised. File photo
By Mary Hladky
The approval process for proposed downtown Boca Raton pro
By Steve Pike
In the fifth installment of his “Shagball and Tangles” series of adventure novels, Lantana author A.C. Brooks pulls out all the stops — at least for now. Rigged finds the not-so-dynamic duo of TV fishing show host Shagball and his pi
By Ron Hayes
You see it at the movies all the time.
“Inspired by a true story” is the promise at the beginning.
And then, in tiny letters at the end: “Although based on real events …” And you find out that most of what you’ve just se
The Plate: Lenox Salad
The Place: Mariposa, Neiman Marcus, Town Center, Boca Raton; 544-2320.
Cost: $18
The Skinny: Neiman Marcus brings its luxury experience to dining with Mariposa.
Once you’re seated, the server greets you w
Traveler Olivier Le Carrer explores the world, and his impressions of puzzling over the world shared with Mashable. Carrer was the first who became interested in mystical places and once crossed the Bermuda Triangle. "I studied many mysterious place
By Jane Smith
Delray Beach planning staff is reviewing the latest changes submitted by the proposed iPic movie theater to ensure the revisions comply with city rules and a commission directive to reduce the project’s size.
The question remains whether
