September is the month to eat downtown
Downtown Delray Restaurant Month runs September 1 through 30. More than 50 downtown restaurants and cafes are taking part.
Downtown Delray Restaurant Month runs September 1 through 30. More than 50 downtown restaurants and cafes are taking part.
Downtown Delray Restaurant Month runs September 1 through 30. More than 50 downtown restaurants and cafes are taking part. Expect special menus, dining deals, prix fixe options, and happy-hour offers. There is also a free mobile pass that shows the offers and earns points toward restaurant gift cards. That last piece turns a month of going out into something with a small payoff at the end. Fifty-plus places is enough that you could eat somewhere new every week and still miss most of it. Start a short list now, before the good tables get spoken for.
Bourbon Steak's new chef grew up down the road
Bourbon Steak at The Seagate Hotel has a new executive chef, and he is from here. Mario Beabraut is a Palm Beach County native. He previously ran Bourbon Steak Miami at the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa. Before that he led Bourbon Steak & Pub at Levi's Stadium in California. His earlier kitchens include The Breakers Palm Beach and Cafe Boulud. That is a long loop to end up back on his own coast. A chef change at a hotel steakhouse can go either way. This one arrives with a résumé built mostly within an hour of the restaurant.
Geronimo brings Hatch chiles to East Atlantic
Geronimo Tequila Bar and Southwest Grill at 105 E. Atlantic Ave. serves New Mexican cooking, with Hatch chiles running through much of the menu. They turn up in the chile stew, fried cauliflower, mac and cheese, quesadillas and chiles rellenos. The kitchen also makes a Navajo taco on frybread. The bar carries a broad tequila and mezcal selection. The restaurant occupies the former Cabana El Rey space, but the cooking has gone in a different direction. It is a useful downtown option for anyone looking beyond the usual coastal and steakhouse menus.
Weeds and toppled markers at the city cemetery
Residents are raising concerns about upkeep at a city-owned cemetery in Delray Beach. They point to weeds, plaques sinking into the ground, and markers knocked over. Those are not cosmetic problems. A sinking plaque and a toppled marker both take real work to put right, and they get worse the longer they sit. The city owns the ground, so the mowing and the repairs are a city responsibility. That makes it a simple question with an awkward answer: who was supposed to be doing this? Complaints like this often get attention only once they reach a television camera. This one has.
Eight nonprofits hold steady, two ask for more
City commissioners gave direction to keep grants flat for eight city-funded nonprofits in the coming budget year. Separately, the public library and the Sandoway Discovery Center asked for increases. Commissioners pushed those two requests to September rather than settling them now. Flat funding is a quiet trim because costs rarely hold still. The library and Sandoway are both places residents use directly, which gives those pending requests a different kind of visibility. September is when the city will decide whether either organization receives more than its current level.
Journey tribute band plays Arts Garage on Friday
Never Stop Believin', a tribute to Journey, plays Arts Garage on Friday, Aug. 21, from 8 to 10 p.m. The venue is at 94 NE 2nd Ave. in Delray Beach. Tickets run $53 to $58, and fees are already included in that price. The tribute has been running for 18 years. Friday is three days from today, so tickets and timing are worth sorting out this week.