Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
by-the-Sea; menu $25-45; noon-2:30pm & 5-10pm Tue-Fri)
See if you can squeeze into Sea for a perfectly executed three-course fixed-price menu fea-
turing succulent blackened grouper, tender conch, Florida snapper or hummus-encrusted
sea bass. Chef Tony Sindaco has a Michelin-starred pedigree and presides over the kitchen
with a fanatical attention to detail. If it's on the menu, don't miss his signature whiskey
cake in a starburst of raspberry coulis.
Village Pump
BAR
(
www.villagegrille.com
; 4404 El Mar Dr, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea)
Serving sturdy drinks in a nautical wood-paneled room since 1949.
Information
Deerfield Beach Chamber of Commerce
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
954-427-1050;
www.deerfieldchamber.com
;
1601 E Hillsboro Blvd;
9am-3pm Mon-Fri Apr-Dec,
9am-3pm Mon-Sat & noon-4pm Sun Jan-Mar)
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Chamber of Commerce
TOURIST INFORMATION
954-776-1000;
www.lbts.com
;
4201 N Ocean Dr;
9am-5pm)
Info on businesses throughout the area.
Getting There & Around
A1A (sometimes called Ocean Blvd): the drive's glorious.
Boca Raton
The name Boca Raton may mean 'mouth of the rat,' but there's nothing ratty about this
proud-to-be-posh coastal town. What began as a sleepy residential community was trans-
formed in the mid-1920s by architect Addison Mizner, who relied on his love of Spanish
