Original Pancake House: Kids eat free with the purchase of one adult meal. Located at 8903 Glades Road near Lyons Road.
Sweet Dewey’s BBQ: Summer special kids eat free with purchase of one adult sandwich and beverage. Located at 9181 Glades Road in Boca Raton.
MONDAY
Lindburgers in Westwinds Plaza (Home Depot): kids eat free with the purchase of an adult entree and beverage. Located at 9834 Glades Road.
TUESDAY
Hurricane Grill & Wings in Mission Bay: Kids ages 10 and under eat free per adult entree purchase.
WEDNESDAY
Duffy’s at 21212 St. Andrews Blvd: kids eat free with adult purchase.
Do you have a favorite restaurant that offers specials for kids? Please let us know!
Month: July 2015
Boca Isles Real Estate Trends
Boca Isles
In our continuing series on real estate trends, we looked at transactions in the Boca Isles neighborhood. Boca Isles consists of two gated communities, Boca Isles North and Boca Isles South. Both sit on the west side of Cain Blvd between Yamato and Glades.
The two are very similar so we considered them together. They account for a large portion of the sales volume in zip code 33498.
Unlike the minimal changes we saw in our Boca Falls analysis, there is a clear positive trend in Boca Isles. For the first half of 2015 (January through June) the average transaction price was $515K, about 3% higher than the previous six months ($501K) and 8% higher than the first half of 2014 ($476K). In dollars per square foot the year-on-year increase was just below 8%, rising from $175/sq.ft. in the first half of 2014 to $182/sq.ft. in the second half and up to $189/sq.ft. in the first half of this year.
Houses are also moving more quickly, with the average sale taking place in just over two months (64 days) compared to nearly three months (86 days) in the year-earlier period.
One other notable detail came out of our review of the last 6 months. Discount brokers are saving sellers about 1% of the brokerage fee, which works out to $5000 on a $500K sale. But the transaction prices, in both total amount and $/sq.ft. are about 4% lower. From this limited data sellers with full fee brokers net an extra $15,000. Discount broker listings also took a month longer to sell.
Our spreadsheets for this analysis are below:
Boca Isles Transactions: January to June 2015:
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July to December 2014:
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January to June 2014:
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Discount vs. Full Fee Brokers
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48 Violations at Romano's: East Boca Inspections
Romano’s Macaroni Grill was hit with 48 violations in an early July inspection and the restaurant was temporarily closed. Seven of the violations were “high priority” and included insects and rodents:
- Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
- Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooked/heated yesterday/on a previous day not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. Food has been cooling overnight. Cooked potatoes cooling overnight between 47° F and 50° F at walkin cooler. See stop sale. Food discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
- Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. Ants in rear prep area by slicer and flour bin and in frontline area by dessert storage cooler.
- Raw animal food stored in top portion of make table over ready-to-eat food in bottom portion of make table _ no complete physical barrier between top and bottom. Raw scallops over sauces at make table top where drippings from scallops may contaminate sauces. **Corrected On-Site**
- Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed approximately 15 fresh and 5 dry rodent droppings in rear prep/ dishwashing area and 3 fresh and 2 dry rodent droppings on table tops in dining room area.
- Small flying insects in dishwashing area.
- Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Cooked potatoes cooling overnight between 47° F and 50° F at walkin cooler. Food discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
On the bright side they had a near-perfect inspection the next day and reopened. They also had an additional inspection two weeks later which was also good with only five minor violations.
The next worst in this report is Chinese restaurant Sieng House, which is south of Camino Real just west of Dixie Highway. They had 19 total violations (4 high priority) and there were three more inspections within ten days. It looks like there was a persistent problem with food temperatures but their final inspection was perfect.
High numbers were also reported for four restaurants in and near Royal Palm Plaza. Ichiyami Buffet, Gluttonous Goat, Yakitori Sake House and Biergarten each had 16 violations from late May through early June.
The best inspections in this report go to Seasons 52 (near Town Center) and The Wick Theatre which were both perfect. The Wick’s dining service is now headed by our favorite local chef, William Walden, formerly of Bistro Gastronomie.
Villagio in Mizner Park shows up in our spreadsheet (below) but we already covered that inspection as an update to our May inspection report for East Boca.
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Real Estate Analysis: Boca Falls
We’ve been doing real estate reports for a while now, but to help our readers better understand the market, we’re starting a new series of reports analyzing real estate data to get a better sense of market trends specifically for West Boca.
We’re starting with Boca Falls. We looked at closed real estate transactions in the first half of 2015, and compared them with the second half of 2014 and the first half of 2014 as well. Our spreadsheets are at the bottom of the article for those who want to get into the nitty gritty.
Average transaction prices were up compared to a year ago, but on a $/sq.ft. basis there was not much change. Houses do seem to be selling more quickly.
Overall prices seem steady with some hints of increases. The average transaction price of non-REO* sales in Boca Falls in the first half of 2015 was $556,990, just a few hundred dollars less than the second half of 2015. This is significantly higher than the first half of 2014, which was $495,763.
*REO (generally meaning bank-owned) transactions tend to be lower prices and of less interest to readers thinking of selling their house.
The average price in per square foot hasn’t changed much, staying pretty close to $177/sq.ft. For the more recent two data sets we broke them down by number of floors. Single-story homes sold for roughly $10-20 more per square foot but there is still plenty of variability.
Non-REO homes did move more quickly in the first half of the year, selling on average in 53 days, 23 days quicker than in the previous six-month period. Transaction prices are nearly 95% of the original list price, with a few sales at the listing price. Back in the first half of 2014 we saw houses selling for closer to original list price, suggesting that sellers are asking for more now but not getting much more.
REO homes are selling for closer to 90% of the original list price, and that actually declined in the first half of 2015.
We’ll do some more neighborhoods over the next few weeks and eventually try to tie it all together with a larger analysis of neighborhoods that have a lot in common.
First half (January to June) of 2015
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Second half (July to December) of 2014
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First half of 2014 – There was only one REO transaction which was removed from this data.
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Spanish River Grad Killed in Car Accident
The Palm Beach Sheriff reports that Jennifer “Jenn” Franciscus (32) passed away after an early morning car crash on Powerline south of Camino Real.
Ms. Franciscus was a graduate of Spanish River High. She also attended Palm Beach State and worked in the past as a medical receptionist and medical billing professional. She resided in Newport Bay Club off Jog Road north of Clint Moore.
There is no word yet on any legal matters being pursued beyond police investigation. However, it is common for those from the family of the victims of these kinds of crashes to seek out an Accident Attorney for legal help afterward, as often they can be due compensation.
From the Sheriff:
Narrative: V1 was traveling northbound in the inside lane of Powerline Road just north of SW 18th Street in unincorporated Boca Raton. For unknown reasons V1 struck the center median multiple times before driving up and onto the center median with its driver’s side tires. V1 continued north with its driver’s side tires in the grass and passenger side tires on the roadway. V1 veered further onto the median and struck a tree that was located in the center of the median. D1 was transported Delray Medical Center where she later died.
Friends of Ms. Franciscus expressed their grief on her Facebook page:
