The second installment of Delray’s Chef vs. Chef competition pitted James Strine, executive sous chef at Café Boulud in Palm Beach, against Paul Neidermann, executive chef at Hudson at Waterway East in Delray Beach. The competition’s venue — Max’s Harvest in Delray — served $5 Happy Hour snacks throughout the…

The now-bustling Atlantic Avenue area that makes up Downtown Delray Beach was once plagued by urban blight until the late ‘90s, but it’s been on a major upswing in recent years. Efforts by the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) have attracted a younger group of permanent residents, created a…