Palm Beach Area Mensa

Friday, October 2 at 7pm First Friday Dinner at PAYATHAI Asian Bistro, 5879 South Congress Ave., Atlantis (Lantana). Payathai is in a shopping plaza on the northwest corner of Congress Ave. and Lantana Road. Obviously, this is a Thai restaurant. If **you choose**, the food can be spicy. **RESERVATIONS** (OR RSVPs): IT IS QUITE IMPORTANT THAT YOU REPLY: a. by telephone: (561) 964-4360; b. by e-mail: barrykaras7314@comcast.net; c. YOU can just reply to this announcement by e-mail, OR d. Meetup. Replies should be made by this coming Thursday. HOWEVER, if you make a 'last minute' decision to attend, just telephone me [(561) 964-4360]. I'll be here until 6:45 PM. NOTE: This is where we used to go. The food is excellent. We stopped going there because our group was too large. I was granted a special exception.

Sunday, October 4 at 5:30pm: First Sunday Dinner–Latitudes (561-278-2008; http://latitudesdelray.com/ ), 2809 S. Ocean Blvd., Highland Beach, inside the Delray Sands Resort. Floor to ceiling windows show off panoramic views of the ocean in an upscale yet casual dining atmosphere. On the menu--Florida Stone Crab Claws, handmade pasta, Ahi Tuna Tartare, Farmer's Vegetable Soup, Maine Lobster Salad, and many more delicious-sounding treats. A reviewer suggested the Trio of Crème Brulee--espresso, Swiss chocolate, and Tahitian vanilla. Yum! RSVP by noon October 3 to elissa12@bellsouth.net OR through the Palm Beach Mensa's Meetup site. Once reservations are made, seats go to those who RSVP'ed FIRST.

Friday, October 9 at 6:30pm: Movable Feast–Rotelli, 701 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. The first installment in a "month of Lake Worth" dining. Rotelli is a casual Italian restaurant with all the familiar standard dishes, from simple to somewhat more sophisticated. The location right on Lake Avenue is appealing, smack in the middle of the busy night scene; parking on side streets and municipal lots. (See Meetup)

Tuesday, October 13 at 6pm: Magnificent Mensa Scribes at Ihop, 1503 Belvedere Rd., W Palm Beach. Prudy Taylor Board trenchantly discusses some practical phase of the writing business plus works-in-progress – your works-in-progress will be read aloud and critiqued. Contact: Tim Hunter (cell: 561-352-4336) or see Meetup.

Sunday, October 18 at 5pm: North County Dinner–Let's Meet at Fratelli's in Port St Lucie, 291 Se Port St Lucie Blvd, Port Saint Lucie. There is one in Delray, now one in PSL since February. The menu is diverse. The reviews are good, at least at the time of this writing. If that changes, we'll change venues.  The restaurant will have been open 8 months by then which is much longer in PSL years so we'll keep an eye on the most recent feedback. The place is run by Leo and Guy Fratelli who were raised and trained in their father's Long Island restaurants. Per Guy, "I learned from my dad to keep the price down and the food great and you will do well." See Meetup.

Monday, October 19 at noon: Lunch Bunch at Callaro's, 717 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Second installment in the spotlight on Lake Worth - lunch deals from $10 to $12 at a popular steakhouse that's much pricier in the evenings. Callaro's used to be next to the theater in Manalapan and is now just up the block from the Lake Worth Playhouse; parking is usually pretty easy at midday. (See Meetup)

Tuesday, October 27 at 6pm: Magnificent Mensa Scribes. IHOP on north side of Belvedere just west of I-95. The Magnificent Mensa Scribes meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month at 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Ihop, 1503 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach. Prudy Taylor Board trenchantly discusses some practical phase of the writing business plus works-in-progress -- your works-in-progress will be read aloud and critiqued. Enquiries: Tim Hunter (cell: 561-352-4336); RSVP Meetup.

Wednesday, October 28 at 5:30pm: Happy Hour at Suri, 707 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. The specialty is "tapas" or small plates, a wide array that includes soups (notably novel gazpachos), salads, flatbreads, etc., a pretty full menu of smaller servings. It's midway through the block anchored by Rotelli and Callaro's. (See Meetup)

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