For the second year in a row, Taking Your Pulse voters have picked a dessert to lead the SunFest pack.

The frozen chocolate Key lime bar is the winner of our poll for favorite SunFest food, with 20.6 percent of the votes.

It outdistanced arepas — the grilled cornbread and cheese sandwich ended up in second at 9.7 percent.

Third place went to tropical pineapple chicken, which had 5.5 percent of the vote. Jerk chicken was fourth at 4.9 percent and alligator on a stick ended up in fifth at 4.2 percent.

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When it comes to romantic restaurants, the old-school charms of Delray Beach’s Sundy House is the local favorite.

Sundy House wins our Taking Your Pulse poll this week with 18.7 percent, outdistancing The River House in Palm Beach Gardens, which finished second at 7.2 percent.

Jetty’s in Jupiter ended up third at 6.1 percent, while The Melting Pot in North Palm Beach was in fourth at 5.8 percent. Rounding out the top five was Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach at 5 percent.

Among our top write-in vote grabbers were The Backyard Bar at Hibiscus House in West Palm Beach and Bice in Palm Beach.

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This one might be our most subjective poll to date for Taking Your Pulse.

When talking about “romantic restaurants”, the style of restaurant depends on the person. Some couples enjoy the traditional quiet place, with the piano and the candles on the table and booths. Others prefer perhaps a livelier place. Others love a good view.

So we’ve put out about 30 or so places that we think might fit the bill — but we’re also leaving it open to you. Do you have a better choice for a romantic place down here? Click other and fill in a write-in vote. If your place gets enough, we’ll add it in.
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The Yard House may have been the top choice in our Taking Your Pulse for favorite PGA Boulevard restaurant/hangout, but there was no one clear winner.

The restaurant known best for its hundreds of beers on tap won with just 9.3 percent of the vote. Other top vote getters included everything from high-end dining to neighborhood bars.

The River House finished in second place with 7.7 percent, followed by Spoto’s Oyster Bar at 6.6 percent. Fourth place went to Seasons 52 at 5.5 percent.

Rounding out the top five in a tie were The Snuggery, Rocco’s Tacos and P.F. Chang’s with 5 percent of the vote.

Among the top write-in vote grabbers were The Boulevard Deli, Burger King (off Fairway Drive) and the Flamingo Cafe.

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Over the last few years, the dining and nightlife scene along PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens has exploded.

The restaurants and bars at Downtown at the Gardens, Legacy Place, PGA Commons and Midtown have done well, and have also helped the more established places continue to bring in customers.

What’s your favorite place along this stretch of road?

Let us know in our new poll. If you don’t see your favorite, click “other” and give us a write-in vote. If there are enough write-ins, we’ll include it in our poll.

We’ll have the results on Monday.
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The store may have the word “Wine” in its name, but Total Wine & More’s customers are pretty happy with its wide range of offerings.

The megastore was the clear winner of our Taking Your Pulse poll for favorite local liquor store, pulling in more than 54 percent of the vote.

Second place went to ABC Fine Wine & Spirits at 17.1 percent, while Crown Wine & Spirits finished third at 8.9 percent.

Three write-in candidates occupied the next spots in the poll results. Walgreens’ liquor store locations had 3.3 percent of the vote, while two West Palm Beach stores, Super Duper Liquors and Forum Liquors, had 1.7 percent.

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With an extremely loyal fan base, Bedner’s Farm Fresh Market in Boynton Beach beat out some very big names in our vote for most popular local grocery store.

Bedner’s picked up 34.1 percent of the vote, outpolling local giant Publix, which finished second at 24.5 percent.

Third place went to Whole Foods Market at 9.4 percent, while Joseph’s Classic Market had 7.8 percent.

Rounding out the top five was The Fresh Market at 5.5 percent.

Among our biggest write-in vote grabbers was The Boys Farm Market in Delray Beach, the popularity of which has pushed us into adding “favorite local farm market” onto our calendar for later this year.

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UPDATE: Added Annie’s Vintage Gourmet, Amici Market and Aldi.

It seems like Palm Beach County has a huge variety of grocery stores.

There’s the basic model. There’s the gourmet model. There’s the one attached to a big box store. There are the ones that feature farm fresh food.

What’s your favorite? Where do you prefer to get your groceries?

(By the way, if you’re wondering about the warehouse stores, like Costco and Sam’s Club, they’re getting their own poll later on.)

Tell us your favorite grocery store and we’ll give you the results on Monday. Don’t see your favorite? Give them a write-in vote in the blank below.
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UPDATE: We added Mississippi Sweets in Wellington/Boca.

“The key to a good barbecue” is the kind of discussion that varies from person to person. Some like a sweet sauce, others a vinegar-based version. Some like a spicy rub. Some use the good ol’ cooker. Some use firewood.

Whatever your taste, we’d like to know what your favorite local barbecue joint is.

And yes, we’ve done this one before — this was actually our very first Taking Your Pulse poll last January. Unfortunately, we only had 33 votes, and I know there are more barbecue fans than that in Palm Beach County.

So vote in our poll — and if you don’t see your favorite, click “other” and give us a write-in. We’ll mention the top votegetters there as well.
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Fair fans understand that when it comes to eating at the South Florida Fair, the diet may end up going out the window for one day.

There’s only so much temptation one can take: Bar-B-Q, turkey legs the size of an arm, gyros, kettle corn. And of course, fried… everything.

What’s your favorite fair food? Which cart do you make a beeline for after you’ve made your way inside?

We’ll have our poll open until Monday, and then we’ll let you know our results.
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