If the name Arthur Rivaldo sounds familiar, that’s because he was the original owner of Hog Snappers in Tequesta. Rivaldo and his wife, Melanie Vazquez, owned the local hot spot from 2008 to 2018 before selling the restaurant and moving to Pennsylvania to be closer to family. Now Rivaldo has a new eatery in town: Hooked On Jupiter.
Rivaldo opened Hooked last year with managing partner Roberto Cavaliere, serving fresh seafood under a pergola surrounded by twinkling string lights and vibrant murals painted by Rivaldo’s son, Josh.
Much of the menu is seafood-centric (thus the name), and Rivaldo and Cavaliere source their fresh seafood from New England Wholesale Fish & Lobster in Stuart. “We get our seafood from local waters because nothing beats the flavor of just-caught fish,” says Rivaldo. “It’s better for you, tastes amazing, and supports our local fishermen.”
Fun fact: many of the dishes are named for Rivaldo and Cavaliere’s spouses and children—like the popular Matteo by the Beach, named after Cavaliere’s son. Rivaldo describes the dish: “In Colombia, they have tiny restaurants along the beach, and they feed you fish they catch in the morning with coconut rice, avocado salad, and plantains on a metal sheet tray. They usually do the whole fish, but we’re doing filet.”
Rivaldo oversees operations from Pennsylvania and is the creative mastermind behind all the recipes. He likes to mix basic ingredients and spices to create innovative flavors. “I take Japanese, Italian, French, and Indian cuisines and make them my own,” says Rivaldo, who was trained at The French Culinary Institute in New York. “If you ask me, ‘What kind of cuisine are you doing?’ I’m doing Arthur’s cuisine. You can’t compare it with anything else because this is coming out of my head.”
To that end, Rivaldo has a unique way of serving sushi—inspired by ballpark franks. After rolling the sushi into a cylinder, he slices it longways to resemble a hot dog bun. Then he stuffs it with fillings such as tuna, lobster salad, crab, cucumber, and avocado to make a “sushi hot dog.”
While the seafood is certainly the star of the show, Hooked also serves non-seafood options like filet mignon, a Cubano sandwich, and chicken curry tacos, plus salads, soups, and more. And the in-house pastry chef creates some truly decadent desserts like the Hooked On Chocolate (layered chocolate mousse cake with raspberry mezcal crémeaux, chocolate ganache, milk Chantilly, and coffee crumbles) and A Taste of Paradise (baked custard with Coruba Jamaican rum, white chocolate whipped ganache, vanilla tuile, orange meringue, and fresh raspberry and blackberry). Smaller dessert portions served in shot glasses are also available.
Hooked offers frozen soups to go, craft cocktails and mocktails, wine, and beer as well as Sunday brunch and live music on Fridays. The 4,850-square-foot space, which was previously occupied by Casa Mia Trattoria & Pizzeria, seats nearly 175 between the bar,
indoor dining area, private room, and patio.
337 E. Indiantown Road Suite E10, Jupiter; 561.203.230
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