PEOPLE OF INTEREST
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CHIVON HUNTER
Age: 41
Lives in: Fort Pierce
Family: Husband, Robert; son,
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Marcel, 22; son, Shaun, 18; and
daughter, Pricilla, 9
Occupation: Restaurateur
Education: Community College of
Rhode Island, degree in nursing
Hobbies: Singing songs of worship
Who inspires you: “My community and the growth of my
community… My God, as my heart is after the Lord and
showing other men and women that you can start something
from nothing.”
What do most people not know about you: “That I was a
psychiatric nurse for the State of Massachusetts for 16 years
and worked in a locked-down unit.”
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Hunter’s 18-year-old son, Shaun Monteiro, works alongside his mother waiting
on customers and cooking in the kitchen.
only fitting that she decided to decorate her deli with comic
book posters from floor to ceiling. Each item on the menu is
also named after a super hero. She feels it conveys strength to
the community.
“This endeavor is bigger than the food,” she continued.
“It’s about showing people about love and dedication. We are
proud to give back to our community and happy to see them
feeling uplifted when they visit us.”
Tasty Links is a walk-up/takeout venue with inviting outdoor
seating. In addition to the smoked quarter-pound hot
dogs, wings, ribs, sausages and burgers, it serves 16 flavors of
ice cream in a cone or cup.
Once a month Tasty Links hosts an open mic night and
invites everyone to try to belt out their favorite tune. She
recently bought a 21-foot movie screen and hopes to have a
family movie night soon.
Hunter and her son, Shaun, are chief cooks and bottlewashers
of the deli. She learned to cook from her grandmother and
has passed her skills on to her son.
“I have a passion to cook and serve people and I got into
this business because of my love and caring for people,”
she concluded.
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