* Humor!
Ron Chestna, 81 years of age, was stopped by police around 2 a.m.one night and was asked where he was going at that time of night.
Ron replied, “I’m on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out late.”
The officer asked, “Really? Who’s giving that lecture at this time of night?”
Ron replied, “That would be my wife.”
This contest started on 11/15/22. This contest has a winner.
* Win A $20 Riverside Market Cafe Gift Card.
Jeff Eats got a $20 Riverside Market Cafe Gift Card to give to one of you guys!
The game- the first 20 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $20 Gift Card is good at Riverside Market Cafe, 608 Southwest 12th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312, (954) 358-8333.
You can check menu/prices at theriversidemarket.com.
Posted on October 10th, 2010
***** Riverside Market Cafe, 608 Southwest 12th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312, (954) 358-8333.
Got an absolutely dynamite joint for you…Riverside Market Cafe. Best way to describe Riverside…a convenience store that was converted into a “cafe” that serves breakfast stuff, subs, sandwiches, flatbread pizzas, salads and daily meat-seafood-chicken “specials.” The joint’s walls are lined with upright refrigerators (just like those used in convenience stores) and are filled with something like 250 different types of bottled beer and a huge number of specialty sodas.
Now let’s talk food. A recent outing had me doing…flatbread 12″ pizza ($12), Italian seafood salad ($8), 12″ turkey sub ($9). Trust me on this one, the food is really good.
Check www.theriversidemarket.com for menu/prices.
So…we got a real casual–relatively inexpensive- breakfast-lunch-dinner joint, that beer and soda drinkers alike, will love.
Riverside Market Cafe is open Saturday-Thursday 8am-9pm and Friday 8am-10pm.
This contest started on 11/14/22. This contest has a winner.
* Win A $10 Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant Gift Card.
Jeff Eats got a $10 Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant Gift Card to give to one of you guys!
The game- the first 10 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $10 Gift Card is good at Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, 7120 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, Florida 33433, (561) 392-9075.
You can check menu/prices at www.ninosofboca.com.
Posted on June 1st, 2015.
***** Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, 7120 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, Florida 33433, (561) 392-9075.
Got this e-mail this morning…
Jeff,
It was a pleasure meeting you and your wife at Friday night’s Morris Day & The Time concert in Pompano Beach. Terrific show.
As I mentioned, my wife and I in late April retired to Deerfield Beach after living our 41 years of married life in Plainview, Long Island. We are just getting organized and as I told you we literally stumbled across your jeffeats.com site while looking for restaurants to eat in. Your taste in both food and entertainment match up pretty close with ours.
You have tons of picks and I was wondering if you could give us a great ‘mom & pop’ Italian joint in the Deerfield Beach area. As you may recall we are living around the Powerline/Sample Road area and we’re looking for that one pizza tee shorts/tee shirt joint to really count on.
Once again, great meeting you.
Joe K
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Joe K:
Glad that you enjoyed Morris Day and the Time. It was a great show.
It was nice meeting you and your wife.
Real simple answer to your “request”…just by coincidence, last night- Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats ate dinner at Nino’s Pizzeria in Boca Raton- and I gotta tell you, that this joint for the past 23 years has been one of our go-to-“mom & pops”…never and I repeat-never- a bad meal. Just between you and me, Nino’s makes a veal chop parmigiana and chicken cacciatore/chicken scarpariello both on the bone- that are off the chart. As for New York Style Pizza, the joint’s pies and slices are top-shelf!
Printed down below is a “review” that Jeff Eats did back on 5/19/14…try Nino’s- the bet here, you and your wife will absolutely love it!
Thanks for reading..
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Posted on May 19th, 2014
***** Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, 7120 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, Florida 33433, (561) 392-9075.
Way back on March 20, 2008 Jeff Eats told you guys about Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant in Boca Raton.
Time for a little update on what is definitely one of the best “mom & pop” red sauce Italian joints in South Florida.
For your convenience the “original” story is printed below…gonna save you the trouble of scrolling around.
Anyway,
Just for background, Nino’s opened for business in Boca Raton in 1983-you mathematicians can do the math–for the rest of you-that’s 31 years ago. In something like 2005, it opened a second location in Delray Beach. Partners fall-out, one gets Boca Raton, the other gets Delray Beach. So now you know, the business angle here.
Now-just so we are straight, we are talking about Boca Raton- here. Absolutely-positively nothing wrong with the Delray Beach location–Jeff Eats (1) lives closer to the Boca joint and (2) Jeff Eats thinks that the food, service, ambiance are better in Boca Raton- but trust me Delray Beach ain’t exactly chopped liver either.
Anyway,
Jeff Eats has never “officially” counted the number of times-I’ve eaten in/taken out from Nino’s–but I’m guessing 70 maybe 80, let’s just say it’s a lot. I want to tell you, that not- even- one- time was the food not right on the money–same for the service. Real simple… its soups, salads, pizzas, calzones, subs, pastas, entrees are all delicious. Off the top of my head, I would match Nino’s veal chop parmigiana ($22 soup/salad, pasta side, garlic rolls), its chicken cacciatore on the bone ($17.95 soup/salad, pasta side, garlic rolls), its chicken scarpariello on the bone ($17.95 soup/salad, pasta side, garlic rolls) and its shrimp scampi ($22.50 soup/salad, pasta side, garlic rolls) up against South Florida’s best “mom & pop” and “upscale” players. While I’m on the subject of food, Nino’s plain pizza is always on the money and the joint makes what it calls an “upside down Sicilian” pie that is a work of beauty–if you go, get it!
You maybe wondering why the sudden “gushing” about Nino’s?
Last night, Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and some dear friends- ate dinner at Nino’s and we got to discussing “various” Italian joints–and like a bolt of lightening–it hit me as to how really good Nino’s stuff is! Just that simple! Real fast-right off the top of you head, other than Nino’s–name a “mom & pop” red sauce Italian joint that does chicken cacciatore and chicken scarpariello on the bone…you do know, that’s the only RIGHT WAY to make those dishes–but that’s just my take-on the-thing!
You can check menu/prices at www.ninosofboca.com.
Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant is open 7 days a week 11am-10pm.
*****
March 20, 2008
***** Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, 7120 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, Florida 33433, (561) 392-9075—&—13900 South Jog Road, Delray Beach, Florida 33445, (561) 499-3988
Nino’s is one of my favorite “mom and pop” Southern Italian joints in South Florida. I could be going out on a limb here, but I think that after you have tried this joint, you will also become a big fan.
Just so you know, the Boca Raton location has been around for something like 25 years…the Delray Beach location has been in business for about 3 years. Over the years, I have eaten in the Boca location something like 30 times and the Delray location twice…although the menus are almost identical, I like the food, ambiance and service in the Boca restaurant better…call me a creature of habit, but I really feel at home when I enter the Boca joint…from the way I am greeted at the front door, to Nino the owner waving and talking from behind the pizza counter to the customers…the food and service in Delray Beach is just fine, but there is something “special” about the Boca location.
Although Nino’s seemingly “follows” the standard pattern…Soup or salad, garlic rolls, entree with a pasta side…this joint makes some of the most delicious dishes and pizza that you have ever eaten. I would personally match its veal chop parmigiana—bone in chicken cacciatore— bone in chicken scapriello—shrimp scampi entrees against any Italian restaurant down here in South Florida.
Like I said before, Nino’s has been around for something like 25 years. The Boca Raton joint is jammed for dinner 7-days a week and has a takeout business that seems to be never ending. The Delray Beach spot has also developed quite a following…but my heart belongs to the Boca joint. Both joints are open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner.
Great food. Great service. Pizza joint prices…
By the way, Nino and his wife Josephine own Josephine’s Italian Restaurant which is located on Federal Highway in Boca Raton. That’s a story for another day…but Josephine’s is a very good “white table cloth” joint.
***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 11/13/22- House Of Omelets).
One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…
FRUIT WAFFLE
($15.44- Waffle topped with strawberries, blueberries, bananas, powdered sugar)
House Of Omelets
900 Southwest Pine Island Road
Cape Coral
(239)673-7545
houseofomelets.com
Latest Review: 10/12/21
This is a terrific diner…
Posted on October 12th, 2021
***** House Of Omelets, 900 Southwest Pine Island Road, Cape Coral, Florida 33991, (239) 673-7545.
Got a real good diner for you guys to checkout- House Of Omelets in Cape Coral.
Real simple tale to tell, yesterday Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats, Daughter Jeff Eats and Son Jeff Eats “discovered” House Of Omelets for a late breakfast and I gotta tell you- the joint’s food was absolutely off the chart delicious! Booth/ table/ counter seating/ handful of outside tables, reasonably priced menu loaded with breakfast items/ salads/ sandwiches/ burgers/ desserts/other stuff, open 7 days a week 7am-3pm.
Let me wrap House Of Omelets up by saying, this joint really has its act together- big menu, delicious food, reasonable prices, nice sized portions, good-looking wood decor and a very pleasant staff! By the way, in addition to the Cape Coral restaurant, House Of Omelets has Naples and Fort Myers’ joints!
This contest started on 11/11/22. This contest has a winner.
* Win A $10 Miller’s Ale House Gift Card.
Jeff Eats got a $10 Miller’s Ale House Gift Card to give to one of you guys…
The game- the first 10 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $10 Gift Card is good at any of Miller’s 97 Ale House locations (millersalehouse.com for locations/ menus/ prices/ info).
Originally posted on October 17th, 2022.
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Sunday, November 20th, 2022 (2pm)
Boca Black Box Center for the Arts
8221 Glades Road #10 Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Box Office: 561.483.9036
Tickets: bocablackbox.com check goldstar.com (discount tickets)
* VETERANS DAY- 2022.
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This contest started on 11/9/22. This contest has a winner.
* Win A $20 Fiorella Italian Restaurant And Pizzeria Gift Card.
Jeff Eats got a $20 Fiorella Italian Restaurant And Pizzeria Gift Card to give to one of you guys!
The game- the first 20 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $20 Gift Card is good at Fiorella Italian Restaurant And Pizzeria, 7008 Charleston Shores Boulevard, Lake Worth, Florida 33467, (561) 963-4999.
You can check menu/prices at www.fiorellarestaurant.com.
Posted on March 24th, 2022
***** Fiorella Italian Restaurant And Pizzeria, 7008 Charleston Shores Boulevard, Lake Worth, Florida 33467, (561-963-4999.
Got a real good “mom & pop” Italian joint for you guys to check-out, Fiorella Italian Restaurant And Pizzeria in Lake Worth.
Last week Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and our long-time friends, Jackie and Charlie (who recently moved from Brooklyn to Boca Raton)- “discovered” Fiorella Italian Restaurant And Pizzeria and I gotta tell you guys, the joint’s food and service absolutely killed!
Simple tale to tell, inside booth and table seating/ handful of outside tables, reasonably priced menu of appetizers/ salads/ pastas/ pizzas/ hot & cold subs/ entrees/ desserts, full liquor bar with requisite tvs, open for lunch/dinner: Monday-Thursday 11am-9pm/ Friday–Saturday 11am-10pm/ Sunday noon-9pm.
Now trust me on this one- I kinda think that I know my “mom & pop” Italian joints- and I’m telling you guys that Fiorella Italian Restaurant And Pizzeria is right up there with Florida’s best!
Fiorella Italian Restaurant And Pizzeria is an absolute must try!
You can check menu/ prices/info at fiorellarestaurant.com.
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The guy is something like 93 (actually he’s only 77).
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* Humor!
A Mexican, an Italian, and a Blond man are working on high-rise construction together.
On their lunch break the Mexican opens his lunch box and exclaims “ Damnit, she packed tacos again!” Then he stands up and jumps.
The Italian opens his lunch box and exclaims “Damnit, she gave me lasagna again!” Then he stands up and jumps.
The Blond opens his lunch box and exclaims “Damnit, hamburgers again.” Then he stands up and jumps.
Several days later, the wife of the Blond guy hosts a celebration of life for the workers and invites all the employees & their families. The attendees march by, and the Boss stops at the Mexican’s wife. “ I’m so sorry for your loss.,” To which the wife replied “Thank you. If only I’d known he was tired of tacos, I would have packed something else.” Then she broke down in tears.
Next, the Boss stops at the Italian’s wife. “ I’m so sorry for your loss.” To which the wife replied “Thank you. If only I’d known he was so tired of lasagna, I would have packed something else.” Then she broke down in tears.
So the Boss stops at the Blond’s wife. “ I’m so sorry for your loss. Don’t you wish you’d packed something else for your husband,?”
To which the wife replied “Don’t look at me, he packed his own lunch!”