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Win A LATTEE LARRY’S Stoneware Mug

Posted on March 31st, 2020 · Contests Deals Music/Events/Other · 21 Comments »

This contest started on 3/20/20. This contest has a winner.

* Win A LATTE LARRY’S Stoneware Mug.

Jeff Eats got a LATTEE LARRY’S stoneware mug 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!

By the way- the stoneware mug holds 12 oz of either hot or cold beverage and features a glossy white exterior and glossy blue interior. Measures approximately 3.37″ H x 4.75″ W.

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Pandemic Update from long time Jeff Eats’ reader Norman Goldberg

Posted on March 30th, 2020 · Music/Events/Other · No Comments »

* Pandemic Update from long time Jeff Eats’ reader Norman Goldberg.

Jeff, a drop of humor.
Be well.
Norman Goldberg

Pandemic Update: We are 10 days into self-isolation and it is really upsetting me to witness my wife standing at the living room window gazing aimlessly into space with tears running down her cheeks.

It breaks my heart to see her like this. I have thought very hard about how I can cheer her up. I have even considered letting her in – but rules are rules .

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DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 3/29/20- Red Carpet Italian Restaurant- Miami)

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 3/29/20- Red Carpet Italian Restaurant).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

CALAMARI FRITTI
($9)

Red Carpet Italian Restaurant
3438 Southwest 8th Street
Miami
(305) 529-4220
redcarpetrestaurant.com
Latest Review: 2/7/18

Trust Jeff Eats on this one…Red Carpet’s food, service and reasonable prices- make the joint an absolute must try!

Posted on February 7th, 2018

***** Red Carpet Italian Restaurant, 3438 Southwest 8th Street, Miami, Florida 33135, (305) 529-4220.

First told you guys about Red Carpet Italian Restaurant on 3/21/16. The truth be told, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats hadn’t been back- that is until last night’s dinner! For our purposes, let’s call Red Carpet Italian Restaurant “an out of sight, out of mind” joint. For the interested, Red Carpet Italian Restaurant is 61 miles from the Eats’ Boca Raton abode- thus a 122 mile round-trip doesn’t exactly make it- a joint that Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats can run-to on the spur of the moment!

Anyway, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats loved Red Carpet Italian Restaurant in 2016 and we loved it again last night- in 2018 and I’m telling you- delicious food, reasonable prices and super pleasant service- make this joint an absolute must try!

Posted on March 21st, 2016
***** Red Carpet Italian Restaurant, 3438 Southwest 8th Street, Miami, Florida 33135, (305) 529-4220.

Got a real good Italian joint for you guys- Red Carpet Italian Restaurant in Miami. Just so you know, this ain’t a “$13.95” soup or salad/garlic rolls/entree/pasta side joint- Kind- of a limited menu (handful of appetizers, salads, pastas, entrees, desserts…a good- dozen or so tables, decent wine list, very reasonable prices, super pleasant service.

You can check redcarpetrestaurant.com for menu/prices/info.

The other night Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats did “dinner- fried calamari ($12), chicken parmigiana ($15), veal marsala ($17) and I gotta tell you guys that the food absolutely killed! Just between us, in his day- Jeff Eats has eaten his fair share of chicken parmigiana, veal marsala and fried calamari and I gotta rank Red Carpet’s versions- right up there with some of the best I’ve had down here in sunny South Florida!

Let me wrap this one up for you, once “you” get past Red Carpet’s name (I hear Red Carpet-and cheap no-tell motels and seedy car services come to mind) and you got a dynamite Italian joint serving up delicious food.

Real simple, Red Carpet Italian Restaurant which is open Sunday 1pm-8pm, Tuesday-Thursday 11:30am-3pm & 6pm-10pm, Friday 11:30am- 3pm & 6pm-11pm, Saturday 1pm-11pm, closed Monday is an absolute must try Italian joint!

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Win A $25 Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant Gift Card (Boca Raton)

This contest started on 3/25/20. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $25 Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $25 Nino’s Pizzeria & Restaurant 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 $25 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..

________

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.

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Win A $25 Zinger’s Delicatessen Gift Card (Boca Raton)

This contest started on 3/25/20. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $25 Zinger’s Delicatessen Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $25 Zinger’s Delicatessen Gift Card for 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 $25 Gift Card is good at Zinger’s Delicatessen, 7132 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, Florida 33433, (561) 826-7323. Check zingersdeli.com for menu/prices/info.

Posted on August 26th, 2012

* “Zinger’s Delicatessen–1 Year Anniversay”

About a year-ago, I told you guys about Zinger’s Delicatessen which had just opened in Boca Raton. One year later–some things bear repeating…

Zinger’s Delicatessen is one of the best, if not the best–New York Kosher Style Deli in South Florida.

I have “reprinted” Jeff Eats’ August 18, 2011 review…and it needs “only” three minor changes:
1: Zinger’s is open 7 days a week for lunch/dinner and for breakfast on Saturday-Sunday,
2: Zinger’s “current” potato knishes are as good as the pushcart-ones I mentioned.
3: Zinger’s website is up and running.

If real New York Kosher Style deli is you game, you gotta try Zinger’s Delicatessen!

***** Zinger’s Delicatessen, 7132 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, Florida 33433, (561) 826-7323.

If, delicious- New York Kosher Style Deli is your game—you absolutely, positively have to give Zinger’s Delicatessen in Boca Raton a try.

For you fressers out there…Zinger’s in a “former” life, was Pastrami Queen (see 9/12/08 writeup)…to make a long story short, family “matters” resulted in Pastrami Queen closing in late 2010. This past Tuesday, Zinger’s opened for business—for our purposes, SAME OWNER!–NEW “NYC” DECOR!–SAME TERRIFIC FOOD!

Last night I ate dinner at Zinger’s.

Zinger’s is located in the exact-spot where Pastrami Queen was. Gary Zinger who owned Pastrami Queen is Zinger’s owner. The restaurant’s layout hasn’t changed, but the decor has…let’s just say, that stainless steel walls/ceiling and art-deco signage rival the best-deli decor here and in NYC. The joint has 3-flat screen tvs and a takeout counter that will make you want to quit Weight Watchers.

Let’s talk food…

To be perfectly honest with you, I seriously doubt that there is a better New York Kosher Style Deli down here in South Florida. I’ll even go so-far as to say, Zinger’s Delicatessen can easily hold its own with legendary players like NYC’s- Carneige, Stage, 2nd Avenue and Katz’s delis…if you aren’t a native Nooo Yoorker, please feel free to insert your hometown favorite delis’ names.

Just so you know, I was a Pastrami Queen “regular”…so, it was absolutely impossible to eat-at Zinger’s, shall we say incognito. The meal was “on the arm” with Gary Zinger literally having me “try” everything in the joint. Take it for what it’s worth, the pastrami, corned beef, brisket, turkey off the bone are as good as it gets. The joint also makes- delicious, potato pancakes-chopped liver-tuna salad-chicken salad-matzoh ball soup-smashed French fries-Italian beef sub.

Just so we are straight…don’t want you to think that I’m a Zinger’s shill—I’ve eaten better potato knishes—like the ones my father, brother Andy and I use to get in 1958 from the pushcart stationed right outside of Fortunoff on Livonia Avenue in Brooklyn while waiting for my mother to finish shopping.

Trust me on this…Zinger’s is a homerun.

Like I said before, I tried a load of stuff. I will tell you, that the sandwiches being delivered to the tables were nice-sized… I didn’t see one group leave without a doggy bag… and no one bitched to Gary about the service/prices.

Zinger’s website is www.zingersdelicom. The site is currently under construction, so give it some-time to get up and running.

Zinger’s does breakfast, lunch and dinner…The joint is open 7 days a week 7am-10pm.

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Win A 100% Cotton MOCHA JOE’S Tee Shirt

Posted on March 24th, 2020 · Contests Deals Music/Events/Other · 15 Comments »

This contest started on 3/20/20. This contest has a winner.

* Win A 100% Cotton MOCHA JOE’S Tee Shirt.

Jeff Eats got a 100% Cotton MOCHA JOE’S Tee Shirt to give to one of you guys!

The game- the first 15 “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!

By the way- you guys don’t have to worry about “sizes”- Jeff Eats can handle…Ladies or Mens- small, medium, large, x-large, xx-large!

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Win A 100% Cotton LATTE LARRY’S Tee Shirt

Posted on March 23rd, 2020 · Contests Deals Music/Events/Other · 15 Comments »

This contest started on 3/19/20. This contest has a winner.

* Win A 100% Cotton LATTE LARRY’S Tee Shirt.

Jeff Eats got a 100% Cotton LATTE LARRY’S Tee Shirt to give to one of you guys!

The game- the first 15 “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!

By the way- you guys don’t have to worry about “sizes”- Jeff Eats can handle…Ladies or Mens- small, medium, large, x-large, xx-large!

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Win A 100% Cotton LATTE LARRY’S Tee Shirt

Posted on March 22nd, 2020 · Contests Deals Music/Events/Other · 15 Comments »

This contest started o 3/19/20. This contest has a winner.

* Win A 100% Cotton LATTE LARRY’S Tee Shirt.

Jeff Eats got a 100% Cotton LATTE LARRY’S Tee Shirt to give to one of you guys!

The game- the first 15 “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!

By the way- you guys don’t have to worry about “sizes”- Jeff Eats can handle…Ladies or Mens- small, medium, large, x-large, xx-large!

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DISH OF THE WEEK- 3/22/20- Happy Pappy’s Sub Shop- Davie)

***** DISH OF THE WEEK- 3/22/20- Happy Pappy’s Sub Shop.

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

3 EGG OMELETTE

($7.39-3 egg omelette with ham/tomato/American cheese/green pepper- with a side of shredded hashbrowns and buttermilk biscuits.

Happy Pappy’s Sub Shop
4531 Griffin Road
Davie
(954) 581-8974
Latest Review: 6/23/19

Second DISH OF THE WEEK shout-out for this absolute must try “mom & pop” diner!

Posted on June 23rd, 2019

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 6/23/19- Happy Pappy’s Sub Shop).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

OUR FAMOUS STEAK & CHEESE SUB
($7.95- 8”/steak/grilled onions/green peppers/provolone chesse)

Happy Pappy’s Sub Shop
4531 Griffin Road
Davie
(954) 581-8974
Latest Review: 12/21/18

An absolutely dynamite “mom & pop” diner!

Posted on December 21st, 2018

***** Happy Pappy’s Sub Shop, 4531 Griffin Road, Davie, Florida 33314, (954) 581-8974.

Got a dynamite “mom & pop” diner- for you guys to checkout- Happy Pappy’s Sub Shop in Davie.

Simple concept at work here- booth/table seating, very reasonably priced breakfast/ subs/ wraps/ salads/ burgers/ wings/ hot dogs menu, open Monday-Friday 6am-3pm/Saturday 6am-2pm/closed Sunday.

Yesterday afternoon, Jeff Eats and 3-business associates “discovered” Happy Pappy’s Sub Shop (which by the way- has been around since 1974) and I gotta tell you guys- absolutely dynamite stuff!

Like I said a couple of seconds ago, absolutely dynamite stuff…

Look! I know that this food “reviewing” or whatever-you-want-to-call-it gig- is purely a subjective exercise. You know- what I like, you may hate and vice versa…that said, I’m telling you guys that Jeff Eats knows his “mom & pop” diners and – that this Happy Pappy’s Sub Shop joint is a winner!

If you live, work, play or just happen to be in Happy Pappy’s neighborhood give it a shot- you won’t be disappointed!

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Kenny Rogers dead at age 81!

Posted on March 21st, 2020 · Music/Events/Other · 1 Comment »

* Kenny Rogers dead at 81!

One of the greatest country, pop and Rock N Roll talents that God ever created passed away today at age 81!

Had the pleasure years ago to work with Kenny and his First Edition bandmates…