***** Ocala’s Downtown Diner, 816 South Magnolia Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34471,
(352) 816-0022.

Got a real good “mom & pop” diner for you guys to checkout, Ocala’s Downtown Diner in Ocala.

Real simple tale to tell, last week Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats along with real-good friends Angie and Bruno “discovered” Ocala’s Downtown Diner and the joint’s food absolutely killed! Straight up, let me tell you, the four of us are huge fans of “mom & pop” diners and Ocala’s Downtown Diner could literally be the poster child for the- concept! Inside table and counter seating, no frills decor, super pleasant service, reasonably priced All Day breakfast & lunch/vegan menus.

Let’s wrap-up Ocala’s Downtown Diner by saying, I met Bruno in September, 1970 while attending Brooklyn Law School. Since then, we have been real-good friends and both Angie and the now Mrs. Jeff Eats joined our party in 1972. Over the past 52 years, we have eaten in more “mom & pop” diners than you can shake a stick at!

If you “eat” like Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats, Angie and Bruno do, you will absolutely positively love Ocala’s Downtown Diner which is open Monday-Saturday 6am-3pm and Sunday 8am-2pm.

You guys can check menu/prices/info at ocaladowntowndiner.com.

* 2024 Memorial Day Commemorative Ceremony.

Yesterday, I received the below email from the City of Boca Raton…

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are going to the Mizner Park Amphitheater “free” concert.

Here’s a short The American Sirens’ video,

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Email:

2024 Memorial Day Commemorative Ceremony
333 Southwest 4th Avenue, Boca Raton, FL

City of Boca Raton
Local Agency
Communications & Digital Media Coordinator Mary McGuire

Join us and take part in a ceremony to honor the sacrifice made for our freedoms, featuring community speakers and City officials.
Seating provided.

Monday, May 27, 2024
FREE and open to the public.

Boca Raton Cemetery | 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
451 SW 4th Avenue, Boca Raton
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Later in the evening…join us for a FREE concert!
Mizner Park Amphitheater | 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton
7pm – 8:30pm; Doors open 6pm

Enjoy an evening of patriotic and American favorites featuring The American Sirens – from a vintage concert experience inspired by Postmodern Jukebox, The Andrews Sisters, and more.
Details > www.myboca.us/1470/Memorial-Day

This contest started on 4/24/24. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $10 Aunt Lulu’s NY Style Pizza & Kitchen Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $10 Aunt Lulu’s NY Style Pizza & Kitchen 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 Aunt Lulu’s NY Style Pizza & Kitchen, 19785 Hampton Drive, Boca Raton, Florida 33434, (561) 245-7011.

Check menu/prices/info at auntluluspizza.com.

Posted on March 15th, 2021.

***** Aunt Lulu’s NY Style Pizza & Kitchen, 19785 Hampton Drive, Boca Raton, Florida 33434, (561) 245-7011

Got a real good “mom & pop” red sauce Italian joint for you guys to check-out, Aunt Lulu’s NY Style Pizza & Kitchen in Boca Raton.

Real simple tale to tell- last night, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “discovered” Aunt Lulu’s NY Style Pizza & Kitchen (located in a requisite bombed-out South Florida strip center) and I gotta tell you guys- that the joint’s food was- delicious! Inside table seating/ small handful of outdoor tables, reasonably priced menu featuring appetizers/ soups/ salads/ pizzas/ calzones/ strombolis/ hot & cold subs/ wings/ entrees/ desserts/ other stuff!

Like I said 2- seconds ago, the joint’s food was absolutely delicious…

Last but surely not least, Aunt Lulu’s wait and back of the house staff was off-the-chart good! Despite the masks, dine-in orders and loads of take-out orders, the crew was extremely competent and super-pleasant in taking care of business!

You guys can check menu/prices/info at auntluluspizza.com.

Aunt Lulu’s NY Style Pizza & Kitchen is open 7 days a week 11am-10pm.

This contest started on 4/22/24. This contest has a winner.

* Win A 100% Cotton- I May Be Old But I Got To See Jerry! Mens Tee Shirt.

The game- the first 35 “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 Mens- small, medium, large, x-large, xx-large. xxx-large.

The shirt’s retail value $35.00.

* Happy Passover.

* Happy Earth Day.

I’ll lay you two to one- that you guys didn’t know that today was Earth Day!

* DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 4/21/24- Frida Coffee & Deli).

One of Jeff Eats favorite menu items…

CROISSANT
(Plain-$3.90, Almond-$4.90, Chocolate-$4.90)

Frida Coffee & Deli
11418 West Sample Road
(954) 991-8109
fridacoffeeanddeli.com
Latest Review: 10/4/23

Despite the fact that I got a “C” in both High School and College Spanish, I know my croissants- and I’m telling you guys that Frida Coffee & Deli’s croissants are “muy bueno.”

Posted on October 4th, 2023 ·

***** Frida Coffee & Deli, 11418 West Sample Road, Coral Springs, Florida 33065, (954) 991-8109.

Got a real good coffee/bakery joint for you guys to check-out, Frida Coffee & Deli in Coral Springs.

Real short story to tell, yesterday Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and Daughter Jeff Eats “discovered” Frida Coffee & Deli and I gotta tell you- real good stuff! Handful of inside & outside tables, reasonably priced coffees/ teas/ smoothies/ breakfast items/ sandwiches/ salads/ baked goods/ wraps/ empanadas/ quiche menu, open Monday-Friday 7:30am-5pm/ Saturday 9am-3pm/Sunday 9am-1pm.

If you guys can keep a little secret- I really enjoyed Frida Coffee & Deli. A “pleasant” change from the Florida bagel joints and mom & pop diners that I normally frequent!

Let’s wrap-uo Frida Coffee & Deli by saying, that you can check menu/prices/info at fridacoffeeanddeli.com.

Originally posted on April 12th, 2024.

* Jeff Eats & Mrs. Jeff Eats Passover Dinners 2024.

For you guys who like to follow Jeff Eats’ “social calendar”…

This year, it’s just me and Mrs. Jeff Eats- so, on Monday, April 22nd, 2024 we will be eating our Passover Dinner at Poppies Restaurant & Delicatessen, 4900 Linton Boulevard, Delray Beach, Florida 33445 (561) 498-4900. As for our Tuesday, Apri; 23rd, 2024 Passover Dinner, we will be eating at home- food from Poppies’ A La Carte Menu.

Happy Holiday To All!

Posted on July 11th, 2008

***** Poppies Restaurant & Delicatessen, 4900 Linton Boulevard, Delray Beach, Florida 33445 (561) 498-4900.

Poppies is a New York “kosher style” deli. Poppies plays” in the same South Florida market as Too-Jays, 3G’s Deli, Gourmet Deli (just to name a few)… not to mention every neighborhood bagel joint.

Poppies is open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Poppies in addition to its sit-down business, does a tremendous amount of take-out and catering.

I am sure that you have a favorite South Florida– New York “kosher style” deli joint.

Trust me on this, Poppies is right up there with the best of them. Very good food…Very good prices…Terrific menu selection…Large/attractive looking joint with an excellent appetizing department.

* Humor!

A blonde, a brunette and a redhead are stuck on an island.

One day, the three of them are walking along the beach and discover a magic lamp.

They rub and rub, and sure enough, out pops a genie.

The genie says, “Since I can only grant three wishes, you may each have one.”

The brunette says, “I’ve been stuck here for years. I miss my family, my husband, and my life.

I just want to go home.” POOF!

The brunette gets her wish and she is returned to her family.

Then, the red head says, “I’ve been stuck here for years as well. I miss my family, my husband, and my life.

I wish I could go home too.” POOF!

The redhead gets her wish and she is returned to her family.

The blonde starts crying uncontrollably.

The genie asks, “My dear, what’s the matter?”

The blonde whimpers, “I wish my 2-friends were still here.”

This contest started on 4/19/24. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $20 Vinny’s Pizza Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $20 Vinny’s Pizza 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 Vinny’s Pizza, 6671 West Indiantown Road, Jupiter, Florida 33458, (561) 575-5445.

You guys can check menu/prices/info at myvinnyspizza.com.

Posted on July 14th, 2019.

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 7/14/19- Vinny’s Pizza).
One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

GRANDMA PIZZA
(16” $17.25)

Vinny’s Pizza
6671 West Indiantown Road
Jupiter
(561) 575-5445
myvinnyspizza.com
Latest Review: 10/20/16

Trust Jeff Eats when I tell you that I know my Grandma Pizzas- and that Vinny’s Grandma Pizza absolutely kills! I also know my “mom & pop” red sauce Italian joints- and I’m telling you guys, Vinny’s Pizza is right-up there with Florida’s best players!

Posted on October 20th, 2016
***** Vinny’s Pizza, 6671 West Indiantown Road, Jupiter, Florida 33458, (561) 575-5445.

For our purposes we’re gonna call Vinny’s Pizza an “out of sight out of mind” mom & pop red sauce Italian joint…

Jeff Eats first told you guys about Vinny’s Pizza on November 3, 2010…truth be told, hadn’t been back “until” last night when Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats stopped in for a Grandma Pizza and an obscene amount of Coke and Diet Coke. By the way, I’m kinda thinking the sole reason for the long-absence, the freaking joint is 86 miles round-trip from Jeff Eats’ Boca Raton residence!

Long story short, absolute dynamite Grandma Pizza!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats loved Vinny’s in 2010 and loved it again in 2016- with all things being equal, the next “love” is gonna be sometime in 2022! Hey, an 86 mile round-trip, ain’t exactly chopped liver either!

All kidding aside, trust Jeff Eats on this one, you gotta try Vinny’s Pizza, it’s that good!

Posted on November 3rd, 2010

***** Vinny’s Pizza, 6671 West Indiantown Road, Jupiter, Florida 33458, (561) 575-5445.

Got a real good-reasonably priced “mom & pop–red sauce” Italian joint for you…Vinny’s Pizza in Jupiter, Florida.

Vinny’s menu has all of the “expected stuff”…pizzas, pastas, calzones, hot & cold subs, meat/seafood/chicken dishes (dinners–include salad, pasta side, garlic knots).

A recent dinner outing had me doing…large 16” pizza ($12.20), penne alla vodka ($10.50), meat lasagna ($11.25), veal parmigiana ($14.50). Keeping in mind, that joints like Vinny’s aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel—I can, without hesitation tell you that-Vinny’s food was terrific. Definitey one of the best NYC styled pizzas that- I’ve had in a very long time. The pie was thin-crispy-with an amazingly-perfect sweet sauce. As for the penne, lasagna and veal parm—I know joints that get double the price and can’t hold a candle to Vinny’s food.

Vinny’s is a winner. This is NOT and I repeat NOT—some hack joint, just turning out passable food. Do have one huge problem with Vinny’s…it’s 86 miles (round-trip) from my house.

Vinny’s Pizza is open Monday-Thursday 11am-9pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-10pm and Sunday noon-9pm.