***** Turnpike Mike’s Bistro Pub, 9590 Southwest State Road 200, Ocala, Florida 34481, (352) 237-8460.

Got a real good hot dog/hot & cold sandwich/burger/salad/wings/pasta/daily specials/beer, counter/handful of tables seating, open Monday-Saturday 11am-9pm/Sunday 11am-6pm joint for you guys to checkout, Turnpike Mike’s Bistro Pub in Ocala.

Last night, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “discovered” Turnpike Mike’s Bistro Pub and absolutely loved the joint!

Just so you know, if you’re a fancy schmancy kinda person- no need to read further!

Let me wrap this tale up by saying- that Turnpike Mike’s Bistro Pub’s good food, reasonable prices, friendly service, big portions and cool diner decor made for a real nice drama-free dining experience.😜

* National Headline Touring Comedian- Jeff Norris.

Jeff Norris, one of America’s funniest “clean” National Headline Touring Comedians is scheduled to appear tomorrow night- Friday, November 16th, 2018 at 8pm-Kings Point in Delray Beach.

Over the years, Jeff Eats has seen Norris’ standup act three-times and trust me this guy is off the chart funny-good!

Kings Point-Delray Beach allows non-residents to purchase tickets to its shows. Tickets are available at kingspointdelray.com.

Just so you know, 5 minutes ago I picked up 2 tickets online -and there were still a handful of really good seats left. I’m telling you guys- Jeff Norris will have you pissing your pants- Don’t Miss Him!

The Skinny:

NATIONAL HEADLINE TOURING COMEDIAN- JEFF NORRIS

Friday, November, 16th, 2018 (8pm)

$13.00 Residents
$19.00 Non – Residents

Kings Point-Delray Beach
7000 Atlantic Avenue
Delray Beach, Florida 33446
Tickets: kingspointdelray.com
Box Office- (561) 499-3335

OK, so there is this guy who lives in Brick. He’s an actor recently seen in the film “Not Fade Away”. He has played a police officer on TV and many other roles during his as yet unheralded career. Perhaps the best role he has been given is that of Comedy Fundraising Machine. Jeff Norris has entertained crowds with his classic impressions, his perfect comic timing and his genial nature that just makes you want to like him. In a world of manufactured comedians and artists, he is the real thing – working in the trenches of comedy performing wherever he goes. When you walk into a Jeff Norris show you may have bills, stress or sorrow on your plate. When you leave you take nothing with you but your hurting cheeks, the tears in your eyes from the constant barrage of stories and one-liners and a feeling that you have just seen something special. For a good evening of fun and laughter, make sure to mark your calendar for this one.

* Exclusive Online Presale- SANTANA.

Big fans.

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are gonna catch some tickets!

* Moishe Plotnik’s Chinese Laundry- A True Story!

Walking through San Francisco’s Chinatown, a tourist from the Midwest was enjoying the artistry of all the Chinese restaurants, shops, signs and banners…..

When he turned a corner and saw a building with the sign ‘Moishe Plotnik’s Chinese Laundry.’

‘Moishe Plotnik?’ he wondered. “How does that belong in Chinatown?”

He walked into the shop and saw a fairly standard looking drycleaner, although he could see that the proprietors were clearly aware of the uniqueness of the store name as there were baseball hats, T-shirts and coffee mugs emblazoned with the logo “Moishe Plotnik’s Chinese Laundry.”The tourist selected a coffee cup as a conversation piece to take back to his office.. Behind the counter was a smiling old Chinese gentleman who thanked him for his purchase.

The tourist asked, “Can you explain how this place got a name like ‘Moishe Plotnik’s Chinese Laundry?’

The old man answered, “Ah..Everybody ask me that. It name of owner.”

Looking around, the tourist asked, “Is he here now?”

“It’s me, Me him!” replied the old man.

“Really? You’re Chinese. How did you ever get a Jewish name like Moishe Plotnik?”

“Is simple,” said the old man. “Many, many year ago I come to this country. I standing in line at ‘ Documentation Center of Immigration.’ Man in front of me was Jewish man from Poland .”

“Lady at counter look at him and say to him, “What your name?”

He say to her, “Moishe Plotnik.”

Then she look at me and say, What’s Your Name?

I say…………Sam Ting!

* COMEDIAN MIKE MARINO…MAKE AMERICA ITALIAN AGAIN: FEATURING VINNIE CECERE.

One of America’s funniest clean-national touring headlining comedians- Mike Marino is set to play the Boca Black Box in Boca Raton on Friday Night, November 16th, 2018 (8pm) and Saturday Night, November 17th, 2018 (8pm).

Trust Jeff Eats, Marino will have you rolling on the floor laughing like crazy!

The Skinny:

COMEDIAN MIKE MARINO…MAKE AMERICA ITALIAN AGAIN: FEATURING VINNIE CECERE

Friday Night, November 16, 2018 (8pm) & Saturday Night, November 17, 2018 (8pm)
Boca Black Box
8221 Glades Road #10
Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Box Office: 561.483.9036
Tickets: bocablackbox.com goldstar.com (discount tickets)

from bocablackbox.com

Back By Popular Demand!

Mike Marino, affectionately known to millions of his fans worldwide as New Jerseys Bad Boy is one of the most loved comedians of our time. He has performed in every major comedy club, theatre, casino and event center from New York to Los Angeles and around the world. Mike has also shared the stage with some of the biggest names in the business.

Mike Marino was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He entered the entertainment industry at an early age and has studied at some of the most prestigious acting schools in New York, the Herbert Berghof Studio and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Mike has appeared in over 200 national television commercials, including many endorsements and has received a Best Actor Clio Award Nomination. He has acted in many Prime Time soaps and television shows including: As the World Turns, One Life to Live, Becker, Nikki, Frasier and Party of Five. His film credits include Crooks, Pizza with Bullets, Hangin in Hedo and Steven Kings Lucky Quarter and Criticsized.

Mike Marino has a tongue like a razor and a heart of gold. He has the incredible ability to perform in any arena, big or small, and can cater his material for all audiences, from strictly clean to down and dirty. He has performed in hundreds of corporate functions for companies including AT&T, United Airlines, American Express, Paul Mitchell, IBM, Wella, Merrill Lynch, Sebastian Intl., Toyota, L.A.S.D., N.J. Asphalt Assoc., The City of Hope, OSIA, and the LAPD. Mike Has performed for numerous charities including Aids Project, LA, Haven House, Team earthworks, and the Eric Davis Cancer Fund. When Marino is not performing, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his family on the East Coast. Catch him at the Boca Black Box this November!

* Color Purple Comedy Tour.

Just announced…

Trust Jeff Eats on this one- National Headline Touring Comedians- Dustin Chafin and Jimmy Shubert are gonna put on some show!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats will be there…

from CasinoCoco.com

Color Purple Comedy Tour

Thursday, November 29 • 8PM

Legends Lounge/Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
5550 Northwest 40th Street
Coconut Creek, Florida 33073

In support of World Pancreatic Cancer Month, comedians Dustin Chafin and Jimmy Shubert join forces to bring an evening of loughs and upbeat comedy to Legends Lounge, hosted by Erin Willet of NBC’s The Voice.

Support Pancreatic Cancer Awareness and enjoy live entertainment by Jenny Love.

Tickets: $25 Minimum Donation
To purchase tickets, call Customer Care at 954-585-5379.

All proceeds will benefit Pancreatic Cancer Action Network®.

This contest started on 11/5/18. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $10 Cecilie’s Gourmet Italian Ices Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $10 Cecilie’s Gourmet Italian Uces 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 $10 Gift Card is good at Cecilie’s Gourmet Italian Ices- 1799 Northwest 2nd Avenue, Boca Raton, Florida 33432, (561) 571-1281 and 19726 Wiles Road, Coral Springs, Florida 33076, (954) 753-2727.

Posted March 17, 2013
***** Cecilie’s Gourmet Italian Ices, 19726 Wiles Road, Coral Springs, Florida 33076, (954) 753-2727.

Let me start by saying, that one of Jeff Eats favorite “desserts” is (or is it- are?) Italian Ices. I’ve been hooked on the stuff, since my Brooklyn days, when I would get a large cup ($.10) at the pizza joints in my neighborhood—1 scoop cherry/1 scoop lemon. Not sure when the “hooking” first took hold, but I do have a black & white photo of me-holding a squeeze cup of ices in the Summer of 1953.

Anyway…

I’m really pissed at myself, because “big ears” Jeff Eats didn’t hear about Cecilie’s Gourmet Italian Ices until yesterday afternoon. Amazingly, this joint has been around for something like 20 years.

Cecilie’s is located in the “ultimate” bombed-out South Florida shopping strip center. When you go there, get directions first, because the store is a real hole in the wall and give or take 1-or 2 other stores you’d never-ever think of going to this center. This center is so decrepit, that Cecille’s can’t run a a simple soft-serve yogurt/ice cream machine–because there isn’t enough electrical power running to the store.

Despite the aforesaid…

Cecilie’s makes some of the most delicious Italian Ices that Jeff Eats has ever eaten. ALL OF THE ICES ARE MADE IN THE BACK OF THE STORE. The joint has 48 flavors, four of which are sugar free (Mrs. Jeff Eats appreciated that). In speaking with Evan the owner, every day (give or take) he rotates 4 flavors in and out of the lineup…24 of the flavors are cream ices and 24 are water ices.

Let me make this one short and sweet (pun intended)…

I “sampled” 12 different flavors— cherry, pistachio, oreo cookies, jelly roll chocolate, coconut, lemon, peanut butter, cotton candy, carrot cake, honeydew, chocolate mint chip, birthday cake. Do you know what a “pig in sh@t” is? Well Jeff Eats was. Cecilie’s makes some of the best ices I’ve ever had. Just so you know, during the 1/2 hour or so Jeff Eats was there (starting at 3:30pm) at least 20 people came and went and everyone of them “tried” all kinds of ices before settling-in with a final purchase. Figure a small cup is gonna run you- 3 bucks.

A bit more “color”…the owner Evan, is about 44 years old–born in Brooklyn and raised in Philly. He opened this store 20 years ago and makes all of the ices all-by-himself. This is what Jeff Eats calls a one-man-show…Cecilie’s is open Monday 3pm-10pm, Tuesday-Thursday 1pm-10pm, Friday-Saturday 1pm-11pm, Sunday 1pm-9pm…Evan is the sole counter person Monday-Saturday, he takes Sunday-off when he has a couple of young ladies run the store. By the way, Cecilie’s has a couple of tables inside and 1 table outside so if you want–you can hang-out.

Like I said a few seconds ago, I can’t believe that I “missed out” on 20 years of Cecilie’s…

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, This joint’s Italian Ices are about as good as it gets.

* Happy Veterans Day.

* Peter Fogel’s- Til Death Do Us Part…You First!

If you wanna laugh your ass-off, go see Peter Fogel’s- Til Death Do Us Part…You First!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats have seen the show- twice and I’m telling you guys- FUINNY!

For the past year, the limited run production has been SRO here in Florida and theaters all-across America….next scheduled Florida dates are…

Friday, November 16th, 2018 8:00 PM
Saturday, November 17th, 2018 8:00 PM

The Stonzek Theatre (Next to Lake Worth Playhouse)
713 Lake Ave
Lake Worth, FL 33460
lakeworthplayhouse.org
Box Office: (561) 296-9382
Tickets: lakeworthplayhouse.org

from lakeworthplayhouse.org

Eternal Bachelor Peter Fogel, 50’s, has MAJOR commitment issues and is stuck in “Manolescence!” He also senses his own mortality and after much soul searching decides to revisit the scene of all his romantic disasters.
And with that decision he brings you his auto-biographical tale of a comedian’s Quixote Quest to finally searching for the one woman who can transform his life — with his hysterical multi-media solo show, “Til Death Do Us Part… You First!” True Confessions about Marriage, Sex, & other things that end prematurely
It’s the holidays and Fogel is looking forward to a romantic evening with his girlfriend. Instead, she dumps him. Distraught and confused, he is magically visited by a Special Visitor who mentors him on how he continually screws up his own love life.
Fogel laments to the visitor:
“The longest relationship I’ve ever had is with T-Mobile!”
From the trials and tribulations of Marriage… to on-line dating… to “studying for his prostate exam…” Fogel mixes his signature wit along with riotous relatable characters and takes us on a whirlwind comedic journey of searching, finding… and eventually surrendering to his Soul Mate!”

“Til Death Do Us Part… You First” spins a heartwarming hilarious yarn. So if you’re divorced, married… or ever b een single (and that’s everyone) and want to experience (again) the feeling of finding that Special Person to share your life with— then you’ll want to fasten your seat belt for 90 minutes of Non-Stop laughs!.
If you’ve laughed at “Men Are From Mars & Women are From Venus… ” and Defending The Caveman! you will LOVE Peter Fogel’s “Til Death Do Us Part… You First!”
Academy Award Nominee Chazz Palminteri (Bullets Over Broadway, The Usual Suspects, Bronx Tale) says…
“Fogels Sharp comedic writing and performance will make you look at your own relationships! A remarkably funny show with lots of heart!”
KPFK Radio
… A surprising and theatrical gem!”
The NY Post…
“The singles man, single man. Fogel tells such funny poignant stories about being single. One wants to go out and find him a suitable mate.”
No-hoartsdistrict.com
“Fogel entertains us with anecdotes and characters that hold particular importance in his story, skillfully bringing them to life with his obvious gift for mimicry!”
Things To Do In Lake Worth, FL Performance Arts

* Wendy’s Is Selling Any Size Fries for $1!

Now let me see- I’ll take a small.😜