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Wellington Amphitheater Event Schedule: May-July, 2018 (Wellington Amphitheater- Wellington)

* Wellington Amphitheater Event Schedule: May-July, 2018.

I’d call this a pretty good use of The Village of Wellington’s tax money.

Real strong lineup of tribute bands & movies scheduled to play May-July 2018 at the Wellington Amphitheater, 12100 Forest Hill Boulevard, Wellington, Florida 33414, (561) 753-2484, wellingtonfl.gov.

Just between us, if Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats had but-one event to attend- it definitely would be to see The Beach Buoys (thebeachbuoys.com) on Saturday, July 21st (8pm)- hearing some really terrific things about this Michigan based band’s tribute to The Beach Boys. Like I just said, keep this between us-as I don’t want to piss-off the other scheduled bands!

All of these concerts/movies are complimentary- all you gotta do is bring yourself!

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Mad Dogs Hot Dogs (Venice)

Posted on May 15th, 2018 · American Desserts Fast Food · 1 Comment »

***** Mad Dogs Hot Dogs, 2059 South Tamiami Trail, Venice, Florida 34293, (941) 493-3086.

Got an absolutely terrific hot dog “stand” for you guys to checkout- Mad Dogs In Venice.

Simple concept- walk-up window/drive thru/handful of covered outdoor tables, steamed/ grilled/ fried hot dogs, hot dog toppings galore, handful of sandwiches/sides.


Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats discovered Mad Dogs Hot Dogs a couple of days ago- and the joint blew us away!





Trust Jeff Eats when I tell you- no matter where you’re from- New York, Chicago, Detroit, Portland, Los Angeles etc- if you like hot dogs, you will absolutely positively love Mad Dogs Hot Dogs!

Mad Dogs Hot Dogs is open:

Monday – Friday: 11am – 7pm
Saturday: 11am – 6pm
Sunday: 11am – 4pm

For more info maddogshotdogs.com.

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Jersey Boys – On Tour (Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts- Fort Lauderdale)s

* Jersey Boys- On Tour.

Jeff Eats is kinda thinking that the Broward Center’s booking of the Jersey Boys- On Tour is a case of “Going To The Well Once Too Often”…

Just between you guys and me, I seriously doubt that there is a single person in America who hasn’t either seen the Jersey Boys Broadway Show- or Jersey Boys Movie!😀

With that in mind, if I’m wrong about the above…there are tons and and I do mean tons of terrific tickets available for the Jersey Boys (which first played Broadway in 2005) at the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts for the below listed dates.

Tickets: browardcenter.org

2018
TUES, MAY 15, 2018 – 8:00 PM
WED, MAY 16, 2018 – 2:00 PM
WED, MAY 16, 2018 – 8:00 PM
THU, MAY 17, 2018 – 8:00 PM
FRI, MAY 18, 2018 – 8:00 PM
SAT, MAY 19, 2018 – 2:00 PM
SAT, MAY 19, 2018 – 8:00 PM
SUN, MAY 20, 2018 – 1:00 PM

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Happy Together- Tour 2018 (Florida Theatre- Jacksonville, Ruth Eckerd Hall- Clearwater)

* Happy Together- Tour 2018.

Just announced…

If you wanna go and if one of the listed venues works for you- you can catch tickets at Ticketmaster.com.

June 07 – Jacksonville, FL – Florida Theatre
June 08 – Biloxi, MS – IP Casino Resort & Spa
June 09 – Montgomery, AL – Montgomery PAC
June 10 – Clearwater, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall
June 13 – Greensburg, PA – Palace Theatre
June 14 – Tarrytown, NY – Tarrytown Music Hall
June 15 – New Brunswick, NJ – State Theatre
June 16 – Lynn, MA – Lynn Auditorium
June 17 – Northampton, MA – Calvin Theatre
June 19 – Englewood, NJ – Bergen PAC
June 20 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
June 21 – Jim Thorpe, PA – Penn’s Peak
June 22 – Westbury, NY – NYCB Theatre at Westbury
June 23 – Lancaster, PA – American Music Theatre
June 24 – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
June 27 – Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Melody Tent
June 28 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo PAC
June 29 – Brooklyn, NY – Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island
June 30 – Asbury Park, NJ – Paramount Theatre

Jul 12 – San Diego, CA – Humphreys By the Bay
Jul 13 – Scottsdale, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Ballroom
Jul 14 – Beverly Hills, CA – Saban Theatre
Jul 15 – Costa Mesa, CA – Pacific Amphitheatre
Jul 18 – Sacramento, CA – Calif. State Fair
Jul 19 – Medford, OR – Britt Pavilion
Jul 20 – Lincoln City, OR – Chinook Winds Casino Resort
Aug 05 – West Allis, WI – Wisconsin State Fair
Aug 08 – Effinham, IL – Effingham Perf. Ctr
Aug 09 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion for the Perf. Arts
Aug 10 – New Buffalo, MI – Four Winds Casino
Aug 11 – Manistee, MI – Little River Casino
Aug 12 – Northfield, OH – Hard Rock Live
Aug 13 – Indianpolis, IN – Indiana State Fairgrounds
Aug 15 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Aug 17 – Aurora, IL – Paramount Theatre
Aug 18 – St. Charles, MO – Family Arena
Aug 19 – Kansas City, MO – Muriel Kaufman Theatre
Aug 21 – Louisville, KY – Kentucky State Fair
Aug 23 – Appleton, WI – Fox Cities PAC
Aug 24 – Onamia, MN – Grand Casino Mille Lacs Event Center
Aug 26 – Deadwood, SD – Deadwood Mountain Grand Event Center

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Great Value Fudge Graham Cookies (Walmart Supercenter- Delray Beach)

Posted on May 14th, 2018 · American Delray Beach Desserts Fast Food · No Comments »

Great Value Fudge Graham Cookies.

Real simple tale for you guys, yesterday afternoon Jeff Eats bought a package of Walmart’s house brand- Great Value Fudge Graham Cookies (13oz- $1.28) at the Walmart Supercenter, 16205 South Military Trail, Delray Beach, Florida 33484- and all I can tell you guys is that these cookies are Lousy and that’s Lousy with a capital “L”…

Look, I know I’m making a subjective call here- but in my day I’ve eaten my fair share of fudge graham cookies and I’m just telling you guys- L O U S Y is being kind! This may sound nuts, but the chocolate literally had no taste- at least to my tastebuds it didn’t!

For you guys who want to find-out for yourselves…

You can check walmart.com for store locations/product information.

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Win A $20 Wawa Gift Card

This contest started on 5/12/18. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $20 Wawa Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $20 Wawa Gift Card to give to one of you guys!

Best way for Jeff Eats to describe Wawa, gasoline station/convenience store combo on steroids!

The game- the first 25 “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 any Wawa location (check wawa.com for locations/info).

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Win A $50 Batch Gastropub Gift Card (Miami, Delray Beach)

Posted on May 14th, 2018 · American Boca Raton Deals Delray Beach · 42 Comments »

This contest started on 5/10/18. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $50 Batch Gastropub Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $50 Batch Gastropub Gift Card to give to one of you guys!

The game- the first 40 “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 $50 Gift Card is good at Batch Gastropub, 14813 Lyons Road, Delray Beach, Florida 33446, (561) 877-0000 and Batch Gastropub, 30 Southwest 12th Street (Brickell), (305) 808-5555.

You can check menu/prices/info at batchgastropub.com.

Posted on January 26th, 2018
***** Batch Gastropub, 14813 Lyons Road, Delray Beach, Florida 33446, (561) 877-0000.

Got a terrific “sports bar” for you guys to checkout- Batch Gastropub in Delray Beach!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “know” sports bars- and trust me on this one, this Batch Gastropub joint is good stuff! Indoor table/booth seating, outdoor patio table & couch seating, full liquor bar, tons of tvs inside and outside, reasonably priced booze, super good staff, reasonably priced off the chart delicious food, big portions, Friday & Saturday night DJ providied music! Open Sunday-Thursday 4pm-11am, Friday-Saturday 4pm-1am, Saturday brunch noon-3pm, Sunday Brunch 11am-3pm.

Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats, Daughter Jeff Eats and Son Jeff Eats did a recent dinner- and I gotta tell you, Batch Gastropub killed it!

Like I said a few seconds ago, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “know” sports bars- and I’m telling you guys- that you definitely wanna give Batch Gastropub a shot- believe me, it’s really that good!

For the Amerigo Vespuccis in the crowd, Batch Gastropub is located in the Delray Marketplace in Delray Beach- there is- another Batch Gastropub location in Miami at 30 Southwest 12th Street (Brickell), (305) 808-5555 (which I already told you guys about on 3/19/14).

You guys can check menus/prices/info (for both locations) at batchgastropub.com.

Posted on March 19th, 2014
***** Batch Gastropub, 30 Southwest 12th Street, Miami, Florida 33130, (305) 808-5555.

For our purposes, let’s call Batch Gastropub an “American-Style–Sports Bar.” When you check menu/prices at www.batchmiami.com you’ll also find a load of pictures–the joint is really great looking, with dark-wood booths and of-course loads of flat screen tvs (Do they still make “fat” screen tvs?)

You know and Jeff Eats knows that “sports bars” are literally a dime a dozen down here in South Florida…for sure, “we’ve all been in tons of them…and I gotta tell you, I was very impressed with Batch Gastropub.

For you drinkers out there…Batch has something like 15 (give or take) beers on tap, and maybe another 20 by the bottle.

Now let’s talk about FOOD–Jeff Eats’ real-game…

Just so you know, Batch’s menu isn’t exactly huge…that said, there are enough appetizers, burgers, salads, pizzas, entrees–so I’m thinking- no-body in your party is gonna have to stop at Wendy’s on the way home.

A recent dinner had Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and two other couples “doing”…margherita pizza, cheeseburger, hanger steak skewers, mushroom crusted mahi mahi, meatloaf, gnocchi mac & cheese/carmalized onions, truffle salt & shaved truffle cheese fries…and I gotta tell you, no one-bicthed about anything. If Jeff Eats had to give out awards, I thought that the gnocchi, fries, cheeseburger were the stars of the game. Between you and me–the gnocchi was amazing–the joint uses gnocchi with gruyere cheese and for an up-charge has 10 items that can be added to the basic dish–such as chicken, steak, bacon, carmalized onions (check the menu for the full list).

Like I said at the top, I was very impressed with Batch Gastropub…food was solid, service was good, prices exactly what you’d expect in an upscale-sports bar (you can fill in what you think these numbers should be)–one little draw back, the background music was a drop too loud for Jeff Eats’ crowd.

Batch Gastropub is open Sunday-Thursday 11:30am-3am, Friday-Saturday 11:30am-5am.

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Win A $10 McDonald’s Gift Card

This contest started on 5/7/18. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $10 McDonald’s Gift Card.

Real simple story, Jeff Eats got a $10 McDonald’s 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 any McDonald’s location (mcdonalds.com for locations, menu, info).

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DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 5/13/18- MADISONS NEW YORK GRILL & BAR- BOCA RATON)

Posted on May 13th, 2018 · American Boca Raton Dish Of The Week · 1 Comment »

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 5/13/18).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

FULL RACK OF BABY BACK RIBS (sides- coleslaw & french fries)
$28.00

Madisons New York Grill & Bar
2066 Northwest Executive Center Circle
Boca Raton
(561) 994-0808
madisonsnewyork.com
Latest Review: 5/22/17

If you haven’t already checked-out Madisons New York Grill & Bar, you gotta get busy and give it a shot. Dynamite food, great Happy Hour, reasonable prices, daily food & drink specials!

Posted on May 22nd, 2017

***** Madisons New York Grill & Bar, 2066 Northwest Executive Center Circle, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, (561) 994-0808.

Jeff Eats first mentioned Madisons New York Grill & Bar to you guys wayback on 1/4/14. Since that date– Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats have eaten a number of lunches and dinners there-and I gotta tell you that each and every outing was right on the money!

Long story short, last night Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats ate dinner at Madisons and the food and service once again killed.

Look! I know that I’ve mentioned Madisons New York Grill before- that said- some things bear repeating…if your’e looking for real good food, real good service, great looking modern-casual decor (separate full bar area), real reasonable prices, nice sized portions- you gotta check this joint out!

Trust Jeff Eats when I tell you, Madisons New York Grill & Bar is a winner!

You can check menu/prices/info at madisonsnewyork.com.

Posted January 4, 2014
***** Madisons New York Grill & Bar, 2066 Northwest Executive Center Circle, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, (561) 994-0808.

Last night, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats and a couple of friends gave “American-Style” Madisons New York Grill & Bar in Boca Raton a shot–and I gotta tell you, the joint literally blew our socks-off. No fooling around here…Madisons food and service were terrific!

Real quick, Madisons is a Canadian based restaurant chain that currently owns/operates 14 restaurants in Quebec, 1 in Boca Raton and has 1- under construction in Pompano Beach. If you think–Houston’s, J. Mark’s and J. Alexander’s you’ll be on the right décor page. The Boca Raton joint opened about 1-week ago, in a completely renovated building that at one time or another housed California Pizza Kitchen, Wolfie Cohen’s Rascal House, Copper Canyon Grill and Stephane’s Steak & Seafood. The restaurant has both indoor/outdoor patio seating and a separate full-bar area with something like 9 flat screen tvs.

As I mentioned 16 seconds ago, Madisons’ food and service were terrific…no ifs or buts, but the guys who own Madisons-know how to run a restaurant. Every dish that hit our table was exactly as ordered, glasses were continuously refreshed by Dave “The” Waiter-and during the evening we were “visited” by GM-Charles, Front Of The House Manager-Juan and Owner-Steve. Just so you know, Jeff Eats’ eagle eye caught- that every table in our section got the exact-same management treatment.

Let’s talk food…

Real simple menu–8 appetizers ($8-17), 6 meal salads ($15-$20), 5 sandwiches/burgers ($14-$18), 12 entrees ($16-$37), handful of salads/sides ($4-$8), handful of desserts ($5-$8).

Our table “had”–Three Cheese Garlic Bread, House Salad, Mykonos Style Greek Salad, Quinoa Caprese Salad, Cheeseburger With French Fries, Crab Cake Sandwich, Baby Back Ribs, Key Lime Pie, Brownie With Vanilla Ice Cream…everything was delicious. Just so you know, the garlic bread appetizer easily fed 4-people, the salads and desserts large enough for 2-people to share.

For you-guys who like more “review detail”…the French fries weren’t as delicious as everything else–but Owner-Steve told me, that fresh-handcut fries would soon be replacing the frozen product being used. I must tell you-that the garlic bread appetizer topped with melted Monterey Jack/cheddar/parmesan cheese was off-the-chart. To be perfectly honest, 2-orders of that garlic bread with a 2-liter bottle of ice-cold Coke and Jeff Eats could do some serious damage to himself…a definite must order.

Look! I could go on and on–as to how the ribs were basted with a delicious sweet bbq sauce, or how the crab cakes were loaded with crab (what else?) with virtually no filler, or how the cheeseburger which came on a lightly toasted bun-was topped with shredded lettuce/tomato slice/pickles spears and a mustard/ketchup/mayo dressing, but I won’t.

At this stage of the game, you may want to check www.madisonsnewyork.com for menu/prices.

The truly amazing thing about Madisons was that the service was impeccable…to be honest with you, Jeff Eats went into this thing-thinking a hiccup or two, afterall it was a brand new joint…but au contraire (hey! I told you that the chain is out of Quebec!)—the food and service couldn’t have been better.

Let me wrap this all up for you,

Madisons is going to be a huge winner. Mark these words–perfect for the business lunch crowd–perfect for the happy hour crowd–perfect for both Boca Raton’s young families and its 55+ crowd.

No question in Jeff Eats’ mind, Madisons can definitely hold its own against local “American Style” players–The Cheesecake Factory, Houston’s and J. Alexander’s.

A cursory “menu-look” found Madisons’ price-points $2-$5 lower than its “next door” neighbor Houston’s…..Hey! I already told you- The guys who own this joint know how to run a restaurant.

One final thought, a little bird told Jeff Eats that Madisons owns the Boca Raton property/building–so, to paraphrase poet Ernest Henley – Madisons is the master of its fate, captain of its soul (I know, I know a bit dramatic).

Madisons is open Monday-Sunday 11am-11pm.

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13th, 2018 · American Music/Events/Other · No Comments »

* Happy Mother’s Day.

I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, “Get the hell off my property.”