***** Burger King.

Not sure how long the “promotion” runs- that said, Jeff Eats is down for lunch today!

For the Clark Kents and Lois Lanes out there, Jeff Eats’ Burger King of choice:

8175 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434
(561) 487-1492
Store Hours:
Sunday 7am-midnight
Monday-Thursday 6am-midnight
Friday-Saturday 6am-1am

For Burger King menu/locations/hours/info bk.com

* Sunday Night Special: Whitestone Band.

Just announced…

If you wanna see one of Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats favorite 50s-80s party bands in action, then you gotta checkout the Whitestone Band!

* National Ice Cream Day: Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor & Restaurant.

Just in case you guys were wondering where Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and our friends Lynne and Norman are celebrating National Ice Cream Day (today- 7/16/17)- wonder no more…

By the way, if you’ve never been to Jaxson’s- make it your business to get there!

Posted on April 24th, 2008 ·
***** Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor, 128 South Federal Highway, Dania Beach , Florida 33004, (954) 023-4445.

Jaxson’s has been around something like 50 years. This is one of the greatest joints in all of South Florida, not to mention the United States, to get great home-made ice cream. The Food Channel has done several stories on Jaxson’s.

Decorated in Early American License Plate, Jaxson’s is located in a non-descript strip-shopping center in Dania Beach. The joint is packed day and night with people stuffing their faces with some of the most delicious ice cream that you have ever tasted. The portions are enormous and “individual” servings can feed 1-2-3 people. Jaxson’s also does, burgers, hot dogs, salads etc., but the game here is ICE CREAM. Personally, my favorite is a waffle with a scoop of strawberry and a scoop of mocha chip. That single dish, is big enough to serve 2-3 people. Be smart and don’t over order here, because (1) you will be wasting a ton of great ice cream and (2) you will be wasting a ton of money.

I am telling you that you absolutely positively want to try this joint. The ice cream and food are great…the atmosphere is terrific…the service is terrific…and the “penny candy” assortment at the front of the joint will have you reminiscing about 1950’s Brooklyn-Bronx-Queens (etc,).

There are always lines waiting to get in and for take-out. Jaxson’s is open 7-days a week…Monday-Thursday 11:30am-11pm…Friday-Saturday 11:30am- midnight…Sunday noon-11pm.

* National Ice Cream Day: Free McDonald’s Vanilla Ice Cream Cone!

Today is National Ice Cream Day!

McDonald’s is giving away free soft-serve vanilla ice cream cones nationwide today!

To get free cones, you guys must first download the McDonald’s mobile app.

The offer will appear on the app under “my deals.”

Customers must present the offer at a McDonald’s drive-thru or in restaurants to redeem the deal.

McDonald’s is offering the free cones to celebrate national ice cream day and highlight the recent changes that the fast-food chain made to its soft-serve recipe.

The new recipe, which McDonald’s started rolling out late last year, removes artificial flavors, colors and preservatives from the soft-serve in its dessert items including McFlurries and shakes.

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 7/16/17- The Original Lots of Lox Deli).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

FRENCH ONION CROCK
$6.95

The Original Lots of Lox Deli
14995 South Dixie Highway
Miami
(305) 252-2010
originallotsoflox.com
Latest Review: 3/4/10

Yes my friends- one of the most delicious bowls of French Onion Soup that Jeff Eats has ever tasted can be found in a bagel joint in Miami, Florida!

Posted on March 4th, 2010
***** The Original Lots of Lox Deli, 14995 South Dixie Highway, Miami, Florida 33176, (305) 252-2010.

The Original Lots of Lox Deli which has been around for 30-something years, is a “NY Style Bagel-Deli”…located in Miami.

First things first, yes–I tried the joint’s nova and it was delicious…with that out of the way, let, me tell you that this 7 days a week 7am-9pm joint is one of the better “bagel-deli” joints that I have eaten in down here in South Florida.

Great selection– of bagels, all kinds of appetizing, breakfast items, salads, sandwiches, burgers, dinner entrees. Take a look at The Original’s website www.originallotsoflox.com for menu/prices/pictures.

I recently did a corned beef on rye, chicken salad on white toast, sweet and sour stuffed cabbage, bacon cheeseburger, meat loaf, brisket on a kaiser roll, matzo ball soup…I liked everything.

The Original Lots of Lox Deli is a winner. If you live or work in the area, give it a shot.

This contest started on 7/14/17. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $25 McDonald’s Gift Card.

Real simple story, Jeff Eats got a $25 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 $25 Gift Card is good at any McDonald’s location (mcdonalds.com for locations, menu, info).

* Chain Reaction- The Ultimate Journey Tribute Band.

Just in case you guys were wondering what Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are gonna be doing this coming Friday, July 21st, 2017 at 8pm…

By the way just before the show, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are gonna catch a couple of Sicilian slices at Jet’s Pizza, 8903 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434, (561) 852-5700- which is something like a 2 minute drive from the Boca Black Box where Chain Reaction is appearing.

from bocablackbox.com

Chain Reaction
Friday, July 21st, 2017 (8pm)
Boca Black Box
8221 Glades Road #10
Boca Raton,FL 33434
Box Office: (561) 483-9036
Tickets: bocablackbox.com goldstar.com (discount tickets)

Experience the look and sound of the American Super Group Journey!

Chain Reaction – The Ultimate Journey Tribute Band recreate the look and sound of iconic super group Journey taking no short cuts to deliver the sight and sound experience of being at a real Journey concert. The band of South Florida based veteran musicians has been wowing audiences with arena rock at its finest!! Lead singer John D’Agostino is simply one of the best in the business at recreating Steve Perry’s vocal brilliance. His passion and love for Journey comes through in every performance. Every effort is made to make it look and sound like the real deal!! Grab your tickets for this awesome night reliving a real Journey concert…at the Box!

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Posted on October 11th, 2015

***** Jet’s Pizza, 8903 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434, (561) 852-5700.

A recent Jeff Eats’ e-mail.

Jeff,

Not to get personal but I know that you live in Boca Raton. I mention that because I also live in Boca Raton at the Broken Sound Country Club.

I was thinking that maybe you could help me out with a little football party I’m having next Sunday at my home for about 35 people. I’m thinking salads, pizzas, subs, calzones, wings and fruit/desserts. Definitely using The Boys Farmers Market for fruits/desserts. What’s your best call on the the other items? It goes without saying, looking for delicious food, good prices, reliable, close by and delivery service if possible.

Thanks,

Terri W.

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Terri W.:

Got the perfect joint for you, Jet’s Pizza in Boca Raton.

Just a heads-up, don’t be a-scared (afraid) that Jet’s Pizza is a -takeout only- national pizza chain…

Over the past few weeks, Jeff Eats has “taken-out” something like 5 times from the Jet’s Pizza in Boca Raton-and I gotta tell you, that all the-stuff (pizzas/calzones/subs/salads/wings/breads) ordered was right on the money! My last- outing just 3- days ago, netted me Jet’s bread, Caesar salad, a calzone (marinara sauce/mozzarella cheese/pepperoni/sausage) and an 8 corner pepperoni pizza- all of which I would highly recommend being in your party order! Trust Jeff Eats when I tell you, that all of Jet’s Pizza’s food is delicious…it’s just a question of the menu you want to put together!

By the way, there are currently 27-Jet’s Pizzas in Florida (jetspizza.com/stores/state/FL)- based on your “address” the Boca Raton store is the closest to your home.

No question in my mind…Jet’s Pizza is perfect for your party! By the way, your- Boys’ pick for fruits/desserts is absolutely the way to go!

Thanks for reading…and as of right now-Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats have no real plans for next Sunday!

Posted on September 6, 2015
DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 9/6/15- Jet’s Pizza- Boca Raton)
***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 9/6/15).

One (actually I should say two) of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

SIGNATURE 8 CORNER PIZZA
$12.99
&
JET’S BOAT
$8.99

Jet’s Pizza
8903 Glades Road
Boca Raton
(561) 852-5700
jetspizza.com
Latest Review: 9/6/15

Jet’s Pizza is a national “takeout” pizza chain. I’m thinking that it currently has something like 350 stores in 17 maybe 18 states.

Last week, Jeff Eats “tried for the first time and took-out twice” from the Jet’s Pizza which opened in Boca Raton-3/15. Night #1 it was the Signature 8 Corner Pizza, Night #2 it was the Signature 8 Corner Pizza with pepperoni and a Jet’s Boat (think calzone and you’ll be thinking right- stuffed with mozzarella cheese, pizza sauce, sausage, pepperoni and topped with butter/Romano cheese- $8.99) and I gotta tell you, the pizza and boat blew me away. No ifs, ands, or buts-one of the best “calzones” that I’ve ever had- as for the pizza, think Sicilian/deep dish and it was absolute dynamite. Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, if Mrs. Jeff Eats let me-do this joint twice in one week, the food had to have killed! Trust me, the lady…before I get in trouble here, let’s just leave it- that the food killed!

Like I said, Jet’s is a national takeout pizza chain. Some stores have seating, the one in Boca Raton -no seating. By the way, there are a ton of Jet’s Pizza joints in Florida- you can check jetspizza.com for locations/menu/info. Just between you guys and Jeff Eats- this Jet’s Pizza is one-hot franchise with a huge number of stores currently In development!

Let me wrap this up for you, that Signature 8 Corner Pizza and Jet’s Boat were terrific. Jet’s also has other types of pizzas, salads, wings, subs- so there is plenty of stuff to choose from.

Look!

Jeff Eats knows his crowd- and right about now, some of you guys must be saying…Hey Jeff, you-losing your freaking mind or what? This Jet’s is a takeout chain and these kind of joints make cheap garbage-so you been smoking or something?

Putting the “smoking” aside for the moment,

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats LOVED the pizza and the boat…

I’m telling you guys, give this chain a shot!

* The City of Boca Raton’s Summer in the City 2017- Turnstiles- Billy Joel Tribute..

This article first appeared on 5/30/17.

Posted on May 30, 2017

* The City of Boca Raton’s Summer in the City 2017- Turnstiles- Billy Joel Tribute..

Just in case you guys were wondering where Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats will be on Friday Night, July 14, 2017 at 7:30pm.

Turnstiles is one of America’s best Billy Joel tribute bands- and the concert is a complimentary deal!

TURNSTILES – BILLY JOEL TRIBUTE
MPA Summer in the City MPA Web Square
Hosted by the City of Boca Raton
Friday, July 14th, 2017
Doors: 6:30 PM, Show: 7:30 PM
School of Rock Boca to open for the main act from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The City of Boca Raton’s Summer in the City series promises a line-up of FREE Friday night live music and movies under the moonlight from June 9th through August 12th at Downtown Boca’s Mizner Park Amphitheater.

Tribute concert attendees ages 21 and over can sample a variety of craft beers from Hollywood Brewery at the Beer Garden starting at 7:00 p.m.
Attendees are encouraged to walk, bike, car pool and use free parking at City Hall and the Boca Raton Library. Food and beverages will be available to purchase inside the venue. No outside food or beverages are allowed.

Summer in the city sponsors include Downtown Boca Raton, the City of Boca Raton, School of Rock, Hollywood Brewery, Floridian Community Bank, KIND Bars, and Marine Max and Junior’s Restaurant & Cheesecake.

FAQs:
– For full Summer in the City Concert and Movie dates, myboca.us.
– Seating: Chairs and blankets are welcome. For your convenience, chairs will be available to rent for $5 cash inside the venue
– Food and beverages will be available to purchase inside the venue. No outside food or beverages are allowed.
– Shows are rain or shine

For venue FAQs : http://myboca.us/pages/mizneramphi/faq
TICKETS: This event is free and open to the public, no ticket required

For you guys who maybe wondering, before the show- Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are eating at Tucci’s Fire N Coal which is a 5 minute walk from the Mizner Park Amphitheater. Absolutely awesome coal oven pizza and wings!

Posted on November 1st, 2015
***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 11/1/15).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

FIRE N COAL WINGS
(10 wings) $11.95

Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza
50 Northeast 1st Avenue
Boca Raton
(561) 620-2930
tuccispizza.com
Latest Review: 5/15/09

Real simple tale to tell you, Jeff Eats is thinking- that Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza is one of the best coal-oven pizza joints in Florida.

No bs-here, its salads, pizzas, pastas and entrees are all- off the chart- and I really can’t think of another Florida coal oven joint that makes better coal oven wings.

Tucci’s is an absolute must try.

Jeff Eats can’t even begin to imagine- that you won’t love this joint!
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Posted on May 15th, 2009

***** Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza, 50 Northeast 1st Avenue, Boca Raton, Florida 33432 (561) 620-2930.

Regular, Jeff Eats’ readers know that…I love a good pizza. I don’t care if it’s brick-oven, wood oven, coal oven, this oven or that oven…just as long as it tastes good. You also do know that I speak fluent Italian…”Give me two slices and a large Coke.”…don’t you? Over the past 3-years or so, South Florida has been “hit” with a ton of new pizza joints which play the “coal oven-chicken wings” card…guys like Anthony’s, Coal Mine, Carolina’s, Mona Lisa, just to name a few…and by in large, they are all pretty decent… of course, some are better than others…that’s why Jeff Eats is here.

Anyway…last night, I gave Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza in Boca Raton a shot. The joint which has been open for something like 3 months… has indoor seating for about 50 and maybe 10 outside. The menu has 4 appetizers, chicken wings, escarole & beans, eggplant rollatini and sauteed broccoli rabe & sausage…2 salads, Italian and caesar…loads of coal/wood cooked pizzas…2 desserts, cheesecake and cannoli…beer and soda by the bottle.

Let’s make this review easy. I had an Italian salad, margherita/ricotta pizza, chicken wings. The food was delicious. The salad was cold, fresh, crisp… The chicken wings were seasoned with garlic and carmalize onion, The pizza was thin crusted, crisp, perfectly well-done, right on the money sweet sauce…As for service, pleasant as can be…Price-wise, small wings (10) $9.95, salad which could have feed 3 ($10.95), pizzas–depending on what you order (that’s obvious) start at- small ($13.95)-large ($17.95).

Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza is a really good coal-oven pizza/chicken joint. I enjoyed its food and casual “hole in the wall” atmosphere. By the way, you can check Tucci’s menu/prices at www.tuccispizza.com.

Tucci’s is open for lunch & dinner Tuesday-Sunday…the joint is closed on Monday.

* Firefall with Poco & Pure Prairie League.

Jeff Eats first told you guys about Firefall with Poco & Pure Prairie League way-back on 4/7/17.

Just checked the Pompano Beach Amphitheater box-office (theamppompano.org) and goldstar.com (discount tickets) and there are a handful of some-really good seats left for this coming Saturday’s (July 15th -8pm) concert. So if you wanna go- I’m kinda thinking that right about now- (if you haven’t already done so) would be a good time to make your move in the ticket department.

Posted on April 7th, 2017

* Firefall with Poco & Pure Prairie League.

You fans of 70’s-80’s soft pop rock- must see this show!

You can catch tickets at theamppompano.org and goldstar.com (discount tickets).

from goldstar.com
POMPANO BEACH AMPHITHEATER POMPANO BEACH, FL
Classic Rock Bands Firefall, Poco & Pure Prairie League

Relive ’70s and ’80s hits as Firefall, Poco and Pure Prairie League hit the stage for a summer night of great tunes at The Pompano Beach Amphitheater. Platinum-selling soft-rockers Firefall topped the charts with songs like “You Are the Woman,” “Just Remember I Love You,” “Strange Way,” “Cinderella” and more. Following Buffalo Springfield’s breakup, founding member Richie Furay formed Poco, helping popularize the country-rock genre with songs like “Crazy Love,” “Heart of the Night,” “A Good Feelin’ to Know,” “Call It Love” and “Keep On Tryin’.” Also bringing some twang to rock, multiplatinum-selling Pure Prairie League scored a jukebox classic with “Amie,” along with a string of successful albums featuring hits like “Two Lane Highway,” “Let Me Love You Tonight,” “I’m Almost Ready” and more.

Saturday July 15, 2017 / 8:00pm

Pompano Beach Amphitheater
1806 NE 6th Street
Pompano Beach, FL 33060
Box Office:954-519-5500
Tickets: theamppompano.org and goldstar.com (discount tickets)

* What is Lidl? 5 things the German grocer is bringing to America.

Jeff Eats recently read this Washington Post article about German supermarket chain Lidl- and its expansion into the United States. The bet here- is that sooner rather than later we’ll see Lidl opening in Florida!

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from washingtonpost.com

What is Lidl? 5 things the German grocer is bringing to America

By Abha Bhattarai June 15

Lidl opened its first 10 U.S. stores Thursday, including this one in Virginia Beach, Va. The German grocery chain plans to open 100 U.S. locations within the year. (Steve Helber/Associated Press)
German grocery powerhouse Lidl arrived in the United States on Thursday, opening 10 new stores along the East Coast and putting big-name companies like Walmart, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s on high alert.

The company, which has 10,000 locations in 27 countries, is hoping to win over Americans with its sweeping discounts, modern stores and carefully-curated wines. Its newest supermarkets are concentrated in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, but 90 more East Coast locations are planned for the coming year.

The company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Arlington, has been quietly testing its plans for the American market for over a year, using a prototype store in the Fredericksburg, Va., area in Spotsylvania County to understand its newest shoppers. (Among other things, executives say Americans expect chilled beer and free bakery samples, which Lidl is adding to its U.S. stores.)

But what exactly is the Lidl (pronounced lee-duhl)? And what will its U.S. stores bring to America?

1. Even lower prices in an industry that is already offering huge markdowns

In an industry marked by cutthroat competition and mounting markdowns, Lidl executives say they plans to offer even larger discounts, with prices that are up to 50 percent lower than at rival stores.

This week’s offers, for example, include 99 cent red bell peppers, 89 cent pineapples and 39 cent butter croissants (which a spokesman says have twice as much butter as the typical croissant). The company’s circular is also touting jars of peanut butter for $1.19, chicken breasts for $1.29 per pound and frozen pizzas for $2.99.

The grocery business is a notoriously tough one — nearly 20 U.S. grocers have filed for bankruptcy in the past three years — and the introduction of Lidl and fellow German discounter Aldi, which is investing $3.4 billion to open 900 U.S. stores, is set to intensify that battle.

Roughly 90 percent of Lidl’s products are in-house brands. Brendan Proctor, the U.S. chief executive of Lidl, highlights the company’s selection on opening day.
2. Smaller stores that feature in-house brands
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Lidl’s first U.S. stores are about 21,000 square feet — about the size of many Trader Joe’s stores, but considerably smaller than grocers like Whole Foods, Safeway and Giant. But no matter, executives say, you’ll still be able to find what you need.

“A lot of the supermarkets are so large, it’s a challenge for people to go shopping,” Brendan Proctor, the U.S. chief executive of Lidl, told The Washington Post earlier this year. “If I wanted to go in and get a bottle of ketchup — first of all, there are probably about 24 aisles in the store. I have to find what aisle it’s in. I get there, I find that there’s 50 types of ketchup. Who honestly needs 50 types of ketchup? We can streamline that.”

The company’s stores have just six aisles, and 90 percent of its shelves are filled with its own brands.

3. More efficient displays and practices

Lidl is able to keep prices low in part by cutting waste in every step of the process, spokesman William Harwood says.

“We look at waste differently,” Harwood said. “It’s not just what ends up in the garbage can at the end of the day, but also about any inefficiency along the way that ends up costing the customer more.”

In practice, that means having paperless offices and stores that rely heavily on natural light. Another example: You won’t find onions, oranges or other produce stacked in intricate (and sometimes precarious) pyramid formations. That mainstream practice is inefficient, Harwood says. It can keep prime produce buried, affect the freshness of fruits and vegetables and require employees to spend a lot of time positioning products just-so. Instead, Lidl’s produce is often displayed in the same cardboard boxes they were shipped in. The boxes are stacked so the freshest items are on top. Once those sell out, employees can easily rearrange remaining boxes as necessary.

4. A chance to buy to pick up men’s leather shoes for $34.99 and an inflatable kayak for $59.99

In addition to meat, fruits and vegetables, Lidl also offers a rotation of “in and out specials” that are released every Monday and Thursday. But you have to act fast.

“As soon as they’re gone, they’re gone,” Harwood said of the “Lidl surprises” section, which currently includes $8.99 leather wallets, $11.99 chest waders (a similar pair is $14.88 at Walmart.com) and $19.99 charcoal grills.

5. (Cheap) Award-winning wines

It’s no secret that millennials love wine — one study estimates they drank 42 percent of the country’s supply in 2015 — and Lidl is hoping to lure them in with its line-up of cheap, award-winning varieties. The company plans to stock 120 varieties, starting at $2.89 a bottle, in its U.S. stores.

Wine director Adam Lapierre, one of 356 certified Masters of Wine worldwide, estimates he tasted more than 10,000 bottles of wines to come up with Lidl’s line-up, which includes an $8.99 bottle of prosecco that was recently named Sparkling Wine of the Year at the 2017 Indy Independent Wine Competition.