* Fireworks!

What do guys like this do the other 364 days of the year?

***** Galuppi’s, 1103 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach, Florida 33062 (954) 785-0226.

Just received e-mail…

Jeff,
Maybe you can help me out, last week my wife and I missed The Long Run-Eagles Tribute when they played Mizner Park in Boca Raton. The rain weather forecast scared us off from going to the see the show at the Mizner Park Amphitheater.
I know that you really follow Florida’s music scene and know great places to see cover/tribute bands.
Do you know where and when The Long Run is working next in the Miami/Broward/Palm Beach area? We’d love to see them as their You Tube videos are amazing!
Thank you very much for all that you do.

Joe Kramer

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Joe Kramer:

This should help you out!

You can check galuppis.com for further info.

Thanks for reading!

This contest started on 6/18/17. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $25 Five Guys Burgers and Fries Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $25 Five Guys Burgers and Fries 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 Five Guys Burgers and Fries location (for locations, menu, info- fiveguys.com).

***** Spaghetto Factory, 4350 Oakes Road (Bay 506), Davie, Florida 33314, (954) 321-4146.

Got a real good Italian joint for you guys- Spaghetto Factory in Davie.

Real cool concept at work here- small commercial pasta factory/sit down restaurant combo located in a Davie industrial park- which guaranteed, you will get lost trying to find, that serves off the chain reasonably priced delicious stuff- Monday-Friday 11am-9pm/ Saturday 5pm 9pm/ closed Sunday.

Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and another couple did a recent dinner and like I just said off the chain reasonably priced stuff! For you Disney-types, if you just happen to be at the Spaghetto Factory when the factory is working- you get to see pasta machines in action! I know, real thrilling!☺️

Let Jeff Eats wrap Spaghetto Factory up for you guys, unless you’re Amerigo Vespucci or something, it’s gonna be a hassle finding the joint- but don’t give-up because once there, you’re gonna love its vibe- food- and service!

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

* Roll The Stones.

Roll The Stones is one of America’s premiere Rolling Stones’ tribute bands!

The band just announced 4 complimentary Summer- South Florida shows (Pompano Beach-7/22/17, Wellington-8/5/17, Jupiter-8/19/17, Fort Lauderdale-9/1/17)!

Trust Jeff Eats when I tell you, Roll The Stones is amazingly good!

You Rolling Stones’ fans owe it to yourselves to go see Roll The Stones!

from RollTheStones.com

This is a great show based around the hall of fame songwriting team of “The Rolling Stones”. NOT a look-a-like band or a Rolling Stones clone. This band is all about putting on a super high energy rock & roll show! Influenced by Blues, R&B, R&R and all great music from the decades., this more than simply a tribute act playing the best of the Rolling Stones’ music from the 60’s, ’70s and ’80s. Possessing a similar energy to the Rolling Stones’ phenomenal live sound, capturing the power and excitement of those now legendary stadium tours with all the big hits and a wide selection of rarities sure to please casual and hard core Stones fans alike

More information about Roll The Stones can be found at http://www.RollTheStones.com

Experience a flashback to the songs that were… the soundtrack of your lives. Younger listeners appreciate the energy and power of the iconic songs that made the Rolling Stones a lasting force in popular music.

* Stephen Furst, ‘Animal House’ Actor, Dies at 63.

Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, Stephen Furst was one of the nicest, talented and generous actors that show-business has ever produced!

As the old saying goes, “only the good die young”…

* Mardi Gras Casino- Independence Day Block Party- Saturday, July 1st.

BIG ROCK BAND alone- is worth a look-see!

Mardi Gras Casino
831 N. Federal Highway, 
Hallandale Beach, FL
954-924-3200
info@mgfla.com
Monday – Thursday: 9AM – 3AM
Friday: Open 24 hours (open at 9AM)
Saturday and Sunday (and Holidays*):
Open 24 hours

* Happy Father’s Day!

This contest started on 6/18/17. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $25 PDQ Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $25 PDQ Gift Card 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!

The $25 Gift Card is good at any PDQ location (eatpdq.com for locations, menus, prices, info).

Posted on December 22nd, 2015

***** PDQ, 2341 North Federal Highway, Pompano Beach, Florida 33062, (954) 785-6285.

Real simple story to tell…

PDQ’s chicken tenders are absolute dynamite! They come either “crispy” or “grilled.”- 25 tenders run $31.80 and 50 go for $57.50.

Just wanted you guys to know, that on New Year’s Day 2016- Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are having a whole bunch of people over to our house…

We just placed an order for 100 crispy- and 100 grilled tenders with PDQ’s Pompano Beach joint – we also got other stuff ordered… For the “math challenged” 2 x $57.50= $115.

When Jeff Eats sees a good deal, I like to tell you guys about it!

PDQ has 23 joints in Florida. You can check locations/menu/prices/info at eatpdq.com.

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Posted May 4, 2013
***** PDQ (People Dedicated to Quality), 2015 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409, (561) 594-1906.

On April 30, 2013 Jeff Eats told you guys about PDQ a “new” fast-food/casual chicken chain–that is scheduled to open its West Palm Beach location on Sunday, May 5, 2013. The April 30, 2013 writeup is reprinted “after” today’s “thoughts.”

For the record, this afternoon Jeff Eats “ate” at a Family & Friends outing in the West Palm Beach store and I gotta tell you, this joint is going to be an absolute homerun.

Before I tell you about my “meal”—for what it’s worth, I don’t really care for the name PDQ. To me, the letters P D Q really don’t convey what this joint is all about. Nothing for nothing, but the owners of this business have created a fast food/casual hybrid…think Panera Bread and you may appreciate where I’m going with this. What they “got” is an order at/pick up at the counter fast food restaurant that looks like an upscale sports bar. I loved the look of the joint (and yes, it’s got a load of large flat screen TVs) but if you do some checking, many people use the term PDQ to mean “fast” or “right away”…that said, I think the last thing that PDQ wants is for you to think of its food as being “fast food” The store is logoed with big letters that say, “People Dedicated to Quality”–so Jeff Eats sees where the PDQ comes from (actually if we wanted to get technical here it should be PDTQ)…personally, I wouldn’t have used PDQ because to a great number of people PDQ means “other” things. Jeff Eats’ personal favorites -Pretty Damned Quick and Pennies Dimes Quarters.

Now that Jeff Eats has pontificated on the PDQ name…let’s talk food.

First let me start by saying, this 4,200 square foot free standing building is absolutely great looking…it has a drive thru and looks like something right out of the Florida Keys. There is also a huge open kitchen and you can see everything being prepared. In talking with the its founders (who by the way, created the Outback Steakhouse chain) everything is freshly made and the restaurant has no freezers. While there, Jeff Eats got a kick out of watching the staff squeeze 100s of lemons for the fresh-squeezed lemonade—For you wise-guys out there, yes! I got a kick out of watching, nothing sinister, lewd or whatever your devious minds maybe thinking!

Jeff Eats “tried” the tenders, hand cut fresh French fries, chicken Caesar salad, fried chicken sandwich, turkey breast sandwich, grilled chicken sandwich, chocolate shake, apple slices with toffee—and I’m telling you, every item and I do mean every item was delicious. For the record–the food was “on the house”…which made it “easy” to literally order almost every menu item. If I got one bitch, I thought that the fries had just a drop too much salt on them—trust me, that one little itsy bitsy “problem” is easy to cure. Just a quickie, if you take a look at Jeff Eats’ 1/19/2007 Outback Steakhouse “review” note the salt-complaint… Goes to show you, Jeff Eats and the guys running this joint are consistent, if they are anything.

Check www.eatpdq.com for menu/prices/locations/pictures.

In talking to management, there are currently 4 Tampa, 2 North Carolina, 1 Oakland Park, 1 West Palm Peach PDQs…and “for” our purposes-2013-2014 planned locations-Wellington, Boca Raton and Pompano Beach.

Let me wrap this one up this way…

Based on what I saw, ate and heard PDQ is going to develop into a major national chain. The guys behind this deal know exactly what to do and how to do it…that is if they–

Just lose the salt shaker…

*****
April 30, 2013
PDQ’s menu features lightly fried chicken tenders/sandwiches, grilled chicken and turkey breast sandwiches, salads, French fries and shakes.

Just a quick heads-up…Jeff Eats is “hearing” tremendous things about a brand new-fast food chicken chain PDQ which currently has 4 Tampa/1 Oakland Park/1 West Palm Beach/2 North Carolina locations.

Haven’t tried the joint out yet, but some buddies of mine-told Jeff Eats that PDQ (Oakland Park) makes amazingly delicious grilled chicken/fried chicken tenders/turkey/salads/fries/shakes. One caveat, three of those buddies way back when- thought that the Edsel was going to be a homerun and the fourth guy to this very day-claims that aliens abducted him in 1989.

As I mentioned 4 seconds ago, there is one location in Oakland Park…this coming Sunday-May 5th, PDQ is opening a second South Florida location in West Palm Beach.

Check www.www.eatpdq.com for menu/locations.

For what it’s worth–the chain is owned by one of the guys who created the Outback Steakhouse chain. Nothing for nothing, a few quick conversations with a handful of fast food/casual restaurant developers–had them figuring that PDQ had a real shot to develop into a major chain. The consensus was, that PDQ may appeal to a huge segment of Chik-fil-A’s customer base that is looking for a more diversified menu. Throw in 4,500 square foot stores/with drive thrus that are open on Sunday—and just maybe, PDQ has the formula to be a homerun-chain.

Jeff Eats is gonna check this one out…if you get there before I do, let me know what you think.

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday-6/18/17- Thomas Donut & Snack Shop)

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

EVERYTHING

Thomas Donut & Snack Shop
19208 Front Beach Street
Panama City
(850) 234-8039
thomasdonutandsnackshop.com
Latest Review: 5/16/16

You know what scarily good means?

All I can tell you guys- is that this Thomas Donut & Shop joint is so good- that it would be stupid for Jeff Eats to single out just “one” item or dish for special mention.

If you live in/visit Panama City Beach, this joint is an absolute must try!

Posted on May 16th, 2016 · American Breakfast Desserts Fast Food

***** Thomas Donut & Snack Shop, 19208 Front Beach Stret, Panama City Beach, Florida 32413, (850) 234-8039.

Got something real terrific for you guys- Thomas Donut & Snack Shop in Panama City Beach.

The best way to describe Thomas- fast food donut shop (order/pickup at window-counter, indoor/out-door seating) that also makes “everything” that your doctor has countless times told you not to eat!

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

Real simple tale to tell you guys…a recent-ridiculously long drive from Boca Raton to Panama City Beach found Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “eating” at Thomas Donut & Snack Shop and I gotta tell you, that the food/vibe were so good-that we were literally “like pigs in shit.”

Thomas Donut & Snack Shop is open 7 days a week 6am-10pm.

The only negative angle to this tale is that- pig or no pig, Thomas Donut & Snack Shop is 552 miles away from Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats’ Boca Raton lair…

Oink! Oink! Oink!