***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday, 2/4/24- True Loaf Bakery).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

CHOCOLATE NUTELLA BABKA WITH CARAMELIZED HAZELNUTS
($6.75)

True Loaf Bakery
1894 Bay Road
Miami Beach
(786) 216-7207
trueloafbakery.square.site
Latest Review: 7/30/21

This joint’s stuff is off the chart delicious!

Absolute Must Try!

Posted on July 30th, 2021

***** True Loaf Bakery, 1894 Bay Road, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, (786) 216-7207.

Got an absolutely dynamite bakery that you guys gotta checkout- True Loaf Bakery in Miami Beach.

Real simple tale to tell, yesterday- Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “discovered” True Loaf Bakery and I’m telling you- this joint’s stuff absolutely killed! If this bakery was closer to the Eats’ Boca Raton abode- I’d probably be wearing a size 56 long suit and clocking in around 335!

Anyway…

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, reasonably priced delicious- cakes/ cookies/ pies/ breads/ pastries/ rolls/ croissants/ scones/ muffins/ handful of sandwiches and beverages menu! Order-pickup at counter. For those who want to eat “there”- wall-counter with a handful of seats.

Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, I “know” my chocolate babkas, almond croissants and oatmeal raisin cookies…

True Loaf Bakery is an absolute must try joint!

You can check menu/prices/info at trueloafbakery.square.site.

True Loaf Bakery is open Wednesday-Sunday 8am-4:30pm.

* Jersey Nights: A Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, these guys are definitely one of the best Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons’ tribute acts in the business!

Jersey Nights: A Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Sunday, February 4th, 2024 (3pm & 7pm)

Boca Black Box
8221 Glades Road #10 Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Phone: 561.483.9036
Box Office: (Tickets: $43/$53 bocablackbox.com)/ check goldstar.com for discount tickets

Just a taste…

From bocablackbox.com:

Jersey Nights is an exciting, dynamic, and powerful ensemble that dazzles theatre audiences with their uniquely entertaining delivery while celebrating the legendary music of Frankie Valli and the four seasons.

Along with hits such as “Sherry”,” Let’s Hang On”, “Working My Way Back To You”, and “Walk Like A Man” that earned Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons their musical success, you’ll also hear other hit songs that helped shape that memorable and magical era of music. This high-energy group packs dance floors as they entertain with inclusive audience participation while creating memories that will last a lifetime.

As one of Canada’s most accomplished and popular show bands, Jersey Nights is the essence of dynamic showmanship, hip choreography, high energy, great musicianship, costume changes, and vocal harmony that is second to none. The Jersey Nights lineup is four male front vocalists accompanied by a 4-piece band consisting of guitar, bass, multi-keyboards and drums.

This contest started on 2/2/24. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $10 Eddie & Sam’s New York Pizza Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $10 Eddie & Sam’s New York Pizza 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 Eddie & Sam’s New York Pizza, 203 East Twiggs Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, (813) 229-8500.

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

Posted on November 17th, 2016

***** Eddie & Sam’s New York Pizza, 203 East Twiggs Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, (813) 229-8500.

Two and a half years ago- Jeff Eats told you guys about Eddie & Sam’s New York Pizza an absolutely terrific pizza joint in Tampa. Hadn’t been back since that “story” appeared!

Anyway, last night Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “did” some pizza there and I gotta tell you- off the chain delicious!

Today’s story- what constitutes or doesn’t constitute a Real New York Slice is anyone’s guess- all I know- is that Eddie & Sam’s New York Pizza kills and that if you live, work, or play anywhere near this joint- you should give it a shot!

Posted in May 5, 2014

***** Eddie & Sam’s New York Pizza, 203 East Twiggs Street, Tampa, Florida 33602, (813) 229-8500.

Real simple concept…order at/pickup at the counter…pizzas, pastas, salads, heroes. The joint has both indoor and outdoor table seating.

You can check menu/prices at www.eddieandsamspizza.com.

Eddie & Sam’s “bubameiser” (some of you guys may have to use Google-here) is that its pizza is made with water imported from New York.

Anyway…

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats recently did dinner at Eddie & Sam’s and I gotta tell you, the joint makes a delicious thin crust/crispy/sweet sauce pizza. Just as important, Eddie & Sam’s- Chicken Roll (chicken parmigiana wrapped in pizza dough), Sausage Onion Green Pepper Roll (grilled onions, green peppers, sweet sausage, mozzarella cheese wrapped in pizza dough) and Caesar Salad were delicious.

Let me sum things up for you…Eddie & Sam’s food is real-good and “specials” like 2-slices/Coke for $5.99 are right on the money (pun intended).

Now that you know about a real good pizza joint in Tampa–let me turn my attention to this NYC water thing.

Long story short, there are countless people who “argue” that it’s NYC’s tap water that makes pizza in NYC so good…these same people also claim that NYC tap water is what makes NYC bagels so good…

Now…

Jeff Eats was born in Brooklyn in 1949. Jeff Eats lived in Brooklyn from 1949-1979 and in Manhattan from 1980-1991-and has literally eaten in 100s of pizza joints in Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Manhattan and I gotta tell you, that I can distinctly remember eating numerous slices–that were absolutely horrendous-lousy-crappy-terrible-inedible–so just maybe this NYC tap water story isn’t-all that it’s cracked-up to be. Now Jeff Eats could be wrong here–but perhaps- the quality of the dough/ sauce/ cheese/ oil/ ingredients/ type of oven used/ and who the pizza maker is–plays a huge role in how good that slice ends up.

Not looking to burst anybody’s Advertising Campaign or nothing–but this NYC tap water-thing has literally become part of America’s pop culture–sort of like Big Foot, you know–it may exist, but then again maybe not.

One quick observation, on its website Eddie & Sam’s says-that New York water is used–it doesn’t say NYC tap water is used. Capice! You can call me Ray and you can call me Ray Jay, but don’t call me Eagle Eye Jeff Eats!

To wrap things up…

Eddie & Sam’s New York Pizza is a winner–no matter what- water it uses!

The joint is open Sunday, Tuesday-Thursday 11am-10pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-11pm, closed on Monday.

Originally posted on December 26th, 2023.

* The Best Of Doo Wop Volume IV.

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats just “received” a belated Hanukkah gift from our friends Norman and Lynn- 2 tickets to The Best Of Doo Wop Volune IV/Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 (7pm)@ Lillian S. Wells Hall at The Parker.

Real nice Lineup!

Just checked, there are a handful of seats left for the show…

From parkerplayhouse.com:

LAR Enterprises presents “The Best of Doo Wop Volume IV” starring The Duprees — “You Belong To Me,” Jay Siegel’s Tokens — “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” Joey Dee — “The Peppermint Twist,” Kathy Young — “A Thousand Stars,” Jimmy Gallagher, The Original Lead Singer of The Passions — “Just To Be With You,” Michael D’ Amore“ Lead Singer of The Capris.

Lillian S. Wells Hall at The Parker
707 Northeast 8th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Box Office: 954.462.0222

Tickets Online: parkerplayhouse.com
Tickets: $53-$73

This contest started on 2/2/24. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $10 The Boys Farmers Market Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $10 The Boys Farmers 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 The Boys Farmers Market, 14378 Military Trail, Delray Beach, Florida 33484, (561) 496-8123. Check boysfarmersmarket.com for further info.

For you guys who don’t know about The Boys Farmers Market…

The Boys Farmers Market
14378 South Military Trail
Delray Beach, Florida 33484
(561) 496-0810
Boysfarmersmarket.com
Open 7 days a week- 8:30am-5:30pm

Posted on October 17th, 2014
***** The Boys Farmers Market.

Jeff Eats first “reviewed” The Boys Farmers Market on 5/6/2009.

That review is reprinted below.

It is now some 5 1/2 years later- and I just wanted to tell -new as well as old- Jeff Eats’ readers that I LOVE this joint-and if you live or work anywhere-near The Boys Farmers Market make it your business to shop there…trust me, you will be thrilled that you did!

Posted May 6th, 2009

***** The Boys Farmers Market, 14378 Military Trail, Delray Beach, Florida 33484 (561) 496-8123.

If you can “handle” its parking-lot…with senior citizens “backing in and backing out” non-stop…The Boys Farmers Market is an absolutely great place to shop for fruits, fresh squeezed juices, vegetables, baked goods, cheeses, wines, candies, seafood, meats, coffees and prepared chicken/seafood/meat dishes.

Just guessing here, but The Boys’ probably has something like 30,000 square feet of indoor space jammed with top quality FOOD. All the free samples that you’d like…and everything sold, runs circles around joints like Publix, Winn Dixie and Albertsons, not to mention-probably cheaper.

My family has been shopping at The Boys Farmers Market for years…and I have been amazed by two things…namely, that we have never been involved in a fender-bender in its parking lot & the great stuff that it sells.

The Boys has its own bakery, squeezes its own juices and prepares its own “take out” food. This joint is an absolute-winner. If you live in the Delray Beach area, you probably already know about The Boys…for those of you who don’t, you got to go shopping there…just be careful in the parking lot.

The Boys Farmers Market is open 7 days a week.

* Humor!

When Forest Gump died, he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter said, “Welcome, Forest. We’ve heard a lot about you.” He continued, “Unfortunately, it’s getting pretty crowded up here and we find that we now have to give people an entrance examination before we let them in.”

“Okay,” said Forest. “I hope it’s not too hard. I’ve already been through a test. My momma used to say, ‘Life is like a final exam. It’s hard.’ ”

“Yes, Forest, I know. But this test is only three questions. Here they are.”

1) Which two days of the week begin with the letter ‘T’?”

2) How many seconds are in a year?

3) What is God’s first name?

“Well, sir,” said Forest, “The first one is easy. Which two days of the week begin with the letter ‘T’? Today and Tomorrow.”

St. Peter looked surprised and said, “Well, that wasn’t the answer I was looking for, but you have a point. I give you credit for that answer.”

“The next question,” said Forest, “How many seconds are in a year? Twelve.”

“Twelve?” said St. Peter, surprised and confused.

“Yes, sir. January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd …”

St. Peter interrupted him. “I see what you mean. I’ll have to give you credit for that one, too.”

“And the last question,” said Forest, “What is God’s first name? It’s Andy.”

“Andy?” said St. Peter, in shock. “How did you come up with ‘Andy’?”

“I learned it in church. We used to sing about it.” Forest broke into song, “Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me, Andy tells me I am His own.”

St. Peter opened the gate to heaven and said, “Run, Forest, Ru

This contest started on 2/1/24. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $10 Dumpling King Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $10 Dumpling King 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:

Dumpling King, 2064 North University Drive, Pembroke Pines, Florida, 33024, (954) 362-4966.

Dumpling King, 237 NE 167th St North Miami Beach, FL 33162, (305) 654-4008.

You guys can chicken menu/prices/info at dumplingkingonline.us

Posted on June 4th, 2023

***** Dumpling King, 2064 North University Drive, Pembroke Pines, Florida, 33024, (954) 362-4966.

Got a real good fast food Chinese joint for you guys to check-out, Dumpling King in Pembroke Pines.

Simple tale to tell, yesterday afternoon, Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats, Daughter Jeff Eats and Son Jeff Eats “discovered” Dumpling King and the joint’s food totally blew us away! Order at counter/ food delivered to table, inside table seating, reasonably priced flavored bubble teas – boiled/ fried/ steamed dumplings – appetizers – soups- dips- entrees- noodles menu.

Let’s wrap Dumpling King up by saying, that if this joint was a drop closer to Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats’ Boca Raton abode, we definitely would be real steady customers/ that the joint is open Monday, Wednesday-Sunday 11am-9pm closed on Tuesday/ that in addition to its Pembroke Pines’ location, Dumpling King has a joint in North Miami Beach and that Dumpling King is an absolute must try.

You guys can chicken menu/prices/info at dumplingkingonline.us.

Originally posted January 29th, 2024.

* INVINCIBLE- A Glorious Tribute To Michael Jackson.

Hearing tremendous things about this show!

Just picked-up 2 rickets!

From casinodaniabeach:

Tickets:($36.50-$75.00) casinodaniabeach,com

The Casino @ Dania Beach
301 E Dania Beach Blvd
Dania Beach, Florida 33004

This contest started on 1/31/24. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $10 Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $10 Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza 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 Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza, 15200 South Jog Road, Unit A3, Delray Beach, Florida 33446, (561) 908-2466.

Check menu/prices/info at ah-beetz.com.

Posted on August 1st, 2022

***** Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza, 15200 South Jog Road, Unit A3, Delray Beach, Florida 33446, (561) 908-2466.

Got an absolutely dynamite coal fired pizza joint for you guys to checkout, Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza in Delray Beach.

Real simple tale to tell, last week Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “discovered” (1 eat-in/ 1- takeout) Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza (which opened something like 3 months ago) and its food totally- blew us away! The no-frills joint has 2- tables (for 4) inside and a handful of tables outside. Reasonably priced pizzas/ calzones/ salads/ wings menu.

Now, you guys know, or should know by know- that this food reviewing “gig” is purely a subjective call…what I like, you may hate and vice versa!

With that in mind, I gotta tell you that the coal oven-pizzas/ calzone/ chicken wings, salads that we ordered- rank right-up there with the best that we’ve eaten here in Florida!

Trust Jeff Eats when I tell you, Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza is an absolute must try joint!

You guys can check menu/prices/info at ah-beetz.com.

Ah-Beetz New Haven Pizza is open Tuesday-Saturday 11am-9pm/ Sunday 1pm-8pm, closed on Monday.

This contest started on 1/30/24. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $10 Famous Phil’s Sub Shop Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $10 Famous Phil’s Sub Shop 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 Cards is good at Famous Phil’s Sub Shop, 107 North State Road 7, Plantation, Florida 33317, (954) 587-3940.

Posted on January 24th, 2017.

***** Famous Phil’s Sub Shop, 107 North State Road 7, Plantation, Florida 33317, (954) 587-3940.

If your’e into off-the-chart delicious subs, then you gotta give Famous Phil’s Sub Shop in Plantation a try!

The joint has been around since 1979, is cash only, has no seating whatsoever, makes delicious subs/salads and is open Monday-Thursday 11am-8pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-9pm, Sunday 11am-5pm.

Just so that there is absolutely no misunderstanding here, this is a takeout only joint, your credit card ain’t gonna work at Famous Phil’s and your gonna pickup outrageously delicious stuff to eat in your car/home/office/girlfriend’s or boyfriend’s apartment, whatever the case maybe/cousin’s body shop/so forth and so on!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “did” Famous Phil’s yesterday- and trust me when I tell you, this joint is turning out top-notch stuff!