* Hollyweird Halloween 2.

Jeff Eats likes the “sound” of this one- seems to have all ages covered!

HALLOWEEN BLOCK PARTY
Hollywood Boulevard in Downtown Hollywood
Saturday, October 29, 2016 • 6:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.

Back for its second year, Hollyweird Halloween features family friendly entertainment from 6-9pm, including trick or treating, live music, candy stations, playground, magic show, balloon twisters, face painting, and a children’s costume contest with prizes. From 9pm – 2am, the party continues with live bands, outdoor bars and adult costume contests with prizes. FREE ADMISSION!

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 10/23/16)

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

EVERYTHING

V & S Italian Deli Subs and Pasta
2621 North Federal Highwat
Boca Raton
(561) 395-5206
Latest Review: 5/21/2010

V & S is one of the best sub joints that Jeff Eats has had the pleasure to do business with for the past 25 years!

No bs- here, can’t recall even one single “item” that wasn’t off the chart delicious!

This joint is an absolute must try!

Posted on May 21st, 2010
***** V & S Italian Deli Subs and Pasta, 2621 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33431 (561) 395-5206.

V & S is a small Italian takeout-deli located in Boca Raton. The joint has been around since 1985-and has the full gamut of cold and hot subs/sandwiches/salads/Italian entrees/pasta dishes. On the sub price-front, figure on spending $6.50-$8 depending on whether you get small-or-large.

A recent outing had Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “sampling” some subs and I gotta tell you guys- absolutely top-shelf! Delicious fresh baked hard crust bread stuffed with great “fillings”- just that simple!

Like I said two seconds ago, V & S is basically a takeout (handful of wall counter seats) so don’t plan on staging big weddings, bar mitzvahs or baby namings there!

The joint is open Monday-Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 10am-3pm.

* Johnny Dee & The Starlights.

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats have seen Johnny Dee & The Starlights- and they are terrific!

Fans of 50’s & 60’s Rock n Roll- Trust Jeff Eats on this one- Go see this “show”- You’ll love it!

The Skinny:

Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park
300 South Military Trail
Boca Raton, Florida 33486

Box Office: (561) 347-3948
Tickets/info: willowtheatre.org

Johnny Dee & The Starlights

Presented by Johnny Dee & The Starlights

Date & Time:

Saturday, January 7 at 8pm
Sunday, January 8 at 2pm

Tickets:

$25 per person

Description:

Johnny Dee & the Starlights is a ’50s & ’60s tribute band playing the hits of Buddy, Hank, Roy, Elvis & many, many more. They are a true time machine back to the early days of rock ‘n roll, pop and country delivering all of your classic favorites with a passion, energy and authenticity that brings new life to the familiar sounds of the era.

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Posted on December 2nd, 2015
* Johnny Dee and the Starlights.

A recent e-mail received by Jeff Eats:

Jeff,

Long time reader. Love the Jeff Eats’ site.
I need a great 50s-60s Rock N Roll band for a charity event that I am the Chairperson of. The charity event is in September, 2016 and will be held in North Miami. Expecting around 300 people.
I have seen a number of south Florida 50s-60s bands and although many are very good, I would love to have a band that is really special and if possible not based in the immediate area so that its appearance will be be fresh, in that most if not all of the guests have never seen the band before.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Tanya
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Tanya:

Got the perfect band for you, Johnny Dee and the Starlights (I know-Joey Dee & The Starliters)!

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, the band is amazingly-good!

Jeff Eats is thinking (actually I’m knowing) that your crowd will go absolutely nuts over Johnny Dee and the Starlights- as they put on a great show! I’m also thinking, that because Johnny Dee and the Starlights is based out of Orlando and seldom plays- Dade/Broward/Palm Beach Counties- that most of your guests- will not have seen the band before!

Like I said before, the band is amazingly good!

You can check the band out at johnnydeeandthestarlights.com.

Thanks for reading…

from johnnydeeandthestarlights.com

Calling themselves “your time machine back to the early days of rock ‘n’ roll,” this Florida band features music made famous by Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley, among many others. Songs include classics like “Runaround Sue,” “Only the Lonely,” and “Unchained Melody.” Come hear the hits of yesteryear played the way they were meant to be played!

MORE ABOUT JOHNNY DEE AND THE STARLIGHTS
Johnny Dee and the Starlights play the music of the ‘50s and ‘60s with such passion, intensity, and authenticity that you’ll swear you’ve been transported back in time. Much more than your average cover band, Johnny Dee and the Starlights are out to change the way you think about tribute performances. Featuring popular actor and musician Andy Matchett as Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, and his own alter ego, Johnny Dee – along with a five-piece band, including the lovely Starlettes – this is a performance you will not want to miss!

Rated G

***** Fat One’s Hot Dogs & Italian Ice, 8001 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, Florida 32809.

Got a real good one for you guys…Fat One’s Hot Dogs & Italian Ice- fast food, order/pickup at counter, hot dogs/French fries/Italian Ices located in The Florida Mall’s 105,000 square foot Dining Pavilion in Orlando. Give or take 25 different fast food concessions, communal seating!

Simple concept, all-beef foot long grilled hot dogs that can be topped with all kinds of stuff- French fries, Italian Ices.

Just so you know, Fat One’s Hot Dogs & Italian Ice which opened about a month ago is owned by Joey Fatone a former member of the legendary boy band NSYNC- which helps explain the Fat One’s brand name!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats did a recent lunch and loved the joint.

Like I said a few seconds ago, real simple concept, hot dogs/toppings, French fries. Italian ices…

Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, I’m kinda thinking that Joey Fatone has a “franchise” concept here- I can easily see Fat One’s Hot Dogs & Italian Ice in mall food courts all over America!

For additional menu/prices/info- fatonedogs.com

Fat One’s is open Monday-Friday 10am-9pm, Saturday 10am-10pm, Sunday 10am-8pm.

* Vote Today- 2016 Best of South Florida.

“This” was in yesterday’s Sun Sentinel…

Sort of like asking a total stranger who just walked out of a movie theater- “So how was the movie?”

You guys ever hear the term “stuffing the ballot box”?

Enough said…

* 2016 Marketplace Music Fest- November & December.

Very nice lineup!

Jeff Eats has seen all of the listed bands- like I just said, very nice lineup1

The series is Free! Just bring yourself and a folding chair!

Keep this between us, other than a small handful of some pretty decent restaurants and a movie “complex”- the Delray Marketplace got absolutely nothing going on- that is, unless you need to buy a suit at Jos. A. Bank!

Like I said, the series is free, so go and enjoy!

* The Long Run- Eagles Tribute Band.

Real simple story, The Long Run is one of the best Eagles’ tribute bands in America!

If you wanna go…

Saturday- October 22, 2016 (8pm)
Boca Black Box Center for the Arts
8221 Glades Road #10 Boca Raton, FL 33434
Phone: 561.483.9036
Box Office: bocablackbox.com goldstar.com (discount tickets)

from bocablackbox.com
Grab your TIX Now- there’s never an empty seat when THE LONG RUN plays the Box! The members have appeared on over 30 Albums and have performed and shared the stage with music greats including The Flamingos, The Shirelles, The Coasters, The Tokens, Trisha Yearwood, Bobby Lewis, Epcot’s British Invasion, The Romantics, Julio Iglesias Jr, Pattie Loveless, Louise Mandrell, Brian and Dennis Wilson, Eric Clapton, The Bee Gees, America, Peter Frampton, Eddie Money, Michael Bolton, Dion, and Meat Loaf, Bo Diddly, Robert Gordon, Chuck Berry, David Cassidy, Shania Twain and Rick Derringer. THE LONG RUN provides a spectacular performance and brings back great memories. You won’t hear an Eagles Tribute band this great ’til “Hell Freezes Over.”

Haagen-Dazs Strawberry & Belgian Chocolate Ice Cream.

I don’t know about you guys, but Publix- BUY ONE GET ONE signs are sorta like Greek Mythology Sirens to Jeff Eats…

Long story short, yesterday the Publix Super Market, 3003 Yamato Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33434, (561) 241-5005 ran a BUY ONE GET ONE on pints of Haagen-Dazs’ Ice Cream!

$5.15 got Jeff Eats these…

Real simple story, absolutely horrendous flavors! May sound strange, but neither the Strawberry or the Belgian Chocolate had “any” taste- whatsoever. Extremley bland, if that makes sense to you?

You guys do know that food “reviewing” is purely a subjective situation – all I can tell you, Buy One Get One or no Buy One Get One-Jeff Eats rates Haagen-Dazs’ Strawberry and Belgian Chocolate Ice Cream- Lousy and that’s Lousy with a capital “L”…

* Fall Festival At Village Park.

If Jeff Eats was an 8 year old kid, I’d be annoying the crap out of my parents to take me to this thing!

Village Park
11700 Pierson Road
(561) 791-4005

Fall Festival at Village Park

Wellington’s annual Fall Festival event is held in October of each year at Village Park. In addition to our most popular “one-night-only” attraction, the Haunted Hallways, families and friends can enjoy:

Haunted Hallways
Trick-or-treating
Costume Contests
Pie eating contests
Bounce Houses
Petting Zoo
Pony Rides
Hay Rides
Face Painting
Food Trucks
Music DJ & Dance Performances
Vendors and more!

***** Vinny’s Pizza, 6671 West Indiantown Road, Jupiter, Florida 33458, (561) 575-5445.

For our purposes we’re gonna call Vinny’s Pizza an “out of sight out of mind” mom & pop red sauce Italian joint…

Jeff Eats first told you guys about Vinny’s Pizza on November 3, 2010…truth be told, hadn’t been back “until” last night when Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats stopped in for a Grandma Pizza and an obscene amount of Coke and Diet Coke. By the way, I’m kinda thinking the sole reason for the long-absence, the freaking joint is 86 miles round-trip from Jeff Eats’ Boca Raton residence!

Long story short, absolute dynamite Grandma Pizza!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats loved Vinny’s in 2010 and loved it again in 2016- with all things being equal, the next “love” is gonna be sometime in 2022! Hey, an 86 mile round-trip, ain’t exactly chopped liver either!

All kidding aside, trust Jeff Eats on this one, you gotta try Vinny’s Pizza, it’s that good!

Vinny’s Pizza
Posted on November 3rd, 2010

***** Vinny’s Pizza, 6671 West Indiantown Road, Jupiter, Florida 33458, (561) 575-5445.

Got a real good-reasonably priced “mom & pop–red sauce” Italian joint for you…Vinny’s Pizza in Jupiter, Florida.

Vinny’s menu has all of the “expected stuff”…pizzas, pastas, calzones, hot & cold subs, meat/seafood/chicken dishes (dinners–include salad, pasta side, garlic knots).

A recent dinner outing had me doing…large 16” pizza ($12.20), penne alla vodka ($10.50), meat lasagna ($11.25), veal parmigiana ($14.50). Keeping in mind, that joints like Vinny’s aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel—I can, without hesitation tell you that-Vinny’s food was terrific. Definitey one of the best NYC styled pizzas that- I’ve had in a very long time. The pie was thin-crispy-with an amazingly-perfect sweet sauce. As for the penne, lasagna and veal parm—I know joints that get double the price and can’t hold a candle to Vinny’s food.

Vinny’s is a winner. This is NOT and I repeat NOT—some hack joint, just turning out passable food. Do have one huge problem with Vinny’s…it’s 86 miles (round-trip) from my house.

Vinny’s Pizza is open Monday-Thursday 11am-9pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-10pm and Sunday noon-9pm.