* Chain Reaction- The Ultimate Journey Tribute Band & Jimmy The Greek Taverna.

Just in case you guys were wondering what Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are doing this coming Friday night!

By the way, Jimmy The Greek and the Boca Black Box are in the same strip center. Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats figured- we’d eat around 6:30pm and then catch the show at 8pm.

from bocablackbox.com
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!
Friday, May 27th (8pm)
Boca Black Box
8221 Glades Road #10
Boca Raton,FL 33434
Box Office: (561) 483-9036
Tickets: bocablackbox.com goldstar.com (discount tickets)
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Posted January 25, 2015
***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 1/25/15).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

GYRO ON A PITA
$9.25 (comes with Greek salad or French fries)

Jimmy The Greek Taverna
8221 Glades Road
Boca Raton
(561) 477-3272
jimmythegreekrestaurant.com
Latest Review: 12/31/10

Real simple, Jeff Eats has been eating at Jimmy The Greek Taverna for years. The joint definitely has- one of the best gyros in South Florida. Actually, everything that this joint makes is delicious. Jimmy The Greek Taverna does lunch and dinner and has a real-loyal following-so don’t be surprised if you gotta wait to get a table!. The restaurant is in a miniscule strip center, so set your GPS-this way you won’t get lost or nothing!

* Save On Ticket Fees.

I don’t know about you guys but Jeff Eats feels violated (I know, overly dramatic!) when I go-to buy tickets online/or over the phone and- a $35 ticket becomes $124,323.31 😉 after Ticketmaster adds all kinds of fees onto the basic ticket price! Totally and absolutely absurd!

Long story short, the guys who run the terrific Pompano Beach Amphitheater in Pompano Beach just sent Jeff Eats the below-email…

$ave On Ticket Fees*

You can now purchase tickets for the Pompano Beach Amphitheater
at Pompano Citi Centre, Suite 108.
*no additional service charges
Conveniently located at the corner of
Copans Road & Federal Highway
We are open Monday – Friday
from 10am-6pm.

Tickets are also still available at Ticketmaster.com
and charge by phone: 800-745-3000.
Note: Box Office on the Pompano Beach Amphitheater grounds is only open on show days.

***** Mr. Bing, (home base) The Wynwood Yard, 56 Northwest 29th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33127, (888) 606-2464 (BING).

Got something real terrific for you guys, Mr. Bing a food truck that serves-up the most amazingly delicious “shaved” ice cream! Correctamente!- you read right, shaved ice cream, not shaved ice!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats recently tried Mr. Bing out- and I gotta tell you- as I just said 2-seconds ago, amazingly delicious “shaved” ice cream!

Real simple concept at work here…

As Jeff Eats mentioned at the top of this tale, Mr. Bing’s “home base” is The Wynwood Yard in Miami- the truck also works other Dade locations and spots in Broward and Palm Beach Counties!

You can follow Mr. Bing at mrbing.com

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 5/22/16).

One of Jeff Eats” favorite menu items…

SCRAMBLED (2)-EGGS WITH BACON (Hash Browns & Toast)
$5.98

Lily’s Cafe
8031 South US 1
Port Saint Lucie
(772) 237-5549
lilyscafefl.com
Lates Review: 4/27/12

Sometimes the “simplest” breakfasts are the best- absolutely love Lily’s scrambled (2)-eggs/bacon/hash browns /toast)- throw in some black coffee and Jeff Eats is good to go!

Posted 4/27/12
***** Lily’s Cafe, 8031 South US Highway 1, Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34952, (772) 237-5549.

Lily’s Cafe is a “mom & pop” neighborhood diner that does breakfast/lunch Tuesday-Friday 7am-3pm, Saturday-Sunday 8am-2pm, closed on Monday. You can check menu/prices at www.lilycafefl.com. The site also has a handful of pictures which will “tell” you as to exactly what you are getting into here. Not really sure how to explain this, but there are mom & pop diners and then again, there are MOM & POP diners. For the record, Lily’s Cafe is a MOM & POP…remember- those movies from the 30s and 40s where some kids would yell, “hey, let’s put on a show”?

Anyway…Lily’s is a fabulous joint, imagine your mom and your aunts making and serving the stuff. For you wiseguys out there, my mom was a tremendous cook and my aunts though not in her league also got the job done. Just to go off on a tangent for a minute–when I see restaurant signs/menus boasting “home cooked” food, my mind always says whose “home.” All I know, is that back in Brooklyn in the 50s and 60s I had a friend Michael R. whose mother was the worse cook maybe in the world, well at least Brooklyn—I guess that’s why Michael R. use to “run away” from home so often.

I recently ate at Lily’s…the menu isn’t huge-but there is enough breakfast stuff, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers, wraps, pies/muffins–so nobody’s gonna go without eating. I tried the french toast, western omelet, chicken salad wrap, patty melt (burger, swiss cheese, grilled onions–on rye toast), french fries. Trust me here, everything was delicious. If I had to put the stuff in-pecking order…the french toast was terrific, the omelet-wrap-melt were also terrific but not as terrific as the french toast was, the french fries were good but weren’t terrific. Now if memory serves me correctly, my mom’s french toast didn”t come close to Lily’s, same for her chicken salad (mom use to add chopped dill pickle to the mix, never really liked that!)–mom never made western omelets- but she did make a mean scrambled eggs with American cheese/ham, her patty melt was as good as the one Lily’s dished up, Lily’s and mom’s french fries were a total tossup (too bad Nathan’s wasn’t my mom or dad or whatever!).

The final result, “assuming” that there really is a Lily back in the kitchen–Lilymom, I’m home from college!!

Lily’s Cafe is a homerun!

* NY Comedy Night presents the Bob Golub film DIE LAUGHING and Comedy Show.

Jeff Eats has seen the film.

Jeff Eats has seen Bob Golub’s act.

Jeff Eats is telling you, if you want to have some big time laughs, go see Bob Golub’s film/act!

The Skinny:

The Skinny:
NY Comedy Night presents the Bob Golub film DIE LAUHING and Comedy Show
Thursday, May 26th at 8:00 PM
Boca Black Box
8221 Glades Rd, # 10, Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Box Office: 483-9036
Tickets: bocablackbox.com goldstar.com (discount tickets)

Release Film
8:00pm Comedy show
8:30pm Special Screening of film
Q&A following film.

Every Comic Has a Dark Side.
A place where thoughts of control become overwhelming and one starts killing. Are you next? DIE LAUGHING a Bob Golub Film. From Goodfellas and Howard Stern
DIE LAUGHING is a full length feature film about a stand-up comic, serial killer. It is shocking and graphic, yet funny as hell. It has the makings of modern day cult classic.
Amazingly enough, it was all done on a zero dollar budget.
Bob Golub is a true industry professional having worked for over 30 years in film, television, and as an active touring stand up comic. If you haven’t caught his comedy act then you have probably seen him on a number of national commercials, Howard Stern not to mention a feature role in the hit classic Goodfellas. His latest independently film Die Laughing, about a stand up comic serial killer, is a macabre journey into the world of a comedian that occasionally has to get real from time to time. Shocking and graphic yet funny as hell it may quite possibly be the next cult classic. Amazingly enough, it was all done on a zero dollar budget.
Bob Golub is the quintessential realized American dream. Poor kid from a family of ten, leaves a one-movie theater Pennsylvania steel mill town and through sheer fortitude and drive becomes a headlining comedian and movie actor. Producer and Director. Loves the Steelers

***** Big Block Sub Shop, 27792 Old 41 Road, Bonita Springs, Florida 34135, (239) 492-1670.

Got something absolutely terrific for you guys, Big Block Sub Shop- hole in the wall/order-pickup at the counter/subs, pastas, pizzas, salads, desserts joint in Bonita Springs!

Long story short, a few weeks ago Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats were “in” Bonita Springs to checkout…

and a guy named Hank who we met at the show- told us that we had to “try” Big Block Sub Shop!

Suffice it to say, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats did- and that this guy Hank knows his stuff in-that this Big Block Sub Shop makes delicious pizzas/pastas/salads/desserts/hot-cold subs!

Lucky for Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats -that we rarely if ever followed our mothers’ warnings to- “Never talk to strangers.”

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, Big Block Sub Shop is an absolute must try!

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

Big Block Sub Shop is open Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm, closed Sunday.

* This article first appeared on April 24, 2016. Jeff Eats just checked Boca Black Box’s box-office (bocablackbox.com) and goldstar.com and there are a handful of tickets left for tonight’s Liverpool Live’s -Beatles tribute show. Jeff Eats has seen the Orlando based act and its got The Beatles down cold- (with one exception-its “Paul” is a righty)- Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff are gonna be there!

Posted April 24, 2016
* Liverpool Live.

Jeff Eats is a sucker for many things- including going to see top notch Beatles’ tribute bands!

With the above in mind, on Saturday Night, May 21st (8pm) one of America’s premier Beatles’ tribute bands- Liverpool Live is scheduled to play the Boca Black Box in Boca Raton.

Jeff Eats has seen Liverpool Live and the Orlando based band has The Beatles down pat- with one exception- its “Paul” isn’t a southpaw!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats just picked up a pair of discount-tickets on goldstar.com.

If you are into Beatles’ tribute bands/shows- trust Jeff Eats when I tell you, that you- will absolutely love Liverpool Live!

If you need some convincing as to how “convincing” these guys are, checkout the videos at TheBandGuys.com.

By the way, the Boca Black Box seats something like 250. Every seat in the house works- so don’t be “concerned”” about purchasing Discount Tickets from goldstar.com for this venue!

The Skinny:

Liverpool Live
Boca Black Box
8221 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Saturday, May 21, 2016 (8pm)
Box Office: (561) 483-9036
Tickets: bocablackbox.com, goldstar.com (discount tickets)

from goldstar.com
Liverpool Live is the No. 1 working Beatles tribute band in the state of Florida. They perform note-for-note copies of the Beatles’ best music — from The White Album to Abbey Road — with period-authentic equipment, costumes and amps, just like the ones used by the Fab Four. Liverpool Live is an immersive Beatles experience brought to you by talented musicians, several of whom were past cast members of Disney Orlando. This group has played it all from corporate shows to sold out theaters. See them when they bring the Beatles to the Boca Back Box.

* The Show Palace Dinner Theatre, 16128 US Highway 19, Hudson, Florida 34667, (727) 863-7949.

Just in case you guys were wondering where Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats will be spending Thanksgiving Day this year…

Mrs. Jeff Eats got some “formerly from Brooklyn” cousins (and no, there names aren’t Cousin Eddie and Cousin Catherine 😜) who now live in Hudson -and for years have been raving about Hudson- and this joint, The Show Palace Dinner Theatre!

You can call this Thanksgiving Day “trip”- Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats killing two birds with one stone…

Take a look at The Show Palace Dinner Theatre (showpalace.net)- the joint runs shows/events all-year-round!

Keep it to your self, but Jeff Eats is kinda thinkin’ that this 3-day trip is gonna be an absolute blast!

* Steve Marshall.

Hilarious, insightful and brilliant “medium blue” material about growing up Jewish in Brooklyn -and coping with everyday life in general!

The national headlining comedian is in for 1-show, tonight-Friday, May 20th (8pm) at the Boca Black Box in Boca Raton!

If you haven’t yet seen Steve Marshall, Go!- you’ll love the guy!

from goldstar.com

New York-based comic Steve Marshall plays all the big clubs across the country, and now he’s making a stop at the Boca Black Box. He’s been featured on national television platforms such as CBS News and CNBC, plus Hot Off the Grill With Bobby Flay and NBC’s Dare to Dream. Riffing relentlessly on topics such as his negative Jewish family and why one should never make fun of Chinese people who work in a Chinese restaurant, Marshall’s no-holds-barred approach will have you laughing and gasping in equal doses.

The Skinny:
Friday, May 20, 2016 (8pm)
Boca Black Box
8221 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Box-Office: (561) 483- 9036
Tickets: bocablackbox.com goldstar.com (discount tickets)

* Vince Neil.

The Pompano Beach Amphitheater does-it-again…another amazing star studded concert- headlining Vince Neil, the legendary front man of Motley Crue, Great White and Krush- Saturday Night, June 18th at 8pm!

Jeff Eats just checked the Pompano Beach Amphitheater’s box-office (theamppompano.org) and goldstar.com (discount tickets) and there are a handful of great seat left, so if you wanna go, time to make your move!

By the way, if Jeff Eats gotta tell you who Vince Neil is, it’s time for you to scroll to another Jeff Eats’ story!

The Skinny:
from theamppompano.org

Vince Neil – The Legendary Voice of Motley Crue
Concert Date: Saturday, June 18 at 8pm (Gates open 7pm)
Ticket prices: $35-$75
Box Office: theamppompano.org & goldstar.com (discount tickets)

The legendary front man of Mötley Crüe is coming to Pompano! His unmistakable voice lead some of the greatest rock songs of this generation including “Shout At The Devil,” “Home Sweet Home,” “Girls, Girls, Girls,” “Dr. Feelgood,” “Kickstart My Heart,” “Same Ol Situation,” and “Saints of Los Angeles.” Opening for Neil will be hard rock icons, Great White.

Vince Neil will be singing all of his classic hits at The Amp, from both his years with Mötley Crüe and his three solo albums. The badass performer is also working on new music, and he has hinted about performing some of it during this tour.

“I’ll say that we are recording some stuff for a new record this year,” he said in a Loudwire interview in January. “You often hear some surprises at our shows. I don’t want to give away some of those surprises…The music is exciting. It’s good, fun, nasty, raw energy and goods songs.”

Neil has also signed on to be a contestant on the upcoming season of The Celebrity Apprentice, which will feature new host Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A respected philanthropist, Neil established The Skylar Neil Memorial Foundation (www.skylarneil.org), as tribute to his daughter whom he lost to cancer in 1995, the organization has raised over $2 million to help combat childhood cancer.

Opening for Neil is Great White, a band whose sound has captivated audiences worldwide with crushing blues-based guitar riffs and swagger that invokes an emotional high for anyone who listens. The band’s core writing team of Michael Lardie and Mark Kendall forged numerous hits over the years, and when Audie Desbrow joined in ’85, the grooves hooked an amazing stride. For nearly a decade, Scott Snyder has merged his unforgiving rhythm to Desbrow’s relentless percussion. And, in 2011, Terry Ilous’ feverish energy and far-stretching vocals melted perfectly into the Great White mold.

The band has sold 10 million albums worldwide, had has six Top 100 Billboard hits, nine Top 200 Billboard albums, two platinum albums. At The Amp show, Great White will be performing all their classic hits including, “Once Bitten , Twice Shy,” “ Rock Me,” “Mista Bone,” “ Save Your Love,” “ Lady Red Light,” “ Something for You,” “Hard to Say Goodbye” and more.

The AMP (Pompano Beach Amphitheater) 1806 NE 6th St – Pompano Beach, FL 33060. 954.519.5500 © 2014 Pompano Beach Arts