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* Win A $20 Rainbow Palace Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $20 Rainbow Palace 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 $20 Gift Card is good at Rainbow Palace, 2787 Oakland Park Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306, (954) 565-5652.

Check menu/prices/info at rainbowpalace.com.

Posted on June 20th, 2014

***** Rainbow Palace, 2787 Oakland Park Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306, (954) 565-5652.

House of Chan, if you like, you can go and “look” it up.

Suffice it to say, in the 1950s-1960s-1970s, the House of Chan located at 52nd Street and 7th Avenue, NYC- was one of America’s most famous upscale Chinese restaurants.

Old history (isn’t all history old?), Jeff Eats’ father had a “business” house account, so Jeff Eats, his brother, father and mother–enjoyed a number of meals at the House of Chan.

The House of Chan had fabulous food. The House of Chan had superb service. The House of Chan had a fabulous management team. The House of Chan had “style.”

No question in my mind, those House of Chan outings-shaped Jeff Eats’ thoughts on what upscale-dining is “suppose” to be.

Long story short,

The Rainbow Palace has fabulous food. The Rainbow Palace has superb service. The Rainbow Palace has a top shelf management team. The Rainbow Palace has “style.”

If you want TOP NOTCH CHINESE FOOD, TOP NOTCH UPSCALE SERVICE, A RESTAURANT WITH STYLE then get yourself over to the Rainbow Palace in Fort Lauderdale.

For those of you wondering as to what Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “had”-house wonton soup, crispy steak, sesame chicken, chef’s fried rice.

For what it’s worth,

Both Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats found the food off the chart-but please keep in mind that you and us-Eats may-be polar opposites- on what constitutes good-great-lousy etc. That’s why Jeff Eats and you should never bet the farm on what some “critic” has to say about any particular restaurant or dish.

Anyway,

Jeff Eats thought the food was terrific…

By the way, Rainbow’s prices aren’t exactly cheap. Just a word to the wise, the joint’s portions are large- so figure on sharing stuff- and don’t over order,

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

Rainbow Palace is open Sunday-Wednesday 5pm-10pm, Thursday noon-3pm & 5pm-10pm, Friday noon-3pm & 5pm-11pm, Saturday 5pm-11pm.

One final thought on this “food reviewing” thing…

How many times have you asked a total stranger who was leaving a movie theatre “What he or she thought about a picture?” See where Jeff Eats is going with this? As my Uncle Sam Ting (by marriage to my father’s sister) use to say

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* Win A $10 Gary Woo Express Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $10 Gary Woo Express 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 Gary Woo Express, 9874 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434, (561) 483-8889.

You can check menu/prices at garywooexpress,com.

Posted on November 19th, 2015

***** Gary Woo Express, 9874 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434, (561) 483-8889.

Was just by- Yamato Road & 441 in Boca Raton. Saw a gigantic tractor-trailer “unloading” a ton of cars- all with New York license plates!

To save you “car owners” the time-effort of writing Jeff Eats.

Posted December 23, 2012

***** Gary Woo Express, 9874 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434, (561) 483-8889.

Got an absolutely terrific Chinese-takeout joint for you…Gary Woo Express in Boca Raton.

Just so you know, Jeff Eats originally “reviewed” this joint on August 19, 2009…suffice it to say, I loved its food back in 2009. Anyway, about 8 months ago new owners took over and to their credit, the food they are “banging-out” is even better than the original stuff. Trust me on this one, Gary Woo Express is right up there with the best Chinese restaurants that Jeff Eats has tried down here in South Florida.

When you check menu/prices at www.garywooexpress.com- in addition to loads of Chinese stuff you will find a huge Japanese menu. For the record, Jeff Eats, didn’t try any of the Japanese items, but if the Japanese food is as good as the Chinese stuff was—Gary Woo Express will be a joint where you can get both-delicious Chinese and Japanese takeout. Just so you know, Gary Woo Express has a couple of tables inside and a handful outside—but this joint is basically a takeout.

Applying Jeff Eats’ 1950’s Brooklyn Jewish Taste Test…sampled items included— won ton soup, tomato egg drop soup, egg rolls, pan fried pork dumplings, bbq ribs, general tso’s chicken, sweet & sour pork, pepper steak, shrimp in lobster sauce, chicken lo mein, roast pork fried rice. The result…Gary Woo Express is one of the best Chinese-takeoout joints that Jeff Eats has tried down here in South Florida. No kidding around, every item “tried” was delicious. To be perfectly honest with you, Jeff Eats’ original plan was to put the “dishes” in some sort of pecking order- but they were all dynamite–so I’ didn’t bother. For you wise-guys out there, No!–Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats didn’t eat “all” that food all by ourselves in one sitting…The fact of the matter, the taste test was conducted in 2-parts…some of the food was picked-up on a Thursday night and some was picked up on Saturday night—so there!

If I got one bitch here, I found the prices a drop- on the high side. No big deal–no second job needed…but the prices were definitely higher than the local competition.

Before I run…if you decide to try Gary Woo Express–when you get to the joint, you’ll find a “menu-rack” outside the front door. The takeout menus in the rack–have coupons and you can use them “right away”— Now that I’m thinking, the coupon that I used saved me 10% off my entire order. The point of all this yapping—use the coupons to off-set the higher-prices I detected.

Gary Woo Express was a “huge” find.

I am telling you, this joint is right up there with best of breed.

Gary Woo Express is open Monday-Friday 11am-10pm and Saturday-Sunday 2pm-10pm.

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* Win A $10 The Dandee Donut Factory Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $10 The Dandee Donut Factory 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 all Florida- The Dandee Donut Factory locations.

You can check dandeedonuts.com for menu/prices/locations/info.

Pompano Beach, FL
1900 Atlantic Boulevard
Pompano Beach, FL 33060
(954) 785-1461
Open 24 Hours!

Deerfield Beach, FL
1422 S Federal Hwy
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
(954) 531-1990
Open 24 Hours!

Margate, FL
3101 N. State Road 7
Margate, FL 33063
(754) 444-3157
Open 24 Hours!

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* Win A $10 Bella Amici Pizzeria & Restaurante Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $10 Bella Amici Pizzeria & Restaurante 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 Bella Amici Pizzeria & Restaurante, 7491 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton. Florida 33487, (561) 852-9290.

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

Posted on March 2nd, 2023

***** Bella Amici Pizzeria & Restaurante, 7491 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton. Florida 33487, (561) 852-9290.

Got a real good “mom & pop” red sauce Italian joint for you guys to checkout- Bella Amici Pizzeria & Restaurante in Boca Raton.

Long story short, last night Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “discovered” Bella Amici Pizzeria & Restaurante and the joint’s food absolutely killed! Handful of inside & outside tables/ inside counter seating, no frills pizza joint decor, reasonably priced appetizers/ pizzas/ pastas/ hot & cold heros/ entrees/ desserts/ daily specials/ beer & wine menu, open Tuesday-Thursday 11:30am-9pm/ Friday-Saturday noon-10pm/ closed Monday.

Just so you know, Bella Amici’s food totally blew Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats away! I gotta rate this joint right up there with the best “mom & pop” red sauce Italian joints that we have eaten at in Florida. Just so we are straight- if you’re looking for fancy schmancy- Bella Amici is absolutely-positively not going to work for you! I’m talking here- tee shirts/shorts/flip flops, pizzas, pastas, mussels marinara, lasagna, wings, fried calamari, strombolis, heros, antipasto salad, garlic knots, tartufos, endless Coca Cola refills and loads of napkins!

Let’s wrap Bella Amici Pizzeria & Restaurante up by saying- you can check menu/prices/info at bellaamiciboca.com.

* Happy New Year.

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 12/31/23- Windy City Pizza).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

SEXzWANGS ORIGINAL
($15.97- 8 chicken wings marinated for 24hrs before being roasted,
fried & tossed in world famous SEXZCHEF Secret Sexzdust™)

Windy City Pizza
401 West Atlantic Avenue
Delray Beach, Florida 33444
(561) 266-2811
delraywindycitypizza.com
Latest Review: 4/9/2016

This joint’s food is off the chart delicious!

Posted on April 9th, 2016

***** Windy City Pizza, 401 West Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, Florida 33444, (561) 266-2811.

Got a real good 4-month old pizza joint for you guys- and I do mean real good, Windy City Pizza in Delray Beach!

The joint seats something like 20 people and “specializes” in Chicago Style thin-crust pizza. Throw in a handful of appetizers, salads and hot subs- and you pretty much got the whole menu-shooting match! You can check menu/prices/info at delraywindycitypizza.com. The joint is open Tuesday-Friday 11:30am-9pm, Saturday-Sunday 3pm-9pm, closed Monday.

Just between you guys and Jeff Eats “most” people know that Chicago is known for deep-dish pizza…as Gomer Pyle once said (actually it was more like 23,489 times) surprise, surprise, surprise!- in reality there is more to that story than meets the eye (if you choose to believe Jeff Eats’ friend Warren who has lived in Chicago for the past 41 years)- North Chicago is known for deep-dish pizza and South Chicago is known for thin crust pizza!

Long story short,

Last night Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats ate at Windy City (for those who don’t know, Chicago’s nickname is The Windy City) and I gotta tell you that the joint makes some of the most delicious thin crust pizza that we’ve had in a very long time. Just so you know, Windy City’s round pizza is cut into small squares and features a delicious super thin crispy crust and a dynamite sweet sauce. For good measure, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats also split a house salad and a fried zucchini appetizer, both of which killed!

Let Jeff Eats wrap this baby up for you, Windy City makes delicious thin crust pizza. Based on Jeff Eats being on a diet 😏- I passed on trying Windy City’s sub-offerings! But trust me when I tell you, I definitely have plans to do so, in the very near future.

***** American Social Bar & Kitchen, 351 Plaza Real Ste 315, Boca Raton, Florida 33432, (561) 486-5434.

Got a real good sports bar for you guys to check-out, American Social Bar & Kitchen in Boca Raton.

Real simple tale to tell, a few weeks ago, Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and two other couples “discovered” American Social Bar & Kitchen in Boca Raton and its food absolutely killed! Inside booth & table/outside covered patio table seating, multiple full liquor bars/ Monday-Friday happy hour/ tvs galore, reasonably priced appetizers/ salads/ bowls/ burgers/ sandwiches/ entrees/ sides/ desserts/ Saturday & Sunday brunch menu.

Just so you guys know, in addition to Boca Raton, American Social currently has locations in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa.

Let’s wrap-up American Social Bar & Kitchen by saying, the joint is an absolute must try!

You guys can check menu/prices/info @ americansocialbar.com.

American Social Bar & Kitchen is open:
Monday-Wednesday
11:30 AM – 12:00 AM (Next day)
Thursday
11:30 AM – 1:00 AM (Next day)
Friday
11:30 AM – 2:00 AM (Next day)
Saturday
10:30 AM – 2:00 AM (Next day)
Sunday
10:30 AM – 12:00 AM (Next day)

Originally posted on September 22nd, 2023.

* Stars Of The Sixties/ Friday, January 5th, 2024 @ Peabody Auditorium.

TICKETS Go On Sale: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 at 10am @ peabodyauditorium.org

Real nice lineup…

Stars Of The Sixties
Friday, January 5th, 2024 (7:30pm)

Peabody Auditorium
600 Auditorium Boulevard
Daytona Beach, Florida 32118
Box Office: (386) 671-3472
Tickets: $39-$79 peabodyauditorium.org

From peabodyauditorium.org:

Stars of the Sixties return to the Peabody, featuring dozens of smash hit records sung by the original artists who made them! Starring Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone (“I’m Into Something Good”, “I’m Henry VIII”, “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter”, “A Kind of Hush”, “Listen People,” “A Must to Avoid,” “Can’t You Hear My Heart Beat”), The Lovin’ Spoonful (“Summer in the City”, “Do You Believe in Magic?”, “Day Dream”, “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?”), The Vogues (“Turn Around, Look at Me”, “You’re the One”, “5 o’Clock World”, “My Special Angel”), The Shades of Blue (“Oh How Happy”) and, back by popular demand, special guest Chris Ruggiero singing all your 60s favorites.

Originally posted on November 17th, 2023.

* Luigi Di Roma New Year’s Eve Party.

This one is for all you- guys who for some strange reason like to follow Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats’ “social calendar”…

Just booked a table for 6…
Luigi Di Roma, 718 South Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441, (954) 531-6151.

Posted on July 16th, 2019

***** Luigi Di Roma, 718 South Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441, (954) 531-6151.

Got a real good Italian joint for you guys to checkout- Luigi Di Roma in Deerfield Beach.

Simplest of tales to tell- last night Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and Daughter Jeff Eats gave Luigi Di Roma a shot and I gotta tell you guys that the joint’s reasonably priced- food was delicious and its waitstaff was as solid as could be.

Let me wrap this tale up by saying that Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and Daughter Jeff Eats really enjoyed Luigi Di Roma- that the joint is open Monday – Thursday: 4pm-10pm, Friday – Saturday: 4pm-11pm, Sunday: 11am-9pm…that it has daily drink/dinner specials and complementary live music entertainment in its lounge area.

You guys can check menu/prices/entertainment schedule/info at luigidiroma.com.

Gallaghers Steakhouse, 2005 Northwest Executive Center Circle, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, (561) 559-5800.

Last night Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and another couple ate dinner at Gallaghers Steakhouse which opened something like 6 months ago in Boca Raton and I gotta tell you guys all 4 of us were very disappointed!

Simple tale to tell, indoor table & booth/outside covered patio table seating, “typical” upscale steakhouse white table cloth dark wood decor, full liquor bar, “expected” upscale steakhouse appetizer/meat/seafood/sides menu/prices. Our meal (no liquor or desserts) with tip was $400. The food at best was mediocre- trust me, all four of us have had much better here in Florida!

Rather than going on and on, I am telling you guys- for the same money (off the top of my head) I can name 5 upscale steakhouses within a 15 minute drive from Gallaghers Steakhouse that are better, New York Prime (Boca Raton), Abe & Louie’s (Boca Raton), Ruth’s Chris Steak House (Boca Raton), NYY Steaks (Coconut Creek), Cut 432 (Delray Beach). Three last thoughts, for the money- portions were extremely skimpy, porterhouse steak and prime rib/sides were all served barely lukewarm, service was pleasant but amateurish- can’t remember ever seeing a busboy nor anyone ever refilling a water glass or asking our party how every-thing was!

Now you guys and I know that this food reviewing gig is purely a subjective call, you know what Jeff Eats loves, you may hate and vice versa! With that in mind, you can check menu/prices/info at gallagherssteakhouse.com.

Gallaghers Steakhouse is open 7 days a week noon-10pm.