* Win a $50 Lucille’s American Cafe Gift Card.

Yesterday Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats had lunch at Lucille’s American Café, 2250 Weston Road, Weston, Florida 33326, (954) 384-9007….and I got to thinking that maybe I should give one of you guys 50 bucks to spend on Lucille’s outrageously delicious grilled hot dogs, cheeseburgers, meatloaf, French fries and shakes!

So with the “above” in mind, just be the first reader to correctly tell Jeff Eats the REAL NAMES of the 3- WALKER BROTHERS pictured above and the gift card is yours! I’ll make it 60 bucks if that “first reader” also tells me the names of the 2- composers of The Walker Brothers’ 1965 hit record “Make It Easy On Yourself”! You guys now know why WIKIPEDIA was invented!

Posted December 12, 2014
***** Lucille’s American Café, 2250 Weston Road, Weston, Florida 33326, (954) 384-9007.

This is what you might call an “out of sight, out of mind” story…

Way back on June 27, 2008 Jeff Eats told you guys about a terrific- American Style joint named Lucille’s American Café in Weston. For our purposes, the operative word in the last sentence is WESTON…nothing for nothing, trust me, Weston is a “big” ride from the Eats’ Boca Raton residence…thus the “out of sight, out of mine” tag.

Anyway, yesterday-after a tough day of shopping with Mrs. Jeff Eats at Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise, we ate dinner at Lucille’s American Café which is about 10 minutes south. Suffice it to say, Lucille’s is the same terrific joint that it was back in 2008…I’m telling you, that if Lucille’s was closer to my home-Jeff Eats would be a real-and I do mean-real steady customer. But what is, is!

You guys who live or work in Lucille’s neighborhood- have a winner on your hands…if you haven’t eaten there, make it your business to catch lunch or dinner…my money says you won’t be disappointed.

You can now read Jeff Eats’ 7/27/2008 writeup, but before you do…

Lucille’s is open Monday-Thursday 11am-9;30pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-10:30pm, Sunday 10am-9pm.

You can check its menu/prices at lucillescafe.com.

Posted June 27, 2008
***** Lucille’s American Cafe, 2250 Weston Road, Weston, Florida 33326, (954) 384-9007.

Before I start yapping about Lucille’s American Cafe, do yourself a favor and check its website at www.lucillescafe.com for menu/pricing and other details about this 1940’s style diner.

This joint is terrific. It looks like a real 1940’s in-line diner. It has all of the “blue plate specials” that 1940’s diners had plus a “million” other things. It has great food. Large portions. Terrific wait-staff. Very reasonable prices. I absolutely love this joint’s meatloaf, chicken pot pie and country fried steak.

Lucille’s is open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner

* Green River- Tribute To Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Like John Fogerty? Like Creedence Clearwater Revival? If you-do…make it your business to see- Green River one of America’s best- Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute bands-Saturday Night, December 19, 2015 at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek. Jeff Eats has seen the band in action, trust me, they will blow you away! By the way, the show is FREE!
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from www.CcrGreenRiver.com

Green River- Tribute To Creedence Clearwater Revival
LIVE at The Sunset Grill in the Coconut Creek Casino Saturday
December 8PM to 12AM
5550 NW 40th Street, Coconut Creek FL 33073

Get a chance to see this band in a RARE very small venue up close and have a CHOOGLIN good time. Unquestionably one of the greatest American rock bands ever, Creedence Clearwater Revival will best be remembered for their unique bayou sound popularized in songs like “Proud Mary” and “Green River.” Green River will take you back to the time when CCR ruled the charts. Creedence wasn’t the hippest band in the world, but they were the best. Few bands made rock music as timeless as Creedence Clearwater Revival, and now the greatest of American bands is getting a tribute truly fitting of their legacy!

Green River will deliver the Mojo of a the full experience of CCR.’s music.

More information about Green River can be found at www.CcrGreenRiver.com.

* New Year’s Eve 2016 with Steve Aoki.

Just in case you didn’t know, Electronic Dance Music DJ- Steve Aoki is the 3rd son of the late Rocky Aoki who was the founder of the Benihana restaurant chain!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are running! 🙂

The craziest part of the story is that there will be a line around the block to get in!

There is a 6 ticket limit per customer. Service fees are non-refundable.
TICKET TYPE ITEM PRICE SRV FEE FAC FEE QTY
Female General Admission (premium open bar 9PM-12AM)(21+) $400.00 $55.96
Male General Admission (premium open bar 9PM-12AM)(21+) $400.00 $55.96
Magnum Skybox Suite for 12(21+)$20,000.00 $2,286.00 $4,000.00
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Mezz Lunar VIP Table for 20(21+)$20,000.00 $2,286.00 $4,000.00
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Lounge VIP Table for 8
SOLD OUT!
Lounge VIP Table for 6(21+)$6,000.00 $685.80 $1,200.00
MORE INFO
Back Main Floor VIP Table for 12(21+)$12,000.00 $1,371.60 $2,400.00
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Downstairs Main Floor VIP Table for 6(21+)$8,000.00 $914.40 $1,600.00
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Back Main Floor VIP Table for 8(21+)$8,000.00 $914.40 $1,600.00
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Main Dance Floor Rear VIP for 12(21+)$15,000.00 $1,714.50 $3,000.00
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Back Stage VIP for 10(21+)$10,000.00$1,143.00 $2,000.00
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Front Stage VIP Table for 20(21+)$20,000.00 $2,286.00 $4,000.00
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* ADELE.

Mrs. Jeff Eats is a huge fan! She told me to get tickets!

***** Dairy Belle Ice Cream, 118 North Federal Highway, Dania, Florida 33004, (954) 920-3330.

Dairy Belle Ice Cream…a Jeff Eats’ “out of sight, out of mind” fast food- soft serve, poutine, guedille, hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches joint that you guys absolutely gotta checkout! Just so we are straight with each other, Dairy Belle’s soft serve is real-good, but no better than what Carvel or Dairy Queen serves-up…the real game here is the “food.”

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats have been eating Dairy Belle’s stuff since 2006. The big problem we-got, Dairy Belle is in Dania and we-live in Boca Raton- not exactly close by, if you know what I mean?

You can check menu/hours/info at dairybelleicecream.com.

Just so you know, Jeff Eats’ is kinda thinking that every “visitor”-from Quebec knows about this joint- so in “Season” don’t be surprised by the lines-when you pull up!

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, you’ll love this joint!

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Posted November 30, 2006
***** Dairy Belle Ice Cream
118 North Federal Highway
Dania, Florida 33004
(954) 920-3330

Dairy Belle is a “one of a kind” joint. Let me explain.

Dairy Belle looks like an “ordinary” free-standing Carvel Ice Cream Store (circa 1960). Hopefully you know what I am talking about. If you don’t, just picture a small building in a parking lot. The building has a glass window (maybe two) where you order and pickup ice-cream from a “guy” who has “soft serve” machines behind him. . Real simple. Now you know what Dairy Belle looks like. One other thing, there is no seating inside, but there are a few “picnic-style benches” outside.

Dairy Belle serves “stuff” like you find at Carvel and Dairy Queen. Good soft-serve stuff etc., but nothing that would warrant anyone “writing home” about it.

Now for the kicker. Dairy Belle is owned/operated by a couple, Gilles and Ritane Grenier, who were born and raised in Quebec. By the way, their daughter, Isabelle also works at the joint.

The Greniers in addition to selling soft-serve ice cream have a few “items” on the menu, that you absolutely-positively-”probably” can’t find anywhere else in a fast-food South Florida joint. If you have been “following” this story (this is where it starts to get interesting), Dairy Belle serves POUTINE and GUEDILLE which are dishes “indegenious” to Quebec. Poutine (I know it sounds like a dirty word) are french fries (crispy/lightly salted ) which are covered in a melted mozzarella-like cheese and brown gravy. As we say in Brooklyn, FUGGETABOUTIT. This poutine “thing” is absolutely delicious. Dairy Belle also has an “Italian version” of poutine, which has the same delicious crispy/lightly salted french fries covered in a melted mozzarella-like cheese “topped” with shredded chicken and peas in a tomato sauce. FUGGETABOUTIT! The other “dish” that Dairy Belle serves is guedille, which is a chopped salad consisting of mayo, lettuce, tomato and onion piled high into a toasted hot-dog bun. This “plain” guedille can be “topped” off with shredded chicken or egg. FUGGEABOUTIT, this guedille “concoction” is another winner.

Dairy Belle is open 7 days a week, Sunday-Thursday 11am-10pm and Friday-Saturday 11am-11pm. This joint is a “one of a kind.” You definitely “got to” try this one. By the way, this joint is located about one-block north on Federal Highway from Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor ( see writeup), so if you really want to be a pig, you can load-up on poutine and quedille at Dairy Belle and then eat waffles and ice-cream at Jaxson’s. By the way, just topping off this Quebec “stuff” with some simple soft-serve ice cream wouldn’t be “such a terrible thing either.”

* NY Comedy Night Presents- MAIJA SYLVETTE DI GIORGIO.

If you guys don’t go and see comedian Maija Sylvette Di Giorgio- you will have missed-out on seeing one of America’s hippest/funniest/edgiest female comedians- and the lady works clean!

All Jeff Eats can say, is GO!

The Skinny:

NY Comedy Night Presents- MAIJA SYLVETTE DI GIORGIO
Thursday, December 17, 2015 (8pm)
Boca Black Box
8221 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Box-Office:(561) 483-9036
Tickets: bocablackbox.com (use CODE: MAIJA at checkout and save 50%) also (check goldstar.com for discount tickets)

from bocablackbox.com

Maija Sylvette Di Giorgio, “the Excellent Maija” as New York’s Time Out Magazine renamed her, is one of “the freshest, funniest, unique voices to grace the microphone”. Maija Sylvette Di Giorgio, “the Excellent Maija” as New York’s Time Out Magazine renamed her, is one of “the freshest, funniest, unique voices to grace the microphone”.

Maija has been featured on Fox’s Laughs”, NBC’s “Comics Unleashed”, HBO’s “Sex & The City”, Netflix “Uncontrolled Comedy Hour”, Showtimes “Michael Vick Comedy Explosion”, HBO Def Comedy Jam, BETs “Comic View”, “The HOT 97 Morning Show with Ed & Maija” (NYC’s #1 radio station), after receiving numerous standing ovations on her first television appearance on NBC’s “Live from the Apollo”. Maija has been featured on Fox’s Laughs”, NBC’s “Comics Unleashed”, HBO’s “Sex & The City”, Netflix “Uncontrolled Comedy Hour”, Showtimes “Michael Vick Comedy Explosion”, HBO Def Comedy Jam, BETs “Comic View”, “The HOT 97 Morning Show with Ed & Maija” (NYC’s #1 radio station), after receiving numerous standing ovations on her first television appearance on NBC’s “Live from the Apollo”.

She has rocked stages with Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Dane Cook, Wanda Sykes, Jim Norton, Lisa Lampenelli, Jeff Ross, Louie CK, Mike Epps, Tracey Morgan and plenty more. She has rocked stages with Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Dane Cook, Wanda Sykes, Jim Norton, Lisa Lampenelli, Jeff Ross, Louie CK, Mike Epps, Tracey Morgan and plenty more.

New York’s Daily News warns “don’t miss Maija, catch her before TV audiences do.”

* Win A $25 Green’s Pharmacy Gift Card!

Jeff Eats loves eating breakfast at Green’s Pharmacy (151 North County Road, Palm Beach, Florida 33480, (561) 832-0304) – and I want one of you guys to have breakfast on me…

Real simple game…

Just be the first reader to “identify” the famous 1950s-1960s Rock N Roller pictured below!-And I’ll send you a $25 gift card!

For you guys who don’t “know” Green’s Pharmacy, the joint has been around since 1938 and is a drug store-diner combo! America had tons of these joints during the 1930s-1960s! Trust me on this, today (2015) Green’s Pharmacy is one of but a handful- left…so it’s really kinda cool to see-and eat in! Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats have been eating there for years…Green’s food is dynamite and the retro-feel is really cool!

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Green’s Pharmacy (Palm Beach)
Posted on December 27th, 2006 · American Breakfast Palm Beach
***** Green’s Pharmacy
151 North County Road
Palm Beach, Florida 33480
(561) 832-0304
Let me start by saying, THAT YOU HAVE TO TRY GREEN’S PHARMACY.

Green’s Pharmacy has been in business since 1938. If you check the history books, you will find that during the 1920s-1960s America’s landscape was dotted with drugstore-diner combinations (bet you didn’t know that I could sound so poetic). Rather than beating around the bush, Green’s is a “throw-back” in time with the same decor/combination it had when it opened 68 years ago.

Green’s is open 7 days a week for breakfast & lunch, Monday-Friday 7am-4pm, Saturday 7am-3pm & Sunday 7am-2pm.

Just so you know, Green’s is not just a “great photo shoot.” Terrific breakfasts, burgers, sandwiches, salads and ice-cream are the “real attraction” here. Personally, I enjoy “dining” at its 30 seat counter, but its 20 or so tables will allow “you” to spread-out a bit, if that’s your preference.

Green’s is a great place. Just imagine, that after you have eaten a delicious well-done cheeseburger, ketchup-soaked french fries and a chocolate milkshake, you can also buy your choice of Tums, Rolaids, Pepcid Complete, Alka Seltzer or Mylanta to “complete” a perfect meal.

Don’t miss this joint. It is worth a special trip.

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 12/13/15)

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

OLD-FASHIONED BAKED CALZONE
$7.69

Basilico’s Original Hand-Tossed Pizza
9140 Forest Hill Boulevard
Wellington
(561) 333-4949
basilicospizza.com
Latest Review: 9/29/14

Basilico’s is a combination takeout/eat-in “red sauce” Italian joint. You order/pickup at the counter- there are a whole bunch of inside and outside tables. Basilico’s got the full boat- of pizzas, pastas, calzones, salads, stombolis, hot/cold subs, entrees. Trust Jeff Eats on this one, for cheap money you’re gonna eat real good! I singled out the joint’s calzone for special mention, but I’m telling you everything is real good!

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Basilico’s Original Hand-Tossed Pizza (Wellington)
Posted on September 29th, 2014 · Fast Food Italian Pizza Subs/Salads Wellington

***** Basilico’s Original Hand-Tossed Pizza, 9140 Forest Hill Boulevard, Wellington, Florida 33411, (561) 333-4949.

Last night, Jeff Eats took-out from red sauce Italian joint… Basilico’s Original Hand-Tossed Pizza in Wellington. and I gotta tell you, this restaurant makes some really delicious stuff.

Real simple concept, order at the counter/takeout…or the food is delivered to something like 6 inside booths/handful of outside tables. By the way, the restaurant is located in a very quaint cool looking “New England” style strip-center…which also has a Chinese joint, a Dunkin’ Donuts, an ice cream store, a custom cake- making store, a liquor store–you won’t think- you’re in Florida! Real interesting, in addition to ice cream and yogurt-the ice cream store sells fresh orange juice quarts/gallons-candy by the pound, and has a whole area for fresh flowers…the Chinese joint which is basically a takeout has 4 large 6- seat booths-for those who want to eat-in. Like I said 1 second ago, the strip center has a real different feel to it!

Anyway…

Jeff Eats “got to” Basilico’s around 6:30pm last night and there was something like 8 guys behind the counter making pizzas etc. and 2 young ladies at the register. In the 25 minutes or so that I waited for my order, every booth inside was taken and I watched numerous pickups and phone orders being taken…I didn’t notice anyone eating outside.

Basilico’s menu is loaded with appetizers, salads, pizzas, pastas, strombolis, calzones, hot/cold subs, entrees. You can check its menu/prices at basilicospizza.com.

Ordered items included large 16″ pizza ($9.99), Chicken parmesan sub ($7.99), sausage & peppers stromboli ($6.79), eggplant parmesan entrée (pasta side/garlic breadsticks- $10.59) and like I said 3 seconds ago, the stuff was really delicious.

Look!

Jeff Eats has been to his fair share of red sauce Italian joints down here in south Florida and- this Basilico’s joint is a huge winner. The food was really-solid, the prices CHEAP (I believe I’m suppose to say inexpensive or very reasonable)-trust me, Basilico’s gives you a ton of food for cheap-money-and the food isn’t crap quality!

Let me wrap this up for you, if Basilico’s was by my house (which unfortunately it isn’t) Jeff Eats would definitely be a very steady customer.

Basilico’s Original Hand-Tossed Pizza is open 7 days a week

* Dough.

Jeff Eats is hearing some real nice things about “Dough”- checkout the film’s trailer at menemshafilms.com/dough.

“Dough” – Coming to Theaters
Jonathan Pryce (Pirates of the Caribbean, Game of Thrones) stars in this hilarious new comedy that shows you don’t have to be baked to make some Dough!

Curmudgeonly widower Nat Dayan (Jonathan Pryce) clings to his way of life as a Kosher bakery shop owner in London’s East End. Understaffed, Nat reluctantly enlists the help of teenager Ayyash (Jerome Holder), who has a secret side gig selling marijuana to help his immigrant mother make ends meet. When Ayyash accidentally drops his stash into the mixing dough, the challah starts flying off the shelves and an unlikely friendship forms between the old Jewish baker and his young Muslim apprentice. Dough is a warmhearted and humorous story about overcoming prejudice and finding redemption in unexpected places!

DOUGH Starts February 12th in Florida!
Boca Raton – Living Room Theaters FAU
Boca Raton – Regal Shadowood 16
Delray Beach – Movies of Delray
Lake Worth – Movies of Lake Worth
Tamarac – The Last Picture Show
Fort Lauderdale – The Gateway Theatre
Aventura – AMC Aventura 24
Miami Beach – Regal South Beach 18
Miami – O Cinema Miami Shores

***** Zinger’s Delicatessen, 7132 Beracasa Way, Boca Raton, Florida 33433, (561) 826-7323.

No more than 34 minutes ago- at the intersection of Yamato Road and Lyons Road in Boca Raton-Jeff Eats saw a gigantic tractor trailer unloading a load of cars-with New York and New Jersey license plates. To save the owners of those cars- the time and effort of writing Jeff Eats, I am reprinting “Pastrami, Corned Beef, Brisket- My Man!”- which appeared on November 17, 2014.

Now, just between you guys and Jeff Eats, we all know that “food reviewing” is nothing but one huge game! What I like you may hate and vice versa! So with that in mind, I’m gonna tell you, that Jeff Eats considers Zinger’s Delicatessen in Boca Raton to be the best full service NY Kosher Style Deli in-South Florida! For sure, I haven’t been to “every” deli or bagel joint down here- but trust me, I’ve fressed in my fair share-and “I” haven’t found “one” that’s better or as consistent as Zinger’s is! Just so we are straight with each other, Jeff Eats has eaten in a number of other really good South Florida- NY Kosher Style Delis/kosher delis/and bagel joints but if I had to pick just one-to provide food for Jeff Eats’-“Death Row Deli Last Meal” it would be Zinger’s. Now, if for some reason Zinger’s doesn’t work for you (i.e. too far away, too cheap, too expensive, Jeff Eats knows-dick about pastrami/corned beef/brisket), etc.), I got a ton of “stories” on other joints- so nobody here is gonna starve!

Posted November 17, 2014
***** Pastrami, Corned Beef, Brisket- My Man!

A recent e-mail,

Jeff,
Maybe you can help me out here.
I’m new to the area (Delray Beach).
I’m looking for a place to get great corned beef, pastrami, brisket sandwiches like they serve at Katz’s in NYC. Not interest in the Natioanl Deli garbage that Too Jays and bagel joints serve up.
Would really appreciate some recommendations.
Thanks,
MY MAN
*****
MY MAN:

First, welcome to South Florida.

If you check JEFF EATS-up at the top there is a SEARCH BOX…type in PASTRAMI, or CORNED BEEF, or BRISKET- (you may also want to throw in DELI-for good measure) and it will pull-up for you all of the “columns” that relate to pastrami, corned beef, brisket. If memory and my waistline serve me correctly, you’ll find a load of joints that make some pretty decent stuff.

Just so you know, Jeff Eats’ style isn’t to be in the pecking order business. What I might like, you might not like, so forth and so on! With that in mind, IF I had to pick ONE JOINT-near you- to feed my face with Pastrami, Corned Beef and Brisket it would be ZINGER’S DELICATESSEN in Boca Raton…now, if Zinger’s doesn’t work for you- don’t worry, there are a load of other joints that will fix-you up just fine!

By the way, based on your e-mail, I’m thinking that you’ll soon be “writing” Jeff Eats about good-Chinese joints. So, save the ink…use the same SEARCH BOX for my “picks”-you know, sweet & sour pork, egg rolls, pan fried dumplings, so on and so forth…

Hope this helps you out.