* Little River Band with Ambrosia and Player.

Just announced!

No bs- Jeff Eats just checked the box-office and EVERY TICKET IS AVAILABLE!

This concert is going to be SRO!

The Skinny:

from popanobeacarts.org

Friday, January 8th
Concert: 7pm | Doors: 6pm
The Amp (Pompano Beach Amphitheater)
Tickets: pompanobeacharts.org

Little River Band

Little River Band was the first Australian band to successfully conquer foreign markets from an Australian base. Within eight months of their birth, LRB had already scored three Australian Top 20 singles and two Top Ten albums. In 1976, after their self-titled debut album was released in the USA, the long grind of 13 US tours in eight years had begun.

From Portland to Fort Lauderdale and New York to LA, fans of the band are treated to an entertaining mix of classic songs and new material, delivered as always with that trademark blend of impeccable vocals, soaring harmonies, kick-ass playing and the unmistakable feeling of a band really enjoying itself.

2015 marks the band’s 40th Anniversary, keeping alive the enduring appeal of recognizable and powerful classics, as well fresh new rock/country crossover hits.

Ambrosia

Exploring the possibilities of progressive classical and world influences, yet rooted with the soul of the blues and R&B, Joseph Puerta, Christopher North, David Pack, and Burleigh Drummond created a new sound that was defined and recognized as Ambrosia. In its brief recording history, Ambrosia garnered 5 Grammy Nominations, 5 Top 20 singles, heavy FM airplay, and the admiration and respect of the musical community. All this is in addition to several sold out concerts around the world.

Today the band is more alive than ever. The band recently rocked the The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon show with accolades from Jimmy himself and has shown its musical versatility with the ability to play a prog set of music with Yes and Genesis or glide into their pop hits “How Much I Feel and Biggest Part of Me” with a romantic soul.

Player

In January 1978, Player had an international number one hit with their first single: “Baby Come Back”, which was co-written and sung by Beckett. The self-titled album went platinum and the band toured extensively. Four albums followed rendering four more top forty singles, including “This Time I’m In It For Love”, which reached number ten on Billboard’s chart. Player started performing again in the year 2003, always featuring an all star line-up, which has included at various times members of The Cars, REO SpeedWagon, Foreigner and Little River Band.

Band member Peter Beckett has written hit songs for many artists including: Heart, Olivia Newton-John, Kenny Rodgers, The Temptations, Poco, Janet Jackson, The Commodores, Cliff Richards, Survivor, Grace Slick, and more recently Vanessa Hudgens of “High School Musical” fame.

Between the years 1989-1997, Peter was a featured member of The Little River Band and has written several singles for them. Peter and Ronn were part of Sail Rock 2013 and toured the country with Christopher Cross, Orleans, Firefall and many other great musicians. In 2014, the entire band toured Australia and appeared on national TV shows like General Hospital and Home and Family.

The Amp (Pompano Beach Amphitheater)
1806 NE 6th St – Pompano Beach

Date/Time
Date(s) – 01/08/2016
7:00 pm

* Veterans Day- 2015

Very nice gesture!

Thank You for Serving our Country,
Please let us Serve You Lunch!

Open to any current or former member of the US Military. Come to the Festival Mall Office at Celebration & Acapulco and receive a $10 meal voucher for any of the mall restaurants*.

*Must show proof of eligibility. Limit one per person. Valid only on 11/11/15. Other restrictions may apply.

The Festival Flea Market Mall is located at 2900 W Sample Rd, Pompano Beach, Fl 33073. The Festival is conveniently located at Exit 69 of the Florida Turnpike. If traveling via I-95, take the Sample Road exit and head west just over 2 miles and you will find us on the left side of the road between Powerline Rd. and the Florida Turnpike. For event information, please email promotions@festival.com or call 954-979-4555, ext. 135

Here’s a discount coupon (festival.com) for you VETS- that will save you money when you buy stuff that you probably don’t need!

* Viva Classic Rock & Roll Band.

Jeff Eats is well aware that I’ve told you guys about Viva Classic Rock & Roll Band a number of times.

Trust me, no shill here for Viva Rock & Roll Band nor for that matter the Pavilion Grille…all I know is that in my day- I’ve seen a huge number of 50s-70s Rock N Roll cover bands and Viva is about as good as it gets!

Trust me- only goal here is for you guys- to see what a TOP NOTCH BAND is all about!

* TRINI LOPEZ “Entertainer of the Year” & Stanley Seidenberg “Footlighter of the Year.”

Literally, just this very minute, Jeff Eats “heard” about this event:

TRINI LOPEZ “Entertainer of the Year” & Stanley Seidenberg “Footlighter of the Year”
Sunday, February 14, 2016 @ 6:00 PM — 10:00 PM
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, One Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL. 33314

Legendary Singer / Songwriter Trini Lopez will be receiving the Connie Francis Lifetime Achievement Award. Stanley Seidenberg will be honored as The Footlighter of the Year. Platimun Circle: $250.00, Golden Circle: $200.00, Non-Members: $150.00, Members: $100.00 Produced by: Errol Dante Musical Director: Mark “Mongo” Friedman Talent Coordinator: Stanley Seidenberg
*A Fundraiser for the Footlighters Foundation for Indigent Entertainers & Musicians.

Just a heads-up…put this one on you calendar!

When the Footlighters “throw” an event- they “throw” an event. You can count on all types of great food/drink, entertainment and celebrities galore.


Info:
thefootlighters.com
(954) 729-3004

***** Ellie’s 50’s Style Diner.

Recent e-mail from reader Linda James.

Jeff,

We are recent transplants from Princeton, New Jersey. My husband and I both recently retired and moved to be near our grown kids in Delray Beach. We both love diners and from reading Jeff Eats you seem to see things as we do. What do you suggest in Delray Beach/Boynton Beach area? We wouldn’t mind retro 50s-60s style.
Thank you very much,
Linda James
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Linda James:

Jeff Eats got the perfect breakfast/lunch/dinner-diner for you guys…Ellie’s 50’s Style Diner in Boynton Beach.

Good solid food- served up in a retro 50’s-60’s decked-out joint!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “do” Ellie’s something like every 6-7 weeks!

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Ellie’s 50’s Style Diner (Delray Beach)
Posted on July 15th, 2008 · American Breakfast Delray Beach

***** Ellie’s 50’s Style Diner, 2410 North Federal Highway, Delray Beach, Florida 33483 (561) 276-1570.

Ellie’s name says it all…a 1950’s diner. It’s not a real 1950’s relic, but when you are inside you’ll really enjoy the fountain-counter, booth seating, formica tables, juke box and black and white checkerboard floor…not to mention a full diner menu that is loaded with appetizers, soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches, meat-fish-chicken entrees…there also plenty of ice cream, pies and cakes.

Ellie’s food is DINER FOOD…This is not a gourmet restaurant. Over the years, I have eaten at Ellie’s something like 10 times. Great place for a greasy burger (meant as a compliment) and french fries…tuna fish on rye toast…meatloaf…hopefully you get the picture.

Take a look at Ellie’s website at www.elliescatering.com for menu/pricing/and a virtual tour of the joint.

By the way, attached to the “diner” is a full catering facility…I have been to two catered affairs, one was a 1950’s themed 50th birthday party for 100 and the other was a wedding for something like 150 and both parties were sensational.

Ellie’s does breakfast, lunch and dinner…Sunday-Thursday 8am-9pm and Friday-Saturday 8am-10pm.

If you wear saddle shoes you will look real stupid…but tee shirt/shorts will be just fine

* Carnival Fun!

Jeff Eats is thinking- it’s worth at least a “look see.”

This article first appeared on September 18, 2015…Just wanted to mention that the event – is this coming Saturday-Afternoon, November 14, 2015 and that you can still catch tickets at gridirongrilloff.com. Trust Jeff Eats on this one, John Offerdahl and his team REALLY and I do mean REALLY know how to throw a phenomenal outdoor cookout PARTY. Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats will be there…looking forward to seeing you guys out there!

Posted September 18, 2015
* The 6th Annual John Offerdahl’s Broward Health Gridiron Grill-Off Food & Wine Festival.

Jeff Eats has been telling you guys about this upcoming event for months.., Not to be a nag- but I am telling you guys again-that you gotta go to this thing! Worthwhile charity- dynamite food/drink and celebrities galore! Catch good weather- and Jeff Eats guarantees- that you’ll thank me in the morning!

Real simple tale to tell you…

On average, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats- are “invited” to 7 food/entertainment/charity events a month (hey! after-all- I am Jeff Eats!) and no bs-here, John Offerdahl’s Broward Health® Gridiron Grill-Off Food & Wine Festival- for years has been- one of just a handful that I actually pen-in my diary as an absolute must attend!

Trust Jeff Eats when I tell you that- John Offerdahl’s Broward Health® Gridiron Grill-Off Food & Wine Festival-2015 is going to be a dynamite charity event…great food, great drink, great entertainment, celebrities galore, fabulous venue and the event has STYLE!

Buy tickets and go…I guarantee that you won’t be disappointed! You will have an absolute blast!

The Ultimate Celebrity Culinary Competition for Charity
November 14, 2015
Pompano Beach Amphitheater, Pompano Beach
Event Schedule:
VIP Admission 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Grand Grill-Off 1:00pm – 4:00pm
Cornhole Championship 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Tickets/Information: gridirongrilloff.com

Join us for the sixth annual “John Offerdahl’s Broward Health® Gridiron Grill-Off Food & Wine Festival,” an event that features a Grill-Off competition with Miami Dolphins legends and Celebrity Chefs from South Florida’s finest restaurants. Fans spend the afternoon eating, sampling fine Gallo Wines, voting on their favorite grill recipes and competing with their favorite Dolphins players in the annual Cornhole Tournament. It’s a celebration where celebrity, competition & charity collide
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TV PERSONALITY ADAM RICHMAN NAMED AS THE FEATURED CELEBRITY GUEST FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL ‘JOHN OFFERDAHL’S BROWARD HEALTH®
GRIDIRON GRILL-OFF FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL’

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (August 21, 2015) – Adam Richman, author, actor and television personality, will be the featured national celebrity guest at the sixth annual “John Offerdahl’s Broward Health® Gridiron Grill-Off Food & Wine Festival,” set for Saturday, Nov. 14 at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater, 1806 NE 6 Street.

Adam Richman grew up in New York and began his love affair with food early on, sampling all of the diverse culinary specialties the Big Apple has to offer. After years of travel and invaluable on-the-job experience in the various restaurants, Adam began hosting “Man v Food” for Travel Channel, which quickly became their highest rated show. Richman has returned to television to host Travel Channel’s “Man Finds Food” and NBC’s food competition show “Food Fighters.” Adam’s first book, “America the Edible” (Rodale Publishing), hit stands in 2010 and his second book, “Straight-Up Tasty” (Clarkson Potter), came out in June 2015.

Gridiron Grill-Off VIP ticket-holders will receive signed copies of “Straight-Up Tasty” and the opportunity to meet Adam. In addition, Adam will be cooking a recipe from his new book with John Offerdahl at 4 p.m. in the Toyota Cornhole Stadium and Festival Stage.

“We are thrilled to have Adam participate in our culinary event which ‘Feeds the Needs of Kids in Crisis’,” said John Offerdahl, event founder and former Miami Dolphins All-Pro Linebacker. “Combining his fame and love of food with our impressive roster of celebrity athletes and acclaimed chefs is a winning recipe to take this charitable event to the next level.”

This culinary showdown will feature an impressive line-up of Miami Dolphins legends with critically acclaimed South Florida chefs preparing signature grilled entrees for as many as 3,000 attendees. 100% of event net proceeds will benefit Offerdahl’s Hand-Off Foundation and its mission to “Feed the Needs of Kids in Crisis.”

VIP and regularly-priced admission tickets for this competition in which food and football collide are now on sale at www.gridirongrilloff.com.

About the Gridiron Grill-Off

Created by five-time All-Pro Miami Dolphins Linebacker John Offerdahl, “John Offerdahl’s Broward Health® Gridiron Grill-Off Food & Wine Festival,” is celebrating its sixth anniversary. This exciting culinary competition for charity will once again pair Miami Dolphins legends with South Florida’s top chefs to prepare signature grilled dishes on Saturday, November 14 from 1 – 4 p.m. at Pompano Beach Amphitheater. This year’s event will feature the Samuel Adams Craft Beer Garden, an expanded Guy Harvey’s Sustainable Seafood Village and a special appearance by Adam Richman, host of Travel Channel’s “Man Finds Food” and NBC’s food competition show “Food Fighters.”

Event sponsors include Allegiance Crane & Equipment, Allied Kitchen & Bath, AmeriGas, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Badia Spices, Batts Morrison Wales & Lee, BB&T Bank, Big Mouth Girlz, The Boston Beer Company, Brown-Forman (Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey), Broward Health, CBS4, Cheney Brothers, The City of Pompano Beach, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Denison Yacht Sales, Direct Connect Auto Transport, DSK Group, E. & J. Gallo Winery, Edible South Florida, Fine Awards, Fort Lauderdale Marriott Pompano Beach Resort & Spa, Geico, Green Dot Advertising, Guy Harvey, Gold Coast Magazine, Hoffman’s Chocolates, iHeartMedia, Impact Imagery Group, Ken’s Foods, Lenovo, Miami Dolphins Foundation, National Christian Foundation, Northwestern Mutual, Nu Turf of Pompano Beach, Ocean Spray, Orange Bowl, OUTFRONT Media, Inc., Premier Beverage, Publix, Reach FM, Savor Our City, Shellback Rum, Smithfield Foods, South Florida Food & Wine, Southern Specialties, Sunshine Cleaning Systems, Sweet Street Desserts, Templeton & Company, Think Magazine, Three Olives® Vodka, TravelHost, Two B Printing, USA Parking Systems, Inc., Walgreens, Your Local Toyota & Scion Dealers and Xylem.

About Broward Health®

Broward Health®, providing service for more than 70 years, is a nationally recognized system offering world class health care services to our neighbors in South Florida. Broward Health encompasses more than 30 healthcare facilities including Broward Health Medical Center, Broward Health North, Broward Health Imperial Point, Broward Health Coral Springs, Chris Evert Children’s Hospital, Broward Health Weston, Broward Health Community Health Services and Broward Health Physician Group.

***** Tien Tien Chinese Takeout, 9975 Miramar Parkway, Miramar, Florida 33025, (954) 436-6913.

Tien Tien Chinese Takeout is a TAKEOUT ONLY joint…

Long story short, a recent business-eat in-lunch meeting had Tien Tien delivering…

Wonton Soup
BBQ Ribs
Egg Rolls
Sweet & Sour Pork
Pepper Steak
Shrimp With Lobster Sauce
General Tsoa Chicken
Cashew Chicken
Roast Pork Fried Rice

and I gotta tell you, putting aside- that my buddy Phil paid for the food, Tien Tien’s food was pretty solid stuff. Now for sure, Jeff Eats has had better, but trust me, I’ve also had a whole lot worse! For those of you guys who are “detail oriented”- Wonton Soup (fair), BBQ Ribs (good), Egg Rolls (fair), Pepper Steak (good), Shrimp With Lobster Sauce (fair), General Tsoa Chicken (very good), Cashew Chicken (very good), Roast Pork Fried Rice (good). By the way, Phil had it good, good, fair, good, good, good, good, good- and our friend Lou had it good, good, good, good, good, good, fair, fair!

Anyway,

Tien Tien Chinese Takeout is open Monday-Thursday 11:30am-9:30pm, Friday-Saturday 11:30-10pm, Sunday 3pm-9pm.

Finally, the coupons on the menu down-below are good until 12/31/15.

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 11/8/15).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

DETROIT STYLE 8 SQUARE PiZZA
$12.99

Pizza Squared
11124 North 30th Street
Tampa
(813) 632-0000
pizzasquaredpizzatampa.com
Latest Review: 6/16/14

This joint makes amazing- delicious Detroit Style Pizza!

Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, my “knowledge” about Detroit is kinda limited- you know- cars, Al Kaline…what I do know- if Pizza Squared was by my Boca Raton house, I’d weigh something like 347 lbs and be wearing a 52 long suit!

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Posted June 6, 2014
***** Pizza Squared, 11124 North 30th Street, Tampa, Florida 33612, (813) 632-0000.

I know-I know–Tampa! Next time your in Bush Garden’s neighborhood- remember that Jeff Eats told you about Pizza Squared.

Just so you know, there is also a second location at 3424 South Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa, Florida 33629, (813) 832-9606.

Pizza Squared is basically a “takeout”…it does have 3- tables that seat 4 each–like I just said, takeout!

Pizza Squared makes Detroit Style Pizza–rather than Jeff Eats knocking -himself trying to describe Detroit Style Pizza-just check the photos that came with this “review.” The joint also makes round pizza, wings and a handful of salads/gyros/sandwiches. The game here–Detroit Style Pizza!!!!!

You can check www.pizzasquaredtampa.com for menu/prices.

Let me wrap this up…

Pizza Squared makes some of the most delicious PIZZA that Jeff Eats has ever eaten.

Absolutely- positively loved Pizza Squared.

If you “come” anywhere near this joint—get the pizza!

Pizza Squared is open Monday-Thursday 11am-11pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-midnight, Sunday 2pm-10pm.

* Southern Jam 2016.

Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, this one really isn’t for me! That said, Southern Jam 2016 is gonna be a huge-great concert, but like I just said- the music really-isn’t my bag!

I am thinking that a ton of you guys will really love this concert- so here you go…

Saturday, January 30|3:30 pm
Music Jam Productions Presents: Southern Jam 2016. Featuring the exclusive Florida performance of Kris Kristofferson, plus Lucinda Williams, John Hiatt, and Shawn Colvin. Gates open at 2 pm, Showtime is approximately 3:30 pm. Tickets will remain available online the day of show or at the Sunset Cove Box Office starting at 12 pm. Tickets are $65 for General Admission plus a minimal service fee for online purchases. A Parking Fee of $15 for premier lot parking and $10 for general lot parking will be assessed on site. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at: http://musicjamproductions.com/

Music Jam Productions Presents the First Annual Southern Jam on Saturday January 30, 2016, at the beautiful Sunset Cove Amphitheatre in Boca Raton, Florida, featuring true legends and the best of Americana County Music.

Southern Jam 2016 features the exclusive Florida appearance of the legendary three-time GRAMMY winner Kris Kristofferson. Heralded as an artist’s artist, Kristofferson has recorded 27 albums, including three with pals Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings as part of the Highwaymen.

Southern Jam 2016 also features three-time GRAMMY Winner and 2015 winner of the Americana Award for Album of the Year, Lucinda Williams. Also shining on the Southern Jam 2016 Stage is a winner of both the Nashville Music Award Artists of the Year and the AMA Lifetime Achievement award for songwriting artist, John Hiatt. In addition, three-time GRAMMY Winner Shawn Colvin will kick off Southern Jam 2016 when she hits the stage at approximately 3:30.