***** China City, 9552 Griffin Road, Cooper City, Florida 33328, (954) 434-0470.

Got a real good, reasonably priced, “mom & pop” Chinese joint for you guys, China City in Cooper City.

If you are looking for delicious- Brooklyn Jewish American Chinese Food circa 1957- China City’s wonton soup, egg rolls, pan fried dumplings, bbq ribs, roast pork fried rice, General Tso’s chicken and pepper steak will have you thinking that Marty McFly took you for a ride and that you gotta start studying for the Algebra Regents.

Nothing fancy going on here…but trust Jeff Eats when I tell you- GOOD STUFF! If you need more convincing, if China City was by my house, I’d be a real strong steady customer.

The joint is open Tuesday-Friday 11am-10pm, Saturday noon-10pm, Sunday 3pm-9pm, closed on Monday.

* An Intimate Evening With Firefall.

First told you guys about this “show” way back on 7/10/15.

Jeff Eats just checked the box-office and there are a handful of seats left!

I’m thinking, this is gonna be a pretty cool event…new concert “venue”- gonna pull out all of the stops-production wise, national headliner and (I just heard) The Livesays- one of South Florida’s best Rock N Roll cover/originals bands is opening…

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are going…

If you wanna go, you can catch tickets at theplazaballroom.com.

Printed down below, Jeff Eats’ 7/31/2014 story on The Livesays and 7/10/15 story on Firefall.

The Livesays
Posted on July 31st, 2014 · Music/Events/Other

* The Livesays.

Sometimes “words” alone can’t describe how good or for that matter how bad something is!

With that in mind, go check-out the band The Livesays at thelivesaysmusic.com for yourself.

This South Florida based-Rock n Roll covers/originals band is outrageously good. I’m talking “hit record recording” good.

If you want to see what a professional-top notch-band is suppose to sound, look and act like-then make it your business to catch The Livesays who play at bars/clubs/events/casinos all over South Florida.

Trust me on this, my words don’t even come close in describing how good The Livesays are.
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Posted on July 10th, 2015 · Music/Events/Other North Palm Beach
* An Intimate Evening With Firefall.

Although, not exactly a “household” name, country rock band- Firefall in the late 70’s-early 80’s sold millions of records…garnering 2 gold and 1 platinum album.

The Plaza Ballroom & Event Centre seats maybe 400, so every seat works! Tickets are $25, $35, $45 at theplazaballroom.com.

Jeff Eats has seen the band’s current lineup- and it’s real solid…original founding members- Jock Bartley, David Muse and Mark Andes make it happen!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are gonna catch this one!

Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, ”You Are The Woman” and “Just Remember I Love You” alone-are worth the price of admission!

* Van Halen.

Trust Jeff Eats, it happens to everyone!-(see David Lee Roth photos).

Still one of the greatest Rock N Roll bands of all-time…not to mention Drama Queens of all time!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are really looking forward to seeing- Roth, Van Halen, Van Halen & Van Halen in action.

By the way, there is a groupon.com “deal” floating around out there- so if you wanna go…

Sep 15, 2015, Tuesday @ 7:30pm
Coral Sky Amphitheatre at the S. Fla Fairgrounds
West Palm Beach, Florida
Tickets: livenation.com

***** Go Cheap-Burger King.

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, every so often you gotta “go-cheap”…

Last night, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “went-cheap” and we were like two pigs in sh@t (actually it’s shit, but just maybe some little kid is reading this)!

Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, you don’t have to be a college kid or drunk at 3am to “go-cheap”…by the way, there are a ton of “go-cheap” fast food joints- Burger King just happened to be the “latest” on Jeff Eats’ list.

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “went-cheap” at, Restaurant #: 7697, 21669 State Road 7, Boca Raton, Florida 33428-1845, (561) 487-7709…

You can check bk.com for the “go-cheap” closest to you!

* Smokey Robinson.

First told you guys about this show way back on 5/27/15…

Just checked with the box-office, amazingly there are some really and I do mean really great seats left…like try Section 107, Row E- Seats 5-14 which are almost dead center…

Trust Jeff Eats, I don’t care how young or how old you are…you owe it to yourself to see Smokey Robinson at least once during your lifetime…

Smokey Robinson is one of the greatest singer/songwriters of all time!

Smokey Robinson
Hard Rock Live
5747 Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL 33314
Sat, Jul 25, 2015 8:00 PM
Tickets: ticketmaster.com

* Best Topped Pizza Contest.

Self explanatory press-release down below…

Jeff Eats is kinda wondering who the judges are gonna be…not for nothing, but without the names, I’m thinking-contestants don’t know who to try and reach!

The Best Topped Pizza Contest sounds like it-could be real fun-plus Tri-County Animal Rescue will pickup some much needed cash!

For Immediate Release

LOOKING FOR THE MOST CREATIVE, ORIGINAL “WOW” PIZZA TOPPING FOR FIRST EVER “BEST TOPPED PIZZA” CONTEST!

Mastino Italian Soul Food in Delray is in search of the most uniquely topped pizza from home cooks. First prize awarded $500 gift card and a spot on their menu

BENEFITING TRI-COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE

SATURDAY, JULY 25th at 2PM

Delray Beach, FL – MASTINO Italian Soul Food (www.mastinowoodfire.com) located in Pineapple Grove in downtown Delray Beach, combines old world culinary craftsmanship and new trends in sociable dining. Located adjacent to SoLita Delray as a separate dining concept – centered on its Italian brick oven imported directly from the birthplace of pizza, Naples, Italy – diners enjoy most delicious, authentic pizza experience.

MASTINO is looking for creative, original “out-of-the-box” home cooked pizza toppings that compliments the restaurant’s impressive pizza menu. “We are not looking for a pepperoni or Margarita pizza toppings – we want the contestants to really wow us!” says Mastino.

The contest will take place at the restaurant on Saturday, July 25th at 2 PM. Contestants must pre-register and bring the finished, cooked pizza to the contest. Mastino will warm up each contestant’s entry in their wood fired pizza oven before the panel of judges do their tasting to ensure it is piping hot! The limit is 25 contestants with one homemade pizza per contestant.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, LIMITED TO FIRST 25 CONTESTANTS

Contestants must call (561) 210- 4411, Kim at Simply the Best PR, to register

Grand prize winner will receive a $500 Gift Card and his/her winning pizza on the menu.

A portion of sales from the day will benefit the Tri-County Animal Rescue, a no-kill, nonprofit animal shelter working to prevent the killing of over 170,000 unwanted pets in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties each year. They have saved over 50,000 domestic animals from being euthanized, placing them in homes the adoption center.

MASTINO Italian Soul Food
25 NE 2nd Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444
www.mastinowoodfire.com

To register for the Contest or for further information contact:

Kim Morgan Vagnuolo | President
301 Yamato Rd. Suite 1240, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
CELL: 954-261-2149| OFFICE: 561-210-4411

* ZOSO The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience.

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, ZOSO is a top-notch Led Zeppelin tribute act.

Gonna be a huge crowd out there, so don’t be surprised- if parking is a bit of a hassle…

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are gonna be there…the plan (but don’tcha tell anyone)- early dinner at Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza and then show-time! Jeff Eats’ 5/15/09 Tucci’s “review” is down below.

SUMMER SERIES: Tribute Bands with ZOSO (Led Zeppelin Tribute)
Free music presented by The City of Boca Raton
Friday, July 17th, 2015 7:30PM
Come enjoy this free performance by ZOSO as part of the City’s Summer Series 2015. Blankets and chairs are welcome, chairs will also be available to rent. Please leave all pets, outside food and beverages, and umbrellas at home. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Free overflow parking is always available.
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Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza (Boca Raton)
Posted on May 15th, 2009 · Boca Raton Italian Pizza

***** Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza, 50 Northeast 1st Avenue, Boca Raton, Florida 33432 (561) 620-2930.

Regular, Jeff Eats’ readers know that…I love a good pizza. I don’t care if it’s brick-oven, wood oven, coal oven, this oven or that oven…just as long as it tastes good. You also do know that I speak fluent Italian…”Give me two slices and a large Coke.”…don’t you? Over the past 3-years or so, South Florida has been “hit” with a ton of new pizza joints which play the “coal oven-chicken wings” card…guys like Anthony’s, Coal Mine, Carolina’s, Mona Lisa, just to name a few…and by in large, they are all pretty decent… of course, some are better than others…that’s why Jeff Eats is here.

Anyway…last night, I gave Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza in Boca Raton a shot. The joint which has been open for something like 3 months… has indoor seating for about 50 and maybe 10 outside. The menu has 4 appetizers, chicken wings, escarole & beans, eggplant rollatini and sauteed broccoli rabe & sausage…2 salads, Italian and caesar…loads of coal/wood cooked pizzas…2 desserts, cheesecake and cannoli…beer and soda by the bottle.

Let’s make this review easy. I had an Italian salad, margherita/ricotta pizza, chicken wings. The food was delicious. The salad was cold, fresh, crisp… The chicken wings were seasoned with garlic and carmalize onion, The pizza was thin crusted, crisp, perfectly well-done, right on the money sweet sauce…As for service, pleasant as can be…Price-wise, small wings (10) $9.95, salad which could have feed 3 ($10.95), pizzas–depending on what you order (that’s obvious) start at- small ($13.95)-large ($17.95).

Tucci’s Fire N Coal Pizza is a really good coal-oven pizza/chicken joint. I enjoyed its food and casual “hole in the wall” atmosphere. By the way, you can check Tucci’s menu/prices at www.tuccispizza.com.

Tucci’s is open for lunch & dinner Tuesday-Sunday…the joint is closed on Monday.

* Cheap Trick.

Despite loving- “I Want You To Want Me”- Jeff Eats doesn’t even come close to being a fan!

Just in case you are…

By the way, Cheap Trick also has a 10/23/2015- Florida date at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater.

One other thing, every time I think of Cheap Trick-I think of Huntz Hall!

***** Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox & Market.

Recent e-mail that Jeff Eats received.

Jeff Eats,

My husband and I are really getting tired of all the fast food burger joints that have popped up in the area. We enjoy them, but are more into burger joints where you can sit down, order and be served.
What’s your best call on that? We live in Margate.
Thanks,
Mary Arthur
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Mary Arthur:

Give Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox & Market in Deerfield Beach a try.

Jeff Eats is a big fan of this-one.

Jeff Eats’ 4/25/14 Tucker Duke’s “write-up” is down-below…

Thanks for reading…
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Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox & Market (Deerfield Beach)
Posted on April 25th, 2014 · American Breakfast Deerfield Beach

***** Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox & Market, 1101 South Powerline Road, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33442, (954) 708-2035.

Way back on February 14, 2014–Jeff Eats mentioned Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox & Market-an “upscale” wait-service hamburger joint in Deerfield Beach. You can check that 2/14/2014 “story” if you like–but the jist was-that the joint had just opened for business, that I had not yet eaten there and that Jeff Eats had heard terrific things about Tucker Duke’s from -friends at Burger Beast www.burgerbeast.com.

Now, since that “story” appeared, the Sun Sentinel reviewed the joint–giving it a real-solid 3 stars…in addition, Jeff Eats must have spoken to at least 15 people who had eaten there and had really enjoyed the food and service.

Now, I could say…”You’ve read and heard from the rest, now listen to the best (that’s of course Jeff Eats) but I won’t…just too tacky!

Anyway,

Last night Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats had dinner at Tucker Duke’s and I gotta tell you we absolutely loved the food, service, décor and vibe.

Tucker Duke’s is “literally” located no-where…it’s in a small strip center and is in between a Dunkin’ Donuts and a Subway. The whole store is 1,600 square feet and it has 12 seats outside. Inside, it has 1- table that seats 4, a small bar (wine and beer) that seats 16 and a- common seating-hi top setup that handles 16…that’s the whole shooting match. By the way on that common seating hi top—think of “strangers” sitting with “strangers” and you’ll be on the right page.

Now let’s talk about menu/and what we ate…Tucker’s menu has 9 appetizers, 14 burgers, 11 sandwiches, 3 salads, 2 desserts…

We tried peanut butter & jelly bon-bons and cheese fritters. We tried The Tucker Duke Burger topped with fried onion rings/American cheese/tucker sauce/lettuce/tomato/onion roll. We tried the Fido Burger topped with American cheese/cheddar cheese/crispy onions/ketchup/tucker sauce/pickles/onion roll. We tried tater tots and sweet potato fries. All Jeff Eats can tell you is that everything was right on the money-and the burgers were exceptionally good.

Last night was a Thursday night…Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats got there around 7pm. When we arrived, every seat was taken and it took us 20 minutes to catch a table outside. During the 75 minutes or so that we were there, the crowd was eclectic–I saw college kids, I saw middle aged folks, I saw older folks, I saw young families, I also saw at least 10 takeout pickups.

Let me wrap this up for you,

It’s rare, but every so often a new-joint “catches fire”…time will tell, but Jeff Eats’ gut tells me that Tucker Duke’s is going to be a huge winner.

Check www.tuckerdukeslunchbox.com for menu/prices.

Just so you know, Tucker Duke’s has another location in Valparaiso, Florida…

Finally, at the start of this story I mentioned Tucker Duke’s vibe…now you and I know that “vibe” is a subjective thing…This is taken directly from the Tucker’s menu-“WARNING: Lighten up-Tucker Duke’s is not politically correct. If you are easily offended or your egocentric personality compels you to operate with a thin skin, there’s a good chance you’ll be offended here. Consider yourself warned, AND REMEMBER ITS ALL IN GOOD FUN! We believe that tact is for people who aren’t witty enough for sarcasm.” The menu also has a no Whining section…

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, the food is dynamite, the service is solid, the prices are reasonable, the music is loud, the “crowd” is shall we say-“fun”—and you’ll really enjoy yourself (that is, unless you are a real whining egocentric person).

Tucker Duke’s Lunchbox & Market is open Monday-Saturday 10:30am-10pm, Sunday 9pm-9pm.

* Older Men Scam.

Just got the following e-mail from Jeff Eats’ reader, Norman G.

No ifs, ands or buts- the e-mail’s “warnings” warranted- my passing them along to you guys…
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Subject: Older Men Scam

Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall and in dark parking lots, etc. This is the first warning I have seen for men. I wanted to pass it on in case you haven’t heard about it…

A ‘heads up’ for those men who may be regular customers at Lowe’s, Home Depot, Costco, or even Wal-Mart.

This one caught me totally by surprise. Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping.

Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don’t be naive enough to think it couldn’t happen to you or your friends.

Here’s how the scam works; Two nice looking, college-age girls will come over to your car or truck as you are packing your purchases into your vehicle. They both start wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, with their unmentionables almost falling out of their skimpy T-shirts. (It’s impossible not to look). When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say ‘No’ but instead ask for a ride to McDonald’s.

You agree and they climb into the vehicle. On the way, they start undressing.
Then one of them starts crawling all over you, while the other one steals your wallet.

I had my wallet stolen May 4th, 9th, 10th, twice on the 15th, the 17th, 20th, 24th, and the 29th and again on June 1st, 4th, 8th, twice on the 16th & 17th, and very likely again this upcoming weekend.

So tell your friends to be careful. What a horrible way to take advantage of us older men.

Warn your friends to be vigilant.

Wal-Mart has wallets on sale for $2.99 each. I found even cheaper ones for $.99 at the Dollar Store and bought them out in three of their stores.

Also, you never get to eat at McDonald’s. I’ve already lost 11 pounds just running back and forth from Lowe’s, to Home Depot, to Wal-Mart.

So please, send this on to all the older men that you know and warn them to be on the lookout for this scam.

(The best times are just before lunch and around 4:30 in the afternoon).