* Rhythm Chicks.
Jeff Eats loves this trio…outdoor-track show-covering the great girl groups from the 40’s-today!
The show is free, but Meatball Room isn’t in the charity business…so, don’t be a schnorrer-(Google time for some of you guys).
* Fourth Annual Mardi Gras Casino Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Jeff Eats is thinking…let’s say you down 5- hot dogs without immediately barfing your brains out- even with the $10 entry fee- financially speaking (figuring that a hot dog runs $2.50) you’re ahead of the game! Now for the sake of argument, let’s say you eat something like 52 without calling 911 for help- you’ve kinda hit the hot dog lottery!-and probably won the contest, to boot!
CALENDAR LISTING
WHAT: Fourth Annual Mardi Gras Casino Hot Dog Eating Contest
Participants will compete for the “Top Dog” prize of $1,000 and the winner’s belt for consuming the most hot dogs!
PLUS
Food trucks will be onsite!
WHO: Big 105.9’s on-air talent Luke from the Paul & Young Ron Morning Show will be onsite to MC the Hot Dog Contest
DATES: Saturday, July 11, 2015
TIME: 12pm-4pm
FEE: $10 contest participation fee. To enter, register now at Mardi Gras Casino Players’ Club.
WHERE: The Veranda at Mardi Gras Casino
831 North Federal Highway
Hallandale Beach, FL 33009
877-55-SLOTS
For more information visit www.mardigrascasinofl.com or
WHO: Mardi Gras Casino offers over 70,000 square feet of casino excitement featuring over 1,000 of the hottest Las Vegas-style slot machines, including Progressive slots, virtual roulette and blackjack, as well as The Dog Pound, Mardi Gras’ smoker-friendly slot area; 30 action-packed poker tables; simulcast and greyhound racing; entertainment; and various dining options. For more information, call 954-924-3200 or visit www.mardigrascasinofl.com. Become a fan on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/mardigrascasino or follow us on twitter at http://www/twitter.
831 North Federal Hwy., Hallandale Beach, FL. 33009
954-924-3160
* Funny Or Die Presents: Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival 2015 Starring Aziz Ansari with very special guest star Amy Schumer.
Trust Jeff Eats on this one, two of America’s funniest comedians-plus 7 others, guarantees that this “show” will be dynamite.
If you want to go…
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Funny Or Die Presents:
Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival 2015
Starring Aziz Ansari with very special guest star Amy Schumer
Friday, October 2, 2015
Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Presale starts:
Thursday, July 9 at 10AM
Presale ends:
Thursday, July 9 at 10PM
Use Password: SOUND
Tickets: ticketmaster.com
Public On Sale: Fri, July 10 at 10AM
* The ?
The 5th reader who can tell Jeff Eats- the names of “all” of the guys pictured above…gets a $25 gift card for the The Habit Burger Grill, 18315 South Federal Highway, Delray Beach 33483, (561) 265-0934 which opened a couple of weeks ago!
* Blood Sweat & Tears, Chuck Negron, Mark Farner.
Real simple story…
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Concert: 7:00pm | Doors: 6:00pm
The Amp (Pompano Beach Amphitheater)
Tickets: $38-$78… ticketmaster.com
Blood Sweat & Tears (fronted by Bo Bice, Jr.-American Idol runner-up to Carrie Underwood, Season 4), Chuck Negron (former lead singer of Three Dog Night), Mark Farner (former lead singer of Grand Funk Railroad)…
Great outdoor venue- 3 top-notch acts! Gonna be a terrific show!
Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats got tickets…
Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, not too many people know about “this” show…so if you move fast, you can catch absolutely amazing tickets!
***** Rip’s Sports Bar & Grill, 2200 North Federal Highway, Pompano Beach, Florida 33062, (954) 941-0968.
First things first, Rip’s Sports Bar & Grill is located in Diamond Strike Lanes (yeah! a bowling alley) in Pompano Beach.
Just between you guys and Jeff Eats…if you’re into listening to & partying with some of South Florida’s best bands, Rip’s is a joint that you definitely want to know about! On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights Rip’s has live bands (no cover)- the lineup is eclectic- so be smart and checkout its monthly calendar (diamondstrikelanes.com)…July, 2015’s is printed down below.
Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats (don’t tell the Eats- kids) have spent a good number of nights there and I gotta tell you, we’ve always had a great time! The joint isn’t “big” but it does have a full bar area (real reasonable prices), something like 30 tvs, indoor/outdoor seating…and as you can see from the down below menu, enough- reasonably priced/decent “bar food” so everyone will find what to eat! For-you guys who maybe wondering and I know who you are…the cheeseburger ($8.99-comes with French fries), the grilled parmesan wings (10-$9.99) and the prime ribs sliders (3-$10.99) are real strong!
Try Rip’s…you’ll like it!
Over 30 tv’s for your viewing pleasure
~ Happy Hour
~ Karaoke Wed nights from 7:30 pm – 11pm
~ Live bands Thursday nights from 8pm – 12 midnight
~ Live bands Friday and Saturday nights from 9 pm – close
~ Excellent food prepared by our Chefs
* The Super Stars Band & Mizner Country Club.
Real simple “tale” to tell…
A couple of weeks ago, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats were the guests of the Mizner Country Club (Delray Beach) at a 140 member-party…
The Friday night event included a top-shelf-open bar cocktail hour, a dinner buffet loaded with “tons” of delicious food…stylish- but not ridiculously over the top table/room decorations…tremendous-competent wait-staff.
Mizner’s “Social Director” booked one of Tampa’s hottest and in-demand bands, the 8-piece The Super Stars Band, who blew the crowd away with terrific covers of 40’s-to-today’ hits!
For you “historians” out there, The Super Stars Band is fronted by Ronnie Dee, the eldest son of the legendary Joe Dee of Joey Dee & The Starliters’ fame. To add to the story, the band also includes two of Joey’s daughters, one of Joey’s grandsons and one of Joey’s nephews…nothing like keeping the business in the family! When Joey Dee tours, The Super Stars Band- takes the name The Starliters for the tour!
Look!
Jeff Eats is no shill for the Mizner Country Club nor for that matter The Super Stars Band. What I do know is when I’ve had a great time…I also know when a Country Club’s management team does a great job…just for starters. “booking” a Tampa based band- to play a Country Club in Delray Beach- tells me, that someone at Mizner wants -members to have fresh and new entertainment!
To wrap this one up, if you guys are looking for a band- that absolutely kills- and one- that your friends have probably never seen…get The Super Stars Band, they really are that good!
You can checkout The SuperStars at superstarsband.com.
If you are looking for a Country Club that has its catering/entertainment act together…checkout- Mizner Country Club at miznercc.com, the party was really that good!
***** New River Grill & Pizza, 701 South Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316, (954) 618-7000.
Got a good one for you guys…New River Grill & Pizza located in Fort Lauderdale. For our purposes, let’s call New River- a very reasonably priced/casual American joint with plenty of Italian stuff.
You guys can check New River’s menu out for yourselves at newriverpizzaonline.com- but in the meantime, here’s a real-rough idea of what its lineup looks like..by the way, plenty of beers and wines to wash things down with!
Starters
Odds & Sides
Fresh Soup
Salads
Small Plates
Flat Breads
Tacos and Quesadillas
Build Your Own Mac & Cheese
Half Pound Burgers
Sliders
Sandwiches
Naan Bread Sandwiches
Grilled Cheese
Rice Paper & Lettuce Wraps
Entrees
New York Style Pizza
Stromboli/Calzone
Desserts
Drinks
A recent dinner outing of Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and 2- other couples had us doing…spinach salad, cobb salad, calamari marinara, fried chicken sliders, meatball parmigiana sub, meat lasagna, cheese pizza, mozzarella/ricotta calzone, cheeseburger, philly cheese steak sub, zeppoli and I gotta tell you that no one bitched. Now for sure, some-things were better than others, but all in all a real nice outing! If Jeff Eats had to single out the big winners- fried chicken sliders, philly cheese steak sub, New York Style Pizza (thin crisp crust/sweet sauce) absolutely killed…and- the zeppoli at $4.99 a dozen-were alone-worth the drive down from Boca Raton!
Let me wrap this New River Grill & Pizza up for you guys…this is a real good joint to know about and it doesn’t hurt that it’s open 7 days a week from 11am-4am…Believe it or not, some people in South Florida actually stay up past 9pm!
* Music In The Park (The Village At Gulfstream Park), 501 South Federal Highway, Hallandale Beach, Florida 33009, (954) 378-0900, info@thevillageatgulfstreampark.com.
This is a good “thing” to know about…some really good joints to eat dinner outside- with “the dog”…Jiggy Eats particularly likes the Joey Dale Band and Viva!
Down below- Music In The Park’s 7/15 & 8/15 entertainment schedule.
FREE MUSIC SERIES! Come to Champions Plaza to enjoy a variety of live bands featuring all genres as well as our nightclubs, restaurants, bars, happy hour specials, and much more!
EVERY SATURDAY | 8-11 PM
Band Lineup:
July 4 | No Music in the Park due to Fourth of July Festivities
July 11 | Cachet Band
July 18 | Wayne L Experience
July 25 | Joey Dale Band
August 1 | Spanky, Dino & Friends
August 8 | Party Express
August 15 | Viva
August 22 | Wayne L Experience
August 29 | Joey Dale Band
* Making Faces.
Jeff Eats recently caught 5 piece- Making Faces in action-and the band literally blew me away! Innovative new stuff and fresh covers of 1960’s-today’s hits!
You can catch audio/video/schedule/info at makingfacesmusic.com…just between you guys and Jeff Eats, unless Making Faces is playing for free (which I seriously doubt)- the huge number of upcoming “dates” it has booked- should be telling you that the band is in big demand and has a large fan base!
Like I kinda said before, the band killed!
Go see them, they are really-really good!
From makingfacesmusic.com
MAKING FACES is from West Palm Beach, Florida.
Their music is a unique brand of “ROGGUNK”
which infuses flavors of rock, reggae, and funk…
overlapping genres while retaining a characteristic sound.
Their full length album “Bright Roads Ahead” was released in
February 2012. Making Faces have been gaining a rapid following
and have established themselves as a staple in the SouthEast.
A wide variety of audiences appreciate their eclectic blend of music.
They’ve had opportunities to share the same stage and/or be the opening act for bands such as:
The Offspring, BareNaked Ladies, The Original Wailers, Fortunate Youth,
Soul Asylum, Less Than Jake, 10th Avenue North, Slightly Stoopid, Tribal Seeds,
Ballyhoo, Dirty Heads, Jimmy Needham, Passafire, Stick Figure, the Heavy Pets, Reel Fish