***** Sweet Treats Bakery, 2900 West Sample Road, Pompano Beach, Florida 33073, (954) 984-4785.

Got something really terrific for you guys…Sweet Treats Bakery a brand new bakery-concession stand which opened about a-month ago in The Festival Flea Market Mall in Pompano Beach.

Long story short,

Yesterday afternoon- Mrs. Jeff Eats “needed” some baked goods for a bunch of “her” relatives visiting from New York…based on her friend Audrey’s recommendation, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats picked-up 2-Russian coffee cakes, 2-chocolate babkas, 2 1/2 lbs.of assorted rugelach, 6 almond horns, 1 dozen chocolate chip cookies- for some unknown reason, Mrs. Jeff Eats chose not to run-the-table- by not picking-up some- of the danish, muffins, breads, Chinese cookies, chocolate meltaways, linzer tarts and hamantaschen that Sweet Treats also- features in its display cases.

Sweet Treats is owned/operated by Joanne and Mary- who combined, have 53 years in the retail bakery business…Sweet Treats’ stuff is “baked” off premises and delivered fresh every morning to The Festival Flea Market Mall-joint. From what I understand, when an item is sold out, it’s sold out- until the next day! In addition to the “items” above, Sweet Treats has a number of “no sugar added” products- and has a rotating list of cookies/cakes -that are “daily specials.”

Now, you know and Jeff Eats knows that the proof is in the pudding…and I gotta tell you, that everything we picked-up was right on the money! If I had to, but I don’t, but I will- tell you that the Russian coffee cake and the chocolate babka absolutely killed! These two “cakes” alone- made the use of my SunPass worthwhile. Now don’t get me wrong, everything that Mrs. Jeff Eats’ relatives devoured were hits- but that babka and that coffee cake were game changers.

On the price-front, Joanne and Mary are banging “things”-out at Publix type prices…for example- the babka and coffee cake fetch $7.95 a piece!

Just a word to the wise, based on what Jeff Eats saw…if you “want something in particular” call ahead- and have Joanne or Mary put it away for you…yesterday at 3:30pm, Sweet Treats’ stand was jammed with people literally buying everything in sight!- and like I said 3.2 seconds ago, when an item is sold out, it’s sold out!

Sweet Treats Bakery is open Monday-Friday 9:30am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday 9:30am-6pm.

***** The Diner, 1060 Gateway Boulevard, Boynton Beach, Florida 33426, (561) 509-0163.

Got a real- good diner for you guys…The Diner, open Monday-Thursday 7am-4pm, Friday-Sunday 7am-5pm. Check dinerongateway.com for menu/prices/info.

As expected, the menu has loads of breakfast stuff, burgers, sandwiches, salads, wraps, pitas, wings.

The other morning, Jeff Eats and a couple of buddies did breakfast…western omelette, pancakes, French toast, home fries, biscuits & gravy, grilled American cheese/bacon on rye toast, corned beef hash- and I gotta tell you everything was A-OK!

You regular Jeff Eats’ readers know, that I really enjoy “doing” diner breakfasts…good food, plenty of coffee, plenty of conversation…bagel joints work, but being a child of the 50’s- I’m kinda partial to the “diner” vibe…

To wrap this one up, Jeff Eats really enjoyed The Diner. Nothing fancy, good food, reasonable prices, good service…

* Bette Midler.

Jeff Eats first told you guys about these “concerts” way-back on 12/4/2014…

No fooling here, everyone that I have “spoken” to about these shows has bitched about how EXPENSIVE the tickets were priced…

I’m with you guys, $188.80-$475.65 is way too high. Jeff Eats -just this minute “checked” the seating maps for both shows- and there are plenty of good seats left…I guess the General Public sees the shows- like you and I do- too expensive!

Anyway, to make a long story short…if you check specials.restaurants.com- it’s running a $169 “deal” on both shows…I don’t have the full details, but for $169 you get a ticket and a $100 food-card to use at select restaurants. Just maybe worth checking out!

* 2015 Pompano Beach Festival.

If you can “handle” the admission-charge this should be a terrific event…

Jeff Eats only bitch with this festival- those $15 numbers in my book -are-just-too-high…I’m thinking 10 bucks sounds much better to me!

* The Addams Family Musical: A Creepy and Kooky Comedy.

First told you guys about this “show” way-back on 3/18/15…

Long story short,

Last night Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats saw The Addams Family and absolutely loved it. Very small theatre (maybe 50 seats) on a first come first served seating basis…16 actors, track music, 2-acts (70 minutes/50 minutes/15 minute intermission)- no fooling here, some real strong singing and dancing- along with a very funny script. Are we taking “Broadway” here? No! But trust Jeff Eats when I tell you, you won’t be disappointed. Like I said 1.7 seconds ago, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats-loved it and I’m thinking that you will too!

If you want to “go”- goldstar.com still has a ticket ‘deal” running…

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Posted on March 18th, 2015 · Boca Raton Deals Music/Events/Other

* The Addams Family Musical: A Creepy and Kooky Comedy.

Jeff Eats just picked-up 2- 4/18/15-tickets for “The Addams Family Musical: A Creepy and Kooky Comedy” which is set for an April 17-May 3 run at the Sol Theatre in Boca Raton….

For you historians out there…the show ran on Broadway in 2010-2011 and starred Nathan Lane!

Just between you and Jeff Eats, goldstar.com is running a “deal” with those- $25 tickets going for $12.50, but that’s just between you and Jeff Eats!

Not that it really matters (you-know, what I might like you might hate and vice versa)-but I’ll let you guys know what I “think” after I see the-thing!

Experience both laughter and chills as Charles Addams’ weird and wonderful characters creep into Boca Raton’s Sol Theatre for the South Florida professional premiere of The Addams Family Musical. In this fiendishly delightful award-winning musical comedy, Wednesday Addams — now a grown-up princess of darkness — has fallen for a normal boy from a respectable family and has invited him and his parents to the family mansion for a meet-and-greet gone gothic. Sit back and savor the horrific hospitality of Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Grandma, Lurch and everyone’s favorite weirdo, Uncle Fester, as the special occasion brings out the best — and worst — in everyone involved.

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 4/19/15)

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

POTATO KNISH
$3.25

Pita Nosh
2900 Sample Road (Festival Flea Market Mall- Food Court)
Pompano Beach
(561) 866-3992
knishhouse.com
Latest Review: 12/18/14

Pita Nosh has been around for something like 15-years. No ifs ands or buts, it makes absolutely delicious knishes. Just so you know, I singled out its potato knish- just to get the conversation going. Trust Jeff Eats when I tell you, everything this joint makes- is real good

Pita Nosh’s menu is printed down below…
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Our Menu
Lunch
Knishes
Delicious Knishes, baked up fresh each day by our awesome chef. The perfect choice for your meal!
Potato Knish
3.25 .
Kasha Knish
3.65 .
Meat Knish
3.75 .
Potato Mushroom knish
3.55 .
Spinach Mushroom Knish
3.55 .
Spinach Feta Knish
3.55 .
Spinach Knish
3.55 .
Sweet Potato Knish
3.45 .
Vegetrian Knish
3.25 .
Hot Dog Knish
3.75 .
Stuffed Eggplant
S 3.25 M 4.25 L 5.25 .
Pita Sandwiches or Wraps
Delicious Pita Sandwich or Wrap, made fresh each day by our awesome chef. The perfect choice for your meal!
***Includes free salad bar
Falafel
7.45
Falafel with Hummus
7.75
Tuna
7.30
Tuna Low Fat
7.25
Chicken Salad
7.25
Hummus
6.75
Grilled Chicken
5.75
Shawarma
7.25
Shawarma with Hummus
7.75
Kosher Hot Dog
2.95
Soups and Salads
Home made soups, cooked fresh each day by our awesome chef. The perfect choice for your meal!
Also, try our Salad Bar!
Matzaball-Mushroom Barley-Split Pea
S 3.45 M 3.65 L 5.95
Salad Bar
S 3.35 M 4.55 L 5.50
Specials
Save by combine your meal with soup or salad and a drink
#1 Chicken Shawarma + Soup or Salad + Drink
7.85
#2 Soup and Salad
6.85
#3 Potato Knish + Soup or Salad + Drink
7.25
#4 Combo Plate – Hummus, Falafel, Eggplant, Babaganush and pita
8.15
#5 Scoop Combo – Tuna, Grilled Chicken, Soup or Salad
7.25
#6 Half Sandwich, Soup or Salad
6.25
#7 Two Hot Dogs and a Drink
5.25
#8 Gyro + Soup or Salad + Drink
7.25
#9 Grilled Chicken + Soup or Salad + Drink
7.95
#10 Buy 3 Knishes get 1 Free
Desserts
Delicious sweets, baked up fresh each day by our awesome pastry chef. The perfect end to your meal!
Apple Knish
3.45 .
Sugar Free Apple Knish
3.45 .
Blueberry Knish
3.85 .
Cherry Knish
3.85 .

* Mr. Potato Head.

Just in case one-day you find yourself on Jeopardy!

from mom.me

Mr. Potato Head
This famous spud was the first toy to be advertised on television. From 1952 to 1963 parents had to provide their kids with actual potatoes to use as Mr. Potato Head’s body. Hasbro began manufacturing the plastic potato body that currently comes in the box in 1964.

Just between Jeff Eats and you guys, whenever I have to spell/type the word potato- I “see” former Vice President Dan Quayle’s face…do you guys have the same reaction?

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***** Jr’s Gourmet Burgers, 7 Westward Drive, Miami Springs, Florida 33166, (786) 360-5347.

Here’s another Jeff Eats’ “out of sight out of mind” joint for you…Jr’s Gourmet Burgers in Miami Springs.

First told you guys about this hole in the wall burger joint- on 4/9/12 (that tale is down below)- hadn’t been back since…long story short, ate dinner there last night and I gotta tell you the bacon cheeseburger, chicken breast sandwich, onion rings, sweet potato fries, french fries were all -right on the money!

This joint is an absolute winner…only problem I got with it, it’s not in my neighborhood- thus the out of sight out of mind-designation.

No fooling here, outrageously delicious burgers…
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Jr’s Gourmet Burgers (Miami Springs)
Posted on April 9th, 2012 · American Miami Lakes

***** Jr’s Gourmet Burgers, 7 Westward Drive, Miami Springs, Florida 33166, (786) 360-5347.

First, if you look, I got this joint listed as being in Miami Lakes, but it’s really in Miami Springs…don’t have a Miami Springs “category”—so you now know the city where this terrific “mom & pop” hole-in the wall burger joint is located.

One of my favorite meals is a cheeseburger–fries smothered in Ketchup–Coca Cola. Well let me tell you, Jr’s makes delicious burgers and fries. When you check Jr’s menu at www.jrsburgers.com you will find that the joint has 3- sized flat grilled burgers, 1/3 lb, 1/2 lb, 1 lb…handful of toppings…handful of sandwiches…handful of hot dogs…handful of salads—end of story. If I got it right, the pop-Jr is the “cook” and the wife is the wait-staff.

Like I said a few seconds ago–delicious burgers and fries. For the record, I did a 1/3er with American cheese ($6.99) and fries ($1.50). Let me make this real-simple, the burger and fries are right up there with the best currently out there in the South Florida market. Really-just that simple!

Jr’s is open Monday-Thursday 11am-9pm, Saturday 11am-10pm, closed on Sunday.

* Nothing But Hype!

Frazier/Ali-they’ll be talking about that one forever!

Mayweather/Pacquiao- do you really care?

Jeff Eats will bet you a buck right now, that at least 97% of you guys can’t even tell me what “weight division” Mayweather/Pacquiao is in!

Today’s- Social Media makes it so easy to make nothing into something…it’s really scary!

* America’s Best 25 College Bars.

This column is for you guys- who are “picking” colleges for your kids (or for that matter- yourselves) to go to-next-Fall!

Jeff Eats did some heavy-duty research (actually I found the list on dailymeal.com) on what are considered- America’s best 25-college bars.

In looking at the list, I found that 3 (#2, #4, #15) of the top 25 BARS were in FLORIDA…so there you go! and- you thought that Florida just- had great weather, great beaches and great scam artists…

By the way, The Boot/Tulane University in Louisiana was #1… Now you know why Tulane’s tuition is soooo high!

Hope this column helps you out with picking a school to go to!

You can catch the whole list at dailymeal.com.

4/25. Bullwinkle’s Saloon – Florida State University – Tallahassee, Florida
Since 1979, Bullwinkle’s Saloon has been catering to the needs, and mouths, of the Florida State Seminoles. Bullwinkle’s ranked so high on the list thanks to its convenient location to campus, live rock and roll band, massive dance floor, and outside double deck area. And for $10, students can drink as much as they want during the week. How can you top that drink special?
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15/25. Salty Dog Saloon – University of Florida – Gainesville, Fla.
Anyone from Florida knows that the Gators are big on football and drinking. With a wide range of college bars in Gainesville, how could you choose the best? The Salty Dog Saloon, a 50-year old establishment, stands out in the crowd with its jukebox, 50-cent drink happy hour and every Sunday’s 2-for-1 mimosa special. For less than $10, the Salty Dog’s patrons can get the most booze for their buck.
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2/25. Knight Library – University of Central Florida – Orlando, Florida
A ranked list of the best college bars in America would not be complete without the University of Central Florida’s Knight Library. The general size of the establishment is impressive in itself; students have access to three full bars, a giant dance floor, a patio bar, and even VIP sections. Not a big dancer or drinker? Knight Library has darts, customized beer pong tables, and corn hole boards to get you entertained. Still not impressed? An Island Oasis frozen drink machine is the newest addition to the bar.
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1/25. And the title of the best college bar in America goes to none other than The Boot, a Tulane favorite. If you’re a broke college student, and only have a couple of quarters to spare, you have enough for a drink at 50-cent drink night at The Boot. The Knight Library was originally tied with this college bar, but in the end, location was the deciding factor. Our panel of college students came to a consensus that the Boot and the city of New Orleans, especially during Mardi Gras, is the ideal place to throw back a few drinks and celebrate four years of relative freedom.