***** The Taco Lady, 71 North L Street, Lake Worth, Florida 33460, (561) 588-3638.

If you wanna eat off-the-chart delicious fast food (order at the counter/pickup at the counter) tacos, quesadillas, enchiladas, burritos. other Mexican stuff- in an absolute hole-in-the-wall joint…then you gotta eat at The Taco Lady in Lake Worth.

Trust Jeff Eats, The Taco Lady with its handful of tables is a homerun!

The Taco Lady is open Sunday 2pm-7pm, Monday-Saturday 11am-9pm.

You can check menu/prices/info at thetacolady.net.

The Taco Lady Menu
BREAKFAST BURRITOS – $5.50
Egg, Potato and Bacon
Egg and Sausage
Egg and Chorizo
Potato and Bacon
Ranchero (Egg, Cilantro, Onions, and Bell Peppers)
Egg, Bacon, Sausage and Potato $7.50
APPETIZERS / APERITIVOS
Chips and Salsa $5.50
Nachos with Cheese $7.50
Nachos/Meat, Beans, Cheese $9.50
Nachos (fully loaded) $10.50
Quesadilla with Cheese $6.50
Quesadilla/Cheese, Meat, Salad $8.50
Taco Salad/Chips $9.50
A LA CARTE / SOLOS
1 Hard Shell Taco/Meat or Beans $3.00
1 Soft Shell Taco/Meat or Beans $3.50
1 Taquito/Meat or Beans $2.50
1 Double Decker/Meat or Beans $3.75
ENCHILADAS (2) $7.50
Meat, Cheese or Bean
Covered w/ Sauce, Cheese and Salad
TAMALES (2) $7.50
Covered w/ Sauce, Cheese and Salad

STUFF
A Bowl of Stuff $7.00
Bowl of Rice and Beans (small) $3.00
with Salad $3.50
Bowl of Rice and Beans (large) $4.50
with Salad $5.00
Toppings: – Lettuce – Tomato – Onion –
Cheese – Salsa – Sour Cream
Meat Choices: – Beef – Chicken – Pork
– Shredded Beef
Rice Choices: – Yellow – Mexican – Brown
– White
Bean Choices: – Refried or Black
BURRITOS
Regular Burrito: Meat, Rice and Beans $10.00
(inside or outside) w/ salad
Mini Wet: Filled/Meat, Rice, Beans, covered $8.00
with Sauce, Cheese and Salad
El Grande Wet (same as above): with Red and/or Green Sauce $10.00
The “Big Daddy” (5 lbs) $40.00
Meet the Challenge (ask your server)
Veggie Mini Burrito w/ Salad $7.00
Veggie Regular Burrito w/ Salad, Rice and Beans $8.00
Veggie Wet Burrito Grande w/ Salad, Rice and Beans $8.00

TACOS
Hard Shell Tacos
2 for $5.75
3 for $7.75
4 for $9.75
With Rice & Beans Add $3.00
Soft Shell Tacos
2 for $6.75
3 for $9.75
4 for $12.75
With Rice & Beans add $3.00
MIX YOUR TACOS
1 Hard Shell/ 1 Soft Shell $6.25
2 Hard Shell/ 1 Soft Shell $8.75
2 Soft Shell/ 1 Hard Shell $9.25
With Rice & Beans add $3.00
TAQUITOS: (Soft Corn)
2 for $4.75
3 for $6.75
4 for $8.75
With Rice and Beans Add $3.00
SIDE DISHES
Rice and/or Beans in a Container
1/2 lb. $2.50 1 lb. $4.50 2 lbs. $8.00
Salsa 1/2 lb. $2.50 1 lb. $5.00
Hot Salsa 1/2 lb. $5.00 1 lb. $10.00

BEVERAGES
Canned Soda or Water $1.25

COMBINATION PLATE
1 Soft Shell Taco, 1 Hard Shell Taco,
1 Tamale, 1 Enchilada, Rice, Beans and Salad $14.00

DINNER PLATES

Fish tacos every Friday
Meat, Rice, Beans, w/ Salad and 2 Tortillas $10.00
Quesadilla Dinner w/ Rice, Beans and Salad $10.00
Enchilada Dinner:
2 Enchiladas w/ Rice, Beans and Salad
Red or Green Sauce or Both $10.00
Tamale Dinner:
2 Tamales, Rice, Beans and Salad $10.00

* American Pop 60’s.

No ifs ands or buts…one of Florida’s best -60’s American Rock n Roll cover bands…and it’s a free concert!

Hooters, 2240 Northwest 19th Avenue, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, (561) 391-8903.

Jeff Eats is gonna take a shot here and assume that you guys know what type of a joint Hooters is…for those of you who have been living on Mars for the past 20 years or so- national sports bar chain, full bar, tons of tvs, waitresses in short shorts/tank-tops, mediocre food. Give or take, there are something like 460 locations in the United States- with a load of them in Florida. Best guess here, including last night- maybe I’ve eaten in a-Hooters something like 6 times in my entire lifetime!

Real fast story,

Last night Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats, Daughter Jeff Eats and Son Jeff Eats ate in the Boca Raton joint for the first time…chicken Caesar, breaded wings (garlic parmesan, bbq), cheeseburger sliders, French fries, onion rings, chicken quesadilla, pulled bbq pork sandwich, blackened mahi sandwich and all I can tell you is that everything was MEDIOCRE. No fooling here, every item was just BLAND. Trust me, I know that the word “bland” means all kinds of things to people- but for what it’s worth, everything- literally had no taste- if that makes sense to you? Just so we are straight with each other- the previous 5 times that I had eaten at a-Hooters- were “passable” meals-but nonetheless passable- last night’s meal which by-the-way was the first at the Boca joint- absolutely stunk!

Now onto the waitresses…in Jeff Eats’ case- the waitress angle- its sort of like window shopping with a cancelled credit card…or something like that!

If you are still interested, you can check menu/prices/locations/info at hooters.com.

To wrap it up, Jeff Eats isn’t particularly looking forward to there being a #7 Hooters’ outing!

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* A Passover-Easter Joke.

A group of American Roman Catholic Priests decide to challenge a group of American Rabbis to a golf match.

In setting up the match, the Cardinals realize that none of them really knows how to golf, so they cook-up a plan to have the Pope ordain Tiger Woods as a Cardinal and- add him to their team.

The match is held and later that evening the Pope calls the Cardinals to see how they did.

“So, how did it go?” asked the Pope.

One of the Cardinals replied, “Well, it went alright. We
played pretty good, but we lost.”

“How could you lose? You had Tiger Woods as your secret
weapon” gasped the Pope.

The Cardinals replied, “Tiger lost to
Rabbi Greg Norman!”

* Party City Miami Heat Tickets Contest.

For all of you guys who still think that “they” still got a shot at making the Playoffs…

* THIS COP SHOULD BE FIRED!

Read the below-story…

Jeff Eats says that THIS COP SHOULD BE FIRED!

Just imagine, if this hadn’t been “video-taped” this cop would have gotten away with this crap.

What really concerns me about this whole incident, is that a New York City Detective didn’t realize that the passenger was “videoing” him with a cellphone- I’m thinking, this must be a real moron-cop! Based on this, Jeff Eats will bet you a buck, that this cop in addition to not knowing dick-about cellphones- doesn’t know dick about donuts either!

Hey, this is a food blog, after-all!

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NEW YORK (AP) — A detective heard on video berating an Uber driver and asking, “How long have you been in this country?” was stripped of his gun and badge Wednesday and will be transferred from the police anti-terrorism division, officials said.

Police Commissioner William Bratton called Detective Patrick Cherry’s comments inappropriate as the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, a police watchdog agency, investigated the incident. Seen widely on a passenger’s video posted online, the episode comes as the New York Police Department’s rank-and-file officers are being trained in how to engage courteously with the public to de-escalate situations.

“In any kind of encounter, discourtesy like that and language like that is unacceptable,” Bratton said. “That officer’s behavior reflected poorly on everyone who wears our uniform.”

City Detectives’ Endowment Association President Michael J. Palladino said Cherry is “a person of good character and an excellent detective,” and he noted that personal matters can affect police behavior sometimes.

“He really should not be judged by one isolated incident,” Palladino said in a statement.

The detective pulled over the driver with the ride-hailing service Uber on Monday in Manhattan. It’s not clear exactly what spurred the traffic stop, but Cherry is seen on the video accusing the driver of committing various traffic violations while the detective tried to park his car.

The detective swears, shouts at the driver and brusquely questions his accented English as the driver gives compliant responses, calling the detective “sir” and apologizing at one point for interrupting to say, “OK.”

“I don’t care what you have to say. Do you understand that?” the detective says at one point, adding that people should be able to park “without your interference and then your opinion about what’s going on – especially when the person you do it to are the police!”

After saying he doesn’t know “where you’re coming from, where you think you’re appropriate in doing that,” Cherry asks the man how long he’s been in the U.S. The driver tells him it’s been two years.

Cherry goes on to say the driver would be handcuffed and taken to a precinct for summonses if the detective weren’t busy with other things: “You’re not important enough,” he says.

San Francisco-based Uber, which has grown rapidly in New York in recent years, called the detective’s behavior “wrong and unacceptable.” Police and the company haven’t released the driver’s name.

The passenger who shot the video referred questions about the encounter to authorities.

* ENOUGH ALREADY!

I don’t know about you guys…but all day long Jeff Eats’ computer gets “bombarded” with all kinds of unsolicited EATING HEALTHY- posts!

Below, are 6- that I received in just the last 9 minutes….

This Pantry Staple May Add Years to Your Life
5 Tips for a Super-Healthy Smoothie
3 Ways Your Healthy Dessert is Hurting You
7 Easy Tricks For a Healthier Soup
No. 1 Secret to Weight Loss Success
5 Best Breakfasts To Boost Weight Loss

I say enough already…

If eating a FLAT-TOP-GRILLED CHEESEBURGER & FRENCH FRIES with a 16oz COKE twice a week is gonna shorten my life-span by 11 days…then so be it!

Can’t wait for the day- when “they” scientifically discover that fatty burgers keep people from developing Alzheimer’s.

***** Bay Bays Chicken & Waffles.

Here’s a recent e-mail Jeff Eats received.

Jeff,
Can you point me and my husband in the right direction for some terrific fried chicken & waffles. We live in Boynton Beach and have no problem traveling for great top food.
Thanks,
Lynn F
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Lynn F:

Check-out Bay Bays Chicken & Waffles in West Palm Beach.

There are 2-locations.

Printed down below is Jeff Eats’ 5/5/13 “story.”

Thanks for reading…
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May 5, 2013
***** Bay Bays Chicken & Waffles, 2400 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida 33409, (561) 429-3796 & 1558 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401, (561) 360-3591.

Late this afternoon, Jeff Eats came across a “southern” chicken/ribs joint that I think you guys will absolutely love…Bay Bays Chicken & Waffles. Just so you know, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats ate at the 2400 Okeechobee Boulevard location…the 1558 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard joint is scheduled to open sometime next week.

To be perfectly honest with you–Bay Bays was an “impulse stop”—Jeff Eats saw Bay Bays’ big chicken sign from the road and like a Greek siren the red/yellow 1200 square foot run down/free standing building with its 24 outdoor bench seats and 30 indoor booth/counter seats called my name…remember the movie “Deliverance”? Bay Bays looks exactly what Jeff Eats “envisions” 1950’s-1960’s southern roadside joints having looked like.

Anyway…

At this stage of the discussion you can check menu/prices/photos at www.baybays.com.

Bay Bays menu features some of the most delicious fried chicken and babyback ribs that Jeff Eats has had in a very long time. For sure, the joint’s menu has its fair share of salads/subs/sandwiches/burgers/pastas/desserts but the real game here is the chicken and waffles’ (plain, apple cinnamon, peanut butter & jelly, cuban coffee, cornbread, lemon cake, red velvet, strawberry, chocolate, pumpkin pie, pecan) combo and the fall-off the bone -sweet sauced oven baked ribs.

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats shared a 1/2 fried chicken/plain waffle ($11.95)–1/3 slab of ribs/macaroni & cheese/mashed potatoes ($9.95) and–every item was absolutely dynamite…Just a fast note– the fried chicken has a spicy kick to it -which is balanced by the sweet waffle flavors offered–the combo of spicy/sweet in one “mouthful” was really delicious. For those of you who aren’t as adventuresome as Jeff Eats–on request, Bay Bays will make your chicken toned-down.

Like I said a few seconds ago, the game here-for Jeff Eats “is” the chicken/waffles and the ribs…that said, the table next to us raved about the fried catfish (no thank you!) sandwich and jerk turkey burger they had. As Jeff Eats has said countless times—each to their own—live and let live—one if by land, two if by sea.

No fooling around here, Bay Bays is something you gotta try.

So there is no misunderstanding or anything…

Bay Bays which has been open 8 months–serves beer and wine-and is about as casual as it gets. When we arrived, our waitress brought us a couple of fried chicken wings on a paper napkin to-taste—soda was served by the bottle and samples of collard green and baked beans also found their way to the table. Just so you know, those great-ribs are only served Friday-Saturday-Sunday “from 3pm until gone.” Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats were there from 3:30pm to 4:15pm–we ate outside and really enjoyed Okeechobee Road’s speeding traffic–during the time we were there, every seat inside was taken and let’s say 82% of the outside seats were filled. By the way, every customer surveyed was clad in shorts.

If you are looking for fancy schmancy—this joint ain’t gonna work for you.

Now nothing for nothing, Jeff Eats can’t really say for sure what 1950’s-1960’s southern roadside joints really looked like…afterall, we didn’t have too many of them on Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn. Look, I saw “Deliverance” (Do you remember what they did to Ned Beatty’s character?) and have read numerous articles/books so I think I’m making a real good call here…Bay Bays has got it down-perfectly!

Finally, Bay Bays is set -later this week to open an inline location on Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard. Bay Bays owner (Israel) told Jeff Eats that the new store will have the exact same menu/color scheme/decor as the original location—the only thing I question (that figures) is whether the Bay Bays’ concept loses something in the translation without having the outdoor patio/free standing/run-down building look that makes its first location absolutely cool! Time will tell on that.

Jeff Eats loved Bay Bays.

The joint is open for breakfast/lunch/dinner…Sunday-Thursday 9am-11pm, Friday-Saturday 9am-midnight.

* Toddler Tuesday.

The Delray Marketplace is “trying” to stimulate business…

Barrel Of Monks Brewing, 1141 South Rogers Circle #5, Boca Raton, Florida 33487, (561) 510-1253.

From its website barrelofmonks.com-Barrel Of Monks Brewing describes itself as…
Brewery
Out of our passion for beer made by monks in Belgium, was born Barrel of Monks Brewing.
We love Belgian beer! We proudly brew Belgian inspired ales to bring the taste of the old world a little closer to home at our production brewery in Boca Raton, FL.
We use the finest equipment and ingredients and combine that with a deep understanding and love of Belgian ales to create finely crafted ales that pay homage to the great beers made in Belgium.
Our beers are created for those who are willing to take the time to truly appreciate the look, aroma, taste, and overall experience of a fine ale. We will not compromise the quality of our products by taking shortcuts or using inferior ingredients in the effort to make money, and we believe that quality of the beer is the number one goal.
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In a nutshell a small local brewery located in an industrial park, which is looking to sell its products both- wholesale and retail (it has a small bar on premises)…food trucks and restaurant deliveries provide food.

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats were at the 3/25/15 “opening party”- where “guests” paid for beer samples and food truck offerings…

Nothing for nothing, but Jeff Eats just doesn’t get this “deal.”

Unless I am really missing something here- the retail part of Barrel is going to be at best a “college kid ala Animal House” destination…taking that theory one step further- Boca Raton isn’t exactly College Town USA- so the audience is gonna be quite minimal! Throw in a location that absolutely STINKS (if you don’t have a GPS in your car you’re a goner!) and I see big time River City problems ahead!

As for the wholesale-end of the business, Jeff Eats has no real “knowledge” about the wholesale micro-brewery industry…so I really can’t comment on the viability of Barrel Of Monk’s wholesale prospects.

Jeff Eats wishes the owners well!