***** Gou Lou Cheung Chinese BBQ Restaurant.

First told you guys about Gou Lou Cheung Chinese BBQ way-back on November 11, 2008. That write-up is down-below…

Over the years, Jeff Eats must have “taken-out” from this joint something like 15 times.

Long story short, took-out last night…bbq ribs, bbq chicken and bbq duck and I gotta tell you, Gou Lou makes some of the best Chinese bbq stuff in South Florida.

Consider this “story” just a friendly reminder that Gou Lou Cheung Chinese BBQ is an absolute must try!
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Posted on November 11th, 2008 · Chinese Lauderhill

***** Gou Lou Cheung Chinese BBQ Restaurant, 4139 North State Road 7, Lauderhill, Florida 33319 (954) 739-7377.

If having 2 little tables qualifies a joint as being an eat-in- restaurant, then Gou Lou Cheung Chinese BBQ Restaurant is an eat-in- restaurant…For our purposes, let’s call this “hole in the wall” a take-out joint which makes some of the most delicious bbq stuff in South Florida…that’s Chinese bbq stuff!

Lou Cheung’s isn’t for the squirmish, as whole bbq chickens, ducks and pigs are displayed all around the store…and I do mean whole, heads and all.

Absolutely great bbq…sold by the pound. If you like crispy duck and amazing pork ribs, you don’t want to miss Gou Lou Cheung Chinese NNQ Restaurant.

Gou Lou’s is open 6 days a week (closed Wednesday) 11am-7pm…and like I said before-it’s a take-out! One other thing, cash-only!

* Morris Day and The Time & Cameo.

First told you guys about this “concert”” about a month ago…

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, this is gonna be a great show!

I just checked the box-office and there are still some really good seats left!

Just between you and me, every seat at the Pompano Beach Amphitheater works! AND if you check, this morning goldstar.com is running a “deal” which gets you a ticket at half-price!- and if you are willing to sit in Rows 21-27 (and why wouldn’t you be?) a COMP ticket, just pay a $9 service fee!

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats will be there!
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Posted on April 25th, 2015 · Deals Pompano Beach

Morris Day and The Time & Cameo.

Assuming it doesn’t rain…this is going to be one hell of a show…

Jeff Eats picked up 2-tickets at- pompanobeacharts.org.

Just a little heads-up…if and when you buy tickets…there is a- BUY ONE GET ONE DEAL on the site. Just look for it! Jeff Eats’ 2- ($75 tickets) with a $6 service fee -cost me $81.

For those of you who don’t “know” Morris Day and The Time, where you been? Google time!!!

from pompanobeacharts.org.
Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
1801 Ne 6th St, Pompano Beach, FL 33060
(954) 946-2402
Friday May 29 | 8PM
Tickets:
$75 Rows 1-3
$60 Rows 4 – 10
$50 Rows 11 -20
$45 Rows 21-30

What more can we say about the funky, fabulous Morris Day? Morris Day and The Time have made music since the 1970’s, when Day got his musical chops in his first project with band member Prince. He later acted in Prince’s musical drama, Purple Rain.

The Time was formed from a larger band called “Flyte Tyme” and is noted for hip anthems such as “Jungle Love” and “The Bird.” The founding members reunited for a performance with Rihanna at the 50th annual Grammy Awards Show. In February of this year, Jimmy Kimmel Live featured the band as part of the #MashUpMonday series, forming a supergroup with Grammy-nominated trio HAIM. The result? “Morris Day and The HAIM”…and pure magic.

Cameo has been spitting top-notch dance tracks for 40 years of funk! Larry Blackmon, band leader and drummer of Cameo, is an accomplished musician and producer. He has spent his career producing chart-topping artists such as Bobby Brown, Chaka Kahn and Red Hot Chili Peppers. The band itself is a pacemaker and its unique style will continue to inspire musicians today and tomorrow.

* The Village At Gulfstream Park.

No ifs ands or buts, The Village At Gulfstream Park- is a “white elephant” shopping center…that said, pretty decent May & June 2015 lineup of Free Outdoor Concerts!

For more info gulfstream park.com.

Saturdays | 8PM

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:

May 2 | Karina Skye & Friends
May 9 | Wayne L Experience
May 16 | Joey Dale Band
May 23 | Skyline
May 30 | Viva

June 6 | Synthesis
June 13 | Joey Dale Band
June 20 | Viva
June 27 | Wayne L Experience

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 5/24/15)

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

FULL RACK OF BABY BACK RIBS (comes with 2 sides)
$18.29

Shiver’s BBQ
28001 South Dixie Highway
Homestead
(305) 248-2272
shiversbbq.com
Latest Review: 9/18/11

This joint makes amazingly delicious smoked-bbq stuff…

Jeff Eats is thinking that Shiver’s must be doing something real-right as its been in business for over 50 years.

If you “go” there and don’t get the baby back ribs…dumb-dumb- move!

* Festival Flea Market Mall Open Memorial Day May 25th!

The weatherman-or is it weatherperson?-or is it meteorologist?—very confusing these days to stay politically correct!- says that Pompano Beach’s weather on Memorial Day is gonna be a gorgeous sunny day with the temperature in the 77-86 degree range!

I don’t know about you guys, but Jeff Eats can’t think of a better way than to spend Memorial Day- walking aimlessly around the Festival Flea Market Mall (2900 West Sample Road, Pompano Beach, Florida 33073) looking at stuff that nobody in their right mind could ever need!

Anyway,

If you agree…

* Love Letters.

Literally just this minute got this “$126.70 for $67-deal from specials.restaurant.com.

Between you and Jeff Eats, I thought that Ali MacGraw was dead- my bad, mixed the old bird up with Farrah Fawcett…You guys remember Farrah’s poster?-sure you do! Between you and me, back in the day- Ali was no slouch either!

Anyway,

This looks like a real good deal…if it works for you, specials.restaurant.com.

“Love Letters”, starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw, is the story of Andrew Makepeace Ladd III (O’Neal) and Melissa Gardner (MacGraw), two young people from similar backgrounds who take very different paths in life. Despite leading lives which should not intersect, they can’t let go of each other throughout their 50 year friendship, and marriages and families with other people. See the show The Wall Street Journal raves, “Every pause, however brief, lands like a skipped heartbeat” on the following select performances:
• Tuesday, July 21 at 8pm
• Wednesday, July 22 at 8pm
• Thursday, July 23 at 8pm
• Sunday, July 26 at 6:30pm
Note: This restaurant and ticket package is part of Restaurant.com’s Night Out in South Florida. Packages are very limited and will sell out.

“LOVE LETTERS” at BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS:
Limited number of tickets are available for each show and may sell out.
There is a $4.50 processing fee per package
Tickets will be mailed 2 weeks prior to the start date of the performance via the US mail to the shipping address provided.
Seats will be assigned at the discretion of the show/box office within the orchestra section of the theatre.
Seats are guaranteed to be together when in the same purchase. Seats assigned in rows in front or behind the same seats are considered together, but almost all seats are side by side including all pairs.
Offer is non-refundable and cannot be combined with any other offer or applied to previously purchased tickets. No cash value or cash back. This is a date-specific event. Not valid after show date. All sales final.

RESTAURANT.COM:
$50 Restaurant.com eGift Card will be emailed to you within 24-48 hours from the date of purchase to the email address associated with your Specials by Restaurant.com Account.
Restaurant.com eGift Cards Never Expire.
May be redeemed solely for services at www.restaurant.com/redemptions.
Have no cash value and are not redeemable for cash at any time.
Must be redeemed online for restaurant-specific certificates.
Resale is prohibited unless authorized by Restaurant.com.
This eGift Card cannot be brought directly into restaurants and must be redeemed online.
About Love Letters in Ft. Lauderdale
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III wrote his first letter to Melissa Gardner to tell her she looked like a lost princess. They were both seven years old. For the next fifty years, through personal triumphs and despair, through wars and marriages and children and careers, they poured out the secrets of their hearts to each other. They defied a fate that schemed to keep them apart, and lived – through letters – for the one most meaningful thing, their undying love for each other.
Directed by Gregory Mosher and written by celebrated playwright A.R. Gurney. Don’t miss this enduring romance about first loves and second chances.
Love Letters in Ft. Lauderdale
Address:
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW. Fifth Avenue.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 33312, US
Customer Support: 1-800-979-8985
Email: specials@restaurant.com

***** Papalani Gelato, 16800 Jog Road, Delray Beach, Florida 33446, (561) 536-5866.

Way-back on 5/1/15 Jeff Eats told you guys about Papalani Gelato a Hawaiian themed-franchised gelato/hand-made chocolates/dessert/breakfast/coffee/fast food joint that- was set to open any day…

Long story short, Papalani Gelato opened and last night Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats checked the joint out.

First things first, Papalani Gelato is located in a Delray Beach strip-center that Jeff Eats in a million years wouldn’t pick to open a gelato store in…that said- not my dime, not my game…so I wish the owner(s) great luck and success! Hey! I thought that the Edsel was going to be a homerun- and that Gore was going to beat Bush in the Supreme Court, so…

Now as for the “new store”- typical ice cream store décor- with plenty of seating inside/handful of tables outside. Super personable counter-folks and owner…plenty of free “licks” and “tastes.”

Unlike many of the gelato joints that dot the South Florida landscape…Papalani Gelato makes all of its gelato “in-house”…there are 30 flavors at any given time (with 15 of them rotating in and out of the lineup). In addition to gelato -Papalani has sorbet, frozen yogurt, coffees, chocolates, gelato/sorbet/yogurt drinks, home-made-waffles…Trust Jeff Eats, everyone in your party-will find what to eat, lick and drink! For those of you on sugar-free diets, first of all too bad- but don’tcha worry, Papalani Gelato- got you covered!

Last night, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “sampled”- pistachio/chocolate peanut butter/caramel macnut/tiramisu gelatos and I gotta tell you Papalani’s gelatos were absolutely delicious…for good measure we also “sampled” chocolate/lemon sorbets and like the gelatos-they passed the taste-test with flying colors. On the pricing front, “neighborhood” ice cream store prices- ranging from $2.95 for a kids cup to $5.50 for a large cup!

You can check full menu/prices/info at papalanigelato.com.

Let me wrap this one up for you,

Papalani Gelato is making some real-good stuff…it is definitely worth a visit!

Papalani Gelato is open Sunday-Thursday 7am-10pm, Friday-Saturday 7am-11pm.
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Printed May 1, 2015
* Papalani Gelato, 16800 Jog Road, Delray Beach, Florida 33446, (561) 536-5866.

Next week Papalani Gelatio a franchised gelato/hand-made chocolates/dessert/breakfast/coffee fast food “concept” out of Hawaii is scheduled to open in the Shoppes of Addison Place, 16800 Jog Road, Delray Beach.

This morning, Jeff Eats “peeked” in Papalani’s window and the store is almost set-to go…I will tell you, that it’s a real nice looking upscale “ice cream” store! No ifs ands or buts, the franchisee went for some nice cash building the joint!

If I got my geography-straight, Papalani Gelato is opening in the exact-same center that “now failed” Orange Leaf Self Serve Frozen Yogurt did back in April, 2010.

Only time will tell if this new player’s concept is strong enough to overcome a strip center which back in 2010, as well as today – literally had/has no foot traffic! Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, I have never been to a Papalani Gelato store, so, I have absolutely no idea as to how its stuff is…that said, a pretty thorough Google Search turned up some real nice “feedback” on its products/operation. Not to harp, but all I know is Jeff Eats’ mantra for “these” kind of fast food businesses is…location, location, location- but like I said 1.4 seconds ago, time will tell!

Papalani Gelato will be open Sunday-Thursday 6am-10pm, Friday-Saturday 6am-11pm.

You can follow the Papalani Gelato “story” at papalanigelato.com.

By the way Papalani Gelato currently has 4 opened-locations (2 stores in Hawaii, 1 store in Temple Terrace, Florida, 1 store in Brandon, Florida

* Hippiefest 2015.

Lineup is down below.

To be honest with you, this “one” doesn’t interest Jeff Eats even one bit! I don’t see-no Sly Stone in the picture-do you?

If you wanna “attend”- tickets go on sale today- 5/22/15 at 10am- ticketmaster.com

Hippiefest 2015
Jacksonville 8/13/15, Fort Lauderdale 8/14/15
The Family Stone
Rick Derringer
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Badfinger featuring Joey Molland

***** La Via Ristorante & Bar, 4443 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek, Florida 33073, (954) 601-1234.

Got a real good Italian restaurant for you guys…La Via Ristorante & Bar located at the Promenade At Coconut Creek.

Real simple story going on here…inside and outside patio seating, full bar area…reasonably priced- appetizers, salads, in-house-made pastas, wood fired personal pizzas, meat/chicken/seafood entrees and in-house-made desserts.

Jeff Eats and two other couples recently “did” dinner and I gotta tell you that La Via served-up some delicious stuff!

Ordered dishes included…zucchini strings ($10), meatball (pomodoro sauce over fresh ricotta cheese-($8), garlic loaf (wood fired garlic bread-($5), chopped salad ($8), Caesar salad ($8), margherita pizza- ($12), chicken parmigiana (with pasta side-($18), eggplant parmigiana with pasta side-($17), shrimp arrabiate ($26), meat lasagna ($20), tiramisu ($5), Sicilian cannoli ($4) and I gotta tell you that everything was right on the money. For sure, some-things were better than others, but like I just said, everything was right on the money! Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, the joint’s meatball with a few chunks of that garlic loaf- alone was worth the trip, but that’s just between us!

La Via has been around for something like 6-months and is owned by Salvatore Mauro. For you historians out there, Mauro is the former co-owner of the “legendary” Casa D’Angelo in Fort Lauderdale…for what it’s worth, way-back on June 30, 2008 Jeff Eats kinda did a negative story on Casa D’Angelo- not sure where I’m going with all of this, but trust Jeff Eats when- I tell you that Mauro and his wife Faith/La Via’s co-owner definitely got something real good going on food-wise at their latest restaurant venture.

Jeff Eats really enjoyed La Via Ristorante & Bar- upscale looking (but your tee shirt-shorts ensemble works), delicious food, solid service, reasonable prices, flat screen tvs, big portions…

As I mentioned at the top of this tale, La Via is located at the Promenade At Coconut Creek which- could be the poster child for South Florida’s White Elephant Shopping Centers. Personally, I can’t figure- why a veteran restaurant guy like Salvatore Mauro would pick such a crap-location…maybe he knows something I don’t, but I just don’t see it! Not for nothing, but some heavy duty cash was “invested” in building La Via- from the wood/gas fired pizza oven to a glass enclosed room that allows diners to watch a fresh pasta machine in action!-like I said before- location!!

Anyway, I really enjoyed La Via Ristorante & Bar.

Give it a shot- I’m thinking- you won’t be disappointed!

You can check menu/prices/info at laviarestaurant.com.

La Via is open, Sunday-Thursday 11:30am-10pm (bar till midnight) , Friday-Saturday 11:30am-11pm (bar to 2am), closed Monday…

* Morris Day and The Time & Cameo.

First told you guys about this upcoming show on-April 25, 2015.

Just checked the box-office and there are a load of great seats left. Between you and Jeff Eats, every seat at the Pompano Beach Amphitheatre is good…so no real need to go for those $75 suckers- the $45 tickets will work just fine!

If you want to see what 80’s funk music was/is all about…go see Morris Day and The Time and Cameo!

Finally, for those of you who can hold “their water”- I’m hearing that goldstar.com will have a 1/2 price ticket deal starting 5/25 so like I just said, you may want to hold your water for a few days!

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April 25, 2015
Morris Day and The Time & Cameo.

Assuming it doesn’t rain…this is going to be one hell of a show…

Jeff Eats picked up 2-tickets at- pompanobeacharts.org.

Just a little heads-up…if and when you buy tickets…there is a- BUY ONE GET ONE DEAL on the site. Just look for it! Jeff Eats’ 2- ($75 tickets) with a $6 service fee -cost me $81.

For those of you who don’t “know” Morris Day and The Time, where you been? Google time!!!

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from pompanobeacharts.org.
Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
1801 Ne 6th St, Pompano Beach, FL 33060
(954) 946-2402
Friday May 29 | 8PM
Tickets:
$75 Rows 1-3
$60 Rows 4 – 10
$50 Rows 11 -20
$45 Rows 21-30

What more can we say about the funky, fabulous Morris Day? Morris Day and The Time have made music since the 1970’s, when Day got his musical chops in his first project with band member Prince. He later acted in Prince’s musical drama, Purple Rain.

The Time was formed from a larger band called “Flyte Tyme” and is noted for hip anthems such as “Jungle Love” and “The Bird.” The founding members reunited for a performance with Rihanna at the 50th annual Grammy Awards Show. In February of this year, Jimmy Kimmel Live featured the band as part of the #MashUpMonday series, forming a supergroup