* John Caparulo.

Jeff Eats knows its Labor Day- but there is an old saying “the early bird catches the first worm” or something like that!

On December 4-6, 2014 John Caparulo-one of America’s funniest young comedians is playing the Fort Lauderdale IMPROV.

Trust me I know -the shows are something like 90 days away, but guaranteed all of them will be SRO (Standing Room Only).

If you want to literally laugh your ass off, plan on seeing this guy.

For further info/tickets improvftl.com, johncaparulo.com

* Classic Albums Live.

Jeff Eats recently caught a concert performed by CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE.

In a nutshell-an absolutely amazing group of musicians “play” a well known Rock N Roll album-note for note, cut for cut, live!

Trust me on this one, this Classic Albums Live isn’t-Joe the Barber or Fred the AC guy-picking up a few bucks playing in a band on the weekend…just so you understand what’s going on “here”- Classic Albums Live has a huge number of members- which musicians perform -depends on location and the covered album selected.

DON’T BELIEVE OLD JEFF EATS AS TO HOW GOOD THIS “GROUP” IS- then go to classicalbumslive.com and checkout Classic Albums Live for yourself!

Classic Albums Live is one of the best tribute/cover acts that I have ever seen!

Classic Albums Live performs all over the United States and Canada.

Printed below is the band’s upcoming schedule.

For our purposes, the band has shows scheduled in Florida- September 11-14, 2014 and October 9-12, 2014.

One final thing, checkout Gold Star Events (reviewed 8/26/14) goldstar.com–it has discounted tickets for Classic Albums Live concerts.
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09/06/14 The Beatles – Abbey Road The Colonial Theatre Pittsfield, MA
09/11/14 Prince – Purple Rain Parker Playhouse Fort Lauderdale, FL
09/12/14 Prince – Purple Rain The Lakeland Center Lakeland, FL
09/13/14 Prince – Purple Rain King Center Melbourne, FL
09/13/14 The Beatles – Abbey Road Ravinia Festival Highland Park, IL
09/14/14 Prince – Purple Rain Capitol Theatre Clearwater, FL
10/09/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell Shenkman Arts Centre Ottawa, ON
10/09/14 The Beatles – The White Album Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts Orange Park, FL
10/10/14 The Beatles – The White Album The Lakeland Center Lakeland, FL
10/10/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell Rose Theatre Brampton, ON
10/11/14 The Beatles – The White Album King Center Melbourne, FL
10/12/14 The Beatles – The White Album Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater, FL
10/16/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell The Playhouse Fredericton, NB
10/17/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell Confederation Centre of the Arts Charlottetown, PE
10/17/14 Led Zeppelin – I Georgian Theatre Barrie, ON
10/18/14 Led Zeppelin – II Lester B. Pearson Civic Centre Elliot Lake , ON
10/18/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell Imperial Theatre Saint John, NB
10/22/14 The Beatles – Abbey Road Sean O’Sullivan Theatre / Brock University St. Catharines, ON
10/23/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell Camenco Capitol Arts Centre Port Hope, ON
10/24/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell Sanderson Centre PAC Brantford, ON
10/24/14 The Beatles – Abbey Road Hettenhausen Center for the Arts Lebanon, IL
10/25/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell Centennial Hall London, ON
10/25/14 The Beatles – Abbey Road Governors State University PAC University Park, IL
10/29/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell Richmond Hill PAC Richmond Hill, ON
10/30/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell Oakville Centre PAC Oakville, ON
10/30/14 Prince – Purple Rain ArtsQuest Centre at Steel Stacks- Musikfest Cafe Bethlehem, PA
10/31/14 Prince – Purple Rain Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville, CT
11/14/14 Led Zeppelin – II Centre in the Square Kitchener, ON
11/14/14 Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon Sangamon Auditorium Springfield, IL
11/15/14 Fleetwood Mac – Rumours Rialto Square Theatre Joliet, IL
11/21/14 Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon Burlington Performing Arts Centre Burlington, ON
11/21/14 The Who – Who’s Next Massey Hall Toronto, ON
11/22/14 The Beatles – Abbey Road Gallo Center for the Performing Arts Modesto, CA
11/29/14 Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell Showplace Performance Centre Peterborough,
12/05/14 The Beatles – Abbey Road Grand Theatre Kingston,
12/13/14 The Beatles – The White Album Oakville Centre PAC Oakville,
12/18/14 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here Imperial Theatre Sarnia,
12/20/14 Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon Milton Centre for the Arts Milton,
01/16/15 Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon Paramount Theatre Rutland,
01/30/15 The Beatles – Let It Be Roy Thomson Hall Toronto,
03/06/15 Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti Massey Hall Toronto,
04/25/15 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here Massey Hall Toronto,

* MDA Show Of Strength Telethon.

Right now watching the TELETHON!

Trust me your problems are just small potatoes…

Don’t sweat the small stuff…

Forget about ordering that late night pizza or that yogurt run- 1 800-344-4863 and do the right thing.

***** Da Burger Shack.

Real fast…

This afternoon, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “did” PGA Pig Out Gourmet Food Truck Expo & Car Show (Palm Beach Gardens) and we had an absolute blast. Terrific food, outstanding drink, great band, cool cars, beautiful weather, fun/creative vendors, easy going/fun crowd, great staff.

Suffice it to say, that Jeff Eats ate like a freaking- pig…to be honest with you, every food truck killed it!

Not my style to do “pecking orders”-but I must tell you that food truck -Da Burger Shack “turned out” one of the most delicious charbroiled bacon cheeseburger sliders that Jeff Eats has had in a very-very long time. LOVED IT!!!!

I understand that Da Burger Shack services Dade/Broward/Palm Beach-Counties…

You can check Da Burger Shack out at dabgrshack.com–(305) 380-9999.

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday-8/31/14).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items.

12″ Chicken Salad Sub (Laspada’s calls “them” hoagies)
$9.85.

Laspada’s Original Hoagies
2240 Northwest 19th Street
Boca Raton (there are 4 other South Florida locations)
(561) 393-1434
laspadashoagies.com
Latest Review: 7/18/08

Trust Jeff Eats when I tell you- that 12″ sub can easily feed 3 people. Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, Laspada’s chicken salad is absolute dynamite, but that’s just between us.

Posted July 18, 2008
***** Laspada’s Original Hoagies, 4346 South Grape Drive, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida 33348 (954) 776-7893.

Laspada’s is a “sub-grinder-hoagie-heroes”!(or whatever you call them) joint. There are currently 3 South Florida locations…Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Davie and Coral Springs. The Lauderdale joint is the original location…I must have gotten stuff there at least 20 times…I have also been to the Coral Springs location twice…Never been to the Davie store.

The guys who own Laspada’s are “masters” at making phenomenal-fantastic hoagies. Take a look at Laspada’s website at www.laspadashoagies.com for menu/pricing…also take a look at the photos of the stores and sandwiches being made.

If you want to eat absolutely incredible stuff, then you absolutely want to get to a Laspada’s. The joints are open 7-days a week for lunch and dinner. Keep in mind, that there is very limited seating and the game is primarily takeout.

Bedner’s Farm Fresh Market, 10066 Lee Road, Boynton Beach, Florida 33473, (561) 733-5490.

Let me start by saying that although Bedner’s has been around since 1960-and the Jeff Eats Family has lived in South Florida since 1991…Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats have only “been” to Bedner’s twice-April 5, 2014 and today, August 30, 2014…

Here’s the skinny, as far as a being a year-round-green market, this joint stinks.

No fooling here- for Mrs. Jeff Eats on TWO OUTINGS to have found not one fruit, vegetable, baked item to buy says-something. Trust me, the lady is the consummate shopper and for her to tell me that Publix has better quality/less expensive/better selection “stuff” tells this boy all he needs to know!

Just for the record, on Saturday and Sunday- food truck Porky and Beth’s BBQ
(reviewed 4/5/14) is on Bedner’s premises- that’s why we were at Bedner’s today-picking up dinner.

Look! I know -the joint has been around for 54 years…all I can tell you is “what” I think and I think that if you want top notch fruits, vegetables, baked goods, juices- this ain’t the place to get them! You wanna pick strawberries or do a hayride with the kids-I get it!- but as for “table” food, nope!

Now you know and I know that Jeff Eats is just “my” opinion- so if you care to look into Bedner’s further…bedners.com.

***** Time To Eat Diner, 716 US Highway 1 North, Tequesta, Florida 33469, (561) 747-4263.

The only difference between Tequesta’s -Time To Eat Diner and the New York/New Jersey diners that many of us grew up-on…is that Time To Eat is open Monday-Saturday 7am-10pm and Sunday 7am-9:30pm and the New York/New Jersey joints were/are open 7 days a week 24 hours a day.

With the above in mind, let me tell you that Jeff Eats absolutely loved Time To Eat Diner…if we forget its business hours…THIS IS A REAL DINER!!! Perfect-diner food, diner decor, diner service, diner prices.

Rather than Jeff Eats telling you about Time To Eat Diner’s’ in house baked pies/cakes, all day breakfast, Greek dinner specials, chunky chicken salad on toasted rye-go check timetoeatflorida.com and take a gander at its menu…it sure looks like A REAL DINER MENU to me.

Time To Eat Diner is the real deal.

Like I said 5 seconds ago, Jeff Eats loved this joint.

* Andrew Dice Clay Tickets.

Jeff Eats was looking to catch some Dice tickets…

Look at the warning attached to the tickets.

Like-I don’t know what the guy’s act is all about.

I say there is way too much consumer protectionism in this country-today,

If you think Jeff Eats is off base here…the next time a drug commercial comes on your tv, listen to the announcer’s warning about possible side effects…the freaking warnings literally take up more air-time than the info-about the product does. Just think, a guy looking for a 4-hour erection faces possible blindness, death, brain damage, kidney failure etc. for “some” fun!

Finally, this morning I read that a class action lawsuit was commenced against Whole Foods Market claiming that its Greek Yogurt brand label -listed a sugar content something like 6/times lower than what the product actually contained. Nothing for nothing, if the “Church/Temple/Mosque” of many “healthy eaters” out there ain’t telling the truth- does any of this so-called consumer protectionism really amount to a hill of beans -anyway?

AND while I’m ranting, do you actually believe that you need all of those tests your doctor orders up for you? Betcha a buck, a good number of those tests are just “running up the tab” and others are run to “protect” the doctor just in case you decide to sue his or her ass off-one day.

Any way back to Andrew Dice Clay tickets,

Too much info out there…
*****

Andrew Dice Clay at Vinyl Hard Rock

WARNING: THIS SHOW CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE, ADULT SATIRE AND STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT. ABSOLUTELY NO ONE UNDER 18 WILL BE ADMITTED. NO REFUNDS GIVEN BASED ON SHOW CONTENT. The ticket prices includes a 10% Live Entertainment Tax as assessed by the state of Nevada. ONLY the card holder with photo ID and the credit card used for purchase can pick up tickets. Non-professional cameras allowed, no detachable lenses. No audio/video recorders or tablets are allowed. Customers accept all customary risks associated with live entertainment. Due to security requirements, backpacks, wallet chains, spiked accessories, and bags/purses larger than 8.5′ x 11′ will not be allowed in the venue. Vinyl is a non-smoking venue. Electronic smoking devices are not allowed.
Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas NV US
Aug 29, 2014 9:00:00 PM

* Showtime’s Best of South Florida 2014!

Just got this email from reader KSR…

Jeff,
Did you see today’s Sun Sentinel?
Its Showtime Magazine has a ‘Best of South Florida 2014′ story that has listings for things such as Best Cocktails, Best Coffee Shop, Best Seafood, Best Pizzeria, Best Burgers, Best Desserts, Best Brewpub.
What do you think of the list and its winners?
*****
KSR:

Just finished reading Showtime’s “Best of South Florida 2014” article…

As a steady Jeff Eats’ reader you know that I kinda think that BEST LISTS are silly. You know and I know, that “taste” is a totally subjective thing, so what I like you may hate and vice versa.

Back- to Showtime’s “list”…I will tell you, that here and there Showtime has some pretty strong-picks…but then again, here and there it’s so far off the mark, that it’s laughable. Like I said, “taste” is subjective!

Finally, Jeff Eats can’t tell you if Showtime got it right or wrong or even close on categories such as “Best Gay Bar”-“Best Drag Bar”-Best Gay Event”-“Worst Bathrooms”-nothing personal or anything-but the first 3-listed categories are out of my bailiwick and as for the 4th-when I gotta go, I gotta go!

Thanks for reading…

* PGA Pig Out Gourmet Food Truck Expo & Custom Car Show.

Back on August 7, 2014 Jeff Eats told you guys about an up-coming event, PGA Pig Out Gourmet Food Truck Expo & Custom Car Show set for Sunday, August 31, 2014 from noon-4pm. That “article” is reprinted below.

Just wanted you guys to know that Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats will be there.

For what it’s worth, Jeff Eats has been to a number of PGA-events and these-“guys” really know how to run an event. Guaranteed, there will be great food, great music, terrific vendors, great drink, cool cars. Like I just said 1 1/2 seconds ago, PGA knows how to do events “right.”

If you haven’t already got plans- pick up a ticket and as they say “Come On Down” or maybe it’s UP or maybe Sideways in your case–to PGA Pig Out Gourmet Food Truck Expo & Custom Car Show. Just a heads up, check goldstar.com for discount tickets.

Finally, Jeff Eats will be wearing a logoed Jeff Eats black polo shirt. I got no problem-with you coming up to say “hello” unless you are a disgruntled reader, disgruntled restaurant owner, disgruntled band member, serial killer, or mass murderer.

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are really looking forward to this ONE!
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August 7, 2014.
PGA Pig Out Gourmet Food Truck Expo & Custom Car Show.

Jeff Eats just received the following press release from PGA National Resort And Spa.

Just wanted you guys to know that Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats-as my Great Aunt Alva use to say – “God be willing”…plan to be at the Pig Out.

Not to sound like a shill or nothing, but PGA really knows how to run events like this.

The bet here… Gonna be a great Sunday Afternoon!
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PGA National to Host Labor Day Weekend ‘Gourmet Food Truck Expo’
Event Benefits Wounded Warriors of South Florida, Features Top Area Gourmet Food Trucks, Custom Car Show, Live Music
(PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.) — PGA National Resort & Spa announces its “Gourmet Pig Out” featuring the finest culinary fare from select area food trucks on Sunday, August 31, 2014 (noon – 4 p.m.).

The family-friendly afternoon additionally features an exotic car display, vendor village, gourmet offerings from Whole Foods Market, and live music from The Replay. General admission tickets ($40 in advance, $50 at the door) include a hearty menu item from each of a collection of the most popular local gourmet food trucks in the area. V.I.P. tickets ($60 in advance or $70 at the door) include all tastings as well as access to unlimited tastings at the Adult Beverage tent and 30 minute early access. The Heineken Tasting Pavilion for VIP ticketholders will offer unlimited tastings of bourbons, whiskeys and beers. Kids’ tickets allowing them a children’s option at each truck are $20 for children 10 and over plus a fun kids zone will be a new addition to the event.

For more information and tickets visit: www.pgapigout.eventbrite.com.

A portion of the proceeds benefits Wounded Warriors of South Florida and its noble cause of empowering injured service veterans. August 31st in appreciation of our Military, Active and Retired Military personnel can enjoy a room rate starting at $89 per night including one ticket (resort fees, and taxes additional). Two free tickets to the “Gourmet Pig Out” are included with a two-night stay. Call 888.974.3885 for reservations.

Guests will have the chance to experience PGA National’s own gourmet iTRUCK offering tasty finger foods including Short Rib Mac and Cheese, Blazing Buffalo Bites, and its signature Parmesan White Truffle Fries.

iTRUCK periodically serves as the “92nd Hole” for the resort’s five outstanding golf courses, caters local affairs and occasionally joins major festivals throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties.

For those seeking accommodations, PGA National is offering a special “Stay the Night” rate of $169 including two tickets. Call 855.661.1050 for reservations.

“The Gourmet Pig Out is the perfect way to enjoy the awesome food trucks of our area and as well the exciting debut of iTRUCK,” says Donald Young, PGA National’s Executive Chef. “Come have a great Sunday afternoon and help support the Wounded Warriors and its wonderful work with our South Florida veterans.”

The “Gourmet Pig Out” sponsors include Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Palm Beach Children’s Hospital, Gourmet Truck Expo, Whole Foods Market, Heineken, Yelp, and Localdines.com

For more PGA National Resort & Spa information: www.pgaresort.com or call 561.627.2000.