* PILOT VARSITY DISPOSABLE FOUNTAIN PEN.

Jeff Eats recently told you guys (8/3/14 -Medicare & Food!) that effective October 1, 2014 I’m going on Medicare.

For some reason, Son Jeff Eats and Daughter Jeff Eats “found” this news hilarious and every week since have- had “something” delivered to me-that is meant to remind me as to how old-I’m getting! Those two Eats are real peaches!

Anyway,

This morning Jeff Eats received a shipment of Pilot Varsity Disposable Pens ordered through amazon.com. The manufacturer describes these pens as…

“Enjoy an old school writing style with this fashionable disposable fountain pen. Each pen in the Pilot Varsity Disposable Fountain Pen Assorted Ink 7-pack Pouch features a retro style barrel with a real fountain pen nib. Other useful features include an advanced liquid ink system for smooth writing and a visible ink supply so you’ll never be caught off guard.”

Nothing for nothing, these pens are dynamite. There are 7 different ink colors. Figure, they cost 2 bucks a piece–and it’s really enjoyable writing with a fountain pen.

Anyway,

Jeff Eats thought you guys might enjoy hearing about an “old” thing made “new.” You can check the pens out at pilotpen.us. By the way, Staples and other big box retailers stock the “pen”-so it must have a pretty big retail following.

Finally to Son Jeff Eats and Daughter Jeff Eats…ballpoint pens had “already” been invented by the time I started school, so nice try! That said, all of the wooden desks at PS 179 where I attended kindergarten through 6th grade- had holes drilled in them where inkwells were placed (by the kids who came before me)…and if you don’t know what an inkwell is, tough!!!! Go GOGGLE “it” on your new Apple Watches.

* Tastemakers at Mizner Park presents “Rock, Roll & Stroll.

Way back on August 4, 2014 Jeff Eats told you guys about- Tastemakers at Mizner Park presents “Rock, Roll & Stroll scheduled for Wednesady- September 17, 2014 from 6pm-9:30pm. The original story is reprinted below.

So…let’s treat this morning’s “story” as a friendly reminder-just in case you’d like to “go” but haven’t yet caught tickets-that tickets are still available.

Jeff Eats did some checking-and I’m hearing that a huge crowd is gonna be doing this “thing”. Based on location, restaurants, vendors, bands involved (assuming the weather cooperates) “Rock, Roll & Stroll” should be a terrific night out.

Finally- in case it matters to anyone…

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are going to take time-out from our busy social calendar- and “record” America’s Got Talent’s finale-so we’ll see you guys at Mizner Park!
*****

August 4, 2014

* Tastemakers at Mizner Park presents “Rock, Roll & Stroll.”

Just this very minute, received the following press release (below) about an event -Tastemakers at Mizner Park presents “Rock, Roll & Stroll” set for September 17, 2014.

Give a read…

Just a gut call, but based on the venue, restaurants, bands and companies involved- “Rock, Roll & Stroll” is gonna be an absolute blast. That $30 ticket price looks like a real good deal to me!
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BOCA RATON, FLORIDA (July 6, 2014) – Tastemakers at Mizner Park presents “Rock, Roll & Stroll,” a fabulous progressive food and cocktail tasting featuring many of center’s restaurants and live rock music, on Wednesday, September 17 from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Mizner Park in Boca Raton.

“We are very excited about this year’s new ‘rock & roll’ theme with two live bands playing throughout the evening and are pleased to partner with the City of Boca Raton,” said Barbara Finn, marketing manager for Mizner Park. “This event has been so successful in years past we extended it into the Mizner Park Amphitheater to include a separate craft beer tasting and additional entertainment.”

The Mizner Park Amphitheater will be host to craft beer tastings from the Florida Beer Company, Gold Coast Distributors, Harpoon Brewery, and the New Belgium Brewery, and music by rock band, Amp’d.

Tickets, available at www.miznerpark.com starting August 1, are $30 per person and include one tasting and select beverage at each participating restaurant with presentation of the VIP Ticket Book. Tickets may also be purchased at each participating restaurant. In addition, the ticket booklets will include re-usable exclusive offerings from various Mizner Park eateries valid August 1 through October 31, 2014.

Featured Mizner Park “Tastemakers” are:

Dubliner – Shepherd’s Pie with Guinness Mac & Cheese and Irish soda bread, paired with a special “Black Velvet,” combination of Guinness and Cider.

JAZZIZ Nightlife – Beef Carpaccio with horseradish aioli, black truffle and homemade potato chips served with a Blood Orange Cilantro Margarita.

Kapow! – Banh Mi Vietnamese Baguette (slow-cooked pulled pork, buttery spicy aioli, cilantro, pickled carrots, daikon and jalapeno) with a Spicy Lover cocktail (Partida Reposado Tequila, cucumber, lime juice, tabasco green sauce, cilantro, and organic agave nectar)

Max’s Grille – Crispy Duck Spring Rolls with spicy vegetables, soba noodles, pickled cucumbers, and Asian dipping sauce served with a Strawberry Saketini made with Stoli Vanilla Vodka, Tyku Sake and fresh strawberries.

Racks – The A+A Roll made with hamachi, jalapeno, spicy tuna, crispy shallot, cilantro and avocado with Boca Lemonade, a refreshing mix of Stoli Vodka and Tyku Lemonade.

Ruth’s Chris – Mini Seared Ahi-Tuna complimented with Aspirated sauce with hints of mustard and beer, served with a Raspberry Rosemary Cosmo made with Absolut Raspberri, Cointreau, lime & cranberry juices, muddled raspberries and rosemary.

Tanzy – Housemade Ceder Plank Salmon with red pepper, lima bean, Israeli couscous and cucumber fennel salad paired with Prickly Pear Sour Sop Margarita mixed with cactus fruit, Florida Guanabana, hand-squeezed lime, El Jimador Tequila Reposado.

Truluck’s – Fresh Seasonal Crab Claws served with Lagaria pinot grigio.

Uncle Julio’s – Pineapple Bacon Guacamole & crumbled queso fresco paired with the popular Julio’s Gold, Uncle Julio’s special hand-shaken margarita.

Villagio – Eggplant Rollatini – braised eggplant stuffed with seasoned ricotta cheese with marinara, parmesan, and melted mozzarella; and the Acai Thini, a blend of Acai Vodka with Cointreau, sour mix and a touch of Blue Curacao.

Yard House – Ahi Poke Bowl – marinated raw Ahi and avocado with carrots, Daikon radish, macadamia nuts and wontons served with Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat Beer

***** China Express, 5748 West Flagler Street, Miami, Florida 33144, (305) 639-8281.

China Express is a Chinese takeout joint. Its got 3 tables- but takeout is the game.

The other day Jeff Eats had “some” business to take care of -right by China Express…so I picked-up egg rolls, pork fried dumplings, honey garlic chicken, pepper steak, shrimp with lobster sauce, shrimp chow mein, roast pork fried rice–and made it a working lunch at my friend Michael’s office.

Real easy to score this joint…everything was delicious, the portions were huge, cheap prices.

You can check menu/prices/other info at chinaexpressmiami.com.

Like I said 2 seconds ago, this is a takeout joint-so it won’t play for 98.89% of you. For the other 1.11% of you-you now know where to get some real solid Chinese takeout.

Right about now, some of you guys are “thinking” hey Jeff pretty skimpy review. To you guys I say, Chinese takeout, delicious food, huge portions, cheap prices-by my friend Michael’s office…and if you insist, the fried pork dumplings and honey garlic chicken were worth the trip alone (which Jeff Eats had to make anyway)-down to Miami.

China Express is open Sunday-Thursday 11am-10pm, Friday-Saturday 11am-11pm.

***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 9/14/14).

One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…

CHUCKY BURGER (1 lb. bacon cheeseburger with 1-side)
$12.95

Burgers & Suds
360 East McNab Road
Pompano Beach
(954) 586-4258
burgerssuds.com
Latest Review: 5/10/14

You will love Burgers & Suds. Its burgers are off the chart.

*Famous People.

Here’s a recent email from reader JStern.

Jeff,

Just killing some time and I’m reading about your entertainment business/legal background. Just curious as to some of the famous folks you have met?

*****

JStern,

Like you,, I’m gonna kill some time here and give you a “partial” list. Just so you know, the listed folks aren’t “friends” they are just people that I-casually met or had some-type of business/legal dealings with.

In no particular order of importance…

Ed Kranepool
Ron Swoboda
Jackie Leonard
Totie Fields
Willie Mays
Richard Nixon
Sid Caesar
Ed Koch
Lee Majors
Nelson Rockefeller
John Lindsay
John Gotti
Michael Douglas
Jacob Javits
Patrick Moynihan
Joe Frazier
Muhammad Ali
Roberto Duran
Chevy Chase
Jerry Lewis
Geraldo Rivera
Cal Ripken jr.
Chubby Checker
Bill Medley
Al Pacino
Dustin Hoffman
Al “Grandpa Munster” Lewis
Smokey Robinson
Mike Tyson
Steven Segal
OJ Simpson
Mel Torme
Burt Reynolds
Carl Bernstein
Gilda Ratner
Ringo Star
Patrick Swayze
Regis Philbin
Sonny Bono
Cher
Malcolm Forbes
Whitey Ford
Eddie Fisher
David Brinkley
Larry Holmes
Don King
Gladys Knight
Jerry Lee Lewis
Joe Namath
Judge Wapner
Andrew Dice Clay
Bruce Springsteen
Joe Biden
Buffalo Bob Smith
Frankie Avalon
John Travolta
Mickey Rooney
Roseanne Barr
Greta Garbo
Woody Allen
Liza Minnelli
Rock Hudson
Michael Jordan
Cousin Brucie
Roy Orbison
Anna Nicole Smith
Yogi Berra
Robert De Niro
Bill Cosby
Al Sharpton
Hulk Hogan
Dan Marino
Jon Bon Jovi
Sugar Ray Leonard
Jake LaMotta
Rocky Graziano
Dick Clark
Gilbert Gottfried
Mickey Mantle
Bo Diddley
Chuck Berry
Michael Bolton
Pete Rose
Kirk Douglas
Warren Beatty
Jim Belushi
Little Richard
Martha Reeves
Carl Perkins
Leslie Gore

“This” list and 15 cents (or whatever a NYC Subway ride goes for these days) will get me on the Subway.

Thanks for killing sometime with me!

Finally, if any of you guys have “rubbed shoulders” or for that matter anything else with a famous person, please share the name/story!

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* Name the 4 or 5 Things You Need At The Perfect Tailgate!

Please be as creative or stupid or sensible as you’d like.

Jeff Eats…
Charcoal grill
Folding table/chairs/tents/paper goods/utensils
Portable satellite tv
Beer/liquor/soft drinks/water
Hamburgers/hot dogs/corn on the cob/chicken wings/beef ribs/sides/desserts

* Tapestry: A Tribute To Carole King.

If you are a fan of legendary music genius-Carole King…go see Tapestry: A Tribute To Carole King!

Trust Jeff Eats on this one…this “tribute” show will absolutely blow you away and have you “believing” that Carole King is right in front of you!

Jeff Eats is thinking that most of you guys know that-one of Broadway’s hottest shows is “Beautiful The Carole King Musical”–no bs-ing here, the Tapestry show plays at the same level.

You can catch tickets by calling (561) 859-0846 or online at fau.edu, poprockdoowopp.com.
*****

Date: October 18, 2014
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Venue: FAU-Carole & Barry Kaye Aud. Boca Raton, Florida
A “beautiful” re-creation of her timeless hits by the live vocalists and musicians of Tapestry, direct from California in their only east coast appearance this season!

Carole King is without question the most successful and revered female singer-songwriter in pop music history. More than 400 of her compositions have been recorded by over 1000 artists, resulting in 100 hit singles — from “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”, “Take Good Care of My Baby”, “Run to Him”, “Crying in the Rain”, “The Loco-Motion”, “Up on the Roof”, “One Fine Day”, “I’m Into Something Good”, “Just Once in My Life” and “Don’t Bring Me Down”. Her 1971 album “Tapestry” took King to the pinnacle, winning all 3 of the key Grammy Awards — record, song and album of the year as well as best female vocalist honors for King. With more than 25 million units sold, Tapestry remained the best-selling album by a female artist for a quarter century and King went on to amass three other platinum and seven gold albums.

Tapestry: Tribute to Carole King faithfully recreates the glorious sound of a live Carole King concert, leaving you with memories of the great music she wrote and recorded, including “You’ve Got a Friend”, “Natural Woman”, “It’s Too Late”, “So Far Away”, “I Feel the Earth Move” and “Beautiful”, the title song of the mega-hit Broadway musical about the life and times of one of America’s most prolific, honored, and revered singer-songwriters. Enjoy an evening of the signature sounds of Ms. King with this must-see show that everyone calls “Some Kind of Wonderful.”

***** Shavedway Subs, 4900 West Atlantic Boulevard, Margate, Florida 33063, (954) 977-3019.

First things first, Jeff Eats doesn’t “get” the name Shavedway…if you ask me, rather odd!

Anyway,

The other day Jeff Eats did a lunch at Shavedway Subs and I gotta tell you-this joint makes awesomely delicious subs.

In a nutshell, cold/hot subs-wraps, salads. Order at/pickup at counter. Handful of tables. Very reasonable prices. You can check menu/prices/other info at shavedway.com.

The “taste test” included- tuna salad sub, meatball sub, Cuban sandwich…like I said 2 seconds ago, awesomely delicious.

Look! Jeff Eats has eaten in more sub joints than my waistline cares to remember. If you think that I can “recall” each and every outing, you’re nuts. It may sound crazy, but sometimes I gotta read jeffeats.com just to keep my facts straight. With the aforesaid (that’s a lawyer’s “word”) in mind, I think I’m gonna remember Shavedway Subs- 1. because its sandwiches were delicious, 2. because of its rather odd name… Ah-So!-that’s why they named it Shavedway!

Shavedway Subs is open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am-3pm, closed Sunday.

* The Motowners.

A recent email…

Jeff,

My name is __________ and I am the president of ___________HOA located in Delray Beach.

At a recent BOD meeting, it was voted that we should schedule a themed music event for all residents. The event will be held outdoors on a Saturday night (in either January or February) at our community pool. We don’t have a social director and have never planned such a large event in our history.

The BOD would like to hire a Motown band for 3 hours.

I was wondering if you might be able to recommend a good band for the event?

Food for the event will be handled by an outside caterer and we are expecting close to 300 to attend.

Our budget for the band is $________.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.
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Based on your location and budget…take a very close look at The Motowners based in South Florida (blackswanspecialevents.com).

The Motowners play doo wop, disco- and do tributes to Motown acts such as The Temptations, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, The Four Tops and Michael Jackson. Jeff Eats has seen the group a number of times and it puts on a good show and is extremely professional. Just so you know, The Motowners have both a live band show as well as a track show-with the track show costing less than the live band-either way-both are well in the budget that you mentioned. In addition, there are different 5-10 performer configurations that you can choose from. Personally, I think that the male vocalist unit is the strongest.

Finally, if this group is of interest to you, I would suggest that you go see them “live” before making a final decision.

Good luck with your event.

* COMCAST.

To save time Jeff Eats is going to assume that you guys know what COMCAST is.

In my case, THEE-WORSE-COMPANY-IN-THE-UNIVERSE-TO-DO-BUSINESS-WITH! No bs-ing here, I can’t think of another company with such piss-poor service and a customer service department that borders on being criminally insane…there is absolutely no way that Comcast’s telephone agents can sound as stupid as they do- and tell such boldface lies- without corporate approval!

Just a heads up…

If you are a Comcast subscriber and “on” the same page as I am…here’s a way for you to get ACTION ON YOUR PROBLEM.

When you got a problem, like your bill is all f-ed up, don’t call 1-800-COMCAST. I repeat don’t call 1-800-COMCAST! Instead call 1-215-286-1700. That (215) number is the main telephone number for Comcast’s corporate headquarters in Philadelphia. When the phone is answered by the operator just tell him/her–“I’m a Comcast customer who is having trouble with customer service and I would like to speak with someone in the Office of The President.” Guaranteed you will be “connected” with a “special trouble shooting representative” who will immediately solve your problem/or take your info-and within 24 hours you’ll get a call from a Florida Comcast representative who WILL GET YOU STRAIGHTENED OUT!

Consider this COMCAST story as a Jeff Eats’ public service announcement.