* Halloween candy prices surge 13% — more than double inflation in other grocerie
The above New York Post headline (10/30/23) says it all!
Just keeping you guys (who may have been in a coma during the past 3 years) in the loop!
You guys can read the complete New York Post article at nypost.com.
This contested started on 10/31/23. This contest has a winner.
* Win A $25 Burtons Grill & Bar Gift Card.
Jeff Eats got a $25 Burtons Grill & Bar Gift Card to give to one of you guys…
The game- the first 25 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $25 Gift Card is good at all Burtons Grill & Bar locations.
You can check burtonsgrill.com for menu/prices/locations/info.
Posted on November 27th, 2017
***** Burtons Grill & Bar, 5580 North Military Trail, Boca Raton, Florida 33496, (561) 465-2036.
Got a real good American-Style joint for you guys to checkout, Burtons Grill & Bar which opened 6-weeks ago in Boca Raton.
Great looking free-standing building restaurant which seats something like 300 featuring an open kitchen/ a full liquor bar/ table & booth seating/ a menu loaded with reasonably priced- appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, entrees, paleo dishes, vegetarian dishes, gluten free dishes, desserts.
Like I said 2 seconds ago, Burtons Grill & Bar opened 6-weeks ago in Boca Raton- that said, this joint isn’t Burtons owners’ first rodeo in that they also have 13 other Burtons Grill & Bars spread-out over Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hamphshire, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina!
Long story short, last night Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and two other couples did-dinner at Burtons and I gotta tell you, its food and service were right on the money! Just between you guys and Jeff Eats, unless my hearing is going- during and after the meal I didn’t hear even one single bitch about “anything”- so Jeff Eats is kinda thinking that Burtons Grill & Bar has a winning formula figured out!
Let me wrap Burtons Grill & Bar up for you guys- by telling you that the joint is open Monday-Thursday 11:30am-10pm, Friday-Saturday 11:30am-10;30pm, Sunday 11:30am-9pm- and you can checkout menu/prices/info at burtonsgrill.com.
This contest started on 10/31/23. This contest has a winner.
* Win A $10 The Habit Burger Grill Gift Card.
Jeff Eats got a $10 The Habit Burger Grill Gift Card to give to one of you guys…
The game- the first 10 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $10 Gift Card is good at any The Habit Burger Grill location (habitburger.com for menu/prices, locations, promotion info)- and can be used for any purchase!
This contest started on 10/30/23. This contest has a winner.
* Win A $10 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Gift Card.
Jeff Eats got a $10 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Gift Card to give to one of you guys…
The game- the first 10 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $10 Gift Card is good at any Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen location.
Check Popeyes.com for menu/prices/locations/info.
***** DISH OF THE WEEK (Sunday- 10/29/23- Mount Dora Pizza & Subs).
One of Jeff Eats’ favorite menu items…
LARGE CALZONE
($22.25- pepperoni/ sausage/ ground beef/ mushrooms/ mozzarella cheese/ ricotta cheese/ garlic, side of marinara sauce)
Mount Dora Pizza & Subs
2718 West Old US Highway 441
Mount Dora(
9352) 383-5303
mountdorapizza.com
Latest Review: 10/2/23
This calzone is off the chart delicious!
Posted on October 2nd, 2023.
***** Mount Dora Pizza & Subs, 2718 West Old US Highway 441 Mount Dora, Florida 32757, (352) 383-5303.
Got a real good “mom & pop” Italian joint for you guys to check0-out, Mount Dora Pizza & Subs in Mount Dora.
Real simple tale to tell, last week Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “discovered” Mount Dora Pizza & Subs and its food was right on the money! The joint which opened in 1978 has inside table/booth seating and a “full boat” reasonably priced menu of appetizers/ soups/ salads/ pastas/ pizzas/ hot & cold subs/ entrees/ desserts/ beers & wines.
Now you guys know, that this food reviewing “gig” is purely a subjective call, what I like you may hate and vice versa! With that in mind, I’m telling ypu guys, that Mount Dora Pizza & Subs really has its act together- serving up dynamite stuff! If this joint was a whole lot closer to Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats’ Boca Raton abode- we’d be real steady customers!
Mount Dora Pizzas & Subs is open Monday-Thursday 11am- 9:00pm/ Friday- Saturday: 11:00am – 9:30pm/ closed Sunday.
You guys can check menu/prices/info at mountdorapizza.com.
This contest started on 10/28/23. This contest has a winner.
* Win A $10 Pickle Barrel Deli & Delicatessen Gift Card.
Jeff Eats got a $10 Pickle Barrel Deli & Delicatessen Gift Card for one of you guys!
The game- the first 10 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $10 Gift Card is good at Pickle Barrel Deli & Delicatessen, 133 East Hillsboro Boulevard, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441 (954) 427-0650, picklebarrelfl.com
Posted on November 6th, 2008
***** Pickle Barrel Deli & Delicatessen, 133 East Hillsboro Boulevard, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33441 (954) 427-0650.
I am now going to give you the name of one of South Florida’s great “order at the counter delis”…Pickle Barrel. This joint has been around since 1974 and makes some of the most delicious deli sandwiches and salads that you have ever tasted. Take a look at Pickle’s website at www.picklebarrelfl.com for menu/prices.
I am telling you…the food at this joint is absolutely amazing. The corned beef, pastrami, turkey and tuna-shrimp-chicken salads are about as good as it gets…throw in your choice from 6 breads, 12 condiments and 5 cheeses and this joint can whip-up some heavy-duty combination sandwiches. As for prices, although Pickle Barrel is located right next-door to a pawn shop, you won’t have to go into hock for this joint’s sandwiches or salads… Pickel’s prices are in-line with your favorite neighborhood sub shop’s menu.
Pickle Barrel is open Monday-Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-5pm and Sunday 9:30am-4:30pm.
***** Two Fat Guys Italian Gourmet Deli, 1355 Southwest Gatlin Boulevard, Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34953, (772) 446-9371.
Got a real good Italian deli for you guys to check-out, Two Fat Guys Italian Gourmet Deli in Port Saint Lucie.
Simple tale to tell, yesterday Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats “discovered” Two Fat Guys Italian Gourmet Deli and the joint’s reasonably priced selection of hot & cold sandwiches-heroes/ prepared foods/ salads/ pastas/ baked goods/ pizzas/ cheeses/ meats/ seafood/ breads/ desserts/ groceries totally blew us away! We were like two kids in a candy store!
Two Fat Guys Gourmet Italian Deli is an absolute must try!
You guys can check menu/prices/info at twofatguysbrooklyn.com.
Two Fat Guys Gourmet Italian Deli is open Monday – Wednesday 8:30am-6:30pm/ Thursday 8:30 am-7:00 pm/ Friday 8:00 am -7:00 pm/ Saturday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, closed Sunday.
By the way, Two Fat Guys Gourmet Italian Deli also sells bagels!
* Thurston Howell – A Premier Yacht Rock Spectacular.
Just picked-up 2 tickets!
Hearing real good things about this act!
From casinodaniabeach.com…
Thurston Howell is A Premier Yacht Rock Spectacular; their shows are tailored to perfection. It’s all about taking the audience on a journey through some of the most iconic soft rock of the 70’ and 80’s. Performing them with modern energy while staying true to that classic sound.
Featuring classic hits from Toto to Michael Mcdonald, Hall & Oates, Boz Scaggs, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, Steely Dan, Little River Band and many more. Thurston Howell navigates across your favorite smooth sailing hits of the 70’s & 80’s. So, grab your mates and make your way out to the edge of the dock. Climb on board the Thurston Howell Yacht Rock spectacular and enjoy a musical tour!!
You can catch tickets at: casinodaniabeach.com
The Casino @ Dania Beach
301 E Dania Beach Blvd
Dania Beach, Florida 33004
This contest started on 10/26/23. This contest has a winner.
* Win A $10 Fran’s Chicken Haven Gift Card.
Jeff Eats got a $10 Fran’s Chicken Haven Gift Card to give to one of you guys!
The game- the first 10 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!
The $10 Gift Card is good at Fran’s Chicken Haven, 1925 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33432, (561) 395-0781.
You can check menu/prices at franschickenhaven.com.
Posted on March 13th, 2019 ·
***** Fran’s Chicken Haven, 1925 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33432, (561) 395-0781.
Let’s just call this tale a “2019-Public Service Announcement”….
Just a quick observation- You guys do know that most cardiologists don’t know dick-about fried chicken!
In any event…
If you “need” to eat absolutely off the chart-dynamite fried chicken (like Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats needed to do last night), read on…
Posted on December 28th, 2015
***** Fran’s Chicken Haven, 1925 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33432, (561) 395-0781
Let’s just call this- a Jeff Eats’ “Certain Things Bear Repeating” story…
Jeff Eats just has to laugh- when the Sun Sentinel seemingly “year after year crowns” PUBLIX FRIED CHICKEN the best in South Florida! There is an old Irish saying- “Give Me A Fu@king Break.”
Long story short, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats have been- on and off (see below-as to why “on and off”) “taking-out” fried chicken and “various” sides from Fran’s Chicken Haven in Boca Raton for something like 23 years!- and I gotta tell you -that this joint’s fried chicken/sides are absolute dynamite! Trust Jeff Eats on this one – trying to rank the “best” in the food reviewing game- is a dumb no win game…with that in mind, what I do know, is that Fran’s fried chicken is off-the-chart good and that after you eat it- you will never-want to voluntarily buy or eat Publix fried chicken ever again!
If you want to eat outrageously delicious fried chicken…Fran’s Chicken Haven is a must try.
You can check menu/info at franschickenhaven.com.
Posted on July 5th, 2013
***** Fran’s Chicken Haven, 1925 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida 33432, (561) 395-0781.
Got something terrific for you…
That’s assuming that you aren’t a “follower” of NYC Mayor Bloomberg–in that you don’t need “Big Brother” (and no, I’m not talking about Janis’ group) to tell you what you can and can’t eat…
Real fast… from 1964-2000 a woman named Fran (thus the name Fran’s Chicken Haven) and her husband Joe, operated a “hole-in-the-wall” fried chicken joint—Fran’s Chicken Haven in Boca Raton. Maybe 3 tables and 4-5 counter seats. In a nutshell, amazing fried chicken and assorted sides. In 2000 the couple retired and sold the business—for the past 12-13 years Fran’s has had 3-maybe 4 different owners who slowly but surely wrecked the business. Jeff Eats may not be the sharpest pencil in the box, but I do know that when something ain’t broke, you don’t try and fix it…one owner changed the batter-mix and added latin sides, another made the joint a kosher chicken restaurant-closing on Friday nights and all day Saturday—hopefully you get the picture.
Since Fran and Joe sold the joint, Jeff Eats who had previously been a real-steady customer, has maybe picked-up chicken 7 or 8 times in the ensuing years.
Now the news…two brothers- Jake Stuart (aged 19) and Chris Stuart (aged 32) both born and bred—Boca Ratonians—bought Fran’s a month or so ago…and have literally “brought” it back to where it was taste-wise during the Fran & Joe era. How does Jeff Eats know all this? Because…Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats ala Marvin Gaye heard it through the grapevine—and yesterday, picked up an 8 piece fried chicken, French fries, onion rings, fried corn nibblets order—and I gotta tell you, the food tastes just like we “remember” Fran making it…the “boys” told us that the sale/purchase of the business had included all of Fran’s original recipes and that they had visited with Fran and Joe (who still live in Boca Raton) to get a feel on how to run the joint.
Let me leave you guys with this…if you like fried chicken, fries, onion rings, fried corn nibblets—-then you gotta get over to Fran’s Chicken Haven.
One final thought…
Jake and Chris— When the crowds start pouring in, which they will—don’t even think of renaming the joint- Stuart Brothers Chicken Haven or some such variation!
Down below is the original June 20, 2006 Jeff Eats’ review for Fran’s Chicken Haven:
***** “Fran’s makes some of the best fried chicken that you have ever tasted. This joint has been around something like 40 years and is an absolute hole in the wall. Basically a take-out joint, there are a few tables and a counter for those who want to “dine in.” FRIED is the word here…shrimp, corn, french fries, onion rings. Everything is absolutely delicious.
Don’t tell your cardiologist about this joint.
Fran’s is open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner.”
