***** Poppy’s Pizza and Subs, 4379 North University Drive, Sunrise, Florida 33351, (954) 749-1117.

You now know about a very good pizza-sub joint in Sunrise.

Poppy’s is open Monday-Wednesday 11am-10pm, Thursday-Saturday 11am-11pm, Sunday noon-10pm.

***** It’s All Greek To Me! Grill, 17 South Pompano Parkway, Pompano Beach, Florida 33069, (954) 973-4655.

It’s All Greek To Me! Gril…pretty original name, NOT! Right up there with, Jimmy The Greek—there must be 10,000,022 joints in North America using that one.

Anyway, if you want some absolutely delcious–very reasonably priced–order at the counter Greek food…give, It’s All Greek To Me! Grill a shot. You can check menu/prices/photos at www.itsallgreektome-grill.com.

A recent outing had me “sampling”- pork souvlaki pita ($4.99), gyro pita ($4.99), grilled lamb chops ($16.99), mousaka (9.95)…like I said before, delicious stuff. A special shoutout to that gyro!

It’s All Greek To Me! Grill is open Monday-Saturday 11am-9pm. The joint is closed on Sunday.

***** Spanky’s Cheesesteak Factory, 309 North State Road 7, Margate, Florida 33063 (954) 973-2170.

Every time I drive by Spanky’s Cheesesteak Factory I ask myself…Who came first, The Cheesecake Factory or The Cheesesteak Factory?

Spanky’s is located in a “dumpy” (what else?) freestanding building. The joint has a menu loaded with fast-food… hot/cold subs, sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs, wings. Inside seating and a handful of seats outside.

Over the years, I must have eaten in Spanky’s something like 15 times. They make a delicious philly cheesesteak sub. That said, Spanky’s spicey fried chicken sandwich with blue cheese on a kaiser roll is something that you gotta try…The joint also has some of the best sweet potato fries going.

For sure, Spanky’s Cheesesteak is a cardiologist’s nightmare. Now, we all know that you only go-round once, so I’m also going to recommend, their onion rings, fried shrimp and sweet fried corn nuggets.

Jeff Eats has to rate Spanky’s as one of the best “fast-food” joints in South Florida….Spanky’s manages to do “everything” just right.

Spanky’s is open Monday-Thursday, Saturday 11am-10pm, Friday 11am-11pm, Sunday noon-9pm.

***** Two Guys Pizzeria, 9515 South Dixie Highway, Miami, Florida 33156 (305) 667-1761.

Two Guys Pizzeria is a ” neighborhood-mom & pop–red sauce” Italian joint.

Let me make this one short and simple, Two Guys Pizzeria food is decent enough…that said, the odds are, your favorite “momma & poppa” has better stuff. Now don’t get me wrong, the thin crusted pizza, veal parmigiana, garlic rolls, baked ziti, meat lasagna were just fine…but nothing reached “boy, that was delicious” status.

Two Guys is open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner.

***** Boardwalk Fresh Burgers & Fries, 21077 Powerline Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33433, (561) 482-1561.

Just got back from Boardwalk Fresh Burgers & Fries…a fast food burger joint (surprise, surprise!) that literally just opened for business in Boca Raton…actually, it opened yesterday—and I gotta tell you, that Five Guys (one of my favorites) better watch out—because this miniscule chain (they currently got something like 8 stores in 6 states-Boca is the only Florida location) makes terrific burgers and fries. Throw in some salads, wraps, chicken items, hot dogs, milk shakes and desserts—and this joint may convert some of Five Guys’ legendary fans. Like Five Guys-the grill is in the open and there is no drive-thru, but the Boca location, in addition to indoor seating–has a great looking outdoor eating patio.

From what I can tell, based on the “open kitchen”–price points–daily delivered fresh hamburger meat–handcut french fries–Boardwalk plans to go head to head with Five Guys. Like I said before, for right now Boardwalk only has 8 stores…that said, the owner of the Boca franchise, Irene Jung, told me, that she plans on opening 50 Florida stores over the next “few” years and that a second joint is scheduled to open in Orlando later this week.

Now you and I know, that restaurants come and restaurants go. Only time will tell, if Boardwalk Fresh Burgers & Fries will actually develop into a large national chain. What I do know, is that the cheeseburger & fries that I had this evening were as good as the stuff that Five Guys makes.

Not sure if it is fair or not, to compare Boardwalk to Five Guys…but, my gut tells me, that the guys who created the Boardwalk concept spent many hours studying the Five Guys’ playbook. These guys think that they have a more diversified mouse-trap…

You can check www.boardwalkfreshburgersandfries.com for menu/locations.

Let me wrap this one up this way…I thought that the food was delicious.

Boardwalk Fresh Burgers & Fries is open Monday-Sunday 11am-10pm.

***** Bagel Bar East, 1990 Northeast 123rd Street, North Miami, Florida 33181, (305) 895-7022.

Got a very good “bagel-deli” joint for you…Bagel Bar East located in North Miami. If you are over the age of 2—you know exactly what the decor of this Monday-Sunday 6:30am-3pm joint looks like. You can check menu/prices at www.bagelbareastmiami.com.

Rather than telling you about the delicious—toasted everything with a schmear and pastrami omelette that I had, let’s turn our attention to a more immediate and pressing matter…Is there a Bagel Bar West?

***** FX REAL ESTATE & ENTERTAINMENT *****

Every so often, I like to “give” you guys a stock-situation that I am looking at. That said, you might like to take a gander at FX REAL ESTATE & ENTERTAINMENT INC. (FXRE: $.21 (bid)–$.28 (ask)).

As I always tell you, YOU GOT TO DO YOUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE.

Just so you know…I recently bought shares in this “pennystock”…my average price is about $.27 a share.

The primary reason I like this company…it is controlled by Robert FX Sillerman. Do some homework on this guy…sometimes he wins and sometimes he loses.

To get you started, FX REAL ESTATE & ENTERTAINMENT INC apparently is going into the ferris wheel business. I know it sounds “nuts”…but, the way I see it, a multi-millionaire like Robert FX Sillerman may see-something that common folks don’t.

Anyway…FX REAL ESTATE & ENTERTAINMENT INC is what I call a “trades by appointment” stock—which means, there is usually very little daily trading action in the stock…so if liquidity is your game, this one may not be for you.

***** ChicBerry, 1689 Southwest 107 Avenue, Miami, Florida 33165, (305) 227-6792.

There is an old saying…”When it rains, it pours.” Got ANOTHER–self-serve yogurt joint for you, ChicBerry in Miami. The drill is simple, 12 “rotating” flavors and a topping bar—you fill your cup and it gets weighed. This joint gets 49 cents an ounce…

Regular readers know that old Jeff Eats sees FAD written all over the self serve yogurt business. Gonna be a nasty ending for most of the “players” in this arena. Best guess here, this game of musical chairs is going to end sometime during the next 2 years.

The other day I gave ChicBerry a shot. Tried green tea, chocolate, vanilla, strawberry…In defense of that 49 cents an ounce which is expensive for self-serve stuff—the yogurt was absolutely delicious. Not really a big fan of yogurt, that said, the flavors- matched up against the stuff that most of the “other” joints are selling is far superior.

You can check menu/flavors at www.chicberryusa.com.

I suspect, actually I know—in coming weeks and months, we’ll be “talking” about other self-serve yogurt joints. You do remember the “mom & pop” video store craze of a few years ago, don’t you? Seemingly, a video store or two on every corner. You also know how that one ended. Even a guy like Blockbuster collapsed. No question in my mind, same-thing is coming for the self serve folks.

Well—until the game ends, with maybe a handful of survivors…we’ll enjoy this latest fast food craze.

ChickBerry is open, Monday-Friday noon-11pm and Saturday-Sunday 1pm-11pm.

***** Froyolicious, 11081 Southern Boulevard, Royal Palm Beach, Florida 33411, (561) 753-4890.

Froyolicious…self serve yogurt joint with 10 daily “rotating flavors”…by now, you should know the drill at this-type of joint…fill your cup with yogurt and various toppings—cup gets weighed—this joint gets 45 cents an ounce.

These self-serve yogurt joints are seemingly opening all-over South Florida. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…FAD. This “thing” is gonna end up like a bad game of musical chairs for most of the players. I’m gonna give the “concept” 24-months before the vacancy signs start to pop up in the storefronts where they are currently rushing to get in. For sure, there will be a winner or two in the game, but then again, Blockbuster also thought it was king of the road.

Anyway…I gave Froyolicious a shot the other day. Besides having a ridiculously hard name to pronounce and the fact that 45 cents per ounce is waaaaaay–too-high, the joint’s vanilla, chocolate and green tea yogurt flavors were very good. Please keep in mind, that Jeff Eats is far from being a yogurt connoisseur—but I did find Froyolicious’ (try and say that 3 times real fast) yogurt better tasting than most of its South Florida competitors. Once again, a DQ chocolate/heath bar blizzard would be my game of choice.

You can check Froyolicious’ flavors at www.myfroyolicious.com.

You now know about another contestant in the self-serve yogurt category. If yogurt is your game, enjoy the players before the inevitable shakeup takes its toll.

Froyolicious is open Sunday-Thursday 11am-10:30pm and Friday-Saturday 11am-11pm.

***** Philly Steak Sub Shop, 6025 Miramar Parkway, Miramar, Florida 33023, (954) 964-8686.

Let’s start the month of December off with…Philly Steak Sub Shop located in Miramar.

Was down to Philly Steak Sub a couple of days ago and I gotta tell you that this joint makes some dynamite 6″ and 12″ subs…if I counted correctly, Philly Steak Subs has something like 89 different subs on its menu—they also have a half-dozen or so salads, for you non-sub lovers out there. I was just thinking, that if some of the subs were combined with some of the other subs, that 89 could be something like 1,000,000…but math was never one of my strong suits.

Just so you know, there were 3 (including Jeff Eats) on this taste-test mission…don’t want you guys to get the impression that old Jeff Eats devoured 8–6 inchers all by his lonesome. Included in the “sampling”…philly cheese steak, chicken parmigiana, hot pastrami, honey mustard chicken breast, chicken salad, tuna salad, bbq pork, bacon cheeseburger. To be perfectly honest with you, I really couldn’t pick a “favorite” because all of the subs were really-good.

Philly Steak Sub Shop is a winner. Delicious sub bread, terrific fillings, super prices—figure, the most you are gonna spring for is 7 bucks or so for a 12-incher.

Philly Steak Sub Shop is open Monday 9am-9pm and Sunday 10am-8pm.