Caring Chefs Congrats

Just a quick congrats to the Children's Home Society of Florida and the 50+ restaurants and food businesses who participated in the Caring Chefs event last night!



Wonderful food, a great crowd, and I hope a fundraising success for CHS!


Thanks to Jodi K of EatJax for playing wing-woman on this manic chow-a-thon! Afterwards it felt like we actually did EAT JAX.



I'm still dreaming about those escargot from Matthews - and I bet I know what Jodi's dreaming about today!


And Thank YOU Josh - for the tix! Luckily for this Beastie, you're a health nut who would rather spend the weekend RUNNING in the Marine Corps Marathon in DC instead of grazing on bite after bite of fabulous eats at Caring Chefs!

11/21: The 7th Annual Riverside WineFest & 5 Points Fall Festival

The 7th Annual Riverside Wine Festival & 5 Points Fall Fest will be held Saturday, November 21, 2009. Beginning at 6pm, the 1000 block of Park Street will be closed to traffic for you to enjoy the wines and live entertainment. There will be over 300 wines from around the world, live entertainment, food vendors, [...]

Restaurant Review: Count on Rib Shack to serve delicious barbecue

I really am not a barbecue person. Given a choice, I will eat a salad almost any time over grilled meat. However, if this is all true, why do I find myself scarfing down a pork sandwich at least once a week at the Rib Shack?

I blame it on my family. Carnivores, every last one of them, and they can't get enough of the Baby Back Ribs ($13.49) from this place. I'll agree that the meat falls off the bone, the red sauce has the right combo of heat and sweet and the grill master does manage a nice crisp on the ribs. They're pretty amazing.

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Freebie at Zaxby's

I stay away from fast food as much as possible, but I'm all about sharing deals and Zaxby's claims they're an "alernative to fast food", so here it is, fresh from an email press release:

REGENCY ZAXBY’S HOSTS UNIQUE FOOD GIVEAWAY NOVEMBER 19

Dine at Zaxby’s on November 19 and Receive the Repeat Order FREE in December


WHAT: The Jacksonville Zaxby’s restaurant at Regency is giving away free meals in December to anyone who makes a purchase on Repeat Day, November 19. Guests who place dine-in or drive-through orders on Repeat Day are invited to save their specially colored receipt and return once during the month of December to receive a repeat of their original order ABSOLUTELY FREE. Gift cards, boxed lunch orders, Party Platterz and catering orders are excluded.



WHERE: 9575 Regency Square Blvd. — Jacksonville



WHEN: Thursday, November 19



An alternative to fast food, the Georgia -based fast-casual chain offers prepared-at-order chicken fingers, wings, sandwiches and salads. Zaxby’s most popular items are its hand-breaded Chicken Fingerz and Jumbo Buffalo Wings smothered in a choice of 10 sauces with names like Wimpy, Tongue Torch, Nuclear and Insane.



Zaxby’s operates more than 485 restaurants in 11 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia). For more information visit www.zaxbys.com.