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#EATUPJAX: January Restaurant Openings, Closings, and New Locations

January 16, 2020

#EatUpJax·Business·Dish Update·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroJax

We’ve written about closing his restaurant, and assured you that your gift cards could be spent at his restaurant, . That WAS true, for a few months, but it isn’t true any more. Seems that Kenny Gilbert is pulling up stakes entirely and moving on from the First Coast to North Carolina. He opened the Fernandina restaurant in 2015. Over

Ida Claire open at the St. Johns Town Center in Jacksonville, Florida, Blueberry Waffle, #EATUPJAX: November Restaurant Openings, Closings, and New Locations in the Local Jacksonville Food Scene

#EATUPJAX: November Restaurant Openings, Closings, and New Locations

#EATUPJAX is a monthly column featuring restaurant openings, closings, new locations and other food news in the local Jacksonville food scene brought to you by on the is now closed. If you still have gift cards or turkey orders, they will be honored at ’s restaurant, Gilbert’s Underground Kitchen. Craving

#EATUPJAX: October Restaurant Openings, Closings, and New Locations in the Local Jacksonville Food Scene

Can I say I’m stoked about the decor of a restaurant? The

#EATUPJAX: Restaurant Openings, Closings, and New Locations in the Local Jacksonville Food Scene

Long-time Italian chef and restaurant owner Jerry Moran recently did a good

Buchner's Bierhalle, Murray Hill, Jacksonville, Florida, German Bar, Jason Grimes, Photo by Charlie Shuck

#EATUPJAX: New Restaurants and Hangouts To Checkout Around Jacksonville This Summer

July 8, 2019

#EatUpJax·Business·Dish Update·Drink·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroJax

Seafood-hungry denizens of now have a new place to dine: Whispers Oyster Bar & Crabs at 331 W. Forsyth Street. Carribean and Southern dishes are on offer with decently priced specials such as their $12.99 junior crab in a bag, $10.99 shrimp pasta, $9.99 jerk pasta, $5 wings and $7

#EATUPJAX: More than a Few Buzz-worthy Restaurants to Try around Jacksonville

May 16, 2019

#EatUpJax·Arlington·Business·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Murray Hill·San Marco·Urban Planning

There are more than a few buzz-worthy restaurants to try scattered around Jacksonville. Sometimes we get caught up in staying in our own neighborhoods–I’d bet there are people in who haven’t left in years except for road-trips, vacations, and possibly their commutes. Here are three newer places you might not

GastroFest 2019, Jacksonville, Florida, Friendship Fountain, MOSH, Museum of Science and History

GastroFest + MOSH: It’s All About the Food

March 18, 2019

#EatUpJax·Downtown·Family·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Learning·Lectures·Outdoors·Southbank

GastroFest, which takes place on Saturday, March 23 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. at Friendship Fountain and The Museum of Science and History (MOSH), remains committed to their goal of giving the First Coast a food-oriented festival. “People come to GastroFest because they love food,” says GastroJax Executive Director

Florida's Exotic Fruit: Our Orange Legacy

Learning Florida: Our Orange Legacy at MOSH

February 19, 2019

#EatUpJax·Downtown·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·History·Learning·Lectures·Neighborhoods·Southbank

Florida’s identity is wrapped up in one fruit: the orange. It’s an industry that’s changed with the times, that’s changed with scientific and agricultural advancement, and that will keep changing. For the last year, I’ve been writing Florida’s Oranges: A Colorful History. In it, I’ve given the reader snapshots of

Jammas Jax, Moon Over the Market, GastroJax

Moon Over the Market: Three Jacksonville Food Trucks Going Places

October 5, 2018

Business·Community·Downtown·Family·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·GastroJax·Networking·Outdoors

Food trucks have changed the landscape of culinary culture here in Jacksonville in the past decade or so, and today we have a wide selection of tastes. We’ve chosen three food trucks for you to follow on social media (the best way to know where a truck will be). These

#EATUPJAX: More Grocery Stores, Cookie Dough Bliss, Blue Chocolat Come to Jacksonville & More

July 18, 2018

#EatUpJax·Business·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroJax·Local Sweets

Lots of people love to eat cookie dough, even though ingesting raw eggs isn’t a good idea. Many companies have added cookie dough flavor to things such as ice cream, to give consumers what they want without the raw eggs. But one place has taken the concept just a bit

El Jefe, Murray Hill, Jacksonville, Florida, Photo by Kristen Penoyer

#EATUPJAX: El Jefe Comes to Murray Hill + Cantina Louie, V Pizza, and Maple Street Bakery Expand + June Foodie Events

June 7, 2018

#EatUpJax·Business·Drink·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroJax·Learning

Cantina Louie is set to open more locations, at Nocatee, Monument Road, and on the Southside at Tinseltown. Old locations include St. Augustine, Atlantic, and Fernandina Beach. Expect some funky Day of the Dead mural action at all the locations–they were painted by local artist Moses Gazon, so you’ll have

The Impossible Burger at German Schnitzel Haus, Photo by Nate Mayo, Vegan

An Unlikely Vegan Ally: The German Schnitzel Haus

March 21, 2018

Arlington·Business·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Natedoesfood·Restaurants

It’s been awhile since I’ve been to The German Schnitzel Haus, a few years to be exact. What put them back on the radar for me was the Impossible Burger. It’s a burger that is plant-based, but it smells and tastes like meat. It even bleeds red. But that’s not

GastroFest, Friendship Fountain, Museum of Science and History, MOSH, Jacksonville, Florida, Food Festival

GastroFest Partners with MOSH to Bring Jax’s Favorite Food Festival to Friendship Fountain

March 15, 2018

#EatUpJax·Community·Downtown·Drink·Family·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Learning·Music·Outdoors·Southbank

DELICOUSLY DUVAL The recipe for a successful food festival is simple. Never run out of food. Obvious food pun aside, producing an event centered around food is more than just a matter of taste and now in its fourth year, has proven to be more than a spread of local

Cowford Chophouse, 28-Day Dry Aged Tomahawk

#EATUPJAX: Cowford Chophouse Opens, Moon Over the Market & Other Dining News

November 8, 2017

#EatUpJax·Business·Community·Downtown·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Neptune Beach·The Beaches·Urban Planning

COWFORD CHOPHOUSE OPENS We’ve been eagerly awaiting the opening of the for over two years, and it was worth the wait. Because of the historical nature of the building, which dates back to 1902, they’ve worked very hard to restore a lot of the architectural details (like the arched windows,