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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

GastroFest, Downtown Jacksonville, Florida, Food Festival

GastroFest 2017 is coming to Hemming Park March 18th!

March 11, 2017

Downtown·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Hemming Park

GastroFest 2017 Program Mark Your Calendars for March 18, 2017 from 11am-7pm in Hemming Park, because GastroFest is back and better than ever! GastroFest celebrates Northeast Florida food culture! In both 2015 and 2016, more than 30,000 people came out each year to Hemming Park. This year’s GastroFest will feature

Saturiwa Trading Company: A Mobile Market

March 5, 2017

Business·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Perennial

Imagine a market that pops up around town. Setting up fresh fruits and veggies, delicious local honey, and other great products…and then disappears. Only to be found again, at a new location, later that week. That dream is the reality of the , a mobile market that is the latest

Christie and Michael Leach of Bee Friends Farm

Creative Spaces: Michael and Christie Leach of Bee Friends Farm

March 5, 2017

Business·Creative Spaces·Farms·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Hemming Park·Perennial·Westside

When he was sixteen years old, an employer advised beekeeper to quit his job every five years. “Incidentally, that’s what’s happened,” says Leach. Yet the bee business seems to stick. These days, he’s on his third year of the honey product development side of with his wife, Christie, and their

Moon Over the Market, GastroJax, FRLA, Jacksonville Farmers Market

CONTEST: Win tickets to Moon Over the Market on Nov 10

November 4, 2016

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Moon Over the Market is a tasting event brought to you by GastroJax, and the First Coast Chapter of FRLA, featuring the iconic Jacksonville Farmers Market. Included in your ticket price will be tastes from local food providers, an adult beverage, and samples from the next generation of chefs as

#EatUpJax: October Local Food Scene

October 19, 2016

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If you haven’t been over to in and you love local, it’s time to pop in, after a moment at next door. They sell artisan food goods, such as cheese, , red cinnamon cucumbers, and pickles from . We are especially in love with the Thai Pimento cheese in the

September #EatUpJax

September 5, 2016

#EatUpJax·Dish Update·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax

Chef is stepping on over to the to open a second restaurant in our area, Gilbert’s Social. We’re thrilled that we don’t have to go all the way out to Gilbert’s Underground Kitchen in for a taste of what he can do! Our contributor gave Gilbert’s Social a visit, .

Finding a Vegan Wine

March 14, 2016

Downtown·Drink·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Hemming Park

When people make the decision to go vegan, they tend to focus on ensuring that the food they eat is free of animal products. Many new vegans are surprised to discover, though, that they must also consider the use of animal products when choosing what to drink. Proteins and

Eating Sustainably: Just One of Many “Green” Topics at the 2016 GastroFest

March 14, 2016

Community·Downtown·Family·Feature·Festivals·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Grow Your Own·Health & Wellness·Hemming Park·Lifestyle·Neighborhoods·Outdoors

Sustainable food is about sustainable agriculture, food distribution, and food choices that allow us to produce healthful food while preserving future generations’ ability to do the same. And, yes, it really does matter. A lot. In 2011, a global consortium of scientists published a study aimed at determining whether

GastroFest 2016 – Celebrating Local Food, March 19 in Hemming Park

March 12, 2016

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Mark your calendars for March 19, 2016, because GastroFest is back and better than ever! Taking place in at from 11am to 7pm, with GastroFest After Dark happening from 7-10:30pm on Laura St. This year GastroFest will be a cash based festival – so please make sure to bring CASH!

Tidal Craft Ice – pops with a buzz

February 9, 2016

Downtown·Drink·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroFest·GastroJax·Hemming Park·Local Sweets

Love to savor the taste of craft cocktails and wish you didn’t have to leave your house, or pay $12 to enjoy one? So did Rhonda and Suzanah of Bold City Pops, so they found a solution and named it Tidal Craft Ice. Tidal Craft Ice is simple, yet it’s