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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

November 7, 2019

#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 some vegan and gluten-free? This November, coming to 311 West

#EatUpJax·5 Points·Arlington·Brooklyn·Business·Dish Update·Downtown·Feature·Food + Drink·GastroJax·Mandarin·Riverside

#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 building was briefly home to MLG after moved out. They drained all the color out of the place, opting for stark black and white instead. They tried being whimsical with menu item names, but it just didn’t work.

The 14 Best Things that Happened in Jacksonville in 2014

Now that it is possible to fully reflect on the year that

Change Keeps Downtown Fresh

Barroom conversations and threads among Jacksonville’s urban cultural creatives over the past

The Candy Mansion

November 1, 2023

Feature

Words by Kelila Ritchie Fall is by far my favorite time of year for so many reasons. The cinnamon brooms I keep in the nooks of my home, the cool breeze that might call for a light jacket and the openings of local Spirit Halloweens. It keeps me going

Kids Free November

November 2, 2020

Events·Family

Bring the Whole Family for Kids Free November in Jacksonville Enjoy free entry all month long at Jacksonville’s top attractions! Throughout the month of November, discover all the family fun that Jacksonville has to offer at our city’s top attractions! The best part? Kids under 12 get in FREE all

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Mini Bar Donuts Lights Up Jacksonville Beach

August 9, 2018

Business·Feature·Food + Drink·Local Sweets·Natedoesfood·Restaurants

What’s better than donuts? Mini-donuts! They’re smaller, so that means you eat more of them. Although they have been here for a year, the buzz in shows no signs of stopping, no doubt due in part to all their donuts being made-to-order hot. My favorite flavors are Strawberry Pop Tarts

The Sweetest Things at Candy Apple & Sweet Pete’s

February 4, 2016

Downtown·Drink·Food + Drink·Hemming Park·Holidays·Local Sweets·Neighborhoods·Restaurants

There’s quite a lot to see at Sweet Pete’s , from a dessert bar and wacky candies to chocolates made right here in Jacksonville. If you haven’t taken your kids to Sweet Pete’s you’re missing out on one of Jacksonville’s newest destinations. But there’s more to the multi-level candy store

Peterbrooke Chocolatier's new Downtown Jacksonville location

DISH UPDATE: What’s New in Dining, December 2015

December 2, 2015

Dish Update·Feature·Food + Drink

has announced the opening of their newest shop located in at 100 West Bay Street, Suite 110, with the entrance directly across from the Wells Fargo Building on Laura Street. The new shop will feature their hand dipped chocolates, coffee, “Peterbrooke-made” gelato, frozen yogurt, and various items from the Peterbrooke

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Father’s Day, A Day for Dads in #DTJax

June 18, 2015

Downtown·Family·Feature·Hemming Park·Holidays·Shopping·The Elbow

[avatar user=”Downtown Vision Inc.” size=”thumbnail” align=”left” link=”http://downtownjacksonville.org/blog/2015/06/16/a-day-for-dads-in-dtjax/” target=”_blank” /] By Kristina Aviles, DVI Intern Father’s Day is this weekend and if you’re still figuring out what to do for your dad, look no further! has so much to offer for the wide variety of sporty, artsy or chocolate lovin’ dads

DVI reports on the State of Downtown

May 12, 2015

Art News·Brooklyn·Business·Community·Downtown·Feature·Hemming Park·Jacksonville's Sports Complex·Lifestyle·Northbank·Southbank·Urban Planning

Each year, Downtown Vision, Inc. publishes its “State of Downtown” report. The publication analyzes the previous year’s trends and successes, providing a snapshot of health and progress. Today, we are pleased to release the 2014 report, which covers information on: investment + development office + employment residential culture + entertainment

“Big Block” Play at Hemming Park’s New Imagination Playground

March 18, 2015

Community·Downtown·Family·Feature·Hemming Park·Lifestyle·Neighborhoods·Outdoors·Technology·Videos

Hemming Park unveils Imagination Playground, a giant, mobile play set that unlocks the limits of imagination of children, young and old. Imagination Playground is big block play; an innovative mobile equipment system that will transform the park into a play space that encourages learning, social development, movement, and fun! It

Sweet Pete’s & The Candy Apple Come to Hemming Hotspot

December 27, 2014

Downtown·Drink·Family·Feature·Food + Drink·Hemming Park·History·Neighborhoods·One Spark·Restaurants

The Sweetest Destination With and all the events slated to go into the Hemming Park space, the area around is turning into quite a hotspot. Adding to the heat is the addition of the Sweet Pete building, which was formerly known as the . is backed by of on

A Swamp Radio Christmas

December 18, 2014

Comedy·Downtown·Holidays·Local Musicians·On Stage·Spoken Word·St. Augustine·Theatre

Christmas is a time where tradition seems to permeate every activity, and each family has their own distinctive bent. These traditions have a way of connecting communally, even to the point where they eventually become representative of a region. , the creator of puts a more folksy twist on