RESTAURANT-REVIEWS

20 restaurants coming to Jacksonville in 2020

Popular The Bearded Pig barbecue is planning a new location at 1700 S. 3rd St. in Jacksonville Beach. The restaurant’s owners also announced the original barbecue is relocating into a larger building under construction at 1808 Kings Ave. in San Marco. [Jay Magee/For The Florida Times-Union]
Popular The Bearded Pig barbecue is planning a new location at 1700 S. 3rd St. in Jacksonville Beach. The restaurant’s owners also announced the original barbecue is relocating into a larger building under construction at 1808 Kings Ave. in San Marco. [Jay Magee/For The Florida Times-Union]
Florida Times-Union
Angie’s Subs, a Beaches institution at 1436 Beach Blvd. in Jacksonville Beach, is expanding to add a barbecue restaurant and a craft bourbon distillery. [Provided by The Jacksontucky]
Angie’s Subs, a Beaches institution at 1436 Beach Blvd. in Jacksonville Beach, is expanding to add a barbecue restaurant and a craft bourbon distillery. [Provided by The Jacksontucky]
Florida Times-Union
The Bread & Board, an artisanal sandwich and board restaurant in Five Points plans to open a second restaurant at 4413 Town Center Parkway at St. Johns Town Center North in early 2020. [Lindsey A./For Yelp.com]
The Bread & Board, an artisanal sandwich and board restaurant in Five Points plans to open a second restaurant at 4413 Town Center Parkway at St. Johns Town Center North in early 2020. [Lindsey A./For Yelp.com]
Florida Times-Union
Status: Now open Chef Tom Gray plans to open Prati Italian, showcasing pasta made from scratch and homemade bread, as well as Roman-style pizzas in mid-January 2020, at 4972 Big Island Drive in the St. Johns Town Center area in his former Moxie restaurant. [Teresa Stepzinski/The Florida Times-Union]
Status: Now open Chef Tom Gray plans to open Prati Italian, showcasing pasta made from scratch and homemade bread, as well as Roman-style pizzas in mid-January 2020, at 4972 Big Island Drive in the St. Johns Town Center area in his former Moxie restaurant. [Teresa Stepzinski/The Florida Times-Union]
Florida Times-Union
Chef and owner Dennis Chan is planning his second Blue Bamboo restaurant at 10110 San Jose Blvd. in Mandarin. [Bob Mack/Florida Times-Union]
Chef and owner Dennis Chan is planning his second Blue Bamboo restaurant at 10110 San Jose Blvd. in Mandarin. [Bob Mack/Florida Times-Union]
Florida Times-Union
Executive Chef Sam Efron and wine director Kiley Wynne Efron plan to open a new Asian concept, Izakaya, early in 2020 adjacent to their Taverna San Marco restaurant in historic San Marco Square. [Taverna/Provided]
Executive Chef Sam Efron and wine director Kiley Wynne Efron plan to open a new Asian concept, Izakaya, early in 2020 adjacent to their Taverna San Marco restaurant in historic San Marco Square. [Taverna/Provided]
Florida Times-Union
Panera Bread, Chipotle, and Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi plan to open at The Ferber Co.’s Brooklyn Place development under construction at 10 Riverside Ave. and 50 Riverside Ave. [The Ferber Co.]
Panera Bread, Chipotle, and Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi plan to open at The Ferber Co.’s Brooklyn Place development under construction at 10 Riverside Ave. and 50 Riverside Ave. [The Ferber Co.]
Florida Times-Union
Florida Cracker Kitchen plans to open a second Jacksonville restaurant at 1842 Kings Ave. in San Marco at the historic former Wimpee Fuel Oil. Pictured is the restaurant’s current location at 14329 Beach Blvd. [From the business owner/For Yelp.com]
Florida Cracker Kitchen plans to open a second Jacksonville restaurant at 1842 Kings Ave. in San Marco at the historic former Wimpee Fuel Oil. Pictured is the restaurant’s current location at 14329 Beach Blvd. [From the business owner/For Yelp.com]
Florida Times-Union
The Island Wing Co. Grill & Bar plans to open its first Jacksonville restaurant in January at 4409 Southside Blvd. in the former TGI Fridays. [Bob Self/Florida Times-Union]
The Island Wing Co. Grill & Bar plans to open its first Jacksonville restaurant in January at 4409 Southside Blvd. in the former TGI Fridays. [Bob Self/Florida Times-Union]
Florida Times-Union
Another Broken Egg Cafe will replace M Shack Riverside at 1012 Margaret St., which closed Dec. 7. With an expected opening in May, the popular breakfast, lunch and brunch restaurant will be the chain’s third in the Jacksonville area. [Matt Pittman/For the Times-Union]
Another Broken Egg Cafe will replace M Shack Riverside at 1012 Margaret St., which closed Dec. 7. With an expected opening in May, the popular breakfast, lunch and brunch restaurant will be the chain’s third in the Jacksonville area. [Matt Pittman/For the Times-Union]
Florida Times-Union
Canopy Road Cafe, which opened in February 2019 at 12525 Philips Highway in Jacksonville intends to open two new restaurants — one in St. Johns County and the other in Neptune Beach — in the next two years. [Deirdre H./For Yelp.com]
Canopy Road Cafe, which opened in February 2019 at 12525 Philips Highway in Jacksonville intends to open two new restaurants — one in St. Johns County and the other in Neptune Beach — in the next two years. [Deirdre H./For Yelp.com]
Florida Times-Union
Offering handcrafted, made-to-order donuts, Duck Donuts plans to open its first Jacksonville store at the Shoppes of Bartram Park, 13820 Old St. Augustine Road. [Eydie Q./For Yelp.com]
Offering handcrafted, made-to-order donuts, Duck Donuts plans to open its first Jacksonville store at the Shoppes of Bartram Park, 13820 Old St. Augustine Road. [Eydie Q./For Yelp.com]
Florida Times-Union
Developers Cadenza Partners LLC unveiled plans Dec. 3 for Harbor Lights Jacksonville, an estimated $30 million-plus, mixed-use revitalization project at the Marker 32 site on Beach Boulevard just west of the Intracoastal Waterway in Jacksonville. [Cadenza Partners LLC/Provided]
Developers Cadenza Partners LLC unveiled plans Dec. 3 for Harbor Lights Jacksonville, an estimated $30 million-plus, mixed-use revitalization project at the Marker 32 site on Beach Boulevard just west of the Intracoastal Waterway in Jacksonville. [Cadenza Partners LLC/Provided]
Florida Times-Union
Grumpy’s Restaurant plans to open its third breakfast and lunch diner in May 2020 at Branan Field Walk, 1805 Blanding Blvd. in Middleburg. The original is at 834 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park, The second Grumpy’s is expected to open in mid-2020 at The Fountains at St. Johns center in St. Johns County. [Grumpy's/Provided]
Grumpy’s Restaurant plans to open its third breakfast and lunch diner in May 2020 at Branan Field Walk, 1805 Blanding Blvd. in Middleburg. The original is at 834 Kingsley Ave., Orange Park, The second Grumpy’s is expected to open in mid-2020 at The Fountains at St. Johns center in St. Johns County. [Grumpy's/Provided]
Florida Times-Union
Donatos Pizza, an Ohio-based, fast-casual pizza chain known for its edge-to-edge pizza, intends to open three Jacksonville restaurant beginning in Spring 2020. [Donatos Pizza Provided/Sunnyfoxx http://www.sunnyfoxx.com]
Donatos Pizza, an Ohio-based, fast-casual pizza chain known for its edge-to-edge pizza, intends to open three Jacksonville restaurant beginning in Spring 2020. [Donatos Pizza Provided/Sunnyfoxx http://www.sunnyfoxx.com]
Florida Times-Union
Southern Grounds & Co. plans to open its third restaurant as well as an art gallery and retail market at the Shoppes of Avondale, 3562 St. Johns Ave. in 2020. Pictured is the Neptune Beach restaurant. [Sarah E. Smith/Florida Times-Union]
Southern Grounds & Co. plans to open its third restaurant as well as an art gallery and retail market at the Shoppes of Avondale, 3562 St. Johns Ave. in 2020. Pictured is the Neptune Beach restaurant. [Sarah E. Smith/Florida Times-Union]
Florida Times-Union
Historic Sun-Ray Cinema in Five Points plans to open Pizza Cave restaurant at 1018 Park St., a couple of storefronts down from the movie theater. [Teresa Stepzinski/Florida Times-Union]
Historic Sun-Ray Cinema in Five Points plans to open Pizza Cave restaurant at 1018 Park St., a couple of storefronts down from the movie theater. [Teresa Stepzinski/Florida Times-Union]
Florida Times-Union
Beach Diner is rebuilding after a devastating Nov. 2 fire gutted the restaurant at 1965 San Marco Blvd. on historic San Marco Square. The diner hopes to reopen about the first week of April 2020. [Teresa Stepzinski/Florida Times-Union]
Beach Diner is rebuilding after a devastating Nov. 2 fire gutted the restaurant at 1965 San Marco Blvd. on historic San Marco Square. The diner hopes to reopen about the first week of April 2020. [Teresa Stepzinski/Florida Times-Union]
Florida Times-Union
The first Tommy Bahama Marlin Bar in Northeast Florida is set to open in early 2020 at 4812 River City Drive in St. Johns Town Center. [Teresa Stepzinski/Florida Times-Union]
The first Tommy Bahama Marlin Bar in Northeast Florida is set to open in early 2020 at 4812 River City Drive in St. Johns Town Center. [Teresa Stepzinski/Florida Times-Union]
Florida Times-Union
Status: Now open Midtown Table, the seventh restaurant by chef brothers Matthew and David Medure plans to open in early 2020 at Gateway Village at Town Center south of Butler Boulevard in the St. Johns Town Center area. [Teresa Stepzinski/Florida Times-Union]
Status: Now open Midtown Table, the seventh restaurant by chef brothers Matthew and David Medure plans to open in early 2020 at Gateway Village at Town Center south of Butler Boulevard in the St. Johns Town Center area. [Teresa Stepzinski/Florida Times-Union]
Florida Times-Union