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Orange Park's New Akino Japanese Cuisine Puts a Made-to-Order Spin on All-You-Can-Eat

A new restaurant on Wells Road is rethinking what all-you-can-eat Japanese food looks like in Orange Park. Akino Japanese Cuisine, located at 1754 Wells Road, has opened its doors with a menu built around sushi, hibachi and made-to-order dishes delivered straight to the table rather than piled onto a buffet line.

Orange Park, FL · 2d

The Florida Times-Union

Another sandwich chain is coming to Jacksonville. Here’s where

This story first appeared in Dining Notes, the free weekly restaurant newsletter from the Times-Union's Gary Mills delivered to your email inbox each Wednesday. Sign up now . Nearly six months after Chicago-based Potbelly Sandwich Works opened its first Jacksonville location, another national sandwich chain is preparing to join Northeast Florida's busy sandwich scene. California-based Sourdough & Co. plans to open one of its first Florida locations on Jacksonville's Southside at Ash Properties' Palms at Gate Parkway retail center at 7540 Gate Parkway, No. 114, according to plans recently filed with state's Division of Business & Professional Regulation. There, the restaurant known for its sandwiches, flatbreads, wraps, soups and salads, plans to join a growing lineup of restaurants, including neighbor Sip N Smash , V Pizza, Nomu Izakaya, Guanabana, Foxtail Coffee Co., decadent dessert cafe Chocolate Bar and 14 Prime , the upscale chef-driven chophouse that opened 18 months ago. A building permit application for buildout of the 1,045-square-foot space is in the works, according to documents on file with the city. More restaurant openings, closings: Sign up for Dining Notes, our free weekly newsletter for the latest restaurant news in Jacksonville The restaurant is one of three in the

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First Coast News

Cold front sweeps in Friday, bringing a chilly weekend for the First Coast

Jacksonville, FL · 18h

Action News Jax

Clay County District Schools confirms ‘unexpected’ death of Paterson Elementary School principal

Clay County District Schools is mourning the “unexpected” death of one of its elementary school principals.

Clay County, FL · 3d

Action News Jax

Former restaurant worker sues Jacksonville operator in federal court, alleging forced labor

A former restaurant worker is suing a Jacksonville restaurant operator in federal court.

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Clay County narrows fire chief search to three finalists

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – Clay County has selected three finalists in its search for a new fire chief, following the upcoming retirement of longtime leader Lorin Mock. Mock has led Clay County Fire Rescue since 2009 - a tenure spanning nearly 17 years - and his retirement set off a nationwide search for his successor.

Clay County, FL · 2d

gotodestinations.com

Locals Can’t Stop Raving About This Riverside Pizza Favorite Spot In Jacksonville, Florida

Open Sun–Thu, 11 AM–9 PM; Fri–Sat, 11 AM–10 PM. Jacksonville knows pizza, and Carmines Pie House in Riverside has been proving it since 2011 🍕. Add a mac-and-cheese menu that takes itself very seriously, and you can see why this place keeps filling up 😋.

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Jacksonville lynching victim Benjamin Hart honored with commemorative marker

Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Samelia Adams spent decades believing her grandfather abandoned her family. The truth is Benjamin Hart was lynched. In Jacksonville. Sunday, Hart’s life was memorialized with a marker in Jacksonville’s Grand Park community. Marking the truth. In...

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Jacksonville Council Clears Path for Publix Revival at Normandy and Chaffee

11351 Normandy Blvd. — Approximate Site of Proposed Grocery Development. Jacksonville City Council voted 16-0 to approve a rezoning that puts a grocery-anchored shopping center back on the table for a stretch of West Jacksonville, undoing a 2022 plan that had allowed apartments on the site. The vote covers the property at 11351 Normandy Blvd., where the new entitlements are expected to pave the way for a Publix-anchored development near Chaffee Road.

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From cleaning bathrooms to owning the block: Meet Miss Pearlie Graham, the heart of Jacksonville’s Eastside

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – When I visited Jacksonville’s historic Eastside — known affectionately to locals as “OutEast” — my social media community had one resounding message for my next stop: You have to talk to Miss Pearlie Graham. A beloved cornerstone of the neighborhood, Graham’s...

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Snowbirds Driving South This Winter Will Find Seven Old Florida Fish Camps Still Serving Gator Tail

Some of the best meals in Florida are not found near the theme parks or the high-rise beach hotels. They are found at old fish camps on rivers, creeks, and lakes, where the menus still list frog legs, catfish, and fried gator tail. If you are heading south this winter,...

Fleming Island, FL · 2d

Action News Jax

Gaffney Jr. blames ‘computer malfunction’ for Gateway Jax/Publix non-vote; Council says no issues

Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney Jr. tells Action News Jax’s Ben Becker a “computer malfunction” caused his vote on the controversial Gateway Jax incentive package not to register initially Tuesday night. But City Council officials say there were no indications of any problems with the voting system.

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Pared-back downtown Jacksonville Publix project approved with narrow votes

The Jacksonville City Council on Tuesday backed a scaled-down taxpayer subsidy package for a private developer’s plans to build an apartment high-rise and Publix downtown. But the high-stakes decision, which involved a direct multimillion-dollar grant to the builders, required two separate and closely divided votes. The incentive package initially...

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Thomas Haugh, No. 1 Florida look to stay sharp vs. Merrimack

Top-ranked Florida slips a tune-up into the schedule when it takes on Merrimack on Friday night at Gainesville, Fla. The Gators (3-0) recorded a 77-67 win over then-No. 14 Miami in their season opener and are fresh off Tuesday’s 81-72 road victory over Florida State. Florida also beat Jacksonville 88-57 in the early going.

Gainesville, FL · 1d

Action News Jax

‘You can hear them in the walls’: Tenants speak out on ongoing mice infestation in Lake Forest Hills

Tenants at the Lake Park Colonial Apartments on Edgewood Avenue in Jacksonville’s Westside are speaking out about a persistent mice infestation in their building.

Jacksonville, FL · 18h

Action News Jax

State Attorney’s Office subpoenas JTA records, asking if books hid $39 million hole and who knew

State Attorney Melissa Nelson’s office is demanding JTA’s records, and prosecutors aren’t just asking how the agency spent its money.

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Microsoft appears to be resolving global outage that affected Jacksonville city email, services

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A global Microsoft outage continued to disrupt services, including Outlook and Teams, on Friday morning, with the city of Jacksonville reporting that some of its software applications, including email, were affected. By 7 a.m., about 18 hours after the outage began around 1 p.m. Thursday, systems...

Jacksonville, FL · 7h

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7 Florida Seafood Buffets Where Snow Crab Legs Keep Coming Until You Tap Out

I have a firm rule about snow crab legs. If someone else is doing the steaming and the refilling, I’m not stopping at one plate. Florida has a surprising number of buffets that treat snow crab legs like a main event instead of a rare treat. One of them even pairs the crab with whole lobster, and it has been feeding hungry crowds for decades.

Florida · 13h

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JTA’s former CEO’s $219K travel expenses draw investigators’ attention

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Expensive hotel stays, costly airline tickets and thousands of dollars in travel expenses — all billed during the tenure of Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s former CEO Nat Ford — are now in the hands of investigators. Three separate investigations into JTA’s finances are currently...