Vegan Dinner Adventure at House of Leaf and Bean
House of Leaf and Bean owner Wen Raiti birthed her dream because of her belief in the power of healthy food. She transformed a former fast food space into...
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Venezuelan Dinner Adventure
Sotos kitchen is a firecracker of a small restaurant on the southside. If you go and try it you won’t soon forget it. Specializing in Venezuelan cuisine, Soto’s Kitchen...
Cousin Willie’s Smokehouse – Serving Up Love From A Smoker
Cousin Willie’s Smokehouse, Baldwin, Florida Jacksonville is a huge city. I’ve lived here for about 4 years now and there are swaths of the city I haven’t even driven...
House of Leaf and Bean – Good For You Food That Tastes Good, Too
Walking in to the calm setting of House of Leaf and Bean, with a tower garden, freshly brewed herbal and healing teas to sample, and a menu consisting of...
New Restaurants Around Town – Fall 2018 Edition
Coming Soon Bleu ChocolatNeighborhood: SpringfieldChef Erica Kline one of the stars of the Food Network series Top Chef Desserts had two successful eateries on the island of Tortola. When...
Flaky, Flavorful, Latin Fusion at Empanada’s Factory
Empanada’s really bring me back to my childhood in Belize and the village empanada lady (that’s really what we called her). Now while our version is slightly different, there’s...
Chicago Pizza And GLHF Game Bar Set To Reopen After Tragic Shooting
Just over a month after a mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing during a video game tournament, the restaurant where the shooting occurred is set to reopen, per the...
Arepa, Please
As mentioned in a previous review, I have been a big fan of arepas since I first laid fork on the sweet corn and cheese stuffed version as a...
Does DOMU Live Up To The Hype?
Ramen has come a long way since my college days of buying the 10-for-$1 dried packs that sustained me on many an all-nighter. The chicken flavor with chopped up...
Olio: A Downtown Favorite With Composed Southern Plates And Grown Up Sandwiches
For being such a Little Big Town, Jacksonville’s local restaurants have surprisingly been featured on numerous food shows. Some notable ones include Metro Diner, 13 Gypsies, Singleton’s, and Culhane’s...
The Funk Is Back! Gourmet Food From One Of Jax’s First Food Trucks
Everybody loves a comeback story; The Mighty Ducks, Space Jam, or for those of you who are food truck junkies, the movie “Chef”. If you haven’t seen the movie,...
Uniquely Florida BBQ at The Butt Hutt Smokehouse
Jacksonville continues to overload our wall of awards with food spotlights with another local business being featured on TV on September 12th on The Cooking Channel. When Ali Khan’s...