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Three squares a day. For the average person, that comes to morethan 75,000 meals in a lifetime, not including snacks, desserts anddrinks. Who has the time to cook all that food?It’s outrageous — as is Folio Weekly’s 2007 Bite By Bite ByCuisine, the most comprehensive guide to all things edible inNortheast Florida. In addition to hundreds of restaurantdescriptions, this installment of Bite By Bite includes outrageoustales of hilarity and woe as revealed by the region’s servers,bartenders and restaurant managers. From near-brawls to flashingbrides-to-be, the yarns spun by these put-upon restaurantemployees will make you glad you’re the customer.So dig in. Folio Weekly’s most outrageous Bite By Bitepromises to be everything you need to get satisfaction fromdining out — with the possible exception of an expense account.
Barbecue 17Brazilian 18British & Irish 18Cafés, Delis & Sandwich Spots 19Caribbean & Cuban 25Casual Spots 26Chinese 30Coffeehouses 32Eclectic 34French 36German 37Global 37Greek & Mediterranean 40Home Cookin’42Hot Dogs 43Indian 43Italian 43 Japanese 46Mexican & Southwestern 49Middle Eastern 51Neighborhood Hangouts 52Peruvian 56Pizzerias 56Regional 59Seafood 63Spanish 67Specialty & Dinner Theater 67Sportsbars, Wings, Oysters 67Steakhouses 69Sweet Spots 70 Thai 70 Vegetarian 73 Wine Bars 74
Folio Weekly’s
2007 Bite By Bite By Cuisine:Our
Most Outrageous
EVER!
Photos by Walter CokerCompiled by Marlene Dryden
 
Barbecue
 AJ’s Café
626 May St., Riverside,358-2644
AJ’s Café features Chicago-style smoked rib tips, St. Louis-style ribs and smoked chicken,barbecue beans, slaw and fries.So good you don’t need thesauce — but check it out any-way, it’s homemade. Beer andwine are available. Cateringservices are offered during theweek. Open for lunch 10:30a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, and at7:30 p.m. for a free block partyFriday and Saturday nights.
Bono’s Pit Bar-B-Q
12620 Bartram Park Blvd., Jacksonville, 652-29894907 Beach Blvd., San Marco,398-424810065 Skinner Lake Drive, JTB & Gate Parkway,998-19979820 San Jose Blvd.,Mandarin, 268-26663303 San Pablo Road S.,Intracoastal West, 223-13918011 Merrill Road, Ste. 23,Arlington, 743-37275229 Jammes Road,Westside, 772-00501036 Dunn Ave., Ste. 2,Northside, 696-69681266 S. Third St., JacksonvilleBeach, 249-87045711 Bowden Road,Southside, 448-5395705 S. Lane Ave., Westside,783-140410645 Philips Highway,Southside, 886-2801100 Bartram Oaks Walk, FruitCove, 287-77105903 Norwood Ave.,Northside, 765-18171307 Atlantic Blvd., NeptuneBeach, 270-26661765 Town Center Blvd.,Orange Park, 269-88701001 A1A Beach Blvd., St.Augustine Beach, 461-01572420 U.S. 1 S., St. Augustine,794-9424
Folio Weekly readers haverepeatedly picked Bono’s astheir favorite place to eat bar-becue. For more than 50 years,Bono’s has offered meats thatare slow-smoked and tender,along with tangy sauces. Trythe baby back ribs or go for abarbecue salad, smokedsausage or chicken breastsandwich. For parties, call880-8310. Bono’s also offerscatering. A children’s menu isavailable. Open for lunch anddinner daily.
Blackjack’s BBQ
4610 San Juan Ave.,Westside, 387-3900
A local family-owned-and-operated barbecue restaurantthat never reheats anything,Blackjacks serves up ribs, com-bos, sandwiches, salads andchicken falling off the bone.Blackjacks also offers fourunique Cole Pepper Blackjackbarbecue sauces. A kids’menuis available and BBQ lovers maydine in or carry out. Catering isalso offered. Open from11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Saturday.
Brown Brothers BBQ
1522 King St., Riverside,388-9227
Brown Brothers serves authen-tic North Florida barbecue,including ribs, chicken, pork andsausage, with down home fix-ins, like okra and fresh greens.Fresh ingredients are used inevery dish. A kids’menu isavailable. Open for lunch from10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondaythrough Thursday, for lunch anddinner from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Bull’s Bar B Q
8602 Baymeadows Road,Baymeadows, 739-3874
Bull’s serves pork, ribs, beef,chicken and baby back ribs, aswell as salads and sides.Open for lunch and dinnerfrom 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.Monday through Friday.
Checker Barbecue
3566 St. Augustine Road,San Marco, 398-9206
Art Jennette, formerly of PalmsFish Camp, runs the show atChecker Barbecue, serving upall manner of barbecue, seafoodand down-home comfort food.The Trailer Trash Special fea-tures a pulled-pork sandwich,15 of Art’s fried white shrimp,fries and fresh fried greentomatoes. The dinner buffet,held on Friday and Saturdaynight, offers North Florida cui-sine, from Art’s original recipes.Open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Monday through Saturday forlunch and from 6 to 8 p.m.Monday through Thursday fordinner, with the dinner buffetfrom 6:30 to 9 p.m. Fridayand Saturday.
 Jack’s BBQ
691 A1A Beach Blvd., St.Augustine, 460-8100
The modest building at thecorner of A1A Beach Boulevardand A Street has drawn regu-lars and locals for more than sixdecades. Part of Jack’s BBQ’sappeal is the old-fashioned pitbarbecue, but the place hasbeen updated with a Tiki bar, alarge wooden deck with picnictables, even a swimming pool.Lunch and dinner are serveddaily, along with a full bar andplenty of cold beer. Live enter-tainment is featured Saturdayand Sunday.
 Jenkins QualityBarbecue
2025 Emerson St.,Lakewood, 346-3770830 N. Pearl St., Downtown Jacksonville, 353-63881791 Kings Road, Northside,358-99155945 New Kings Road,Northside, 765-8515
For 50 years, Jenkins QualityBarbecue has served some of the best, sloppiest food ever tobe licked off a paper plate —and the secret’s in the sauce.Even John Kerry dropped in tosample the legendary nectarduring a 2004 campaign stop.It’s a little bit mustard and awhole lot delicious, whetherslathered on a whole smokychicken or applied liberally to abasket of crinkle-cut Frenchfries — even if it won’t land youin the White House. JenkinsQuality Barbecue’s Pearl Streetand Kings Road locations areopen from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.Monday through Thursday, 10a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday andSaturday, and noon to 8 p.m.on Sunday.
Mojo Bar-B-Que
1607 University Blvd. W.,Southside, 732-7200
Mojo Kitchen BBQ Pit& Blues Bar
1500 Beach Blvd., JacksonvilleBeach, 247-6636
This Southern blues kitchenoffers pulled pork, brisket andNorth Carolina barbecue. TheSouthern platters include chick-en-fried steak and Delta-friedcatfish, and all the barbecue isslow-smoked for hours. A kids’menu, carry-out and full-serv-ice catering are available, alongwith a full bottled beer selec-tion. Open from 11 a.m. to 9p.m. Sunday through Thursday,and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.Friday and Saturday. TheBeaches location features liveblues music and has a full bar.
Sonny’s Real PitBar-B-Q
12485 San Jose Blvd.,Mandarin, 288-79284434 Blanding Blvd., Westside,777-07301923 S. Lane Ave., Westside,786-00812742 S. Eighth St., FernandinaBeach, 261-6632
1976 Kingsley Ave., OrangePark, 272-460612719 Atlantic Blvd.,Intracoastal West, 220-949910840 Harts Road, Northside,751-42255097 University Blvd. W.,Southside, 737-49061720 U.S. 1 S., St. Augustine,824-32202720 S.R. 16, St. Augustine,824-3315
For more than 30 years,Sonny’s has been a NortheastFlorida favorite, voted the BestBarbecue in Folio Weekly’s Bestof Jax readers poll. The beef,pork, chicken and ribs arecooked in a wood-fired barbe-cue pit. Side orders includeVidalia onion rings, cornnuggets and potato salad alongwith the traditional barbecuebeans and freshly madecoleslaw. All-you-can-eat spe-cials are featured seven days aweek. Take-out and catering isavailable. Beer is served. Openfor lunch and dinner daily.
Sticky Fingers
363 Atlantic Blvd., BeachesTown Center, Atlantic Beach,241-RIBS (7427)8129 Point Meadows Way,Baymeadows, 493-7427
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After 19 years,the family-owned Sun Dog Steak and Seafood in Neptune Beach is still going strong,serving innovative cuisine in an art-deco setting.
 
A true Memphis-style ribhouse, Sticky Fingers’ribs,chicken and barbecue areslow-smoked over agedhickory wood. The menualso includes hickory-smoked chicken wings,rotisserie-smoked chicken,burgers, dinner salads anddesserts. Dine indoorswhere the décor is reminis-cent of Memphis’BealeStreet or outdoors on thescreened patio. Happyhour is featured weekdays.Catering services available.Dine in or take out. Openfor lunch and dinner, 11a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundaythrough Thursday, till 11p.m. Friday and Saturday.
 Tombo’s BackporchBarbecue
8929 Philips Highway,Southside, 363-0990
Tombo’s bright yellowawning screams “BBQ!”and the menu doesn’t dis-appoint. Tombo’s offerslow-fat dishes like barbe-cue salad, and a full break-fast menu, but the restau-rant will also smoke yourhogs, hams, deer andturkeys. Open for break-fast and lunch Mondaythrough Saturday.
 Woody’s Bar-B-Q
4291 Roosevelt Blvd.,Westside, 384-34428206 Philips Highway,Ste. 25, Southside,265-00661638 University Blvd. S.,Southside, 721-883610771 Beach Blvd.,Ste. 301, Southside,642-37749825 San JoseBlvd., Ste. 46,Mandarin,262-39551478 S. Sixth St.,Macclenny,259-5800950 Blanding Blvd.,Ste. 1, OrangePark, 272-14191635 Wells Road,Orange Park,278-2212226 Solana Road,Ste. 1, Ponte VedraBeach, 280-8999135 Jenkins St., Ste.106, St. Augustine,819-8880474323 S.R. 200,Fernandina, 206-4046
Woody’s Bar-B-Q featuresbarbecue plates, sandwich-es, baby back ribs, barbe-cue salads and the popularpulled pork sandwiches.Along with lunch and din-ner specials, there are sev-eral all-you-can-eat spe-cials. (At dinner, $1 morecreates an all-you-can eatmeal.) A children’s menu isavailable, and a seniors’dis-count is offered at somelocations. Beer and wineare served. Dine in or takeout. Open for lunch anddinner daily.
Brazilian
 Tento Churrascaria
528 N. First St., Jacksonville Beach,246-1580
Located across from the Jacksonville Beach Pier,this new Brazilian steak-house features more than14 cuts of meat carvedtableside, as well as anample salad bar and aselection of soups. The fullbar features an extensivewine list, including the tra-ditional Caipirinha. Openfor dinner from 5 to10 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Sunday.
British & Irish
 Ann O’Malley’s
23 Orange St., St.Augustine, 825-4040
Located across from theOld City Gates, AnnO’Malley’s has an authen-tic Irish pub atmosphere,with a casual menu of soups, salads and sand-wiches. Dine indoors orout on the porch. Beer andwine are served, with Irishbeers on tap. Open dailyfrom 11 a.m. to midnight.
 The British Pub
213 Anastasia Blvd., St.Augustine, 810-5111
This traditional British pubserves ale, beer and wine,as well as traditional meatpies, Cornish pasties andsausage rolls. Varieties of authentic British food andcandies are sold in the littleshop within the pub. Open4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Mondaythrough Thursday, 3 p.m.to 1 a.m. Friday, Saturdayand Sunday.
Culhane’s Irish Pub
967 Atlantic Blvd.,Atlantic Village, AtlanticBeach, 249-9595
An upscale Irish pub andrestaurant that can’t helpbut be authentic — foursisters from CountyLimerick, Ireland own andmanage the quaint place.Culhanes’menu includesfish and chips, Nana’ssausage rolls, Fisherman’sCatch and corned beef andcabbage — dishes to besampled with the requisitepint of Guinness. Open at11:30 a.m. Tuesday throughFriday and at 11 a.m. onSaturday and Sunday, withan Irish brunch servedfrom 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.on Sunday, completewith mimosas andBloody Marys.
Fionn MacCool’sIrish Pub &Restaurant
333 N. First St., Jacksonville Beach,242-9499
Fionn MacCool’s serves avariety of dishes, includingsteaks and seafood as wellas sandwiches and salads.The pub is authentic downto the furniture and bar(made in Ireland andbrought over here), andoffers a full bar including, of course, Guinness pints. Livemusic is featured Wednes-day through Sunday. A chil-dren’s menu and take-outare also available. Open 11a.m. to 2 a.m. daily.
Hell’s Kitchen
(at The Fly’s TieIrish Pub)177 E. Sailfish Drive,Atlantic Beach, 246-4293
A full traditional Irishbrunch, including blackbacon, beans, and blackand white puddings, isoffered from 11 a.m. to 2p.m. on Sunday. TheFly’s Tie Irish Pub poursGuinness, ales and assort-ed beers. Nate Holleyperforms on Mondays,Tuesday is songwriter’snight, Wednesdays featurereggae, the Wes CobbBand plays Thursdays andlive music is presentedFriday and Saturday nights.Sundays feature DJ Jaren.
King’s HeadBritish Pub
6460 U.S. 1, St.Augustine, 823-9787
At this authentic Britishpub, owner Ann Dyke andher staff serve a variety of British draught beers andcider in 20-ounce Imperialpints. The pub was named
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Dylan LouvierBartender at Shantytown in Springfield
“On a busy night at Shantytown lastDecember,there was this dude from out oftown that missed his Greyhound. He was ayounger guy on his way to see his folks inNorth Carolina,and he was supposed to stayat a punk house down the street. However,he got drunk and dis-appeared. After closing the bar,I was driving home with a friend,listening to the Beastie Boys,and as soon as I pulled up to myhouse,I hear this voice from the back say “Uhh,where am I?”This makes me jump up and my friend turns around,fists up. Itwas the same guy. The two things I learned that night are that Ineed to lock my doors,and that drunks are very amusing.”
Outrageous DRUNKS!
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