Your favorite restaurants

Jacksonville Today newsletter readers are sharing their local restaurant recommendations, and we can’t keep them all to ourselves. As mom would say, “Mangia!”

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Key: Red heart = favorite. Blue heart = restaurants with more than one vote

Full list of favorite restaurants (in alphabetical order):

13 Gypsies – Riverside
AB Kitchen – Atlantic Beach
Abstrakt Filipino Essence – Jacksonville Beach
Al Dente’s Ristorante Italiano – St. Johns
Ale Pie House – Avondale
Anejo Cocina Mexicana – Ponte Vedra Beach
Angie’s Subs – Jacksonville Beach
Aqua Grill – Ponte Vedra Beach
Argyle Restaurant – Ponte Vedra Beach
Athenian Owl – Baymeadows
Aunt Kate’s – St. Augustine
Baitong Thai & Sushi – St. Augustine
Bala’s Pizza – St. Johns
Barbara Jean’s on the Water – Ponte Vedra Beach
Bar Molino – San Marco
Barnacle Bill’s Seafood House – St. Augustine
bb’s restaurant and bar – Southbank/San Marco
Beachcomber – St. Augustine
Beach Diner – multiple locations
The Bearded Pig – San Marco
Bella Vista Italian Restaurant – Fruit Cove
Berndt Ends BBQ – Mandarin
Billy Jack’s BBQ – Heckscher Drive
Biscottis – Avondale
Black Molly Grill – St. Augustine
Blue Bamboo Canton Bistro – Mandarin
Blue Orchid Thai Cuisine – Atlantic Beach and Riverside
The Bread & Board – Downtown Jax
Brick Restaurant – Avondale
Buchner’s Bierhalle – Murray Hill
Buddha Thai Bistro – Jacksonville Beach
Burrito Gallery – Brooklyn and Town Center
Cafe Karibo – Fernandina Beach
Callahan Barbecue – Callahan
Cap’s On the Water – St. Augustine
Catch 27 – St. Augustine
Catullo’s Italian – Intracoastal West and Nocatee
La Cena Ristorante – Murray Hill
Chan’s Chinese Restaurant – Northside
Chow Down Alley – Bartram Park
City Grille and Raw Bar – Southbank
Cleo’s Sandwich Shop – San Mateo
Columbia Restaurant – St. Augustine
Community Loaves – Murray Hill
Cowford Chophouse – Downtown Jacksonville
Cowtown Tavern – Lakewood
Crispy’s Springfield Gallery – Springfield
The Cuban Café and Bakery – St. Augustine
The Cuban Place Restaurant – Mandarin
Culhane’s Irish Pub & Restaurant – Atlantic Beach and Southside
The Cummer Café – Riverside
The District SPR – Springfield
D&G Deli and Grill – Downtown
D&LP Subs – Jacksonville Beach
Dockside Seafood Restaurant – Jacksonville Beach
Don Juan’s Restaurant – Mandarin
Doro – Neptune Beach
Dreamette Ice Cream – Springfield
Eleven South – Jacksonville Beach
EJ’s Bistro & Pizza – Arlington
Ember & Iron – St. Johns
Enza’s Italian Restaurant – Mandarin
European Street Cafe – San Marco + Riverside
Fast Eddy’s Quick Mideast – Southside
Flying Iguana Taqueria + Tequila Bar – Neptune Beach
Foo Dog Curry Traders – Riverside
Fox Restaurant – Avondale
The French Pantry – Bowden
Gators BBQ – Westside
Gili’s Kitchen – Downtown Jacksonville
Gina’s Deli – Murray Hill
Green Papaya Thai and Sushi – Orange Park
Grinders American Diner – Regency
Grumpy’s Restaurant – Neptune Beach
Hawkers Asian Street Food – Five Points and Neptune Beach

Heavenly Chocolate Creations – Murray Hill
Hightide Burrito & Bar – Ortega
Hovan Gourmet Mediterranean – Five Points
Irie Diner Caribbean Restaurant – Orange Park
JaxSpice – Jacksonville Beach
Jerry’s Grille – Girvin
Joseph’s Pizza – Panama Park and Atlantic Beach
Josephine – Avondale
Julington Creek Fish Camp – Mandarin
Jumpin’ Jax House of Food – Downtown and Southside
Kazu Sushi Burrito – multiple locations
Kingfish Grill on the Water – St. Augustine
Latin Creations – Southside
Leo’s Pizza Italiano – Normandy
Leona’s Cucina – Mandarin
Llama Restaurant – St. Augustine
The Local – multiple locations
Loop Restaurant/Loop Pizza Grill – multiple locations
Los Loros Mexican Restaurant – Baymeadows Center
Maa Kitchen – Baymeadows Center
Mackey’s Munchies – Orange Park
Mad O Caribbean and Seafood – Mandarin
Mali Thai Sushi – Southside
Mandaloun Mediterranean Cuisine – Baymeadows
Maple Street Biscuit Co. – many locations
Marker 32 – Intracoastal West
Matt’s Italian Cuisine – Arlington
McFlamingo – Ponte Vedra Beach
Mesa – Avondale/Fairfax
Metro Diner – San Marco (the original of multiple locations)
Mezza Luna Ristorante – Neptune Beach
The Mini Bar Donuts – Deerwood
Mi Veracruz – Arlington
Mojo Bar-B-Que – Lakewood
Monkey’s Uncle Tavern – Jacksonville Beach
The Mossfire Grill – Five Points
La Nopalera Mexican Restaurant – multiple locations
North Beach Beach Camp – Neptune Beach
Noura Cafe – Lakewood
The Olive Tree Mediterranean Grille – San Marco
One Night Taco Stand – Mandarin
O’Steen’s Restaurant – St. Augustine
Palm Valley Fish Camp – Ponte Vedra Beach
Pattaya Thai Grille – Riverside
Penman Diner – Jacksonville Beach
Pepper’s Cocina Mexicana & Tequila Bar – Fernandina Beach, St. Johns, Fleming Island
Le Petit Paris Cafe – Mandarin and Atlantic Beach
Picasso’s – Mandarin
Plenti – Brooklyn
Poe’s Tavern – Atlantic Beach
Poppy’s Italiano – Ponte Vedra Beach
Posting House – San Marco
Red’s Steakhouse – Ponte Vedra Beach
Restaurant Orsay – Avondale
The Rib Shack – Goodby’s Creek
Riverside Liquors & The Restaurant – Riverside
Royal Palm Village Wine and Tapas – Atlantic Beach
Rue Saint Marc – San Marco
Rustica Earth Sea and Fire – St. Augustine
Taverna – San Marco
Trent’s Seafood & Grill – Yukon
Safe Harbor Seafood – Atlantic Beach
Salumeria 104 -Atlantic Beach
Santioni’s Italian Restaurant – Fleming Island
Schmagel’s Bagels – St. Augustine
Schooner’s Seafood House – St. Augustine
Seafood Kitchen – Atlantic Beach
Secret Garden Café – Southside
Serafina’s Pizzeria – St. Johns
Shrimps R Us & More – Welaka
Sierra Grille – Jacksonville Beach
Simone’s Wood Fired Craft Kitchen – St. Augustine
Shipley Do-Nuts – Southside
Solazo Taqueria – Murray Hill
Sonny’s BBQ – multiple locations
Soul Food Bistro – Regency
South Kitchen and Spirits – Ponte Vedra Beach
Southern Charm – San Marco
Southern Coast Seafood – Arlington
The Southern Grill – Southbank
St. Marys Seafood and More – Mandarin
Tabouleh Cafe – Arlington
TacoLu- Jacksonville Beach
Taqueria Cinco – Five Points
Tokyo Ramen and Poke – Neptune Beach
Tony D’s New York Pizza & Restaurant – Southside
Town Hall Restaurant – San Marco
T-Rays Burger Station – Fernandina Beach
University Diner – Arlington
V Pizza – multiple locations
Valley Smoke Restaurant – Ponte Vedra Beach
Vito’s Italian Restaurant – St. Johns
Wafaa & Mike’s Cafe – Springfield
Wave Rider at Adventure Landing – Jacksonville Beach
Whitey’s Fish Camp – Fleming Island
Wild Pie – Beach Haven
Wok N Roll – Murray Hill
Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ – St. Augustine