The Cafecito coffee shop opened at Post and King Streets in Riverside. | Jacksonville Daily Record
Published on May 7, 2026 at 11:58 am
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In transforming a nearly 100-year-old building at Post and King streets into the new Cafecito coffee shop, the owners of the business said they aimed to create an environment known in Japanese culture and elsewhere as a “third space.”
The shop at 2695 Post St. in Riverside was established by Kevin Perez Velazquez, lead partner of the GSD Group and Pearl Hospitality Group, which operate several restaurants in the Jacksonville area including Japanese restaurants Norikase in the Southside and Izakayo Ko in Jacksonville Beach.
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John Panghulan, of the GSD Group, said that in drawing on the third space concept, the partners hoped to establish a favorite place for people outside of their home and workplace. “This is kind of like a space for you to come down and chill,” he said.
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