Vegan Cafe Jax
Jenna Bardroff and her brother, Chef Mat Bardroff, opened Vegan Cafe Jax, an all-vegan restaurant, in St. Nicholas at 2624 Atlantic Blvd. in April. The restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, offers a selection of vegan sandwiches, wraps, burgers, and bowls. | Read more
Bread & Burger
The owners of The Bread & Board announced in late April they are opening a new concept, Bread & Burger, showcasing gourmet burgers, fries and milkshakes in converted shipping containers in the breezeway at the VyStar Credit Union campus at 100 W. Bay St. in downtown Jacksonville. The new eatery will join sister restaurants Estrella Cocina, The Bread & Board and Bread & Board Provisions marketplace at the site. All three are set to open in late May. | Read more
03:50 PM EST Share The restaurants, operated by the owners of The Bread & Board, are part of the VyStar Credit Union campus.
Two of the four new food concepts coming to the VyStar Credit Union campus Downtown will open May 27.
Bread & Burger will open in the breezeway between the 100 W. Bay St. building and parking garage. Estrella Cocina will open on the rooftop of 100 W. Bay St.
Jonathan Cobbs and Dwayne Beliakoff, owners of The Bread & Board, founded the concepts.
“Expanding to downtown is the perfect place to support the economic growth of the city while the downtown urban core continues to grow and thrive as a vital place to live, eat, play and work,” Cobbs said in a May 13 news release.
The restaurateurs said Bread & Burger intends to take the traditional burger-and-milkshake meal to a new level.
A menu of burgers, fries and milkshakes
Menu highlights include quarter-pound, grass-fed beef burgers, herbed turkey burgers, crispy chicken breast and spiced lentil patties all served on a freshly baked brioche bun.
Also on the menu are hand-dipped, quarter-pound kosher beef corn dogs and fresh-cut french fries topped with a choice of garlic butter and herbs, Oregon white truffle oil, parmesan cheese or Cajun seasonings.
A specialty menu of milkshakes, including some crafted with seasonal fruit flavors, will be available. Plans also call for an expanded alcoholic beverage menu.
10:22 AM EST Share The concept is The Bread & Board’s third at the 100 W. Bay St. credit union headquarters.
The Bread & Board announced April 27 it would open The Bread & Burger, another aspect of its project at the Downtown VyStar Credit Union headquarters.
The restaurant will be in the breezeway that runs from the 100 W. Bay St. building to Independent Drive, the news release said.
It will focus on specialty burgers, fries and milkshakes. The news release said an alcohol menu would be added for happy hours this summer.
Menu offerings include beef burgers, turkey burgers, crispy chicken breast sandwiches, spiced lentil patty burgers, kosher corn dogs and several varieties of french fries.
It’s been two years since The Bread & Board owners Jonathan Cobbs and Dwayne Beliakoff met VyStar Credit Union CEO Brian Wolfburg on the patio of their Five Points restaurant in Riverside.
The talk was about a restaurant and provision market for the ground-floor of VyStar’s six-story 100 W. Bay St. building on the credit union’s Downtown campus.
After months of planning, the partnership grew and attention turned to the building’s rooftop.
Beliakoff said Wolfburg made it clear he wanted something beyond an extension of The Bread & Board’s operations downstairs and more than a catering and event space for VyStar.