Oral Explosion Coming to San Marco

[copperfiend]

Obvious knock off.

[BridgeTroll]

I think Ray is Als norwegian cousin...

[hanjin1]

Oral Explosion was having it's grand opening today. Looked like they were having a big opening as cars were everywhere

[reednavy]

WTF?! I had a post about Ray's Pizza sign going away and being replaced with Royal Pizza, yet gets deleted. I'm pissed.

[jaxlore]

alright made it down there today and had some Flavors Indian, and it rocked $6 buck gets you one veggie entre and one meat entre, basamati rice, and a bunch of naan and includes a drink. I had the vegetable masala not sure which type and spinach paneer and it was tastee and for that price range you can't beat it. They said starting next week they will have a full menu available for take out. There biggest problem is parking we parked in the baptist dirt lot other then that there is limited street parking, bistro aix owns everything else. My friend had some pizza and the slice was ridiculously big he liked it although said it was not on par with moon river, but then again he likes pizza hut . But overall enjoyed the experience, they are open till 9p at night so sounds like it might be a dinner alternative even for me coming from riverside.

[ProjectMaximus]

This place was originally supposed to be completed some time in the winter. It's also nice to see things move forward ahead of schedule.

[The Compound]

I walked in there today and walked out, it just looked like blah foodcourt stuff. Maybe I just wasnt in the mood.

[David]

Yeah it's definitely foodcourtish, but it seems like it may be a step above. Either way, there's nothing really quick and cheap that's open past 3pm in San Marco, excluding subs. It fills a void for sure.

Ray's pizza isn't bad for the money, the slices are pretty huge as mentioned above. Thin crust, NY style, you really do have to fold it to eat it right.  I'm looking forward to trying out the others.

[Southbanker]

I tried the Indian today around 2:30.  It was good...about the same as most Indian buffet places in Jax.  There were maybe 8-10 people eating in there at that time.

Definitely a food court, but that is what I expected so I was not disappointed.

I dropped a bit of chicken masala on my lap while eating.  When I left I thought it was pretty funny that I got a stain on my shorts from my 1st visit to Oral Explosions.   

[David]

hehe.

Yeah I suggested  to my lady that we go to Oral Explosions for a late lunch today. After she made the obvious joke, I convinced her it's just a food court and it's cheap.

I had the general tso's chicken. I thought it was better than most of the other Chinese take out joints in town, very tender and just the right portion.

She did the Ray's pizza which I did yesterday, liked it as well.

I think the only place we haven't touched on on this thread so far is the deli place at the far end.

I'm not sure if they'll be able to keep their weekend hours up though, it's pretty much a ghost-town in that part of San Marco on Saturdays and Sundays. Same goes for the extended weekday hours, it seems more like a lunch joint. It'd be nice if they could though, i'd make frequent use of it as I like quick cheap eats.

[jaxlore]

went and got my morning coffee from the deli at 7:30a and it was good the guy owns coffee roasters and roast his own beans over in mandarin. Had my soy cappuccino and egg and cheese bagel and it was quite tasty for about $7, the breakfast special was a better deal though, coffee, egg+cheese bagel + meat 4.50.

[David]

Is this uniquely named food court still in operation? I stumbled across this old thread and forgot this was a thing once.

[ben says]

Is this uniquely named food court still in operation? I stumbled across this old thread and forgot this was a thing once.

I don't think so. I drive by often, and never see movement. If they're still in business, they at least changed their name.

[tufsu1]

it has been down to 1 business for a while (pizza shop)...but I think even it has closed, as the building is for sale

[thelakelander]

The food court businesses closed well over a year ago.  For a while, there was one restaurant operating out of it but it's been gone for a few months now.