New Cafe in Five Points to Replace Ragland's. The Deco Bistro.

[stephendare]

Veronica Dame and I were in five points today chatting with Jack Shad about the success of the Horror Film Festival when he pointed out that the announcement just kind of mysteriously appeared in the window.

We had lunch at Hovan, and while we were there, ran into Jim Draper and his son on break from the new studio at the old Whiteway Delicatessen.  The opening went well, and we should have an article up soon about the event.

Five points is such a lovely wonderful place at times.  So many nice neighbors and cool shops and things opening.

[JeffreyS]

It is nice that independent shops open not just star bucks and chains.

[mtraininjax]

5 Points is a cool place pretty much 99% of the time. Love it and I love the wine festival that is coming up soon, should be nice and cool for it.

[Lucasjj]

Not to hijack this thread, but when is that?

[Atari007]

Not to hijack this thread, but when is that?

I was wondering the same thing...

[Traveller]

Found this online.

7th Annual
Riverside WineFest
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
6:00p to 9:00p

http://riversidewinefest.com/

[Lucasjj]

Thanks Traveller!

[Dog Walker]

David Joudi of Riverside Wine and Liquors (the main sponsor of the WineFest, BTW) said that the people who were working on Deco Bistro were spending a lot of money from what he was seeing going in there so it won't be a clone of the filthy mess that was Raglands.  Will be good to see something fresh going in.

Five Points is always has interesting turnover of the businesses there.  Some anchors have been there forever, but the experiments keep it fresh.

[mtraininjax]

Thanks Traveller! Kudos to Riverside Wine and Liquors, they do a great service to the community!

Perhaps a MetroJax table there for Stephen Dare to sign autographs?

[braeburn]

The annual wine festival is one of my most favorite things to do in Jacksonville. Those samples add up! Imagine 300 wines - a sample is 1 ounce. If you sample all of them that's the equivalent of like 60 glasses or 15 bottles of wine total! For 30 bucks! 

[floridaforester]

I hope the "deco bistro" isn't the attempt at an upscale sports bar that was the owner's brain storm when they let Tammy go.  She was about the only reason that my wife and I went there.  Although the food was pretty good also.  Without all of Jim's art and Tammy behind the bar, it was never the same and if it is the same owners, I'll have a hard time supporting the establishment.

[Dog Walker]

Florida,  Not the same owner.  Not a sports bar concept.

[5ptscurmudgeon]

"Deco Bistro" You've got to be kidding! I'm embarrassed for 5 points. Hope you haven't ordered the sign yet. The word Bistro and numbered names hasn't been used in any major city for the last 5 years. Please use some creativity with a name and reflect it in the food. Keep it affordable so I can visit weekly not yearly and for god's sake spare us from yet another mustard yellow overpriced farce called a bistro.

For those of you that never escape Duval Co.

Bistro
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A bistro, in its original Parisian incarnation, a small restaurant serving moderately priced simple meals in a modest setting. Bistros are defined mostly by the foods they serve. Slow-cooked foods like braised meats are typical. Bistro patrons do not necessarily expect professional service or printed menus.

[BridgeTroll]

Gonna miss Raglands deep fried eggplant sticks.... ooooh.

[Atari007]

I had heard that this was only supposed to take a few weeks to get up and going... anyone hear a status update on this??  Its been more than a few weeks....