QuoteBy Karen Brune Mathis, Managing Editor
Brooklyn Commons, the new Jacksonville restaurant to be run by Philadelphia "Top Chef" Kevin Sbraga, should open this fall at 220 Riverside.
"It will be a real asset to Jacksonville to have a signature chef come down and do a restaurant in Jacksonville," said architect Jason Faulkner of Studio 9 Architecture. He expects an autumn completion.
River City Contractors Inc. will renovate space at the new 220 Riverside mixed-use apartment and retail community in the Brooklyn area. Plans show a $1.74 million construction job to build-out a 6,650-square-foot space.
The space will provide a restaurant, private dining, lounge, bar and raw bar as well as terrace dining.
Developer NAI Hallmark Partners announced almost a year ago that Sbraga, the winner of Bravo TV's "Top Chef" in 2010, would open at 220 Riverside.
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More good news. Add Kenny Gilbert's plan to open an updated southern themed restaurant next to Florida Theater. Makes you wonder if downtown just might turn around organically.
"Raw bar" is the new black.