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Jacksonville by Neighborhood => Downtown => Topic started by: Metro Jacksonville on December 16, 2016, 01:30:01 PM

Title: State of the Nightlife: Downtown Dining
Post by: Metro Jacksonville on December 16, 2016, 01:30:01 PM
State of the Nightlife: Downtown Dining

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Downtown nightlife  is pretty much booming suddenly and the restaurants open for dinner are a huge part of that. Not only are weekend nights packed with events and entertainment, But there is a buzz happening in the unique mix of hipster and upscale dining spaces.  Symphony goers and hipsters aren't the only people downtown anymore. Its actually kind of massive if you compare the weekend downtown at night with the same place 15 years ago. Ten years ago, we famously challenged a metro jacksonville contributor to name ten places where you could sit down and eat at night.  Unable to do that, he infamously listed Winn Dixie's deli as a dining option. Which....points.  Times have changed, and as the publisher of the Daily Record, Jim Bailey often says: We don't only need home runs. We need a bunch of first and second bases as well. Well, the bases are finally loaded. Here is part two of the series showing just how busy the downtown is becoming.

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