The name has not been specified but the family that owns La Napolera will open a restaurant at the Landing.
Quote• The restaurant space at the Landing formerly occupied by Dona Maria’s Mexican restaurant will reopen Feb. 1 with new owners and similar cuisine. The family that operates the La Napolera chain of local Latin eateries is setting up shop. No word yet on the name.
http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/citynotes.php
It's really great that a small local business is expanding in the current economic conditions and pleasantly surprising to me that they would do so at the Landing. I guess it helps that people are already accustomed to a Latin restaurant at that location.
Quote• The Mexican restaurant that’s moving into the former Dona Maria’s location at the Landing is still on schedule to open this month. It will be called “Cinco de Mayo†and is owned and managed by the family that operates the local La Napolera chain.
http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/citynotes.php
For the record, I think it is La Nopalera.
Good for them! It'd be nice to have a local establishment represented at the Landing. Especially one that has such a following as it does. La Nop is phen-om! :)
Call it La Nopalera and it's almost impossible to fail. La Nop is the sh!t. :D Yum!
The Nop is good and cheap. That's why we go there a lot.
I wonder why they aren't using the La Nop name? Could be some of the family branching off.
Maybe it will be a bit more upscale brand?
Sweet, La Nop is the bomb!
I hope they put out a good product and help draw people to the Landing. The more restaurants and bars at the Landing, the better.
I was at La Nop last night and met one of the guys who owns Cinco de Mayo's and he said it would be all the same menu items and food as all of the other La Nops, just with a different name. I'm sure they will do great at lunch time and he said they want to make it a big happy hour spot for people after work. They also said they are opening another new La Nop on Roosevelt between San Juan and St. Johns, across the street from the Blockbuster.
I walked by the new location at the Landing today and it was open
Will they have a walk up order counter?
Visited for lunch last week. The food was good. Nice views outside and a spinning class going on upstairs outside at Gold's. It was a great day to have lunch at the Landing.
Me and a small group went this past Sunday and it was great. Same food as la nop, just different names on the menu.
More Landing and La Napolera newsQuote• The Orange Tree restaurant in the Landing food court should be open in April.
Quote• Rumor has it the now-closed Quizno’s on Hendricks Avenue next to the restaurant complex featuring La Nopalera might become a barbecue establishment.
http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/citynotes.php
Quote• The Orange Tree restaurant in the Landing food court should be open in April.
It's both sad and embarrassing that I am excited for the new Orange Tree location at the Landing. :) :-\
Quote from: Shwaz on February 24, 2009, 03:07:18 PM
Quote• The Orange Tree restaurant in the Landing food court should be open in April.
It's both sad and embarrassing that I am excited for the new Orange Tree location at the Landing. :) :-\
I am just happy to see something opening at the Landing that might actually stay open.
I love the Orange Tree....I remember there being one in the Normandy Mall when it was around.
WOW! Normandy Mall, thats a blast from the past. I remember seeing "The People Under The Stairs" at the theater that was there at the very end of its reign.
Quote from: jacksonvilleconfidential on February 25, 2009, 12:50:16 PM
WOW! Normandy Mall, thats a blast from the past. I remember seeing "The People Under The Stairs" at the theater that was there at the very end of its reign.
I remember going to the theater when it was only a dollar. I think Wayne's World was the last one I saw there.
I LOVE La Nop. They just opened one up off CR 210 where I currently live and I go there once a week. Good food, great prices and great service! I think it will do well.
Holy Sh*t Jags Fan, you gotta be kidding, I work at the next exit south at the World Golf Village! Ill be planning a trip to the new La Nop out here FO SHO'
As a follow up, I went there and the food was top notch. The menu and most of the food is not exactly La Nopalera, but it's just as good. The margarita's were cheap and great and the food was very good. The salsa was even a little fresher than La Nopalera and had an extra kick. I give it 2 thumbs up. Their overall prices were still affordable, but their specials were really cheap. $1.99 margarita's that were much larger than the other La Nops and $4.99 for the special combo meal.
I had the pleasure of taking my family to the La Nop in Mandarin. 5 people filled to the brim with delicious Mexican foods and a total bill of $36 with tip. Phenomenal service too.
Can't beat it.
Oh La Nop, how I love thee, let me count the ways......
I have something else to count. Went again over the weekend... The margarita pitchers are cheaper than La Nop as well... $9.99 for really good margaritas! I got toasted Saturday afternoon!
I noticed that some of the prices were different. If Im not mistaken, the beers are a tad cheaper too.
Orange Tree = Orange Julius??
Quote• Construction is almost complete at the new Orange Tree in the food court at the Landing. The kitchen equipment will be installed next and in a couple weeks, the hot dogs and frothy citrus beverages will be going across the new countertop.
http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/citynotes.php
I'm so excited. I love Orange Tree hotdogs!
Quote from: iluvolives on February 13, 2009, 03:09:56 PM
They also said they are opening another new La Nop on Roosevelt between San Juan and St. Johns, across the street from the Blockbuster.
This morning, I saw the contractor's sign in front of that Sleiman shopping center where Ham's is located indicating that the leasehold improvements for La Napolera would begin soon. I'm very excited.
Dang - these guys are popping up everywhere!
I truly hope that they don't overextend themselves and suffer a quality reduction as a result.
Went to the one on Beach/San Pablo and it was terrific as always.