Elephant & Castle Pub in downtown?

[Julian]

Hey guys, i saw a job listing on craigslist for a new restaurant called Elephant & Castle Pub in downtown. Has anyone heard about this? it appears to be a chain restaurant, any ideas on where downtown this would be going into?

[Traveller]

Interesting...

http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ret/863449377.html

http://www.elephantcastle.com/

[jacksonvilleconfidential]

My guess would be in the Landing. I have gone to their official website and there is no mention, yet, of a Jacksonville location. Honestly the ONLY thing I could find out about it was the Craigs Listing. Please someone, more info......


Official Website -
http://www.elephantcastle.com/main.html

Craigs List Post -
http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ret/863449377.html

[jacksonvilleconfidential]

ooops, i guess we posted at the same time Traveller

[Duke]

Hey guys, i saw a job listing on craigslist for a new restaurant called Elephant & Castle Pub in downtown. Has anyone heard about this? it appears to be a chain restaurant, any ideas on where downtown this would be going into?

Hopefully, it will be on Bay St.  It would be a nice addition to the strip.  I can already tell by the website alone that I'm gonna like this place. 

[jacksonvilleconfidential]

Looks like opening a pub is the latest and greatest band-wagon...
Dont get me wrong, I LOVE a pub. Frequent Kings Head Pub out here in St. Aug and we have a new one at Palencia called Donovans that was OK.

http://www.jacksonvilleconfidential.com/search?q=pub

[fsujax]

Interesting. There aren't too many of these across the country, the ones that exist seem to be only in large cities. I think a really cool location would be the old marble bank building on the corner of Laura St and Forsyth St. If you look at their website, it shows one that looks to be in an old bank building!

[jacksonvilleconfidential]

I have sent E&C Pub Corporate an email and hope to get more information soon. Ill let you guys know as soon as I do.

[thelakelander]

Interesting.  If the craigslist listing turns out the be valid, this would be their first location south of DC.

[jacksonvilleconfidential]

I just got off the horn with my Jacksonville Landing contact and can pretty much confirm that it will NOT be in the Landing. So maybe hopes of Bay Street are valid. Calling a few more peeps with distributors now to see if they know anything.

[Coolyfett]

Interesting...

http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ret/863449377.html

http://www.elephantcastle.com/

Hmmm there are only 9 in the United States.

Chicago - 3
Boston
Philly
Seattle
San Diego
Washington DC
San Francisco

Now Jacksonville may get one!?! Cool....

[Duke]

I think a really cool location would be the old marble bank building on the corner of Laura St and Forsyth St. If you look at their website, it shows one that looks to be in an old bank building!

That would be an awesome place for a pub...  or even the building with the picture of the jaguar painted on the windows, I forget what the name of that building is on the corner of Ocean/Bay....

[jacksonvilleconfidential]

I cant for the life of me remember the name of the building, but here it is thanks to google street views.

[ProjectMaximus]

I ate at this place in manhattan a few years ago, not long before it closed there. I thought the food was incredible.

Unless it's a different establishment altogether, but I'm pretty sure it's not.

[fsujax]

one closed in NYC?? that can't be a good sign.