Florida Eats · Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville restaurants: Cuban sandwiches & cafecito and more
What Jacksonville has on our lists: 4 hand-checked Cuban sandwich and cafecito spots, 3 Latin and Caribbean restaurants, 3 MICHELIN or James Beard honorees, 2 fish camps and smoked fish spots, 1 oyster bar and 1 of Florida's oldest restaurants (from 1948). Each hand-checked place had a 2025 or 2026 source when we looked in fall 2026. In all, Florida Eats maps 2,206 restaurants, cafés, bars and bakeries in Jacksonville, nearest first on your phone.
Cuban sandwiches & cafecito in Jacksonville
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 56 Florida Cuban sandwich and cafecito spots.
1928 Cuban Bistro
3928 Baymeadows Rd, Jacksonville
Cuban & cafecito On the menu: cafecito, Cuban sandwich, pastries, batidos
Baymeadows location of the Latino-owned 1928 Cuban Bistro group, built around cafecito, pastries and Cuban sandwiches.
Havana-Jax Café
2578 Atlantic Blvd, Jacksonville
Cuban & cafecito On the menu: Cuban dishes
Latino-owned Cuban café on Atlantic Boulevard in San Marco/St. Nicholas.
Mambos Cuban Café
13770 Beach Blvd, Jacksonville
Cuban & cafecito On the menu: Cuban dishes, pizza
Family-owned Cuban café and pizzeria on Beach Boulevard.
Puerto Plata Restaurant
2045 Bayview Rd, Jacksonville
Cuban & cafecitoLatin & Caribbean On the menu: Dominican fried chicken, Puerto Rican roast pork, tostones, fried red snapper, tres leches
Westside Caribbean restaurant mixing Dominican, Puerto Rican and Cuban cooking, open from breakfast on.
Latin & Caribbean in Jacksonville
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 35 Florida Latin and Caribbean restaurants.
Arepa Please
474 Riverside Ave, Jacksonville
Latin & Caribbean On the menu: arepas, reina pepiada, pabellón · Since 2018
Venezuelan arepa shop near Brooklyn/Riverside, open daily, with vegetarian fillings alongside the classics.
El Taino Bar and Restaurant
4347 University Blvd S, Jacksonville
Latin & Caribbean On the menu: Puerto Rican dishes
Puerto Rican bar and restaurant on University Boulevard listed in Visit Jacksonville's Latino guide.
Puerto Plata Restaurant
2045 Bayview Rd, Jacksonville
Cuban & cafecitoLatin & Caribbean On the menu: Dominican fried chicken, Puerto Rican roast pork, tostones, fried red snapper, tres leches
Westside Caribbean restaurant mixing Dominican, Puerto Rican and Cuban cooking, open from breakfast on.
MICHELIN & James Beard in Jacksonville
Restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide Florida 2026 or named by the James Beard Foundation, reported as facts rather than scores. Across Florida: 217 Florida MICHELIN and James Beard restaurants.
Rue Saint Marc
2103 San Marco Blvd, Jacksonville
MICHELIN Recommended
The Bearded Pig
1808 Kings Ave, Jacksonville
MICHELIN Recommended
Chancho King
1120 Edgewood Ave S, Jacksonville
James Beard finalist
James Beard: Best Chef: South finalist 2026 (Maria La Mota and Chason Spencer)
Fish camps & smoked fish in Jacksonville
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 41 Florida fish camps and smoked fish spots.
Julington Creek Fish Camp
12760 San Jose Blvd, Jacksonville
Fish camp On the menu: fresh North Florida seafood, broiled scallops, blackened mahi
Modern fish-camp-style restaurant on Julington Creek near the St. Johns River with a patio over the water; part of a small local Fish Camp group.
The Palms Fish Camp
6359 Heckscher Dr, Jacksonville
Fish camp On the menu: local wild-caught fish, local shrimp
City-owned riverside fish camp on Heckscher Drive serving wild-caught fish and shrimp bought straight off local boats.
Oyster bars & raw bars in Jacksonville
Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Florida: 68 Florida oyster bars.
The Blue Fish Restaurant & Oyster Bar
3551 St Johns Ave, Jacksonville
Oyster bar On the menu: oysters, seafood, steaks, Sunday brunch
Avondale seafood restaurant with a downstairs oyster bar and courtyard dining, open for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch.
Oldest restaurants in Jacksonville
In business at this address since 1960 or before, going by the place itself or a published history, listed from the oldest. Each note gives the source of the year. Across Florida: Florida's oldest restaurants.
Dreamette
3646 Post St, Jacksonville
On the menu: soft-serve ice cream, dipped cones, frozen yogurt · Since 1948
Cash-only Murray Hill walk-up ice cream window serving cones since the late 1940s.
Visit Jacksonville says this Post Street walk-up has served ice cream since 1948; that year comes from the tourism listing, not an independent history.
Inspections in Jacksonville
Florida DBPR has an inspection on record for 2,068 places we list in Jacksonville. At their latest visit, by DBPR's own result groups: 1,618 places Met Inspection Standards, 445 places Follow-Up Inspection Required and 5 places Facility Temporarily Closed. Florida doesn't grade restaurants, and neither do we. Records through September 30, 2026. Each place's results are in the web search; what the results mean: Florida restaurant inspections, explained.
What Jacksonville eats
Kinds of food among the 2,206 places we list in Jacksonville, counted from DBPR's licenses and open map data.
| Kind of place | Places |
|---|---|
| Bar & Pub | 219 |
| Burgers | 169 |
| Coffee & Café | 167 |
| Pizza | 147 |
| Sandwiches & Deli | 144 |
| Mexican | 138 |
| Chicken & Wings | 125 |
| Seafood | 116 |
| Chinese | 107 |
| Bakery & Sweets | 91 |