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St. Johns County Buc-ee’s opens
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Iguana on Park is planned for South Avondale
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Photos by Katie Garwood
Buc-ee’s CEO Arch “Beaver” Aplin and St. Johns County Commissioner Paul Waldron are joined by St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce members at the ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 22. For a photo gallery, see this story at JaxDailyRecord.com.
The store celebrated with a ribbon-cutting at 11 a.m. as hundreds shopped inside. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
Hundreds flocked to the opening of Buc-ee’s in St. Johns County on Feb. 22 to check out the 53,000-square-foot convenience store or pump gas at one of its 104 fueling stations. Buc-ee’s leadership, the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce and county government officials gathered in front of the inflatable beaver for a ribboncutting ceremony at 11 a.m. to
mark the opening of the chain’s first Florida location. The site is at 200 World Commerce Parkway at the Interstate 95 and International Golf Parkway interchange near World Golf Village. “We’re a Texas company and I’ve been thinking about opening a store in Florida for a long time,” said Buc-ee’s CEO Arch “Beaver” Aplin. “It’s been a long time coming … This is a big deal for me and it’s a big deal for our company.” The store, which is open 24 hours a day, offers an array of food, drinks and merchandise. There are breakfast sandwiches, barbecue, jerky, fudge, coated walnuts, snacks, wraps, burritos SEE BUC-EE’S, PAGE 2
Buc-ee’s is at 200 World Commerce Parkway at the Interstate 95 and International Golf Parkway interchange near World Golf Village. Buc-ee’s offers 104 fueling stations.
Restaurateur Al Mansur will remodel the former South Kitchen & Spirits at 3638 Park St. Jacksonville restaurateur Al Mansur has chosen which of his restaurant concepts to open at the closed South Kitchen & Spirits restaurant he bought last fall in South Avondale. Mansur, through Avondale Dining LLC, filed the name “Iguana on Park” with the state Feb. 18. “We will be moving forward with the Flying Iguana concept,” Mansur said by email Feb. 21. Mansur “The new sister restaurant will be called Iguana on Park.” The restaurant describes its menu as a fusion of Latin American cuisine that also features creative cocktails, tequilas and craft beers. Mansur said he was starting the remodel at 3638 Park St. and hopes to be ready this summer. “It will be a decent amount of work to the building on the exterior and the interior. I want to put our touches on it to make it a cool spot for dining in Avondale,” he said. He also wants to “bring the SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
Le Petit Paris Café to expand to Atlantic Beach Le Petit Paris Café will expand from Mandarin to add a location in Atlantic Beach by this summer at 363 Atlantic Blvd. in the Shoppes of Northshore. Owner Alex Chezaud said it will be a south of Francestyle café like those found in Nice or Sainte-Tropez. The cafe operates in Mandarin at 9965 San Jose Blvd. Chezaud plans to keep the best-selling sandwiches, quiches and salads from the Mandarin store, but will add south of France cuisine including zucchini, eggplant, fennel, radishes and melon. “My dream was always to own and operate more than one café to be able to bring new design/decor and menu ideas to each of them,” he said.
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