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The business group’s board also reaffirmed its support for JTA’s $415 million Skyway modernization. BY MIKE MENDENHALL STAFF WRITER
It will have six tables for indoor seating, spaced for health and safety. Vegancafejax.com says the hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday. It is closed Friday-Sunday. Breakfast, served until 11 a.m., is $3.50 to $6.50 for bagels, a tofu scramble sandwich, avocado toast and waffles. Bowls, wraps, sandwiches and burgers (black bean) are $9 and available starting at 10 a.m. Bowls and wraps include Mediterranean Rainbow Quinoa, El Vegano and others. Sandwiches include Jackfruit BBQ,
The JAX Chamber board of directors endorsed a proposal by Mayor Lenny Curry and the Jacksonville Transportation Authority to increase and extend Duval County’s local option gas tax to pay for nearly $1 billion in infrastructure projects. In a news release April 22, the Northeast Florida business membership group announced its board voted unanimously to support the gas tax legislation filed last week by City Council President Tommy Hazouri at Curry’s request. The release also reaffirmed the chamber’s support for JTA’s plan to expand and modernize the Downtown Skyway that the authority calls the Ultimate Urban Circulator. JTA officials propose spending nearly $372 million in gas tax money to fund the $415.96 million U2C project. In the statement, chamber officials cite $930 million in road, sidewalk and bridge projects and other infrastructure improvements that would be funded by the tax as one reason for the support. JAX Chamber Chair Henry Brown echoed the Curry administration’s pitch that the tax also is a jobs creation bill to help curb the impact of COVID-19 and to complete city and JTA projects. “This investment will not only make needed road and infrastruc-
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Vegan Cafe Jax Chef Jenna Bardroff with her brother, Chef Mat Bardroff. The restaurant at 2624 Atlantic Blvd., Suite 3, will offer 100% vegan fare including bowls, sandwiches, burgers, wraps, soups, desserts and beverages.
Vegan Cafe Jax plans to open April 27 in eMed Multispecialty Group plaza along Atlantic Boulevard east of San Marco. BY KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
Vegan Cafe Jax announced it will hold a community grand opening at 9 a.m. April 27 at the eMed Multispecialty Group plaza at 2624 Atlantic Blvd, Suite 3. The restaurant is a partnership of Dr. Rene Pulido and Chef Mat Bardroff. Bardroff’s sister, Jenna Bardroff, also
is a chef at the “plantpowered” restaurant. “Serving familiar ethnic dishes and using traditional culinary arts & sciences, the cafe aims Pulido to create outstanding wholesome meals reimagined,” the restaurant said in a news release. It said the menu is 100% vegan. Selections include bowls, sandwiches, burgers, wraps, soups, sides, lemonade, teas, fair trade coffees, fruit smoothies and desserts. Raw, gluten-free, and oil-free options will be available.
TEDx Jacksonville set for Oct. 23 TEDxJacksonville will take place Oct. 23 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, resuming after the 2020 conference was postponed because of COVID-19. Speaker and musical performer applications are open through June 30, a news release said. TEDx is an independently, locally organized TED event. TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of brief talks about various topics. “We receive incredible applications every year — and we know the world is ready for the next big ideas,” said Sabeen Perwaiz, the lead organizer and licensee for TEDxJacksonville, in the release.
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