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Sep 9
3 min

Chains I like

Hurricane Wings & Grill

Walking into Hurricane Wings & Grill will transport you to a tiki hut on a Florida Beach, complete with surfboards, flip-flop...

Sep 7
3 min

BBQ

Best Meat Piles in Town - Bearded Pig

You know that intense smell of outdoor cookin', some righteous sawce and carnivorous treats oozing with goodness? Yeah, I was in the mood fo

Sep 6
3 min

Beer

Bottlenose Brewing

Jumping into the Jacksonville craft beer scene has been fun. I can really say I’ve only dabbled since there are tons of breweries and so...

Aug 29
1 min

Breakfast

Elite Event: Breakfast for dinner @ Vicious Biscuit

You can doll up your biscuits with butter and jam, but dipping your waffle in a sweet and spicy jelly? It's a Southern-style grand slam dunk

Aug 28
4 min

Lunch

Blue Bamboo

It was a tall order on short notice, but I was in! The Chef Knows Doug At 11:30 am on a Friday, my boss Doug calls me from his house....

Aug 23
4 min

Date Night

Barbara Jeans

One evening at Chili's, Richard and Marlene told me about Barbara Jean’s. Richard and Marlene are the parents of a friend in Orlando....

Aug 17
3 min

Breakfast

Maples Street Biscuit Bliss

“If you had a garden, what would you plant?” That what the girl who took my order asked me when I walked in. It was the question of the...

Aug 10
2 min

Breakfast

Charlie’s Diner

Do You Put Hot Sauce on Your Eggs? This is a great Saturday morning family destination. The diner has a super cute retro vibe with some...

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Doth the appetite not alter?

Shakespeare

The Hunt for Boots

an essay

"A thinker interprets the world through the mind, a poet interprets the world through the heart, and a foodie experiences the world through the tummy."

My Top 5

Favorite Places to Eat in Jax

01

Safe Harbor

Seafood

02

Kickbacks

Gastropub

03

Barbara Jeans

Southern

04

Charlie's

Diner

05

Poe's

Burgers

Yelp Elite for 5 Years

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My name is Alanna

I would probably be happy going to Mellow Mushroom and Bento every weekend. I could eat curry or pasta three times a week. I love sour gummy candy and vanilla cupcakes.

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Recent Blog Posts

PHOTOGRAPHY

The Hunt for Boots

My Top 5

Favorite Places to Eat in Jax

01

Safe Harbor

Seafood

02

Kickbacks

Gastropub

03

Barbara Jeans

Southern

04

Charlie's

Diner

05

Poe's

Burgers

Yelp Elite for 5 Years

Hello

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