Aardwolf Brewing Company
A taproom inside a former ice plant on Hendricks. The building does a lot of the work here, and a beer list has no way of saying so.
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Birdies
A Five Points bar on Park Street. We have deliberately tagged it with nothing we could not confirm first-hand, so its discovery profile shows how little a machine can currently learn about it, which is the honest starting point.
Bold City Brewery
Mother-and-son founded, and still the brewery most Jacksonville drinkers name first. The Rosselle Street taproom is the original room, on a Riverside industrial block rather than a retail strip.
Cowford Chophouse
A restored early-1900s building at Bay and Ocean, with a rooftop bar that is one of the few places downtown where you can actually see the city you are standing in.
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Aardwolf Brewing Company
A taproom inside a former ice plant on Hendricks. The building does a lot of the work here, and a beer list has no way of saying so.
Birdies
A Five Points bar on Park Street. We have deliberately tagged it with nothing we could not confirm first-hand, so its discovery profile shows how little a machine can currently learn about it, which is the honest starting point.
Bold City Brewery
Mother-and-son founded, and still the brewery most Jacksonville drinkers name first. The Rosselle Street taproom is the original room, on a Riverside industrial block rather than a retail strip.
Cowford Chophouse
A restored early-1900s building at Bay and Ocean, with a rooftop bar that is one of the few places downtown where you can actually see the city you are standing in.
Dos Gatos
A cocktail lounge on Forsyth across from the Florida Theatre, open since 2009, which in downtown Jacksonville bar years is a long time. The pre-show and post-show room for anything at the Theatre.
Flying Iguana Taqueria and Tequila Bar
Beaches Town Center taqueria with a tequila list in the hundreds, one block back from the ocean. The bar is serious and the room still takes a stroller.
Intuition Ale Works
The Bay Street taproom with the rooftop deck, a short walk from the stadium, and the downtown brewery to plan a game day around.
Jack Rabbits
A 300-capacity club on Hendricks, across from the Balis Community Center, that has been booking original bands for more than twenty-five years. Beer and wine only, and all ages, which is part of why it has lasted.
Mojo Kitchen, BBQ Pit and Blues Bar
Slow-smoked barbecue and a full bar in the Beach Boulevard plaza at Penman Road. The name and the room come from the blues, though its own site says it is not booking live shows right now, so it is not listed for live music here.
Pete's Bar
Duval County liquor license number one, issued in 1933 the year Prohibition ended, in a building that was Jensen's Market before that. Cash, pool tables, and no interest whatsoever in being discovered.
TacoLu
Baja tacos in a loud, sprawling room off Beach Boulevard. Big enough and loose enough that nobody notices a toddler, which is the actual reason families keep picking it.
The Lemon Bar
A bar on the sand at the end of Lemon Street. Several listings still carry an old Atlantic Boulevard address; its own site says 2 Lemon St, and the ocean is the rest of the description.
The Volstead
A Prohibition-style whiskey lounge on Adams Street, named for the act that made it illegal. Its own posted hours run to 2 a.m. every night, which is the whole case for it on a list about late rooms.
The Walrus
A Murray Hill bar that serves only plant-based food, pours beer and wine, books local live music, and stays open late, with an arcade and pool tables. The rare room that belongs on a vegan list and a nightlife list at the same time.
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