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Chef Celestia Mobley’s latest concept, Jazzy’s Restaurant and Lounge, is planned for a soft opening next week in Riverside.
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Rowe buys the former Baymeadows Winn-Dixie
Grocery chain owner says he hasn’t decided what to do with the property.
BY DAN MACDONALD
Chef Celestia Mobley is launching a new venture — Jazzy’s Restaurant and Lounge — in Riverside. Mobley has taken over the former Hamburger Mary’s Pub House at 901 King St. to open a soul food restaurant and lounge that will feature live jazz music throughout much of the week. Mobley, an accomplished restaurateur, started her career as executive chef at The Potter’s House Soul Food Bistro and went on to open her own restaurant, Celestia’s Coastal Cuisine, which operates at 6765 Dunn Ave. in North Jacksonville. Jazzy’s, her latest family-owned venture, plans a Tuesday soft opening, meaning she will offer a limited menu and no beer, wine or liquor. A grand opening is expected in early March. When licensing is approved, the restaurant will start with wine and beer and later add liquor, she said. Mobley learned to cook as a child for her family and went on to earn a culinary degree from Florida State College at Jacksonville. She built her reputation on comfort food. Jazzy’s menu will feature many of her most popular items, such as fried chicken, spicy chicken, fried shrimp and low country boil.
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Celestia Mobley, the owner of Celestia’s Coastal Cuisine, is opening Jazzy’s Restaurant and Lounge in the former Hamburger Mary’s space at 901 King St. in Riverside.
Veteran grocery store owner Rob Rowe bought the closed Winn-Dixie in Baymeadows and is assessing what to do with it – open another Rowe’s IGA supermarket or keep the property for another use. Buying it – for $3.7 million – was the first step. “I had to get that done first,” he said. Rowe “I have to decide if it’s the best use for a store or for something else.” One certainty, he said, is that he does not plan to sell it. “It’s a great piece of real estate for an investment property, so I bought it for that reason. I may develop it, I may open it. I am just not sure and I have not had any real time to figure it all out,” he said. Rowe said the opportunity arose to buy the property, at 9866 Baymeadows Road in the Deerwood area, and he had to SEE MATHIS, PAGE 2
Hotel planned for Wildlight in Nassau County A Marriott-branded hotel is coming to Wildlight in Nassau County, the developer of the planned community announced Thursday. A spokeswoman said the brand would be announced this summer. Construction is expected to begin late this year, with completion planned for 2020. Impact Properties, a Tampa-based investment, operating and development company, will develop, own and manage the hotel. More at JaxDailyRecord.com
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