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BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS IN BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES
Restaurateurs have a school of businesses on the hook
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THE MATHIS REPORT
Potential buyer on future of Regency Square Mall PAGE 4
CITY GOVERNMENT
Incentives deal in works for the Laura Street Trio PAGE 6
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Spouses Margo Klar and Nathan Stuart with their children, Cleo and Daxton. The couple founded the Fish House chain of restaurants in 2018 and have multiple projects in the works.
Nathan Stuart and Margo Klar, founders of the Fish House & Oyster Co., are opening multiple restaurants in rapid succession. BY DAN MACDONALD STAFF WRITER
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o say restaurateurs Nathan Stuart and Margo Klar have a full plate is an understatement. The spouses have several restaurants. More are on the way. They own the Fish House & Oyster Co. restaurants in Orange Park, New Berlin in Jacksonville, Julington Creek and St. Augustine. They have the Tally
Fish House & Oyster Bar in Tallahassee. On May 6 they opened The Boathouse at 240 Florida A1A in Ponte Vedra Beach. A second Boathouse will open this summer at Cat’s Paw Marina, 220 Nix Boat Yard Road in St. Augustine. Stuart recently bought a restaurant in Crescent Beach. And the couple has completed permitting for another new concept in Vilano Beach. Add a 4-month-old daughter, Cleo, and 5-year-old son, Daxton, and there is
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plenty to keep them busy. They are preparing to reopen a landmark riverfront restaurant, Outback Crab Shack, pending final county inspections. The restaurant has been torn down and rebuilt at 8155 County Road 13 N. along the banks of Sixmile Creek in St. Augustine. Stuart is part of a restaurant family. His father, Russell, owns the Seafood Kitchen SEE FISH HOUSE, PAGE 8
THE BASCH REPORT
Proficient Auto Logistics gets positive ratings Analysts weigh in with their first ratings on the Jacksonville-based car transport company following its initial public offering in May. PAGE 16
STADIUM OF THE FUTURE
Poll finds source of support Community benefits agreement in plan for Jacksonville Jaguars stadium renovation boosts its overall appeal. PAGE 7 REDEVELOPMENT
Publix store facing demolition One of the chain’s first supermarkets in Northeast Florida is coming down — but will be replaced with a new one. PAGE 3
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