Freebie at Zaxby's

I stay away from fast food as much as possible, but I'm all about sharing deals and Zaxby's claims they're an "alernative to fast food", so here it is, fresh from an email press release:

REGENCY ZAXBY’S HOSTS UNIQUE FOOD GIVEAWAY NOVEMBER 19

Dine at Zaxby’s on November 19 and Receive the Repeat Order FREE in December


WHAT: The Jacksonville Zaxby’s restaurant at Regency is giving away free meals in December to anyone who makes a purchase on Repeat Day, November 19. Guests who place dine-in or drive-through orders on Repeat Day are invited to save their specially colored receipt and return once during the month of December to receive a repeat of their original order ABSOLUTELY FREE. Gift cards, boxed lunch orders, Party Platterz and catering orders are excluded.



WHERE: 9575 Regency Square Blvd. — Jacksonville



WHEN: Thursday, November 19



An alternative to fast food, the Georgia -based fast-casual chain offers prepared-at-order chicken fingers, wings, sandwiches and salads. Zaxby’s most popular items are its hand-breaded Chicken Fingerz and Jumbo Buffalo Wings smothered in a choice of 10 sauces with names like Wimpy, Tongue Torch, Nuclear and Insane.



Zaxby’s operates more than 485 restaurants in 11 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia). For more information visit www.zaxbys.com.

The Dish

We all love food with a view. Downtown's cityscape is pretty impressive dozens of stories up, but in the past the highest restaurants with an aerial Downtown view were also members only propositions. Not so any more, with the opening of the Skylight Dining and Conference Center (50 N. Laura St.) on the 42nd floor of Jacksonville's tallest building (The Bank of America Tower, originally called the Barnett Tower). Word is that you can actually eat lunch there for around $10.

The Uptown Market & Deli (1303 N. Main St.) is in full swing in Springfield. You can find it in new Third & Main building, along with City Kidz Ice Cream Cafe. (Do try City Kidz crab cakes!) Uptown is the newest place for Jacksonville's Urban set to catch a deli bite or breakfast and will be open till 8 pm. If you want table service, you'll have to go from 7 am to 2 pm, after that you can order from the deli.

Shatki Life Kitchen (51 Pine St., Atlantic Beach) is a restaurant, but they've been spreading their raw-foodist vegan cheer in more places than you would expect. They sell vegan crackers at the Beaches Green Market, Native Sun Market carries their various sundries and now European Street is selling their desserts.

We hope the Village Bread opening at the Landing will survive longer than Karlene's Deli did. Since they've weathered a less than stellar locale in the past, perhaps they will.

Don't take the loss of The Fresh Market at its 10950 San Jose Blvd locale as another sign of our doomed economy. It's merely moved just down the street (on the opposite side) to 12795 San Jose Blvd. Things must be looking up, because they've actually expanded.

Questions about the Riverside Arts Market

I do love Riverside Arts Market. Love the variety, the entertainment, the produce, the herbs and all the people walking dogs.

But there are a few things that I wonder about:
Why close mid December?
I get doing that up North or where is gets so snowy and cold you don't want to go anywhere outdoors. In Florida, people actually come out during the "cold" months because it's no longer the miserable heat. I am struggling to understand the rationale behind this.

The only thing I can think of is that it is the first year and the promoters wanted a break. Because there will certainly be a demand for it. Why would you close during snowbird season?

I know it's modeled after a market in Portland Oregon which closes from the end of Dec. through part of Feb. But the promoters can't be so thickheaded as to think that conditions in Portland, OR are the same as here in Jacksonville.

The website keeps emphasising that it's cool under the bridge. Maybe they think it will be so cool that no one will come? It doesn't provide that much relief. You still end up sweating when it's in the 90s.

Why are vendors such jumping beans?
I guess it's more fair to the vendors to be moved about so that one person doesn't get a prime spot all the time.

But, as a customer it's a little frustrating if I am looking for a particular vendor.

I get that it's possible it would make me walk the market a bit more because the vendors get "shaken up" so to speak.

I'm of two minds on this. It means that people won't go to a particular area all the time, which is good and it makes you take a fresh look at things. But it's also easy to miss a vendor you would normally visit if you don't have the time to walk the whole market. I've noticed that the produce section at least is in the same spot and is all together.

They may be changing this policy, because I have noticed that vendors are more often in the same spot than they used to be...

Adventure Landing Labor Day and Beyond

For those of you with a kid on a Labor Day Staycation:

Just some of the specials Adventure Landing has to offer, with one special deal for Labor Day...



HUGE LABOR DAY TOKEN SALE
AT ADVENTURE LANDING!


TOKEN SALE
FRIDAY-MONDAY

To honor all of you hard workers, we have put together great specials for the Labor Day Weekend!

Great Value - 60 Game Tokens for $10
Best Value - 100 Game Tokens for $15

You've worked hard...
Now it's time to play hard!


SHIPWRECK ISLAND WATERPARK
EXTENDED HOURS

We have extended the water park hours for the Labor Day Weekend.

Saturday & Sunday we will be open from 10am to 8pm!
We will be open from 10am to 6pm on Monday!

This is also the last week to enjoy Family Swim Nights:

Saturday Swim Nights: Discounted waterpark admission Saturday night from 7:30pm-11pm. $12.99 per person - Swim under the stars!

FRIDAY IS FAMILY NIGHT


From 6pm-10pm, a family of four can enjoy unlimited mini golf, unlimited laser tag and a large pepperoni pizza for just $24.99!

Valid for up to 4 guests. Each additional family member is $5 (does not include additional pizza). Not valid with any other offers or discounts.



ALL YOU CAN RIDE GO-KARTS


Enjoy all you can ride go-karts every Monday and Thursday from 6pm-9pm for only $19.99 per person!



ALL YOU CAN PLAY DAYS


Every Monday & Thursday, receive 10 Arcade Tokens, unlimited Mini-Golf and unlimited Laser Tag from open until 6pm for only $10 per person!


BIRTHDAY PARTY DEALS
FOR A LIMITED TIME

Right now, book any birthday party package and get DOUBLE GAME TOKENS for each person!

Also, you can SAVE AN ADDITIONAL $10 OFF the total package price if you book your party for a Monday-Friday.

Labor Day at Ocean 60

I like Ocean 60. It's a fabulous, swanky martini bar with food that's even more fabulous. They have live music on a regular basis in their bar area. It gets a bit loud, but sometimes that, and a great creme brulee martini, is exactly what you want. Here's what they've got going on this labor day weekend.

Labor Day Weekend Celebration featuring Strings of Fire Latin Quartet 9/4 & 9/5/09 starting at 9:30 p.m. Wonderful Weekend Fiesta... Come Celebrate the Long Weekend here at Ocean 60 with Dancing, Tropical Rhythms & Festive Ambiance!

60 Ocean Boulevard
Atlantic Beach, Florida 32233
(904) 247- 0060

Labor Day at the Landing

The Landing is apt to be teaming with people, alcohol and families this Labor Day weekend. I think the best part is the fake beach. But I also included the music line-up.


September 2 -7 2nd Annual Beach Days at The Landing!
More than 100 tons of sand transforms the Courtyard into downtown Jacksonville’s only beach during the extended Labor Day weekend festivities. Live music on the stage each day and night by some of the best local beach bands, sand toys provided for the kids, beach chairs for the sun worshipers, hula hoop contest and more! Extended schedule of events for each day is provided below.

Friday, September 4 Live entertainment in the Courtyard with the George Aspinall Band 5 – 9 p.m. and the Paul Lundgren Band 9:30 p.m. –
1:30 a.m.

Saturday, September 5 Live entertainment in the Courtyard with Brian Turner & The Riptide 12-4 p.m., Hipp Street 5 – 9 p.m. and Cloud 9
9:30 p.m. – 1:30 a.m.

Sunday, September 6 Live entertainment in the Courtyard with Brian Turner & The Riptide 4 – 8 p.m. and Party Train 9 p.m. – 1 a.m.

Monday, September 7 Krystal Square Off Tour 2 p.m. and live entertainment in the Courtyard with Sugar Bear 5 – 9 p.m.

Labor Day Bar-B-Q

I've got a bunch of things in for the Labor Day Weekend. I will be posting them as I have time, before the weekend. The first the Woody's Rib Special:

To continue celebrating its 30th Anniversary year, Woody’s Bar-B-Q® restaurants throughout Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina are honoring fans and friends with All-You-Can-Eat spare ribs on Labor Day, September 7th. (Some Woody’s are offering this special during the entire holiday weekend). This is a great time for spare rib aficionados to visit their neighborhood Woody’s and have an opportunity to eat perfectly smoked spare ribs to their heart’s delight.