Mimi’s Cafe responded to questions about plans filed by Ida Claire, South of Ordinary, a Texas-based concept that proposes to convert the St. Johns Town Center restaurant.
“As a privately held company, we don’t discuss lease agreements. We know that another company has shown interest in the space, but no decision has been made in regard to our future plans,” said the statement by Mimi’s Cafe, which is based in Dallas. Ida Claire, whose first location is in Dallas, is part of Front Burner Dining Group LLC.
• Miraculous Delights LLC registered Cold Stone Creamery and Planet Smoothie with the state as a fictitious name. The address is 14035 Beach Blvd., No. 107, in the Palmetto Point center.
• Starbucks Corp. paid for a business license to operate Starbucks Coffee shop at 4761 Hodges Blvd. in the Windsor Commons shopping center.
• Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen continues seeking permits to develop its Arlington location on 1.25 acres in Buck Business Park. Popeyes proposes a 2,265-square-foot restaurant at 9309 Merrill Road. The permit application with the St. Johns River Water Management District shows Popeyes next to the proposed RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. location.
• Chick-fil-A continues its area renovations. The restaurant applied for a permit to renovate its almost 4,900-square-foot store at 9980 Southside Blvd., near The Avenues mall, at a construction cost of $340,000. It previously filed plans to renovate restaurants at 4461 Southside Blvd. in Tinseltown; at 9398 Atlantic Blvd. in the Regency area; and at 14020 Lunar Drive in River City Marketplace in North Jacksonville. It’s part of a brand reimage. A Chick-fil-A spokeswoman said in May the Atlanta-based chain plans to remodel two to three Jacksonville-area locations each year for the next five years as part of its long-term reinvestment strategy. It operates about 15 locations in Northeast Florida.
• McDonald’s is remodeling its location inside the Walmart Supercenter at 6830 Normandy Blvd. at a cost of $50,000.
• Burrito Gallery is building-out at Gateway Village at Town Center. The city issued a permit for Kaneco Construction LLC to build-out 3,100 square feet of space at 5016 Gate Parkway at a cost of $614,789.
• Larry’s Giant Subs paid for a business license to do business in Murray Hill at 1050 Edgewood Ave. S.
• Panera Bread applied to St. Johns County for a permit to build a 3,238-square-foot restaurant on 1.1 acres at southwest Crosswater Parkway and Village Lake Drive in Nocatee.
• Jazzy’s Restaurant and Lounge applied for a certificate of use at 901 King St., where chef Celestia Mobley is opening a 151-seat restaurant in 3,800 square feet of space.
• Riverchefs LLC, which does business as The Bread & Board, seeks a zoning exception for a liquor license to expand from serving beer and wine to adding spirits for on-premises consumption. Bread & Board opened in April 2017 at 1030 Oak St. in Riverside.