Southern Grounds will open the week of June 9 in Costa Verde Shops in Jacksonville Beach, according to a May 25 news release.
The restaurant and coffee shop is at 2405 Third St. S. near 25th Avenue South. It is east of SoNapa Grille in the former Two | One | Four by Rachel Lazzara space.
Jacksonville-based Southern Grounds has five locations in Northeast Florida, including 200 First St. in Neptune Beach. Another is planned to open soon at Mayo Clinic Florida at 14100 Mayo Blvd., Room 1110. A location is also planned at The Hub, 400 Riverside Ave., which is under construction in the Downtown Brooklyn area.
The chain is operated locally by the Restaurant & Hospitality Investment Group.
The Jacksonville Beach Southern Grounds will have indoor and outdoor seating, using the shopping center’s open-air plaza.
Besides offering coffee and juice drinks, it will serve wine and beer. The food menu extends past pastries.
“We believe coffee is connection, food is culture, and space should nourish the soul. Southern Grounds was created to be a place where people feel seen, inspired, and rooted in something bigger than themselves,” owner Mark Janasik said in the release.
Southern Grounds serves Intelligentsia brand coffee. It sources beans from around the world.
Costa Verde Shops has restaurants, jewelry and clothing stores. It opened in 1972. It is anchored by the Casa Maria restaurant.