After action by a City Council committee on April 21, a North Jacksonville breakfast and bar spot is a full City Council vote away from being allowed to sell alcohol.
The Council Land Use and Zoning Committee voted 6-0, with member Rahman Johnson away from the dais, to recommend approval of a zoning exception to allow alcohol sales at Kappuccinos Breakfast & Sports Bar, planned in the Dunns Creek Crossing shopping center at 11257 Alta Drive.
The exception, contained in Ordinance 2026-0211, would allow for on-site sales of alcohol as part of Kappuccinos’ bar buisiness. LUZ approved the ordinance without comment, and it now moves to a full Council vote on April 28.
Attorney Josh Cockrell, who represented the restaurant, said the exception was the last step Kappuccinos needed to take before opening.
With Kappuccinos, owners Keith and Catherine Jones created a new dining concept in which breakfast and lunch will be served in the mornings through lunchtime before the restaurant switchs to a sports bar in the evening.
“My intent is to be the ‘Cheers’ and a nice neighborhood hub,” owner Keith Jones said in February, referring to the Boston bar depicted in the TV comedy from 1982-93 with the theme song, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name.”
He said he and Catherine hope patrons from the neighborhood as well as workers, truck drivers and port employees from the nearby industrial parks and JaxPort terminals will drop by for breakfast.
“Hopefully everyone on their way to work can stop by and enjoy specialty coffees and a full breakfast,” Keith Jones said.
He said March 29 he was “patiently waiting on the zoning ordinance to be approved,” before providing an opening date. Cockrell said the restaurant would “hopefully” open in late May.
When operational, Jones intends to open Kappuccinos at 6 a.m. to serve coffee and specialty drinks along with a standard Southern-inspired breakfast, followed by lunch until 1 p.m.
Kappuccinos would reopen at 5 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. or 11 p.m. as a sports bar with live music later in the week. Jones said the restaurant will include multiple large-screen TVs and a full bar.