The city issued a permit March 31 to allow the build-out for Kappuccinos Breakfast & Sports Bar in Dunns Creek Crossing shopping center in North Jacksonvinlle
AEC Integrated LLC of Jacksonville is the contractor for the $155,083 project to renovate about 6,000 square feet of space, including a 600-square-foot outdoor patio, in Units 401-404 at 11257 Alta Drive.
Jacksonville-based Ash Properties owns the newly constructed shopping center at northeast Alta Drive and Faye Road, east and north of Interstate 295. Alta Drive becomes Yellow Buff Road north of the center.
Owners Keith and Catherine Jones also await City Council approval for a zoning exception for the sale and service of alcohol.
They expect Kappuccinos will be “the ultimate in fast-casual dining experience” in the neighborhood and beyond.
Breakfast and lunch will be served in the mornings through lunch. At night, Kappucinos will switch to a sports bar.
“My intent is to be the ‘Cheers’ and a nice neighborhood hub,” 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 they hope the neighborhood patrons as well as workers, truckers 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,” Jones said.
He said March 29 he was “patiently waiting on the zoning ordinance to be approved,” before providing an opening date.
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.
He expects Kappuccinos will fit in well with the other restaurants in the vicinity and be a welcome addition to the community.
Jones said the menu will be casual and affordable.
The Joneses expect to provide entertainment to include live music, comedy shows, date nights, trivia nights, poker nights, bingo and karaoke.
Jones said in February they have invested an estimated $1 million into Kappuccinos so far.
The city issued three sign permits Dec. 31, 2025, for the location.
Jones said his experience includes work as a unit manager at a few national breakfast restaurant companies.
In seeking the zoning exception to serve alcohol, Jones wrote to the city that Kappuccinos “will be a welcomed addition to the Alta Drive/Yellow Bluff community in the sense that we will meet this growing community’s needs/demands for full service dining all under one roof.”
He wrote that it would start the day with fresh coffee and also specialize “in rich espresso drinks from cappuccinos to iced caramel lattes.”
Kappuccinos would provide a full breakfast and lunch menu to include Southern breakfast classics such as shrimp and grits “from our neighboring Mayport docks” to lunch classics such as cheesesteak melt meals.
In the early evenings, as a neighborhood sports bar, Kappuccinos would offer full course meals “while cheering on the home Jacksonville Jaguars and other local teams on multiple jumbo TV monitors.”
“Locals will be just steps away from home and will not have to endure the stress of busy traffic and congestion to drive further away to the River City Marketplace nor the St. Johns Town Center,” he wrote
Jones wrote that being within the Dunns Creek Crossing center, there will be no detrimental effect on vehicular or pedestrian traffic. The location provides “sufficient entry onto the property by fire, police, rescue, and other services and not overburdening existing public service and facilities.”