LBroxon Posted December 31, 2013 #1 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Looking for a good seafood restaurant (specifically, great crab cakes) in Jacksonville. Any locals have some good advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdiamond Posted December 31, 2013 #2 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Looking for a good seafood restaurant (specifically, great crab cakes) in Jacksonville. Any locals have some good advice? Consult LoisR who has spent all of her 56 years in Jacksonville; and, who is very knowledgeable about eveything in connection with that city. You can probably best find her on the Celebrity board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted December 31, 2013 #3 Share Posted December 31, 2013 (edited) Looking for a good seafood restaurant (specifically, great crab cakes) in Jacksonville. Any locals have some good advice? Hi, Jacksonville is not known for "Crab cakes"...where are you staying? Better to have that information in reference to how far you want to travel......... There are seafood places at the beach.....others in town. Jacksonville is quite spread out. Edited December 31, 2013 by Lois R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted December 31, 2013 #4 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Consult LoisR who has spent all of her 56 years in Jacksonville; and, who is very knowledgeable about eveything in connection with that city. You can probably best find her on the Celebrity board. Jack, not 56 yet:eek:.......3 more months to go............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBroxon Posted January 4, 2014 Author #5 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Any advice LoisR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted January 4, 2014 #6 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Any advice LoisR? Where are you staying? Are you renting a car? I can give you a couple of places but I have no idea how far you want to travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBroxon Posted January 4, 2014 Author #7 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Where are you staying? Are you renting a car? I can give you a couple of places but I have no idea how far you want to travel. Thanks! We are staying at the Plaza Hotel on Duval Road. I would say that we would prefer not to travel more than 20 minutes or so. We will have a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspink98 Posted January 4, 2014 #8 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I like Singleton's, although not necessarily for crabcakes-we're not known for crab here. Their shrimp will make you cry, though. It's definitely a dive, but we've always been very happy with their food. They're probably a 15 minute drive from the airport area, and you can look into taking the Mayport Ferry across the river to save some time (and it's just kinda cool). There's a place across the river from them whose name escapes me right now that's also supposed to be good. Maybe Lois can remember? If you're lucky, at either place you'll get to see some fighter jet takeoffs or landings. There are a couple of amazing places along the Intracoastal in Ponte Vedra/Palm Valley, but they're probably a 45 minute drive away, and not the easiest as far as navigation. If you have a GPS you'll be fine. Let me know if you want info on those, and I'll try to think of some more closer to the airport also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdiamond Posted January 4, 2014 #9 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Jack, not 56 yet:eek:.......3 more months to go............ Wish, I had said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrieluvsgreg Posted January 4, 2014 #10 Share Posted January 4, 2014 We live just outside of Jacksonville. The place we hear great things about crab cakes is called "Barbara Jeans". They are located in fernandina beach. (Northeast of Jacksonville about 1/2 hour). You can take A1A up for a very beautiful drive or just go up to the first exit in Nassau county and head east about 10 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted January 4, 2014 #11 Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) Good morning....too funny,:D I was going to suggest Barbara Jean's:) It is very casual with a VERY LARGE menu.....all kinds of food, with lots of seafood:) Jacksonville is not known for it's "crab cakes" but I am sure Barbara Jean's are good. You are staying right near the port/airport so I am not going to suggest places I know on my side of town.....they are across the bridge and closer to a 40 minute drive south. Oh I forgot it is at the beach so that is sort of far too......I can't think of anything right near the airport...... There are restaurants but mostly chains, Longhorn's, Olive Garden, Etc..... Here is a link to Barbara Jean's......click on it and you can see the menu, etc....it is a family owned place..... http://www.barbarajeans.com/ Edited January 4, 2014 by Lois R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted January 4, 2014 #12 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I like Singleton's, although not necessarily for crabcakes-we're not known for crab here. Their shrimp will make you cry, though. It's definitely a dive, but we've always been very happy with their food. They're probably a 15 minute drive from the airport area, and you can look into taking the Mayport Ferry across the river to save some time (and it's just kinda cool). There's a place across the river from them whose name escapes me right now that's also supposed to be good. Maybe Lois can remember? If you're lucky, at either place you'll get to see some fighter jet takeoffs or landings. There are a couple of amazing places along the Intracoastal in Ponte Vedra/Palm Valley, but they're probably a 45 minute drive away, and not the easiest as far as navigation. If you have a GPS you'll be fine. Let me know if you want info on those, and I'll try to think of some more closer to the airport also. Hi Kate:) I live near Town Center and for the life of me, I can't think of any "Seafood Places" near the airport.....Barbara Jean's and Singletons are both really good though:) You know the area....Jacksonville is so spread out.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspink98 Posted January 4, 2014 #13 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Barbara Jeans was one of the places on the IC I was going to suggest, I totally forgot they had a location in Fernandina. I've never had anything bad there, if anyone can make a good crab cake I imagine they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted January 4, 2014 #14 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Barbara Jeans was one of the places on the IC I was going to suggest, I totally forgot they had a location in Fernandina. I've never had anything bad there, if anyone can make a good crab cake I imagine they can. Hi Kate,:) I think Fernandina would be closer than the Beach location. I have always liked the food there:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knot knormal Posted January 4, 2014 #15 Share Posted January 4, 2014 IMO nobody in Florida makes good crab cakes. OK, I'm prejudiced having lived in Baltimore, in fact our kids, who still live there, order restaurant crab cakes on dry ice and send them to us for Christmas presents. Barbara Jean's has good food, just would not recommend the crab cakes. PS I've lived in Jacksonville for 31 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lois R Posted January 5, 2014 #16 Share Posted January 5, 2014 IMO nobody in Florida makes good crab cakes. OK, I'm prejudiced having lived in Baltimore, in fact our kids, who still live there, order restaurant crab cakes on dry ice and send them to us for Christmas presents. Barbara Jean's has good food, just would not recommend the crab cakes. PS I've lived in Jacksonville for 31 years. Hi:)....I have lived here since 1965.......;) And of course Baltimore has better crab cakes....that is what they are known for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMade Posted January 11, 2014 #17 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Shrimp is what we have plenty of here in Jacksonville.:cool: Not crabs http://www.urbanspoon.com/f/44/4338/Jacksonville/Seafood-Restaurants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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