Outside the Home Depot in Yulee, you never really know what you’ll find. One day it might be a cheesesteak truck, some dang good coffee, or on a recent Monday, something unexpected: Jamaican food. …

Philly Boyz has been slinging cheesesteaks around Fernandina in one form or another since 2008. I’ve lived here most of my life. Somehow, until last Saturday, our paths had never crossed. Better …

When Curry Island Indian Kitchen opened in Fernandina Beach in October of 2025, people lost their minds a little bit. This was the first standalone Indian restaurant on Amelia Island, and apparently …

Wildlight has changed quite a bit over the past few years. What was once a growing community with a handful of places to eat now has a slightly larger handful of places to eat. That’s what I call …

There’s a tea shop in Yulee I’ve visited multiple times, enjoyed every time, but forget exists until I’m driving to Target. It’s across from Culver's in the strip mall, and has been there …

The building at 320 S. Eighth Street has lived a few lives. Longtime locals will remember it as Overtime Sports Bar and, more recently, as O'Brien's Irish Pub, which I reviewed in its day. Its newest …

A Will and A Whisk Bakery has been open on South Eighth Street since November, and I have driven past it approximately four hundred times. It sits across from Taco Bell in the same building as K and …

Savannah Pizza Company opened on South 14th Street back in March, and Fernandina hasn't made up its mind about it. Scroll through the reviews and you'll find people who swear by it sitting right next …

Not everything worth eating comes with a dining room. JR's Island BBQ is a food truck parked in the lot of Robyn Branch Design on South Eighth Street, right across from Hot Paws, and it’s doing its …

Not every great meal comes out of a building. Some of the best ones come out of a gleaming aluminum tube parked steps from the beach. Eato Chef is a food truck built inside an Airstream — if you've …

Bagels R Us has been quietly doing its thing in Jacksonville since 1998. Operating under owner Abhi Somaiya, they've grown to six locations across the city. Beach Boulevard, Mandarin, Jax Beach, …

Not every great food find on Amelia Island comes with a dining room. Vegan Amelia isn't a restaurant at all. It's a porch bakery stand set up outside a private home, run by a mother-daughter duo who …

Drunken Noodle isn't exactly a newcomer to the Fernandina food scene. They built a following through their food truck and earned solid reviews around the area before making the leap to a …

The Loop in Fernandina Beach has been around forever — or at least long enough to feel like it. I still remember coming here on a field trip from Paks Karate, sitting at one of the booths, …

If you’ve ever crossed the bridge heading toward the island, you’ve passed Shuckers. If you’ve lived here longer than a weekend, you’ve probably been there — or at least …

There’s a new contender in the Wildlight caffeine scene. Mocama may have planted its roots first, but Foxtail Coffee has rolled into town with some serious steam, and faster than you’d …

Bohemian Bull is finally here. After what felt like a never-ending delay, the long-awaited tavern-style burger joint has officially opened its doors in Wildlight. Judging by the crowd packed into the …

Nassau County is crawling with seafood. Shrimp, lobster, and whatever else you can drag out of the Atlantic — it’s all here, on backroads, street corners, in Styrofoam coolers and …

There’s a Southern saying that goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The Back Porch Southern Eats took that to heart — heck, they didn’t even bother …

Let me tell you something about Bob’s Famous BBQ. It’s the kind of place you’d drive right past unless you were paying attention. Nestled beside the Florida Citrus Center, right off …