Featured Bold Bites
Da-Vi Em (26) launched her Murray Hillbilly concept at VegFest 2017 serving a limited menu of fried and bbq-inspired vegan dishes. “The response was overwhelming,” she recalls of that fateful day. “We…
Summer is coming! Here in our coastal community that means getting ready for the beach. But before you run off to the gym, clean all the carbs out of your pantry, or start a juice cleanse, let’s pause…
With just about every restaurant in Florida offering some sort of seafood dish, chances are, if there’s only one seafood item on the menu, it’s going to be a piece of fish on a piece of bread. Creativ…
There were no wedding bells or gift registry when Navy veteran Chris Straw opened the doors to The Hangar Bay Café and Gallery on Mayport Road back in 2016. But the honeymoon has been pretty good, so …
While Historic Five Points’ Sun-Ray Cinema has served as a film lover’s dream palace for more than seven years, the theater’s trojan horse is its concession stand’s far-out menu. The concept of small …
The Camel Rider is Jax's signature sandwich.
Jamie Rice had her foot in the door of specialty coffee before anyone had a clue just how massive the industry would become. The 34-year-old has been slingin’ espresso all over town since 2005. With S…
If you dabble in the world of pop culture and the conspiracy theories that are bred from it, you’ve certainly stumbled across The Simpsons and likely heard about the show’s ability to predict the futur…
People decide what to eat (or not eat) for all kinds of reasons. The vegan swears off all animal products in defense of animal rights while the hedonistic epicure guiltlessly gobbles foie gras in the p…
With the line “I got hot sauce in my bag, swag,” Beyoncé may have inspired, or even confirmed, a generation’s tendency to never the leave the house without a Sriracha keychain. Even if that’s not entir…
“Take chances, make mistakes, get messy.” The above is the mantra of Walkerville Elementary School’s renowned 4th Grade teacher, and—OK—fictional character on the popular children’s television progr…
Reaching the 100 issue mark is no small feat for a print publication. Quite a bit has changed in the city (and the world) since Void’s inaugural issue, but seeing as how this is a food column, we thoug…
By now you may be feeling a bit self-conscious about your own pad but listen, “rad” is a subjective term. Your place doesn’t need an ocean view or look like something out of a Dwell magazine spread to …
First things first, food is for eating. It doesn’t have to be pretty to be delicious, but some dishes truly are so spectacular to behold that you can’t help yourself from standing on the table to get t…
Dating is hard, am I right? Even after the messy, awkward phase of establishing mutual attraction you have to figure out something to do that somehow involves food, drinks, entertainment and most diffi…
Ask anyone who’s good at fitness what their secret is and they’ll likely give you the same answer–diet. But eating right can be a chore and seeing as how you’re already spending all your free time at t…
“Fernet?” When the call is raised at whatever watering hole you happen to find yourself at the time, you’re liable to see a mix of reactions from those being propositioned. Some will shrug and cock …
BBQ, perhaps more than any other food, is closely associated with the idea of authenticity and authentic BBQ is intimately linked with its place of origin. The Carolinas do pork exceptionally well, be …
I remember one night I was scrolling through Pinterest, trying to find some new egg recipes when I came across an article headline that read, "I Tried Anthony Bourdain's Secret to Making Scrambled Eggs…
Adam Finley and his girlfriend, Samantha Sievens, were lying in bed one morning when they resolved to start a business together. Sick of their day jobs, they decided to try their luck at bringing the v…
First things first, this is not a list of the best things to eat in Jacksonville. While I’m certainly not above declaring my subjective opinions on food as the gospel truth, that’s not what this list i…
This month in Bold Bites, we’re featuring what may just be Northeast Florida’s single most iconic food — Mayport shrimp. This deliciously sweet crustacean is caught right here in the 904 and can be eat…
For our fifth month of Bold Bites, where we feature some amazingly badass local dishes, we chose to highlight Marker 32’s Roasted Duroc Pork Belly. This thing is a prized cut of the pig, and after one …
This time around, things are getting tropical with our selection for June’s Bold Bites feature. Zeta Brewing Company’s Caribbean BBQ Shrimp is an infusion of Bahamian-inspired greatness, coupled with a…
So, we decided to change things up a bit for our third installment of Bold Bites, where we featuring some amazingly badass local dishes you should probably add to your foodie bucket list. This time aro…