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Vote for your favorite restaurants, businesses in Jacksonville area for JAXBest 2025

Vote for the Top 4 finalists in each category from Sept. 4–Oct. 2; Winners revealed the week of Nov. 3

JAXBest 2025: What to know about nominations, categories, voting and key dates | Presented by Farah & Farah (Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – You nominated. Now it’s time to vote!

Fittingly, News4JAX announced the finalists for JAXBest on 904 Day, and the final voting period is now open.

>> CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE FINALIST <<

In the nomination period, we asked you to name the Jacksonville area’s top businesses, from restaurants to dive bars, as well as concert venues and farmers markets.

We received thousands of votes across 30 categories. Each category was then narrowed down to four finalists, based on the number of nominations.

From now through Oct. 2, you can choose your favorite finalist and vote by using the link above. You can vote for each category once per day.

Winners will be revealed in all categories during the week of Nov. 3.

A special thanks to our JAXBest sponsor, Farah & Farah!

Here is the full list of finalists in JAXBest 2025!

Food

Best Bakery:

  • Cinotti’s Bakery and Sandwich Shop
  • Community Loaves
  • Publix Bakery
  • The French Pantry

Best BBQ:

  • The Bearded Pig
  • Mojo BBQ
  • Woodpecker’s BBQ
  • Valley Smoke BBQ

Best Breakfast:

  • Grumpy’s Restaurant
  • Metro Diner
  • Ellen’s Kitchen
  • Maple Street Biscuit Company

Best Brunch:

  • Biscottis
  • River and Post
  • The District SPR
  • Coop 303

Best Burger:

  • BF’nD Food Truck
  • Seitanic JAX
  • Carolina Jax
  • Epik Burger

Best Donuts:

  • The Donut Shoppe
  • Cinotti’s Bakery
  • Duck Donuts
  • Parlor Doughnuts

Best Fine Dining:

  • Orsay
  • Cowford Chophouse
  • Matthew’s
  • Norikase

Best Food Truck:

  • Dorami
  • BF’nD Food Truck
  • Fatboy Fried Rice
  • Chenile’s Tacos

Best Ice Cream:

  • Whit’s
  • Dreamette
  • Mayday
  • Bruster’s

Best Lunch:

  • Graze Craze Jacksonville
  • BF’nD Food Truck
  • Clara’s Tidbits
  • European Street Cafe

Best Pizza:

  • Moon River Pizza
  • Planet Pizza 904
  • Renna’s
  • Joseph’s Pizza

Best Sandwich/Deli:

  • Angie’s Subs
  • Hollywood Heroes and Subs
  • Seitanic JAX
  • Publix Subs

Best Seafood:

  • Hook’em Up Seafood and More
  • Safe Harbor Seafood Restaurant
  • Seafood Kitchen
  • Dockside Seafood Restaurant

Best Sushi:

  • Norikase
  • Crazy Sushi
  • Green Papaya
  • Sushi Bear

Best Tacos:

  • TacoLu
  • One Night Taco Stand
  • 904 Taco
  • Chenile’s Kitchen

Best Vegan/Vegetarian:

  • Seitanic Jax
  • Murray Hillbilly
  • European Street Cafe
  • Nacho Taco

Best Waterfront Dining:

  • Safe Harbor
  • Dockside Seafood Restaurant
  • Caps On The Water
  • Julington Creek Fish Camp

Best Wings:

  • Dick’s Wings and Grill
  • V’s Pizza
  • Mr. Chubby’s Wings
  • Perfect Rack Billiards

Drinks

Best Brewery/Distillery:

  • Brackish Beer Company
  • Wicked Barley
  • Aardwolf Brewing Company
  • Engine 15 Brewing Co.

Best Coffee:

  • The Harris Brews
  • Bitty & Beau’s Coffee
  • Southern Grounds
  • Bold Bean Coffee Roasters

Best Dive Bar:

  • Pete’s Bar
  • MVP’s Sports
  • Rascal’s Bar
  • Sherwood’s

Best Place to Watch the Jaguars:

  • Sneakers Sports Grille
  • Perfect Rack Billiards
  • Bottlenose Brewing
  • Strings Sports Brewery

Things to do

Best Concert Venue:

  • Daily’s Place
  • St. Augustine Amphitheater
  • Florida Theater
  • VyStar Arena

Best Farmer’s Market:

  • Riverside Arts Market (RAM)
  • Atlantic Beach Farmer’s Market
  • St. Augustine Amphitheater Farmers Market
  • Beaver Street Farmers Market

Best Festival:

  • St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival
  • Jacksonville Jazz Fest
  • Pride Festival, Fernandina Beach
  • 904 Pop Up

Best Hidden Gem:

  • Easy Açaí (Brazilian Juice Bar)
  • Mandarin Museum and Historical Society
  • St Augustine Sailing
  • Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island

Best Public Golf Course:

  • Hidden Hills Golf Club
  • Julington Creek Golf Club
  • Brentwood Golf Course
  • Blue Sky Golf Club

Services

Best Hotel/Resort:

  • Margaritaville Beach Hotel
  • One Ocean Resort & Spa
  • Ponte Vedra Inn & Club
  • Ritz Carlton Amelia Island

Best Pet Services:

  • A Dog’s Domain Mobile Pet Grooming
  • Happy Hound Dog Resorts
  • Jacksonville Humane Society
  • Kanine Social

Best Self-care:

  • Riverplace Acupuncture Integrative Health
  • Coastal Beaches Therapy
  • For Your Eyes Only Hair Salon
  • Hydro Med Spa

Click here to read the official JAXBest rules.


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