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Southern · Riverside/Avondale · $$
Open since the 1960s and still the benchmark for a Jacksonville diner breakfast, with a room that hasn't been redesigned to look vintage because it just is.
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Burgers · San Marco · $
The original location of what became a national chain, and the fried chicken and waffles here are why the rest of the country now knows the name.
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Coffee · San Marco · $$
Started in Jacksonville, and the biscuit-based menu is different enough from standard breakfast that it's worth a stop even if you ate an hour ago.
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Breakfast · Beaches · $
Straightforward, fast, and consistent across locations, which makes it the reliable pick when you have a group with different tastes.
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Bakeries · Murray Hill · $$
Bakery-first, which means the bread under your breakfast is the point rather than an afterthought.
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Breakfast · Riverside/Avondale · $
Small neighborhood room on St. Johns Ave, and it's the low-key option when Avondale brunch spots have a forty-minute wait.
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Breakfast · Riverside/Avondale · $$
Bigger menu and bigger dining rooms, so it absorbs a large weekend group better than the neighborhood spots.
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Southern · Riverside/Avondale · $$
Weekend brunch with live jazz, which turns breakfast into an event rather than a refueling stop.
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Coffee · Riverside/Avondale · $
Coffee-forward with a small food menu, for the morning where the coffee is the actual priority.
Best Breakfast in Jacksonville
Diners, biscuits, breakfast tacos, and the coffee-first mornings.