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Southern · Riverside/Avondale · $$
The anchor of the Murray Hill dining strip and the reason a lot of people east of the river ever cross Roosevelt.
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Pizza · Murray Hill · $
By-the-slice pizza that built its reputation before Murray Hill was a destination, and it's still the neighborhood's front door.
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Bakeries · Murray Hill · $$
Bakery that supplies bread to restaurants across the city, and buying it at the source is the version most people never experience.
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Barbecue · Southside · $$
The Westside locations of a Jacksonville institution, and the drive is shorter than the reputation of the Westside suggests.
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Mexican · Southside · $
The Westside locations of the local Mexican chain, and they serve a neighborhood that has few sit-down alternatives.
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Mediterranean · Southside · $$
Middle Eastern in a part of town where that cuisine is otherwise nearly absent.
Worth the Drive
Murray Hill, the Westside and Ortega — the places east-of-the-river people don't know they're missing.