This huge sports-themed restaurant and bar features enormous TV's and projector screens to watch sporting events. While the menu is typical sports bar fare, the outdoor seating lets you feel the warm breeze coming off the ocean just a block away. Sneakers has a Southside location as well.

Located directly on the Intracoastal Waterway, this restaurant features gorgeous views of the marshes and superb service. The menu is made up of local, fresh seafood and New American cuisine like herb-crusted wild salmon and New York strip steak with bleu cheese fondant. Reservations are recommended.

Don't let the strip mall location fool you, this chef-owned and-operated bistro is an intimate and unique dining experience. The Mediterranean menu is complemented by charming accents you won't find anywhere else: extensive fragmented tile work, vintage wine bottle cork collection and fresh flowers throughout. You can watch Chef Dwight Delude as he creates your dish in his exhibition kitchen. The menu is small and changes according to the chef's whim, but fresh seafood and salads, hand-rolled pasta, veal and lamb are usually available. With only eight tables, reservations are recommended.

A festive, casual and lively beachfront hot spot, Joe's is a large seafood restaurant and bar frequented by locals. You'll find almost every kind of seafood on the menu as well as burgers, steaks and sandwiches. The patio lets you take in the ocean view and feel the sea breeze while you enjoy your meal or drink.

Ragtime is a jovial Cajun restaurant and tavern with good food and better spirits. Fresh seafood and an on-site micro brewery make the food and drink some of the best in the area.. A fun place to meet up with friends and family, it usually draws quite a weekend crowd. The food is classic Louisiana Americana featuring all the usual Cajun and Creole suspects.

This chain of trendy, mildly upscale seafood restaurants has a huge following of fresh and grilled seafood lovers. Although steak, chops, chicken and pasta are on the menu, their wide selection of fresh fish including Mahi Mahi, picatta, pistachio parmesan crusted rainbow trout and seared swordfish have made them so successful.

The oldest structure on the beaches, circa 1924, this restaurant and hotel offers a rich history you can see and feel upon visiting. Pillars of politics, movies and crime have stayed at the hotel in its golden age, such as Harry Truman, FDR, John D. Rockefeller, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, Jean Harlow, Al Capone and "Machine Gun" Kelly. Fully restored to its elegant roots, the ambiance and service will ensure you have a classic, romantic and intimate evening of upscale dining. The menu features salmon wellington, goat cheese salad, and rack of lamb, as well as a variety of sandwiches served during lunch. There is an outdoor veranda and patio seating boasting stunningly beautiful views of the ocean. Tapas and martinis are also available in the lounge area.

Enjoy authentic Italian cuisine, genuine brick oven pizza, pasta, wine, salads and more at this local favorite. The mozzarella and tomato salad is particularly tasty. Enjoy the elegant décor inside or the warm sea breeze if you choose to dine outside.

Named the best slice in Jacksonville by Folio Weekly for the past 13 years, Al's is a Jacksonville institution for pizza. Its trendy and comfortable décor is home to its Italian-style menu, including fun NY-style pizzas & calzones. Desserts include "Zeppoli's," Al's version of Beignets, which are lightly fried dough dashed with powdered sugar & sweet raspberry sauce. Mmmm. I'm hungry. Al's has many locations around town; just ask 'em!

A classic beach-casual destination for locals, dive into fan favorites like fish tacos, Cajun grilled mahi, butternut grouper and seafood gumbo. Known for delicious and fresh oysters, don't miss Thursday's Happy Oyster Hour for oysters, steamed crab clusters, shrimp and beer specials. For the sweet tooth, try the key lime pie.