If you see something missing from our list of downtown Fernandina restaurants, email Judie Mackie.

29 South Eats

29 South is located in a re-purposed old Fernandina Beach house in the Historic District, with an organic garden out back. This eclectic bistro can best be described as having creative cuisine with an au naturel twist.

Classic world cuisine with a modern twist prepared with ingredients sourced from local farms and onsite garden. Signature items include Lobster Corn Dogs with Spicy Horseradish Ketchup spiked with Kettle One Vodka, Sweet Tea Brined DelKat Family Farm Pork Chop on Macaroni Gratin with Warm Blackberry Preserves, and Grilled Heart of Romaine Salad with Maytag Blue Vinaigrette with House Cured Applewood Bacon and Toasted Walnuts.

With Chef Schwartz being a member of the Slow Food Movement it is no surprise that 29 South is a proud supporter of the farm to fork concept utilizing produce and cuts from local and regional farmers and ranchers and the procurement of the freshest possible ingredients. Located on site behind the restaurant, a garden provides fresh organic fruits and vegetables seasonally grown. Comprised of fourteen beds, and various potted plants, the garden is always in bloom and visitors are welcome. It is managed by Nan Kavanaugh with the help of the 29 South crew.

Ask for Arnando “Papi” Gonzalez’s Puerto Rican specialty Sancocho, a sumptuous Caribbean meat and vegetable stew that contains plantains, yucca, sweet potatoes, mélanges, pork, corn, cilantro and much more, served over rice and topped with freshly sliced avocado.

Children’s menus always available. Good wine selection. Full Bar.

29 South Eats
Reservations recommended.
29 South 3rd Street, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034,

4th Street Deli

Downtown’s 4th Street Deli and Desserts build its reputation at the former Sunoco Station on Sadler Rd. several years ago, where their fresh tasty sandwiches gained a lot of local following.

Great hot and cold sandwiches, soups and salads with a nice salad bar and desserts, fresh and homemade.
Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Indoor-outdoor limited seating. Downtown street side parking.

4th Street Deli
3 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

Amelia Island Coffee

Amelia Island Coffee is located in the heart of downtown, 2 blocks from the waterfront and the Intercoastal Waterway.

Drop in for the best cup of coffee on the island. Our coffee is locally roasted just down the road in Yulee, FL. Our baristas proudly serve your reliable daily dose of caffeine as well as specially crafted drinks. Come put your feet up and stay awhile or grab a quick to-go for your daily pick me up.

Amelia Island Coffee
Address: 207 Centre St. Fernandina Beach Fl. 32034
Hours: open until 9:30-10 pm
Payment: Major CC’s
Price: $$
Phone: 904 321-2111

Arte Pizza

Opened in 2006, Arte Woodfire Pizza & Grill has been perfecting the art of Napoli style pizza since day one. Here at Arte, we meticulously prepare all of our dishes with the freshest, sustainably sourced ingredients. All of our cheeses are of the highest quality and sourced from Wisconsin. Employees tend to our home grown herbs daily to harvest the freshest garlic and herbs for your meal. Juicy, plump, wild-caught Georgia shrimp are featured in our seafood dishes.

When it comes to mastering Napoli wood-fire pizza, the recipe for perfection is in the dough and the wood. Made fresh daily, we only use a special high-gluten flour that gives us the same, consistent base for our pizzas every time. Using only oak wood to bake our pizzas creates a rich, smoky flavor and perfectly crisp crust that first-timers and regulars alike have fallen in love with.

Let Arte cater your next event! We offer all items on our regular menu, as well as an extended catering menu that we can customize for your event! Our dining space is offered on a first-come, first-serve basis- we do not accept reservations. Follow us on social media for daily specials, desserts, and unique events coming to Arte and the surrounding area!

Arte Pizza
Address: 109 N 3rd St, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

HOURS: SUN – THURS 11AM – 8:30PM FRI + SATURDAY 11AM – 9PM

Payment: Visa, MC, Discover
Phone: 904 277 1515
Price: $$

Indigo

Elevated Dining Experience
Focused on Southern Coastal Cuisine

Downtown street parking.

Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday:    5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Sunday and Monday:    CLOSED

Address: 20 S 2nd St, Fernandina Beach, FL
Hours: Dinner only
Payment: Major CC’s
Phone: 904 261 8100
Price: $$$

Garden Street Bistro

January 1st 2020, Garden Street Bistro opened its doors serving all day breakfast to a hungry crowed of southern style breakfast seekers. Day One menu included eggs and toast with bacon or sausage, and pancakes along with coffee and juices. Business grew fast, the menu grew, and despite setbacks due to Covid-19, business boomed. The bistro started as single room with both dining and an open kitchen, with a couple of tables outside in our historic courtyard. This single room transformed into what is now our kitchen, with our dining room now located in the historic house on the other side of our courtyard. 

Payment: Major CC’s
Price: $$
Phone: (904) 491-1771

 

Burlingame Restaurant

The idea behind Burlingame Restaurant came from many years of “foodie traveling”, both domestic and international, learning proper preparation with top notch kitchen training. Burlingame Restaurant offers relaxed fine dining in the Historic District. Seasonal menus created by a talented young local chef delivered by attentive and unpretentious servers in a casually elegant setting are the makings of your special dining experience. Dinners are served in the three quaint dining rooms, or just enjoy a beer or glass of wine at the bar or on the deck beneath the magnolias and towering live oak. Downtown parking

Burlingame Restaurant
Address: 20 S 5th Street, Fernandina Beach, Fl 32034
Hours: Open Mon – Sat from 5:30 pm 
Payment: All Major CCs
Phone: (904) 432 7671
Price: $$$

Café Karibo

Cozy interior and lovely naturally shaded outdoor dining patio with a great selection of eclectic sandwiches, salads and soups at lunch. Nightly specials include fresh fish, theme nights (Wed: pad Thai, Thu: curry), and live music on the patio most Friday and Saturday nights. Two spacious Pétanque Courts in the gardens. Vegetarian dishes available. Full Bar.

Fresh on site micro brewed beer in restaurant and pub. Air conditioned upstairs dining room with full bar for parties and ceremonies with outside balcony seating overlooking the courtyard. Ample parking.

Cafe Karibo
Address: 27 N 3rd St, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Hours: Tu-Sa 11-9, Sunday Brunch 10:30-2, Mo 11-3
Payment: Major CC
Price: $$
Phone: 904 277 5269

Ciao Bistro

Ciao Bistro’s new location adds ample seating. The food is authentic rich Italian. The service is friendly and accommodating into the details that make a great dining experience. Plenty of parking space. Dinner only.

Address:
Hours: Sun – Thur : 5pm – 9pm
Fri and Sat : 5pm – 9:30pm
Payment: Major CC’s
Phone: (904) 206-4311
Price: $$-$$$

España Restaurant

We prepare our famous paellas in traditional cooking pans imported from Spain. We take great pride in our recipes from our travels to Spain and Portugal to bring their flavors to your table. We use only the freshest ingredients! Be sure to accompany your meal with fine wine recommended by our staff wine specialist. Also be sure to try our homemade sangria!

Please be assured that we will do everything possible to make your evening special and memorable

Espana
Address: 22 S 4th St. Fernandina Beach, FL

Monday – Friday: 5 – 9:30

Sat and Sunday, now open from 4 to 9:30.

Payment: Major CC’s
Phone: 904 261 7700
Price: $$-$$$

Green Turtle Tavern

Very cool hangout with live music, and great drinks. Occasionally, food is cooked on a grill and served on the patio. Limited parking space as it is located smack in the heart of historic downtown.

Address: 14 S 3rd St. Fernandina Beach, Fl 32034
Hours: 6pm – 2am
Payment: Major CC’s
Phone: 904 321-2324
Price: $

Hola! Cuban Café

If you are looking for a flavorful lunch, stop in to the Hola Cuban Cafe in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Their authentic Cuban food is made fresh, with succulent slow roasted meats that are cooked in-house, Cuban style. They offer an array of Cuban sandwiches and pastries for your dining pleasure and brew up a “mean” robust Cuban coffee (cafécito)! Inside seating counts 10 seats while the outdoor patio comfortably seats 25 diners on tables with umbrellas.

Owners Chris Garcia and Marisol Triana are both born and raised in Miami, Florida, to exiled Cuban parents. Brought up in rich Cuban traditions, it is no surprise that Hola Cuban Café is known for its authentic Cuban cuisine and coffee. Call ahead at (904) 321-0163 for take-out and large orders. Delivery only inside the Historic Fernandina Beach District. The outside patio is dog friendly.

Address: 31 S. 5TH STREET, Fernandina Beach, Fl 32034

Thursday-Sunday: 9am-3pm

Monday-Wednesday: Closed

Payment: All Major CCs
Phone: 904 206 1985
Price: $-$$

Mason’s Lobster Roll

Since 2014, Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls has been rapidly expanding across the United States – and now internationally, with our first location under construction in Milan, Italy.  No matter where we are in the world, we bring the luxury of authentic New England lobster rolls to every guest, every time.  We are known for our classic recipes, 100% Maine lobster at peak tenderness, and zero pretention. 

We believe everyone deserves the luxury of lobster and invite you to join us in our mission.

Address: 708 Centre Street
904-601-0194

Business Hours:
Monday-Sunday: 11am-8pm
Payment: Major CC’s
Price: $-$$

Skully’s Irish Pub

Address: 14 S 2nd St.

Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Hours:

Monday – Thursday, 11AM to 11 PM

Friday and Saturday, 11AM to Midnight

Sunday, 11Am to 8:00 PM

 

 

Payment: Major CC’s

Price: $$
Phone: 904 310-9004

Leddy’s Porch

Located inside the Florida House Inn on charming South Third Street, Leddy’s Porch offers brunch Friday- Sunday. This beautifully restored Inn is the perfect southern spot for brunch offering menu items like fried chicken & waffles, shrimp and grits, biscuit’s & gravy as well as bottomless Bloody Mary’s and Mimosas. We offer inside, porch and courtyard seating and are also available for private brunches!​

The Mermaid Bar is the perfect spot for before or after dinner cocktails in an intimate setting inside and plenty of outdoor areas to enjoy with friends and family! We proudly offer hand crafted prohibition and new takes on classic cocktails. We have become quite well known on the island for having the best Old Fashioned!

Address: 22 S 3rd St Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Payment: All Major CCs
Phone: (904) 277-8665
Price: $$

Nana Teresa’s

Nana Teresa’s Bake Shop is a… bakery. They bake wedding cakes, sports cakes, birthday and smash cakes, celebration cakes, cupcakes, pies, tarts, cheesecake, cookies, macarons and more!

Address: 13 N. 3rd St., Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Phone: (904) 277.7977

Hours: Monday – Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday – Saturday: 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Sunday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Mezcal

Authentic Mexican Food in town. Large patio in the back with the best Margaritas in town can easily seduce you to an afternoon of goofing off or a long evening with friends. Tasty tapas, great service.

Peppers Mexican Grill

Part of a regional chain of fun loving Mexican Cantinas and Grills in North Florida and across the river in St.Marys, Georgia, operated out of Fernandina Beach. You know it is a lot of fun when the occasional authentic Mariachi band livens up the place. Choose from many authentic Mexican dishes and salsas.

Indoor-outdoor seating. Ample Downtown parking. Full bar with Bar Specials and Happy Hour is Seven Days a Week.

Address: 530 Centre St., Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Hours: Su-Sa 11am to 10pm
Phone: (904) 277-2011
Payment: Major CC
Price: $-$$

Ciao Italian Eatery

Monday -Closed
Tuesday- Sunday
11:30am-3:30pm
4:30pm-10pm

614 Centre St, Amelia Island

904.206.4311

Tasty Burgers

Considered one of the top three burger restaurants on the island and located on the corner of 8th Street and Centre, Tasty Burgers brought fresh burgers to the Historic District. Kid friendly, free WIFI and great burgers. Very casual. Limited parking. Inside / outside dining.

Address: 710 Centre Street, Fernandina Beach, Fl 32034
Hours: Mon-Thur 11am-8pm; Fri-Sat 11am-10pm; Sun 11am-2pm
Payment: Major CCs
Phone: (904) 321 0409
Price: $

The Crab Trap

Fresh local seafood and steaks. Casual family dining. Two floors of dining in an old waterfront staple structure. Friendly atmosphere. Dinner served 7 days a week starting at 5:00 p.m. Serving fresh local seafood: blackened, broiled, grilled or fried; also chicken; steaks; and raw oysters year ’round. Beer, wine, cocktails.

Casual dress. Pub bar located upstairs with seasonal entertainment. Closed on Tuesdays between October 1st and March 1st. All major credit cards accepted. Family-owned and operated since 1979.
Ample parking and very close to downtown.

Address: 31 N 2nd St, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Hours: Su-Sa 5pm-til the bar closes down
Payment: Major CC’s
Price: $$-$$$
Phone: 904 261 4749

The Happy Tomato Café

Located on South 3rd Street, the Happy Tomato has a funky courtyard setting. Street side parking and small parking lot. Serving American lunch and early dinner fare including a delicious BBQ sandwich. Order inside and it will get delivered to your table.

Address: 7 S 3rd St. Fernandina Beach, FL. 32034
Hours: Mon-Sat 11:00 am – 5:30 pm; Sunday Closed
Payment: Major CC’s
Price: $-$$
Phone: 904 321 0707

The Patio Place

The Patio Place 
With great outdoor seating and fabulous food, this new restaurant will please your senses while whisking you away to a French Bistro! easy to read menu for both food and beverages. Cozy, The Patio Place is a fresh service bistro with extensive outdoor patio seating, great for gathering and relaxing with friends and family.

With a focus on fresh and healthy cuisine, we feature global tastes served in crepes, salads, appetizers, soups and plates. Our beverage selection includes: beer, wine, hard cider, smoothies, coffee, iced tea and soda.
We help promote the community by sourcing food from local farms, working with Nassau Schools, and contributing to local initiatives and organizations. We will be located in the historic district of Fernandina Beach, one block off Centre Street (5th and Ash).

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Vintage Donuts

Address: 503A Centre Street
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The Salty Pelican

In the building on Front Street that once used to house the Dinghy Club, The Salty Pelican Bar & Grill is a fun, casual establishment where you can take in the beautiful views and sunsets, enjoy excellent food, make a choice out of many draft beers. Fresh Local Seafood that is native to our area, top-notch burgers, wings, salads and sandwiches. No reservations, so get there early to get your seats for the magnificent view of the sunset!!

They feature all of your favorite sporting events on more than 15 flat screen HD TV’s, live music and trivia weekly. Upstairs and downstairs dining, as well as outside. Cuisine is considered American Bar food but consumed with gorgeous sunsets. Street and parking lot parking.

Address: Front St. North, Fernandina Beach, Florida 32034
Hours: Mon – Sat 11:00am – midnight; Sun 10:00am – midnight
Payment: Major CC’s
Price: $$
Phone: (904) 277-3811

Timoti’s Seafood Shack

Timoty’s Seafood Shack is a welcome Seafood Specialty addition to Historic Downtown. It expands the eclectic food choices with a quick reasonably priced selection of grilled and fried seafood, fish and salads.

There is a Pirate ship for children’s entertainment and the decorum is very islandly and inviting. Menu orders are placed inside and seating is on outside covered patio. Parking is plentiful in the Library Parking Lot across the street. Closed for Sunday Dinner.

Address: 21 N. 3rd St, Fernandina Beach, Fl. 32034
Hours:
Lunch and Dinner
Monday-Thursday: 11:00am to 8:00pm
Friday-Saturday: 11:00am to 9:00pm
Sunday: 11:00am to 7:00pm
Payment: Major CC’s
Price: $-$$
Phone: 904 310 6550