According to JBJ, Italian dining giant Olive Garden is planning a new location in Jacksonville.
Citing plans submitted to the City of Jacksonville and JEA, JBJ reports that Orlando-based Olive Garden is proposing a restaurant at the intersection of Hodges and Butler Boulevards, at Glen Kernan Park, the brand’s fifth in Northeast Florida.
“The proposed 7,850-square-foot restaurant would join the recently opened Culver’s, soon-to-open Dunkin’, and a planned Slim Chickens at the 50-acre mixed-use development that also features a 308-unit residential community, Embassy Suites hotel and Gate convenience store,” the report states.
JBJ adds that the 237-seat restaurant “features Olive Garden’s new ‘Domani’ prototype that includes what the chain’s website describes as a dedicated to-go area with a separate entryway, a dining room layout that is more flexible for groups eating, and an alfresco space which merges indoor and outdoor dining through glass panels. The design includes brick interior walls, a white marble bar and countertops, natural tones of soft greens, caramels, natural wood, and textured stone accented with contemporary artwork.”
