Susan is the absolute best. The food is always delicious and fresh. Highly recommend.

The woman at the front was very nice and welcoming. The food was great and the atmosphere was nice and quiet. Loved it!

Delicious fresh ingredients! A great day date spent in the antique shops and lunch. We had the Turkey Stack with a side of broccoli salad and the Veggie Deluxe with a side of the wheatberry salad. I'd never had wheatberry but it was pretty good! A definite for a return visit! read more

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My first experience here what a nice delightful little café enjoyed a nice Cuban and Keylime cheesecake do you licious read more

Full Circle Eatery - New American Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

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The restaurant has changed management and it was good. I ordered the roasted pork with rice/gravy and side salad for $10, (it was a little dry) A friend ordered the Cuban sandwich and I wished I had. Service was good; the decore was lovely. I'll be back! read more

The following review was published under my byline in the Florida Times-Union on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. This is an original, unabridged version of that review. The guys behind Jacksonville's Secret Garden Café and Five Points' Derby on Park are back in the kitchen once again. This time they're cooking up something new in a place where "old" is the reason people show up. In July, Jacksonville restaurateurs Michael Williams and Zack Nettles reunited with the operators of Avonlea Antiques & Design Gallery, who gave them their start 15 years ago at Secret Garden. Michael and Zack remade the since-relocated mall's dining operations, transforming the former Old Florida Café, which closed in April, into Full Circle Eatery. While "Full Circle" ostensibly represents the culinary journey its owner-operators have taken since 2000, the name takes on a more literal meaning when you enter the antiques mart's front doors. You have to bear left, then left again as you tour racks of knickknacks, and follow floor-worn "Old Florida Café" arrows to find the new eatery. As it turns out, it's not quite a semicircle. You'll know you're there when you spot the larger-than-life chalkboard overflowing with daily specials, and a decadent dessert display case beckoning you with its tempting sugar-laden treats. Order and pay at the counter, take a number and proceed into Full Circle's dining room, a quirky, kitschy menagerie of knotty, multicolored wood-plank walls, pendant mood lighting and cowhide cushion upholstery. Some of the homespun accents--an oversized bronze-framed clock face one of its most prominent--would be right at home on the retail floor next door. Full Circle's lunch-only menu draws similarities to the nearby French Pantry, with crowd-pleasing sandwiches and salads served with a zesty twist, and those decadent homemade desserts. Everything is homemade or locally sourced, including daily bread deliveries from Village Bread Café. On a recent Friday-afternoon visit, my friend and I caught the tail end of the lunch crowd. We began with a "nibble," the Pesto Avocado Toast ($8). This best-explored-by-fork starter featured layers of toasted focaccia squares, pesto rosso spread and avocado chunks, topped by a tangled conflagration of heirloom tomato salad and Parmesan curls. It was a colorful, tangy and wonderful intro to our visit. Like most sandwich shops, Full Circle offers half-and-half combo options to pair sandwiches, soups or sides (most combos $8.75). My friend's Veggie Deluxe sandwich was a tall and tasty stack of roasted red pepper, cucumber, tomato, red onion, greens and Havarti with Vidalia honey mustard on multigrain. The Butternut Squash soup of the day (available a la carte; $4 cup, $6 bowl) was a hearty masterpiece, with a finish resembling that of Thanksgiving stuffing. Four of Full Circle's sandwiches are grilled cheeses. My choice, the Havarti, Basil, Tomato ($8), was a crunchy delight with a soft center of sweet basil. However, my choice of four side items, pasta salad, was serviceable at best. You can sample Full Circle's cakes and pies by the slice, a la mode optional, or call ahead to order the whole thing. We chose two: a pumpkin cheesecake and a caramel apple pie (both $5.50). The former was lightly whipped and not too dense, with a semi-sweet, semi-spiced filling that hit the spot. The apple was a crumbly topped creation with lots of fruit and a caramel swirl. Next time, though, I'd ask for it to be heated. Full Circle's kitchen is at your disposal daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., while the restaurant continues with dessert and beverage service until 5:30. While there's no happy hour pricing, the selection of mass-market, craft and crafty draft and bottled brews and five wine varietals by the bottle or glass won't break the bank. While the name of Michael and Zack's first Jacksonville restaurant could fit well with their newest location, there's no reason for Full Circle Eatery to be a secret to lunching types and sugar-seeking sweet tooths from Baymeadows and far beyond. Full Circle Eatery 8101 Philips Highway, Baymeadows (just north of Baymeadows Road intersection) (904) 503-3829 FullCircleEatery.com Type of cuisine: Casual Americana sandwiches and salads Hours: Open daily, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (kitchen open until 4 p.m.) Credit cards: All major accepted Bar service: Beer and wine Children's menu: No Reservations accepted: Yes Catering: Yes Price range: Appetizers, $3-8.50; salads, $7.50-11; sandwiches and grilled cheeses, $7.50-10 read more

I got a chicken salad sandwich To Go, and It was horrible! The bread was old, hard and super stale. They hardly put any chicken salad on the stale bread. The little bit of chicken salad they did put on was filled with pieces of fat so I spit part of it out. I know that you get some fat with chicken salad, but in this case there was more fat than chicken. So all in all the sandwich wasn't edible and cost 8 bucks, with no side. Why on earth is it so expensive ? We used to get Olde Florida Cafe because we work across the street, but I won't be back to Full Circle if the food is this bad. read more

Full Circle is definitely a hidden gem! Probably the most surprisingly awesome hidden gem restaurant in Jacksonville! They've got an awesome simple but delicious menu. They've got soups, salads, sandwiches, entrees, and some REALLY tasty deserts. They've even got beer and wine. The coolest part? They're located inside an antique mall!!! They're located inside Avonlea Antiques and Interiors off Philips Highway. I've tried so many different things on the menu and everything is always so amazing. I definitely recommend giving these guys a try. read more

Great little place. Hidden away in the antique mall, this cafe and bar is warm and welcoming. My wife had the caprese pizza and I had the open-faced meatloaf with the broccoli salad. Flavors galore. Great service and made new friends while sitting at the bar. Definitely A GO TO lunch spot. read more

Had lunch here after hearing they were longer Florida Cafe, which was wonderful as well. Counter service was super friendly and personable. Fresh handmade desserts were very tempting to look at, glad we didn't partake only because the sandwiches we ordered came out in full glory stacked and towering high. Long story short, the place was full when we got there at 1:00, service was warm and professional. Will definitely be back for desserts. (And wine!) read more

Full Circle Eatery - Turkey stack with bacon jam, tarragon aioli, havarti, apples, and broccoli salad. - New American Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

I had the Crab Cake Sandwich It was awesome, the perfect blend of flavors! Alway delicious choices of sandwiches , salads , and entrees, everything is excellent , including delicious deserts !! read more

I was looking for a light lunch while shopping at the Avonlea Antique Mall and Full Circle Eatery is the place to go for a delicious light lunch. I had a cup of bean soup, which was homemade and delicious, with a small side salad with consisted of just lettuce but the balsamic dressing made it quite tasty. My only negative would be the servers were quite abrupt when taking your orders and several times the server tried to remove myplate and other tables patrons plates before asking if we were finished. read more

Definitely a hidden gem from the service to the food to the home baked cakes....thumbs up on this place. Wine and beer as well :) read more

Full Circle Eatery - This is one of the sandwiches they're none for. The Cuban panini. Very good with a try - New American Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Wow! This place continues to amaze me . The daily specials are just that special. Home made sweet/tart lime aid or meatloaf, we have not had a meal here. It's our Sunday lunch spot. Oh desserts are masterful, save room room or get it to go read more

I love this place. Pretend to go looking for vintage films as, but really going for the wonderful food. The people are so great.

Relaxed and quaint- food is great and desserts AMAZING. Excellent service. Shop then enjoy lunch! read more

Full Circle Eatery - New American Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

Myself and 2 other coworkers came in last Friday for lunch. We have been coming to this location for lunch for the last 5 years when it was the Old Florida Cafe. My Coworkers and I work at Ring Power so it is a drive from St. Aug but always well worth the break from the office. When we got to the new cafe we were in shock over the new decor. Before it was very cozy and relaxing. The new décor is a twist on Vegas or Miami and very cold nor inviting. Come on Avonlea this is not your target market. I was expecting a similar menu as we were told by the front desk in May that the new cafe would have the same options as the old cafe. I ordered the Trio Salad which I thought would be the same as I ordred in the past. It was not. Very small portions and $2 dollars more than the old cafe. My two coworkers ordered the house salad with chicken since they do not offer Salmon like the old cafe did. Both of them did not eat the chicken because it was so dried out they compared it to jerk. With all this being said the total for the 3 of us to eat here was $50 dollars with tip!!! Guess someone has to pay for the renovation. This didn't include the dessert that we passed on since we were in sticker shock. The cafe never ran us over $12 per person including tip. We also miss Anns coconut cream pie. You may want to ask if she can still supply them just a hint or in that case hire Cheryl, Ann, Kayla, and Angel back. Unfortunately we will not be running back anytime soon and we hope that they will really consider the customer base that came to lunch here in the past. This was always a neighborhood lunch place for ladies day out or a quick bite on your lunch break. Beer, wine, and neon lights in an antique mall during lunch a bit strange for my liking. I may be some what critical or biased since I am comparing my experience to the Old Florida Cafe so please understand this is just my experience and opinion. read more

Great service from very nice people in an unusual location. I had a good Cuban with wheat berry salad. The salad had a surprisingly good flavor! read more

I ordered the meatloaf with mash potatoes and creamy corn and it was absolutely amazing. Amazing staff outstanding service and magnificent food! 5/5 would recommend read more

I have always enjoyed the food at Full Circle. In fact, I have followed the owners of the Café through all of their endeavors. Because I appreciate their commitment to good food and making people happy. read more

Massively disappointed. What was one of my favorite little hidden gems is somewhere I will never return. I will say, the food is delicious, however I refuse to spend money in an establishment owned by someone who feels it's appropriate to publicly berate a customer out in the open in front of the entire restaurant. They were busy, it was lunch. While ordering our meals we ordered a slice of cheesecake to eat after in the restaurant. Three of us finished our meals and were sitting patiently, we let the server (who was great, and quite busy) that we'd take our desert when she was able. We waited another five minutes, she was refilling drinks and cleaning tables. She took another tables desert out and I assumed she forgot about us. I walked to the counter with our empty plates to politely inform the nice lady we ordered the desert from that we were ready for it when she was able. I didn't make a scene, I assumed I was helping by clearing the table and didn't mind getting it myself because being on break from work we didn't have an unlimited amount of time to just sit at the table. There was no scene, the only person who heard me ask was the employee of the restaurant, who let me know she had it cut and ready for us and brought it right out. Everything was fine, we were ready to enjoy the desert and go on our way satisfied from a great meal. That's when the apparently power hungry, rudely mannered owner who lacks customer service skills decided to come to our table and shout at me that I made a scene by coming to the counter to speak with his employee and ask for the desert. By bringing my plates up (which I thought was helpful) I was making his employees uncomfortable, and that they were short staffed and that I was out of line. This is front of the entire restaurant. After being berated I walked to the counter to ask for a togo box to take the desert and leave, but the owner couldn't leave it alone. He then had to make additional loud comments with patrons looking on, apparently to show me the customer who's boss in his establishment. Being someone who has worked many years in the service/restaurant industry I know how you should and shouldn't treat both staff and customers. This man apparently doesn't value the people who come into his restaurant to spend their money, and might not fully appreciate the transparency of the internet and a consumers ability to voice their opinions and share their experiences. I expect the majority of the reviews on here to be 4/5 stars because the food is delicious, but I saw another side of this place that didn't leave me feeling very good at all. read more

This is an amazing place to eat inside an amazing antique store. I had the Butternut Squash soup and the Chicken Sandwich on a croissant with broccoli salad as side dish. To go I ordered the pecan pie and the peach cobbler. It was a very good lunch. Everything tasted excellent. The sandwich was served to the highest level. Fresh lettuce, tomatoes, onion. The atmosphere is pleasant. I have the pie back at the hotel on the morning of my departure from Florida. What a big mistake. I wanted the whole pie to go home with me. I will highly recommend this place. read more

I would recommend this lunch spot for anyone looking for good atmosphere and well prepared food. The staff is cordial and attentive . I have had a number of different items on the menu and really enjoyed each and every one. The portions are very hearty and should satisfy even big eaters. The oven roasted turkey breast sandwich is especially good. All entrees are not typical but have a special flair to make it different. The sides are fresh and different as well. One of the few places I return to at least once every couple weeks . read more

We decided to visit Full Circle today after church and I was pleasantly surprised! My husband had a Cuban sandwich with wheat berry salad and I had the turkey stack with broccoli salad, both entrées were tasty and well made. I went back and purchased an apple bread pudding, so so good!! This place is a hidden gem with nice decor and very friendly staff. read more

This is my FAVORITE lunch spot in all of Jacksonville! The food is always fresh and made to perfection. I work around the corner and order at least twice a week because it is that good! Keep up the great work y'all! read more

Food was fine, but one of the older men there seemed to be upset with another worker. Now, I don't know exactly know hat went on behind scenes, but the worker/server/w/e they were, were truly kind, respectful, and thoughtful to my family and requests. My drink never went below half glass, and my daughter wanted to come back to this location in the first place BECAUSE of our server/worker. However, I am sad to say we won't be making a return trip due to the atmosphere of tension that we felt, of which, seemed to be from management. Please, respect your workers more. They are people too, and you have no idea what they go through behind the scenes. That being said, I hope management is ok as well- for I dont know what goes on behind the scenes. Best wishes. read more

We go to full circle at least once a week. We call it our hidden gem because it's tucked away in a huge antique mall.. but even if you aren't into antiques, this restaurant is worth going to and you will not regret it. The chef is usually in house and can talk to you about every meal prepared fresh that day! And if you come late they might be out of some because he only makes it fresh. Every staff member is so polite and knowledgeable that it makes it easy to order. And don't forget to get desert! They have daily specials also! read more

My new favorite lunch spot located inside the Avonlea Antiques mall. I ordered the kale salad with a side of butternut squash soup. Both taste absolutely fresh and delicious. read more

Full Circle Eatery - New American Near Me - Jacksonville, Florida

I had the Ham and Cheese Quiche, Pasta Salad and it came with a little Pineapple. My Brunch was delicious and I highly recommend eating at Full Circle Eatery. read more

I went in just to see what it was all about happily suprised. One of the best Cuban sandwiches I've ever eaten. Did not eat any desserts but they looked delicious. Also great service. read more

I really enjoy this restaurant. I have taken colleagues there for lunch, several friends have joined me for a bite, and later today I will be introducing my parents to this unique, charming little Eatery. The Location: The Full Circle Eatery is located in a wonderful Antiques Shop/Gallery in a great area of town. You step through the main doors into a slice of history. The gallery is bright and beautifully, and I love to get there early when meeting others to eat at Full Circle so I can meander through the various antiques displays and look at all of the interesting pieces and unique items placed throughout. The Eatery is located at the eastern end of the shop, with a tempting dessert case at the front counter and a chalkboard menu on the wall featuring the daily menu options. The Eatery is the size of a cafe, which offers a cozy, more "intimate" setting (not to mean that guests are packed in like sardines - there is plenty of room). The space is well-laid out, the decor is consistent: modern, great color palette, Americana in nature. The Staff: The staff is amazing. They are incredibly friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable about the restaurant and menu. Having worked in the restaurant industry in the past, I really appreciate a staff who is consistently warm and friendly to customers, and these people seem very genuine in their interactions with guests. The Food: The food is fantastic. I have been to the Eatery several times, make a point to order something different each time, and have never been disappointed. If you are a consumer who prefers "junk food" laden with sugar, fat, artificial flavors, and other unnaturally occurring substances, you may find the food to be less satisfying in terms of flavor/taste. This place uses fresh ingredients (farm to table!) and the bread they use isn't really the kind of bread you pick up by the loaf in the grocery aisles for $1.50. Their food is more artisanal, so they use ingredients that really bring in some great, sometimes unfamiliar, flavors to your meal. It's kind of an adventure! You order a salad and know what taste to expect, but then you get your first taste and discover the unexpected hint of sun dried tomato, or fresh feta, or a tangy trace of berry. Their dishes are authentic - just like the staff - and the individual components of each menu item are combined in such a way that each flavor gets its turn to shine throughout your meal without being subdued and masked by overpowering spices, sugars, or sauces. Take the time to really enjoy the venue, savor the flavor, and chat with the friendly staff. Slow down and smell the roses here... and save room for dessert! read more

Their sandwich was so gross...it was soggy (loaded w mayo) and tasted unfresh. The staff seemed blase and did nit even come back to check on us til about 20 mins after we were served and then it was too late for us to get something else. read more

Wow, what a great lunch! Although I go to the antique mall from time to time to look around, I had never eaten at the restaurant there. This time around, I noticed the new decor and menu and thought...why not? I had the cuban sandwich, and it was the best cuban sandwich I've had in Jax. No flimsy cold cuts for meat-it was filled with a big slab of roasted pork and grilled ham. Delicious. They have local beer as well, which is nice to see. I wil hit it up again when I am in the area. read more

Yelpers, BEWARE... This place had the nerve to charge $6.25 for a frozen from the factory, out of the box, dried up, piece of cake!

Fabulous food and fun decor. Much more light to see by is a good thing. So glad to have the chance to enjoy Mike and Zack's food at Full Circle Eatery. Even better than when they were at Avonlea on Beach Blvd. I've eaten there many times and never had a bad meal. read more