Owners of The Candy Apple Café & Cocktails Confirm Plans to Open New Restaurant

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Owners of The Candy Apple Café & Cocktails Confirm Plans to Open New Restaurant

The restaurant will open at 220 Riverside this fall

Jacksonville, Fla. — May 6, 2015 — The owners of The Candy Apple Café & Cocktails have confirmed their plans to open a restaurant at 220 Riverside later this year. The restaurant name and concept are still being finalized.

Jennifer Earnest and Liz Earnest, the mother-daughter team behind The Chef's Garden Catering and Events, will again partner with Alan and Ellen Cottrill, the husband-wife team behind River City Contractors and Millwork Design Studio for this venture. The restaurant is expected to open this fall.

"We are thrilled to expand our restaurant portfolio with our new venture at 220 Riverside," said Jennifer Earnest, a co-owner of The Candy Apple Café & Cocktails. "Being part of the redevelopment of Downtown has been such an important part of our experience with opening The Candy Apple Café & Cocktails, and we look forward to joining in the movement to revitalize Brooklyn, too. Our new restaurant will share our high standards for quality food and service that we bring to The Candy Apple Café & Cocktails, the Cummer Café, and The Chef's Garden Catering and Events."

About The Candy Apple Café & Cocktails:

The Candy Apple Café & Cocktails is a full service restaurant located in Downtown Jacksonville that serves breakfast, brunch, and lunch daily, and dinner five nights a week (Tuesday-Saturday). With a menu of French and Southern fusion cuisine, a full bar, and three private event spaces, The Candy Apple Café & Cocktails celebrates the decadence of everyday life. For more information, visit thecandyapplecafe.com.

*The above press release provided by Wingard Creative/The Chef's Garden Catering and Events.