The city issued a permit Oct. 6 for Keke’s Breakfast Cafe to build-out in OakLeaf Town Center in Southwest Jacksonville.
Quantum Facilities Services LLC of Sarasota is the contractor and Haas Modern Architecture of Tampa is the architect for the 4,198-square-foot project at 9570 Crosshill Blvd., No. 106, at a cost of $800,000.
Keke’s also intends to open in East Arlington where Sugarfire Smokehouse closed in 2022.
That restaurant, at 12959 Atlantic Blvd., east of Girvin Road, is 4,875 square feet enclosed with a 650-square-foot exterior area.
Quantum Facilities Services and Haas Modern Architecture of Tampa also are working on that estimated $800,000 project.
Both had been restaurants for Panera Bread, which moved into stand-alone sites nearby.
In OakLeaf, Panera Bread recently opened a stand-alone building at 9725 Applecross Road. It had operated in a strip center where Keke’s is opening.
Denny’s Inc. has owned Keke’s since July 2022.
Keke’s has three area restaurants that opened since 2017 at:
• The Strand at St. Johns Town Center at 4906 Town Center Parkway near St. Johns Town Center in Jacksonville
• The Pavilion at Durbin Park at 450 Durbin Pavilion Drive, Suite E10, in Saint Johns.
• In St. Augustine at 135 Jenkins Street, Unit 106.
Orlando-based Keke’s has 56 locations in Florida, with three coming soon to Orlando, Tampa and Palm Harbor, according to kekes.com.
Keke’s Breakfast Cafe locations are open 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. They are closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
The online menu shows waffles, pancakes, omelets, other egg dishes and more on a breakfast menu served during all operating hours.
It shows the lunch menu starts at 10:30 a.m. and includes paninis, sandwiches, burgers, salads and more.