Le Petit Paris appears to be opening a fourth area restaurant, this one at a Beach Boulevard restaurant that has had several lives, most recently as PangeaKeto.
The city is reviewing permits for two signs on the building at 11474 Beach Blvd. that say “Le Petit Paris French Cafe.”
Taylor Sign & Design Inc. of Jacksonville is the contractor for the signs at a project cost of $2,323 each.
The restaurant also is shown on landlord Ash Properties’ site brochure for the site in Intracoastal Plaza.
Le Petit Paris has restaurants in Atlantic Beach, Mandarin and Southside.
Its menu includes salads, French baguette sandwiches, French quiches, croissant sandwiches, breakfast egg sandwiches, tartines, granola and pastries.
The roughly 2,000-square-foot Beach Boulevard restaurant began in 1997 as a Taco Bell. It was then leased to organic food-focused House of Leaf & Bean in 2017 and then Hakka Kitchen in 2021 until it closed in 2022.
PangeaKeto then leased it, opening in January 2024 but closing in September. It was a ketogenic grocery and bistro with a selection of sugar- and gluten-free meals, snacks, desserts, salad dressings and more.
Jacksonville-based Ash Properties owns the Intracoastal Plaza shopping center and that outparcel, which are at southeast Beach Boulevard and San Pablo Road.
The shopping center is anchored by Publix Super Markets Inc.
Le Petit Paris’s first three locations were former restaurants.
The Mandarin restaurant opened in 2019 at 9965 San Jose Blvd Suite, No. 46, in Merchants Walk. The space previously was Jimmy Johns.
The Atlantic Beach restaurant opened in 2021 at 363 Atlantic Blvd., in the Shoppes of Northshore in Atlantic Beach. It also was a Jimmy John’s.
The Southside restaurant at 7111 Bentley Road, No. 1, opened in June 2023. It was most recently Fresh-Mex & Co., which moved to St. Johns Town Center.
Le Petit Paris recreates the cafe cuisine of chef Alex Chezaud’s native Paris.
The menus and daily specials vary slightly between locations.
Each restaurant has a selection of coffee and tea beverages as well as soft drinks, beer and wine.
They are open for breakfast and lunch from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or 5 p.m. daily, depending on the location.
The menu reflects the food Chezaud’s mother made. He imports his bread and many other ingredients from France.
