{"id":203824,"date":"2026-03-24T12:09:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203824\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:09:06","slug":"hamburger-marys-jax-2-0-warns-supporters-about-scam-accounts-as-it-fights-to-keep-doors-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203824\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamburger Mary\u2019s Jax 2.0 warns supporters about scam accounts as it fights to keep doors open"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a social media post Monday night, Hamburger Mary\u2019s Jax 2.0, a beloved Jacksonville institution and safe space for the LGBTQ+ community<\/a>, has asked for support to prevent its impending eviction from its location on Edgewood Avenue South<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The post pointed out that the restaurant has had to save for nine months without a liquor license, which it just regained this month, but those limitations and the rising costs of insurance, rent and utilities have put the venue behind on rent.<\/p>\n

\u201cEviction proceedings begin Wednesday,\u201d the post warned. \u201cWe\u2019ve been fighting an uphill battle just to stay open. And while we\u2019ve been in that fight, we\u2019ve also been working every single day to climb out of it.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Hamburger Mary\u2019s 2.0 offers safe space for community in Jacksonville<\/a> | Former Hamburger Mary\u2019s owner says they \u2018lost everything\u2019 in electrical fire that caused significant damage<\/a><\/p>\n

The post said the restaurant, which was able to start over after a devastating fire in 2023<\/a>, is starting to see that work pay off with numbers improving and bookings filling up for May and June.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe momentum is here. We just need to survive the next 24 hours to reach it,\u201d Hamburger Mary\u2019s wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cMary\u2019s is a place where you can be 100% yourself without judgment,\u201d they wrote. \u201cWe are not asking for a handout. We are asking for a bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary\u2019s said the best way to help is to donate via Venmo to @jaxmarys — but it warned that several personal scam accounts have popped up with slightly different names.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Venmo account is listed as a verified Venmo account under the business section,\u201d Mary\u2019s wrote. \u201cSad that we have to say this, but some scammers have created personal accounts on Venmo altering the name just a tad since the post was created. Our account is a verified account under the business account with the name @Jax Marys.”<\/p>\n

For more information or to share the post, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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