{"id":229358,"date":"2026-04-13T05:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229358\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T05:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:53:40","slug":"blackberry-creamery-cafe-and-more-opening-on-former-normandy-boulevard-rallys-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/229358\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackberry Creamery &#038; Cafe (and More) Opening on Former Normandy Boulevard Rally\u2019s Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new food truck-based cafe spot is in the works in Jacksonville. The location at 5615 Normandy Blvd was formerly home to a Rally\u2019s location, and now preparations are being made for a new food trailer with outdoor seating to turn the lot into a great spot to hang out.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the project is Blackberry Creamery &amp; Cafe, the food truck opening on the lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be primarily ice cream, lemonade, and some desserts,\u201d owner Raymond Paulk told What Now on Friday. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a food trailer lot, so there are going to be other food trailers too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Envisioning the space as a comfortable fenced-in spot anchored by Blackberry\u2019s ice cream and coffee offerings, Paulk says other trailers renting the spot could be serving things like BBQ, seafood, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the trailer on the lot, and we\u2019re working on the water, which should be set up in the next weeks,\u201d said Paulk. \u201cThere are a few other things to prepare the lot, too. We\u2019re still about two months out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more details as Blackberry Creamery &amp; Cafe\u2019s opening approaches this summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new food truck-based cafe spot is in the works in Jacksonville. The location at 5615 Normandy Blvd&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229359,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-229358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}