{"id":288520,"date":"2026-05-29T04:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/288520\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T04:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:40:09","slug":"cook-out-preparing-to-open-in-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/288520\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook Out preparing to open in Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cook Out restaurant is preparing to open at 14016 Beach Blvd., its first Jacksonville location.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A sign at the restaurant, which was built-out in a former Freddy\u2019s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, says it is hiring staff. Cook Out did not return calls to its headquarters in Thomasville, North Carolina, seeking the opening date for its expansion into Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

The restaurant is at Beach Boulevard and Suni Pines Drive between West Beaches Dental Care and Mavis Tires & Brakes.<\/p>\n

The chain has more than 350 restaurants. It originated in 1989 in Greensboro, North Carolina. In 2010, it began expanding and is now in 11 Southeastern states.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"While<\/p>\n

While the drive-thru pavement stills needs to be installed at Jacksonville’s first Cook Out restaurant, which is expected to open soon, the menu board is in place.<\/p>\n

Photo by Dan Macdonald<\/p>\n

It is now expanding \u00a0into Florida.<\/p>\n

Cook Out calls its combo meals \u201ctrays,\u201d which come in adult and child sizes. A tray comprises a choice of a main sandwich or hot dog, one side and drink for children at $7.99 and a main that includes a choice of hamburger, hot dogs, quesadillas, chicken sandwich, chicken strips or barbecue, two sides and a drink for $8.99 for adults.<\/p>\n

Sides include fries, onion rings, hush puppies, coleslaw, cheese bites, chicken nuggets, a corn dog, quesadilla chicken wrap, bacon wrap or a walkin\u2019 taco.<\/p>\n

Along with traditional beverages, Cook Out offers three dozen flavors of shakes such as banana berry, Orange Push-Up, peach cobbler, Snickers and vanilla. They are not included in a tray, but a regular shake can be added for $1.50.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The Cook Out chain bought the property at 14016 Beach Blvd. where Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers closed.<\/p>\n

While many Cook Out locations are drive-thru only, the Jacksonville space is 3,355 square feet with interior seating.<\/p>\n

The city issued a permit Nov. 25 for Cook Out to renovate the closed Freddy\u2019s at a project cost of $819,600. Total construction, electrical, mechanical and plumbing project costs were $1.11 million.<\/p>\n

Duval County Property Appraiser records show the restaurant was built on an almost 1-acre site in 2015.<\/p>\n

FVR Florida LLC sold the Freddy\u2019s property to Cook Out-Beach Blvd Inc. for $2.75 million on May 5, 2025.<\/p>\n

The closest operating Cook Out to Jacksonville is about 60 miles north in Brunswick, Georgia.<\/p>\n

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