{"id":316186,"date":"2026-06-22T22:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/316186\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T22:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:34:37","slug":"the-sugar-factory-closes-town-center-location-after-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/316186\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sugar Factory closes Town Center location after three years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three years after opening its first location in Jacksonville,\u00a0The Sugar Factory\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/21\/thank-you-for-the-memories-the-smiles-and-the-sugar-highs-the-sugar-factory-closes-town-center-location\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has closed<\/a> at The Markets at Town Center.<\/p>\n<p>A note on the front door reads:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJacksonville \u2014 We\u2019re closing our doors, but the good times will stick with us forever! Thank you for the memories, the smiles and the sugar highs. Thank you to the amazing Jacksonville team, the St. Johns Town Center and every guest who stopped by for a bite, a sip or a sweet memory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The note did not give a reason for the decision to close.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/jaxtoday.org\/2023\/03\/29\/finally-sugar-factory-opens-in-markets-at-town-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas-based restaurant<\/a>, known for its \u201cover-the-top\u201d sweet treats, took over the old Brio Tuscan Grille site in March of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Sugar Factory is known for its over-the-top milkshakes, large drinks and desserts. The \u201cKing Kong Sundae\u201d is a signature beverage for the sweets shop. It will cost you around $100 and serves 12 people.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Britney Spears have posted pictures in the restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>This story was produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News4Jax<\/a>, a Jacksonville Today news partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three years after opening its first location in Jacksonville,\u00a0The Sugar Factory\u00a0has closed at The Markets at Town Center.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-316186","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\/316186","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=316186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}