Council member takes on new bikini bar

[bobliocatt]

by J. Brooks Terry

Staff Writer

A new restaurant opened in San Marco this month and at least one person isn

[Brickell]

well this seems like the exact kind of thing that's going to crive all those "cool" and "creative" people away. Doesn't suprise me though.

[Dale]

I'd have to see the official uniforms before I could render a judgement. Pics please.

[Urban_Legend]

lol, @ Dale. I just wish it wasn't so close to a residential area. It may not have been the best location for this place.

[smiley]

Shad said he was concerned more businesses like Diamond Dolls would open in the area as the Super Bowl approaches.

[ResidentJaxAss]

I admit it might be in bad taste but I love when the prudes of Jacksonville get pissy when they don't get their way.

[DavePaulk]

I have watched the goings on around the building as i drive by it everyday, and i must say it looks very suspicious. That building has never been very successful in the past, so maybe this restaurant will be out fairly soon. Its predecessors that failed were a series of gay bars and one straight bar.

[bobliocatt]

Where exactly is this bar? Hendricks or San Marco Blvd? While many may not agree, the owners aren't violating the law, so they should be allowed to operate, although its not everybody's ideal type of restaurant ....err strip club. If the local market doesn't want it, it won't be supported and will close anyway. On the other hand, maybe they ought to direct him to Bay Street. There's a lot of space for clubs there and a bikini bar is something thats definately different from Eclate or the Orchid Ultra Club.

[wolfdawg54]

I am not in favor of the bar. Why do the owners wish to disrupt the quiet san Marco neighborhood? They need to find a more suitable location and move out of that neighborhood.

[bobliocatt]

^the owners don't care about the neighborhood. They're just trying to make a quick buck with the super bowl coming. Jax is in the big leagues now, this type of stuff happens. The city may need to look at making a zone where it wouldn't mind this type of establishment to operate and study re-zoning San Marco, if it doesn't want places like Diamond Dolls to operate there.

[Urban_Legend]

So has anyone figured out where exactly this place is? I have a hunch that it's on Atlantic Blvd, but I may be wrong.

[wolfdawg54]

Atlantic Blvd is the main road through the area so that could be a good guess.

[DavePaulk]

Diamond Dolls is on San Marco Blvd just a few blocks north of Bistro Aix. About a quarter mile south of the interstate. Hope this gives you a better idea.