Restaurants I-95 & I-285 heading to I-10 ? (Jacksonville, Ocala: high school, marketplace)

[LandShark99]

Hey guys. I have a old friend, actually my high school sweetheart (long time no see!) and wife moving down from Ohio to Ocala. They'll be heading into Jax from I-95 South (Airport area) then picking up I-285 South westside to I-10.

I'm trying to find a restaurant to meet them for lunch. I'm looking at the map and I know there is nothing around the Airport area (unless it's really new) and as I look further along I-285 it appears to be residential and quite sparsely populated. Further down I-285 is the Normandy area but I think that wouldn't be an area I'd want to go... Any ideas?

He said they could come further down I-95 but that runs straight thru downtown and would take them way out of the way.

I'm pulling my hair out over this one.

[EricBoyd]

River City Marketplace is right by the Airport Rd exit. Look for the Duval Rd exit, which is the same as Airport Rd, but extends East from I-95. There are several restaurants there.

[projectmaximus]

yep...River City Marketplace.

There's a Sticky Fingers, Boston's, Renna's Pizza, Red Lobster...and more.

River City Marketplace | MetroJacksonville.com

[LandShark99]

Thanks! River City Marketplace it is then!

[mawipafl]

Not intending to be picky, but it's I-295 not I-285, and I'm just posting the correction ONLY so that no one in your entourage looks for the wrong highway and never makes the lunch date.