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title: "Zaxby's Opens Newest Restaurant in St. Johns, Florida on April 15"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/7e0c545d-942f-457e-ace1-cbb102f388da
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20240410_zaxby39s_opens_newest_restaurant_in_st_johns_florida_on_april_15.html
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2024-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T17:30:26.310Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/brands/social/zaxbys.jpg
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# Zaxby's Opens Newest Restaurant in St. Johns, Florida on April 15

**TL;DR:** Zaxby's has opened a new restaurant in St. Johns, Florida, which will serve the brand's fresh, high-quality food, including its new Southern Fried Shrimp limited time offer. The new location is owned by Contentment Fountains, LLC and brings new employment opportunities to the community.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2024-04-10. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20240410_zaxby39s_opens_newest_restaurant_in_st_johns_florida_on_april_15.html).*

## Story

“As residents of St. Johns County, we are excited to open this new restaurant and look forward to serving Zaxby’s fresh, high-quality food,” said David Matthew Strickland, owner of Contentment Fountains, LLC. “We aim to contribute to this great community by bringing new employment opportunities and hope to partner with schools in the area for weekly spirit nights.”

The new restaurant can accommodate up to 56 guests inside its dining room and features Zaxby’s classic white farmhouse exterior design. The restaurant is equipped with a double drive-through and a large drive-through canopy to streamline the outside ordering process and provide fast, top-tier to-go service.

Zaxby's serves fresh, prepared-at-order Chicken Fingerz™ and wings tossed in a variety of bold and spicy sauces. The menu also features Zaxby’s famous Signature Sandwich, its wildly popular Chicken Bacon Ranch Loaded Fries and the brand's fan-favorite Fried Pickles.

Most recently, Zaxby’s added Southern Fried Shrimp* as its latest limited time offer (LTO) to its menu. After 30+ years of perfecting chicken, featuring seafood on its menu is a first for the Georgia-based brand. Zaxby’s Southern Fried Shrimp comes as a meal or as a standalone side paired with Zaxtail Sauce, Zaxby’s newest delicious addition to its acclaimed “saucefolio” of 12 signature sauces.

For the new St. Johns location, Strickland and Contentment Fountaintains LLC contracted Atlantic Beach-based Kaneco Construction. The new restaurant brings new employment opportunities to the community. In February, Strickland also opened the neighboring Zaxby’s in Murabella near World Golf Village.

**Zaxby’s Southern Fried Shrimp is available at participating locations while supplies last.*

Zaxbys is a fast-growing QSR brand specializing in the highest quality chicken and sides. Established in 1990 in Statesboro, Georgia, the company pioneered the concept of serving chicken tenders as an entrée, a novel idea at the time.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- menu pricing (topic)
- location expansion (topic)
- Zaxby's (company)
- qsr brand (topic)
- St. Johns (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20240410_zaxby39s_opens_newest_restaurant_in_st_johns_florida_on_april_15.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/7e0c545d-942f-457e-ace1-cbb102f388da).