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title: "The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill to Open First Jacksonville Florida Area Restaurant"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/a9815a56-c155-4826-b8a0-b7cab5eb63ba
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20220405_the_great_greek_mediterranean_grill_to_open_first_jacksonville_florida_area.html
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2022-04-05T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:09:45.985Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1561758033-d89a9ad46330?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill to Open First Jacksonville Florida Area Restaurant

**TL;DR:** The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill is opening its first location in the Jacksonville, Florida area, offering a menu of chef-inspired, homegrown recipes with big bold flavors. Franchisee Dharti Patel plans to utilize her restaurant to bring the community together with healthy and delicious dining options.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-04-05. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20220405_the_great_greek_mediterranean_grill_to_open_first_jacksonville_florida_area.html).*

## Story

Aligning with The Great Greek’s mission to help Live Your Life Deliciously, the award-winning menu features chef-inspired homegrown recipes and big bold flavors, like the fan-favorite traditional Gyro, as well as Lamb, Steak and Chicken Souvlaki platters. In addition, guests can enjoy four signature house-made dips featuring Hummus, Tzatziki, Melitzanosalata (eggplant dip) and Tirokafteri (spicy roasted red pepper) as well as made-to-order fresh Feta Fries. Guests can also indulge in must-have desserts like Baklava Ice Cream and Rice Pudding.

The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill offers a wide variety of customizable options, including a Classic Greek Salad with choice of Gyro Meat, Chicken Souvlaki, Salmon, or several other protein choices. Everything is prepared in-house with fresh ingredients that bring traditional flavors from recipes passed down generation after generation.

Drawn to The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill’s concept by its healthy and delicious recipes, franchisee Dharti Patel plans to utilize her restaurant to bring the community together, offering nutritious and satisfying dining options for everyone to enjoy.

“We are so thrilled to bring The Great Greek’s Mediterranean favorites to St. Johns,” said Patel. “It’s been a dream of mine to open a restaurant in this area and with full support of my family, we are making it a reality.”

The Great Greek will serve lunch and dinner from 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- location expansion (topic)
- restaurant opening (topic)
- franchisee (topic)
- The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill (company)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20220405_the_great_greek_mediterranean_grill_to_open_first_jacksonville_florida_area.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/a9815a56-c155-4826-b8a0-b7cab5eb63ba).