Jacksonville restaurant, bakery offer perfect flavors to celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Month

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jarvis Mendiola, Florence Bermudes and their family own Marianas Grinds restaurant, a Filipino Hawaiian Chamorro restaurant serving the Jacksonville community.

Marianas Grinds offers a variety of Pacific Islander dishes so good that they have the power to bring back childhood memories — celebrating with family and friends.

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SaySoSweets is the sweeter version of the above. A Filipino and Hawaiian cafe and bakery offering delicious baked goods that will have palates dancing with delight.

They recently launched Chunkiez Cookies which offers a variety of cookie creations with a sweet center with flavors for everyone to enjoy.

Marianas Grinds is located at 11380 Beach Blvd Ste 10. SaySoSweets is located at 11757 Beach Blvd Ste. 3.


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