Maple Street Biscuit Co. has closed its Jacksonville Beach restaurant after nearly 13 years, the latest move in a broader downsizing by parent company Cracker Barrel.
The location at 410 Third St. N. was removed from the company’s website as of June 20, and a Google listing shows the restaurant as permanently closed.
The closure follows a wave of Maple Street shutdowns nationwide as Cracker Barrel trims the breakfast-and-lunch chain’s footprint after rapid expansion in recent years.
A year ago, Maple Street — which was founded in Jacksonville in 2012 and sold to Cracker Barrel seven years later — closed its Murray Hill restaurant, one of two Maple Street locations closed by the iconic Southern-style restaurant and gift store chain in its fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 that ended Aug. 1, 2025, according to a Cracker Barrel earnings report. Another 14 Maple Street locations closed in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 that ended Oct. 31, 2025.
Now the Jacksonville Beach closing comes among another wave of Maple Street restaurant closures by the Lebanon, Tenn.-based company. In the third quarter of fiscal 2026 that ended May 1, Cracker Barrel reported the closure of two additional Maple Street locations, leaving the company with 52 Maple Street restaurants, down from 70 a year earlier.
What Maple Street locations remain in Northeast Florida?
With the latest closing, Maple Street’s website shows 51 restaurants open, including five in Northeast Florida: 2004 San Marco Blvd. and 8358 Point Meadows Drive in Jacksonville; 1627 Race Track Road in Saint Johns; 1960 East West Parkway in Fleming Island; and 39 Cordova St. in St. Augustine.
When it opened in August 2013 in the former Fionn MacCool’s Irish Pub spot, the Jacksonville Beach restaurant was the second for the Maple Street concept launched nine months earlier by owners Gus Evans and Scott Moore in San Marco.
What is Maple Street Biscuit Co.?
The chain was founded on a simple concept: offering “Southern comfort food with a modern twist” with a menu largely based on homemade biscuits and fried chicken, topped with ingredients like pecan bacon, fried goat cheese medallions, collard greens, fried eggs and house-made pepper jelly.
After growing the company to 28 company-owned and five franchised locations across seven states, Evans and Moore sold the concept to Cracker Barrel in October 2019 for $36 million.
In recent years, Maple Street has expanded its menu to include chicken and waffles, a grits bowl, a hash bowl, a chicken tender plate and more.
Moore, who continued his role as CEO of Maple Street after the company’s acquisition by Cracker Barrel, has since left the company and launched Calico Cactus, a Tex-Mex taco-focused fast-casual restaurant. The first location debuted in St. Augustine a year ago, followed by a second location in December 2025 in Murray Hill at the former Maple Street spot at 1171 Edgewood Ave. S.
Gary T. Mills is the deputy managing editor at The Florida Times-Union. He has led the newspaper’s dining coverage since 2010.
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