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J.R.'s Old Packinghouse Cafe Serves Up Weeknight Specials That You Easily Count On! 5-6-7-8

Local restaurant serves specials nightly.

At J.R.’s Old Packinghouse Café, the beer is always cold, the music is downhome blues and country with a mix of fun and liveliness, and the food is about as authentic as the red porch out front!

J.R.’s is about home-style goodness with fresh Cuban dishes, award-winning burgers and did we mention cold beer? We are talkin’ farm fresh local ingredients and a host of daily specials, sandwiches and homemade goodness. J.R. just walks over to Detweiller’s farm stand a few times a day to stock up on local produce. Now that is a fresh salad!

Now J.R.’s welcomes friends and new guests with a new weekly menu that can’t be beat!

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Mondays -$5.00 Burger (don’t tell J.R. that we told you, they already pack the house for these juicy burgers, but for those few that haven’t tried them yet, come on over, we will squeeze you in!)

Tuesdays -$6.00 Tacos - Not just your ordinary taco but a monster taco bowl filled with seasoned ground beef, shredded cheese, lettuce, tomato, onions and sour cream

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Wednesdays-$7.00 Chicken Yellow Rice, the authentic Cuban slow cooked style

Thursdays -$8.00 Homemade Chicken Pot Pie – hearty, creamy and loaded with chicken

Fridays and Saturdays just come on in and try the regular menu features like wings, Cubans, basa Rueben’s and those big J.R. burgers that everyone talks about.

Leave your diets and your ball gowns behind. This is bluegrass boot stomping good food and music. J.R.’s Old Packinghouse Café is located at 987 South Packinghouse Road, Sarasota, FL 34232. For more information, please call (941) 371-9358 or visit: www.oldpackinghousecafe.com

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