Popular Asian restaurant chain abruptly closes North Jacksonville take-out-only location

After two years, P.F. Chang's To Go is gone from River City Marketplace in North Jacksonville.

The take-out-only satellite location of the popular Asian bistro chain abruptly closed its doors at 840 Nautica Drive, Suite 121, and is listed as "permanently closed" on P.F. Chang's website.

The closing was first reported on Wednesday by the Jacksonville Daily Record.

A P.F. Chang's representative Wednesday evening emailed the following statement to the Times-Union regarding the closure.

"We are always looking for ways to deliver P.F. Chang’s to our guests that best fit their needs. At this location, the purpose was offering P.F. Chang's in a smaller format where a large-scale restaurant was not feasible. We are immensely grateful for the support and patronage extended by our customers throughout the years but have decided to conclude operations at this location as of last week. We will continue to take guest feedback into consideration as we work on new concepts," the restaurant chain said.

Remaining open is the full-scale, full-service P.F. Chang's restaurant at 10281 Mid Town Parkway, No. 137, at St. Johns Town Center.

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P.F. Chang's To Go is the latest in a string of notable closures in Jacksonville this year. Among the others are Lee's Dragon after 36 years, four Tijuana Flats locations, the original Burrito Gallery in downtown Jacksonville after 18 years.

Licensed in June 2022, the River City Marketplace location was among the chain's first take-out-only restaurants to open outside of New York and Chicago, where P.F. Chang's launched the concept two years earlier in 2020.

At the time, a company spokeswoman told the Times-Union the chain "was excited" to offer Jacksonville-area diners a new way to enjoy the restaurant's offerings.

Company officials said the concept was designed to "allow more guests to experience the P.F. Chang’s Asian favorites they know and love in a convenient format that provides a solution for online ordering, takeout, catering and delivery in areas that don’t have a P.F. Chang’s restaurant nearby."

The P.F. Chang's To Go menu featured familiar P.F. Chang's favorites such as Mongolian Beef as well as unique dishes ranging from appetizers to dim sum and sushi to entrees.

Founded in 1993 in Scottsdale, Ariz., P.F. Chang's has more than 300 restaurants in 20+ countries and U.S. airports, according to its website.

Teresa Stepzinski is the dining reporter for the Times-Union. Follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @TeresaStepz or reach her via email at [email protected].

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