{"id":307485,"date":"2025-10-16T07:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/307485\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:32:12","slug":"community-reacts-to-mossfire-grill-closing-after-serving-five-points-for-27-years-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/307485\/","title":{"rendered":"Community reacts to Mossfire Grill closing after serving Five Points for 27 years\u00a0 \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A beloved restaurant in Five Points is closing its doors after almost three decades serving locals. As Mossfire Grill closes its doors another related business will also need to move out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Food, drink, and memories, that\u2019s what many people are going to remember about Mossfire Grill as the popular establishment featuring southwestern is scheduled to close up shop early next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to miss Mossfire,\u201d said Paul Vranesh, who has been going to Mossfire for years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Many people are trickling into Moss Fire today after hearing that the long-time restaurant serving southwestern dishes will soon close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cWe love their tacos. They just had all their stuff, their salads, everything,\u201d said David Thompson, a customer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cYou know, just sitting upstairs, having a beer and tacos, it was always great, always a great experience,\u201d said Vranesh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Locals in Five Points smiled as they talked to us about what they like most about Moss Fire Grill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">It\u2019s a location that has served the Five Points area for the past 27 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cYeah, actually, when we found out they were closing, all my friends started texting each other because we were kind of sad, so we were trying to figure out times, and I know a bunch of people throughout the week,\u201d said Thompson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cYou know, some of the locally owned restaurants close, and it just, you know, sad to see,\u201d said Vranesh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">As Mossfire closes its doors, so will From Butter With Love, which has been renting out the restaurant\u2019s kitchen in the mornings since May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">John Ogle, who runs From Butter With Love with his wife, says he just finished cancer treatment and was going to prepare for holiday menus when he found out they also need to move out when Mossfire closes the doors on November 9th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re like, oh, things are going to be different at Mossfire. So we\u2019ve got to get cracking. But that\u2019s why we go into business for ourselves, is to be on the crest of that wave,\u201d said John Ogle, owner of From Butter With Love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Ogle says he\u2019s grateful for the time he had working inside the iconic space as he looks for a new location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Mossfire managers on social media said they chose not to close their doors abruptly and wanted to give people time to come in and enjoy their last meal with them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The owner said he wanted to thank everyone for their outpouring of support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>] <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 A beloved restaurant in Five Points is closing its doors after almost three decades serving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":307486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[31923,15619,5229,155632,22564,41196,3188,723,7310,11545,155630,155633,425,155631,155629,155634,30232,69612,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-307485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-31923","9":"tag-action_news_jack","10":"tag-america","11":"tag-butter_with_love","12":"tag-five","13":"tag-five_points","14":"tag-fl","15":"tag-florida","16":"tag-jacksonville","17":"tag-jessica","18":"tag-jessica_salinas","19":"tag-john_ogle","20":"tag-local","21":"tag-moss_fire","22":"tag-moss_fire_grill","23":"tag-ogle","24":"tag-points","25":"tag-southwestern","26":"tag-united-states","27":"tag-united-states-of-america","28":"tag-unitedstates","29":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","30":"tag-us","31":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115382684546697177","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}