818 Post Street

Jacksonville, FL 32204

Hours:  7 am – 4pm, M-F 

Gina’s is a little delicatessen on Riverside’s Post Street in 5 Points within Jacksonville, FL.  Pie has taken me to breakfast there a couple of times and has brought their food to me at work. (What a great boyfriend!)  Gina’s isn’t a fancy place, a couple of tables with plastic table cloths and banquet chairs.  There is a self service drink station with Coke products, coffee and sweet tea along with the popular condiment packets and plastic tableware.  They have a walk up counter with a register and a refrigerated display of their salad items which are made fresh every day.  Manning the grill is a friend of Gina’s family, oh yes, there really is a Gina and her family’s friend is there the whole time they are open, slaving over a hot stove.  She takes her work seriously and is usually in business mode. 

We were there for breakfast and they have a great breakfast special 2 eggs, bacon and your choice of grits or hash browns all for $3.99.  They also have other paired specials or you can order al a carte.  Now, me being me, I have a problem with food touching each other on a plate; don’t know why, it just freaks me out…yeah, I’m weird that way.  The first time I went to Gina’s I ordered the breakfast special without grits and requested hash browns instead.  My eggs and bacon came out on a Styrofoam plate served on top of a plateful of grits.  I sent the order back and they brought me my order without the grits; a new order, not just the same one with the grits scraped off.  This time when I ordered my breakfast, Gina’s family’s friend remembered me and served my breakfast just how I had liked it…not touching.  I was impressed that she remembered the last time I visited her establishment.  We grabbed a local entertainment publication and sat down at one of the tables, the news was on the flat screen installed on the wall.  Our breakfast was ready and the counter girl, who helps Gina’s family’s friend, brought it to us.  My eggs were scrambled, a little dry, but good none the less, the sausage patties were perfect.  They weren’t greasy or burned; just right.  The hash browns were the ones that are potato chunks and had a little bit of rosemary on them.  I never realized the variety of hash browns that are out there.  They are different by region and simply different restaurant to restaurant.  Gina’s cooks their hash browns by deep frying them.  Since I am not a fan of fried food, I prefer the ones that are cooked on a griddle or pan fried.  These weren’t as flavorful as I was used to.  Pie will bring me breakfast to my work, again…great boyfriend!  He usually brings me an al a carte order of hash browns and they are usually spiced with a little more rosemary and pepper than what was on my plate this morning.  I have heard that Gina’s salad special is amazing and the salads are fresh and fantastic; 3 or 4 salads for a low price.  I’m hoping I can review that next! 

If you don’t mind plastic forks, Styrofoam plates and a hardy breakfast, stop at Gina’s in 5 Points. Breakfast should be quick, fast and cheap.  Gina’s breakfast delivers .  I can say that the eggs were a little dry or the hash browns were fried, but the place is what it is, and it’s still a tasty value.  If you are in need of breakfast on the go, stop by Gina’s and say Hi. 

Review by Rhonette   email: rhonette@piesplate.com