Jacksonville City Council will consider whether to grant some Downtown bars an extra hour to serve alcohol under a proposed ordinance.
Introduced by Council member Raul Arias, Ordinance 2026-0063 would allow bars in certain areas of Downtown to continue serving alcohol until 3 a.m. Those bars would be restricted to the NorthCore, Central Core, and Sports and Entertainment districts.
“When you’re looking at larger cities, they all have one thing in common, and that’s obviously expanded hours for nightlife and restaurants, but they only have these hours in the urban core,” Arias said. “I think there’s a place for everything, and extended hours make sense for Downtown.”
Jacksonville’s NorthCore is bordered by Broad and Main streets to the east and west, and by State and Church streets to the north and south…