Silkie's Chicken and Champagne Bar

Restaurant•Springfield
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Research What Jacksonville residents should know
Silkie's Chicken and Champagne Bar was the Springfield restaurant at 1602 Walnut Street, Jacksonville, FL 32206, at Walnut and 6th Street. This Stay Safe Jax page is that closed Springfield dining room. It is not a current Kenny Gilbert restaurant, not a Downtown champagne bar, and not a Beaches chicken shop. Stay Safe Jax does not link a company website. The Jacksonville Daily Record reported on June 4, 2024, that chef Kenny Gilbert closed Silkie's Chicken and Champagne Bar on June 3 at 1602 Walnut Street and announced the closing on the restaurant’s Facebook page. Gilbert’s statement, quoted by the Daily Record, cited reduced guest traffic, inflation, employee turnover, and other personal issues after opening during COVID. The Florida Times-Union reported the same day that Gilbert and his wife Anna had opened the restaurant on November 3, 2020, in a brick building that formerly housed Blee Cafe and, before that, Three Layers Cafe, and that the closing came after almost four years. Action News Jax also reported the June 2024 Springfield closing and quoted neighbors who said the restaurant had brought foot traffic to events such as Porchfest. Public ratings on this page are stored snapshots, not live scores. Stay Safe Jax does not attach the closed Google Places card (4.5 from 517 reviews while marked permanently closed). There is no stored Yelp card. The headline is 0 from 0 reviews. Those numbers do not refresh when someone opens the page. Stay Safe Jax leaves warning flags at 0. A sourced restaurant closing after traffic and cost pressure is not a lawsuit, investigation, or safety scandal. The listing stays in the catalog so Springfield residents can find what happened at 1602 Walnut Street. It is not archived. Springfield diners looking for Silkie's should read the 2024 Daily Record and Times-Union stories linked here: the Walnut Street chicken and champagne bar closed June 3, 2024. This page does not treat a later concept as Silkie's and does not borrow another restaurant’s Google rating. Neighborhood is Springfield from the 32206 Walnut Street address. Hours are not posted because the restaurant is closed.
Place

Silkie's Chicken and Champagne Bar was the Springfield restaurant at 1602 Walnut Street, Jacksonville 32206.

Ratings

No current Google or Yelp card. Headline is 0 from 0 reviews. Scores on this page are not live.

Record

The Daily Record, Times-Union, and Action News Jax reported the June 3, 2024, closing and named chef Kenny Gilbert.

Sources & resources
News articleJacksonville Daily Record: Gilbert closes Silkie’s (June 4, 2024)News articleFlorida Times-Union: Gilbert closes Silkie’s (June 4, 2024)News articleAction News Jax: Silkie’s closes in SpringfieldNews articleAction News Jax: Neighbors on the Silkie’s closing

Frequently Asked Questions

No. The Jacksonville Daily Record and the Florida Times-Union reported that chef Kenny Gilbert closed the Springfield restaurant on June 3, 2024, at 1602 Walnut Street.
The Times-Union said Kenny Gilbert and Anna Howard opened Silkie's on November 3, 2020, in a Springfield building that formerly housed Blee Cafe and Three Layers Cafe.
The restaurant is closed. Stay Safe Jax does not keep a closed Google card or borrow another restaurant’s score. There is no stored Yelp card. The headline is 0 from 0 reviews.
No. Warning flags stay at 0. The sourced closing cited traffic, inflation, and staffing. That is not a current lawsuit or safety investigation.
No. Stay Safe Jax keeps the closed Springfield page active so residents can read the sourced closing stories.

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