Sweet Pete's Candy

Sweet Pete's Candy is the downtown Jacksonville candy factory and shop at 400 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202, in the historic Seminole Club building across from City Hall. Google Places lists the phone as (904) 643-4172. This Stay Safe Jax page is that Hogan Street candy store and restaurant. It is not Peterbrooke Chocolatier, even though founder Pete Behringer is the son of Peterbrooke founder Phyllis Geiger. It is not the separate low-review Google listing titled Sweet Pete's. The Jacksonville Daily Record reported on December 3, 2014 that Sweet Pete's and Candy Apple Café were moving into the former Seminole Club for a December 15 opening, with Peter and Allison Behringer running a candy factory and retail store. A July 6, 2021 Daily Record follow-up said Sweet Pete's later launched the Fizzies & Fare dining concept in the same 1909 Seminole Building. The paper said Marcus Lemonis had bought the building in 2014 after appearing with the company on CNBC’s The Profit, then sold it to JWB Real Estate Capital in January 2020 for $1.7 million. Downtown Vision still lists Fizzies and Fare at 400 N Hogan Street with trivia nights and event rooms. On July 2, 2026, the Florida Times-Union reported that Sweet Pete's ranked No. 6 on the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice list for Best Candy Store, the third straight year on that list and the only Florida shop on the 2026 ranking. The story said the company was founded in 2010 in a Springfield house, moved downtown in 2014, and that Southern Living named it Florida’s best candy shop in 2024. Visit Jacksonville describes a factory with a balcony, retail rooms, a restaurant and bar, and an ice cream parlor. Public ratings on this page are stored snapshots, not live scores. Google Places currently lists Sweet Pete's Candy at 4.7 from 3,836 reviews for the 400 North Hogan Street listing, the same place ID stored here. The public Yelp listing is 4.3 from 426 reviews. Stay Safe Jax averages those two snapshots, so the headline is 4.5. The scores are not live. Google currently lists the shop closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Visit Jacksonville’s hours are close to that set. Google Places lists wheelchair-accessible parking, entrance, and seating. It does not list a wheelchair restroom. Stay Safe Jax did not independently inspect the historic building. Stay Safe Jax leaves warning flags at 0. Sweet Pete's is a well-documented downtown Jacksonville candy factory with strong Google and solid Yelp snapshots, recent national-list coverage, and a public 2010–2014 origin story. That is a good record, not a warning page.