It was one of Jacksonville’s most frequent customer requests –a quicker way to get to the Swedish Restaurant & Café, located mid-point in the massive 300,000-square-foot store.

In February, IKEA Jacksonville opened its Express Entrance to make the journey shorter for its breakfast and lunch customers. Open just shy of 4 months, the Express Entrance has been a rousing success with weekday customers, leading IKEA Jacksonville to make the express entrance permanent, while expanding its hours.

IKEA Jacksonville’s Restaurant entrance gives all customers the opportunity to park and enter the IKEA Swedish Restaurant and IKEA’s Market Hall with just a few steps. The new entrance will operate according to normal store hours, opening at 9:30 am and closing at 9 pm, Monday through Saturday. IKEA closes at 8 pm on Sundays. Customers with product purchases will still need to exit through the store’s main entrance and exit areas where cash registers are located.

For more details, visit www.ikea.com/us/en/stores/jacksonville.