Restaurants or Places in Gainesville that made it Gainesville

[Swamp Queen]

Mama Lo’s. So frickin good.

Damn, that woman could cook!

 

[Alumni Guy]

No mention of Sonny’s BBQ yet.

 

[AugustaGator]

No mention of Sonny’s BBQ yet.

All you can eat on Sunday evening.

 

[Pablos Tunnel]

In addition to all of the above:

Joe's Deli
Alan's Cubana
Pablo's Tunnel
Dub's
Nichol's Alley
Rickey's
Nell's
Chelsea Street
Sportsman's Lounge
Krystal's ( University Ave - 4 am)
Mama Lowe's Soul Food Kitchen
Hash Knife Stables
Barnacle Bill's (later CJ's)
Big Daddy's drive-thru Liquors

I was wondering how many posts it would take to name the Tunnel. End of an era.

 

[Pablos Tunnel]

Man I haven’t even thought of Mama Los in 30 years! Good stuff!

Wow great memories.

 

[Pablos Tunnel]

Tony & Pats next to CJ’s on Archer. All u can eat everday, pizza, pasta and soup.

 

[Back Alley Gator]

Joe's Deli
Skeeters
Purple Porpoise
Burrito Bros (never ate there, but it was an institution)
Dubs
Central City
A Bar whose name eludes me in the Oaks Mall across from the movie theater.
And then there was the lounge attached to the liquor store at Univ and 34th.

 

[GR8 2B]

The last two you mentioned: Chelsea Street in the Oaks Mall, and Big Daddy's drive-through Liquors at University and 34th

 

[AugustaGator]

Joe's Deli
Skeeters
Purple Porpoise
Burrito Bros (never ate there, but it was an institution)
Dubs
Central City
A Bar whose name eludes me in the Oaks Mall across from the movie theater.
And then there was the lounge attached to the liquor store at Univ and 34th.

Had the drink called a funeral?

 

[Back Alley Gator]

Had the drink called a funeral?

I don't recall that, but maybe. They had live music on the weekends, though. Right next to the arcade.

 

[GR8 2B]

Had the drink called a funeral?

It was called Death. It was pink, and came in a beer pitcher with a flaming ice cube floating on top.

 

[TheDouglas78]

No mention of Sonny’s BBQ yet.

nickel beer night on Wednesdays where he would come out and talk with the softball leaguers

 

[Musclepug]

Making room for progress

Hannah Peery (@HannahPeery) tweeted at 7:15 PM on Tue, Apr 16, 2019:
908 Group announced their plans to build student apartments right across the street from UF campus. They will demolish properties including the Swamp Restaurant, the Post Office and other surrounding businesses in January 2020. Here is the development plan. @WUFTNews Hannah Peery on Twitter
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[g8tr72]

Louie's Lunch. Best burger this town ever had!!!

Man those were GOOD!

If I recall he fried them in some kinda oil.