Review: Cairo Grill

Cairo Grill may be one of my favorite places Gainesville, Florida.  They feature traditional Egyptian and Mediterranean cuisine. Rating: Food: The food is unique, fresh and fast.  The Cairo Grill is a quick service restaurant featuring real food. If you like Greek or Mediterranean cuisine I highly recommend giving the Cairo Grill a try.  I … Continue reading Review: Cairo Grill

Top 10: Favorite Restaurants — Updated

Found the original TOP 10: Favorite Restaurants while pursuing the TDZ archives. I decided it really needed to be updated. It has been a while since I did one of my list. I just wasn't inspired. This idea hit me when I was eating at one of my favorite places. #10: Main Street Pies -- … Continue reading Top 10: Favorite Restaurants — Updated

Review: Dolce Vita Bakery Cafe

Dolce Vita Bakery (Gainesville, Fl) is a locally owned bakery that serves breakfast and lunch. Everything is made fresh in-house. My personal favorites are the croissants, the pistachio muffins and cronuts. On Saturdays they also have cinnamon sugar cronuts. A cronut is a doughnut made from croissant dough, fried and rolled in cinnamon sugar. I … Continue reading Review: Dolce Vita Bakery Cafe

Review: Burgerfi

After reading BurgerFi's website I was pumped to check out their new Gainesville, Florida location. The website promised burgers done right with fresh, never frozen hormone free meat. They do make a good burger. It was a bit pricey even for a trendy place. It is not the place to go if you have allergies. … Continue reading Review: Burgerfi

Top 10: Best of Gainesville, Florida

We have been doing the Real Food Challenge: 14 Week Challenge. The challenge for week 11 is to eat local. I am a big support of supporting local businesses. The Eat Local challenge inspired me to compile a list of favorite local business in Gainesville.  Not all of the business are local but I recommend … Continue reading Top 10: Best of Gainesville, Florida

Review: 4 Rivers Smokehouse

4 Rivers Smokehouse is small central Florida chain that has recently moved into Gainesville, Florida.  The 4 Rivers website describes themselves as a sophisticated Texas-style smokehouse. I think I would describe them as trendy. Sophisticated just doesn't fit with BBQ.  We have tried several BBQ places in Florida claiming to be "Texas-style" and 4 Rivers … Continue reading Review: 4 Rivers Smokehouse