Participating Restaurants in the 9th Annual Taste of Greater Gainesville
6.3.2018
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4 Rivers smokehouse
3 Years Participating Restaurant
“Family Owned, Locally Made, Community Focused. Established on Fairbanks Avenue in Winter Park, FL by founder John Rivers, 4 Rivers Smokehouse is a family-owned smokehouse specializing in 18-hour Smoked Angus Brisket, and other “multi-regional” BBQ from Texas, Kansas City, Memphis, Alabama, Florida, and the Carolinas. Our Smoked Portobello Sandwich, along with our other vegetarian “From the Farm” offerings, are sourced from fresh local produce when available, and our award-winning Sweet Shop offers some of the best cakes, pies, and confections around.”
4rsmokehouse.com // 855-368-7748
Chef Ami
4 Years Participating Restaurant
Chef Ami is your friend in the kitchen! The company delivers fresh, locally grown ingredients and easy-to-cook recipes right to your doorstep. The founders believe cooking should be fun, stress free and simple. With a weekly rotating menu of over 100 seasonal recipes, there is literally something for everyone.
www.chefami.com // 352-363-1108
Cilantro Tacos
3 Years Participating Restaurant
Cilantro Tacos offers nine meat options that are flavorful, vibrant and out of this world! Everything the restaurant does is centered around freshness and a love for exciting food, including the made-from-scratch salsas, pico de gallo and guacamole. If you like Mexican food, you’ll love Cilantro Tacos. Come experience the Cilantro Tacos craze firsthand.
cilantrotaco.com // 352-472-1300
Costa Vida
New Participating Restaurant
Costa Vida’s savory flavors stay true to the Baja experience with inspirations from the Pacific Coast and Southern Mexico combined with fresh fruits and vegetables. Our certified executive chef makes sure that only the freshest, most natural ingredients are used in meals, which are made fresh in every restaurant and each tortilla is hand-crafted daily to be served hot, ensuring a fresh home-made taste. The shredded beef and sweet pork are thoroughly seasoned and cooked for hours, creating the trademark smells and flavors for which Costa Vida is known.
costavida.com // (352) 672-6301
Eat the 80
3 Years Participating Restaurant
Eat the 80 is Florida’s best healthy meal delivery service. We create fresh, healthy and delicious meals and deliver them right to your door. We have a variety of meal plans to fit your dietary needs. We believe in locally sourced produce and sustainable farming. This means no GMOs, antibiotics or added junk. Just real food. Save yourself from shopping, cooking and cleaning. Try Eat the 80 today!
Eatthe80.com // (352)234-3408
Gators Dockside
6 Years Participating Restaurant
Gator’s Dockside is a family-friendly restaurant with a fun sports bar atmosphere. The menu is filled with traditional recipes including buffalo-style and grilled wings, baby back ribs, burgers and seafood sandwiches.
www.gatorsdockside.com // 352-338-4445
Griffin Catering
6 Years Participating Restaurant
For the past 20 years, Kevin Griffin and his family have been catering events in the Gainesville area as a hobby. Several years ago, they turned the hobby into a business and are giving back to the community in the process. Griffin Catering has expanded to include weddings, corporate gatherings, fundraisers and other local events. Griffin Catering features mainly barbecue dishes, and 10 percent of the proceeds are donated to local charities such as Tyler’s Hope for a Dystonia Cure, Ronald McDonald House, The Education Foundation of Alachua County, and several others.
352 -514-1389
Island Grove Winery
3 Years Participating Restaurant
Island Grove Wine Company is a division of Island Grove AG Products (IGAP), a major supplier of fresh, organic and conventional blueberries harvested throughout Florida. The company carries a full selection of sweet and dry, 100 percent fruit and fruit-flavored grape wines. The winery is open for tours Monday – Friday, and the Island Grove Wine Company Tasting House is open seven days a week, right in Island Grove, Florida, on Highway 301.
islandgrovewinecompany.com // 352-481-9463
Mi Apá
4 Years Participating Restaurant
Mi Apá customers get the best of both worlds: our dishes are fast and affordable, but they’re also authentic, delicious and made from scratch. When you visit our café, your taste-buds (and your wallet) will never be disappointed.
From our wildly popular Cuban and Miami sandwiches to our mouth-watering entrees like Ropa Vieja and Arroz con Pollo to our tasty beverages, including Café con Leche, Café Cubano and a range of succulent juices — we truly have something for everyone.
miapalatincafe.com // 352-376-7020
Pomodoro
5 Years Participating Restaurant
Pomodoro Café is locally owned and is known for bringing hearty Italian food to Gainesville. Pomodoro Café now offers gluten-free options and has weekday specials including Happy Hour all day Mondays, seafood festivals on Tuesdays, and all-you-can-eat pasta and house salads on Wednesdays.
Pomodorocafe.com // 352-380-9886
Saporito OVS
3 Years Participating Restaurant
Saporito OVS (Oil, Vinegar, Spice) is Gainesville’s premier extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting room, offering a collection of estate-produced, award-winning extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and naturally flavored olive oil, both fused and infused, as well as true balsamic vinegar. Saporito, which means “flavorful” in Italian, perfectly describes the 50 delightful choices of olive oil and true balsamic vinegar. The tasting room is family owned and operated and excited to share delicious, healthy products with the community.
saporitoovs.com // 352-745-7886
Swamp Head Brewery
7 Years Participating Restaurant
Swamp Head Brewery pours passion into every beer it makes. From the tasting room, The Wetlands, to the ever-growing fleet of handcrafted beers, Swamp Head is proud to have become a Gainesville “must-see.” The first brewery in Florida with solar power, it continues to work toward the goal of growing the brewery in a sustainable manner while brewing world-class beer.
http://www.swamphead.com // 352-505-3035
Sweetwater Organic Coffee
8 Years Participating Restaurant
Sweetwater is a local roaster that is fully committed to bringing you the best organically grown and fairly traded coffees available. Sweetwater offers single-origin coffees, blended coffees, espressos, and natural water process decaffeinated coffees in light roast, full city roast, Viennese roast and French roast flavors.
sweetwaterorganiccoffee.com // 352-372-8342
Thornebrook Chocolates
6 Years Participating Restaurant
Known as Gainesville’s home for fine hand-dipped confections since 1985, Thornebrook Chocolates has over 150 different chocolates, including sugar-free, to please the most discriminating of palates. In addition to chocolate confections, the store offers a variety of candies, gelato, gifts, as well as wines to pair with chocolate.
http://thornebrookchocolates.com // 352-371-0800
Vale Food Co
2 Years Participating Restaurant
Vale Food Co began in 2014 with the goal in mind to serve high quality, healthy food at affordable prices. Since then, the restaurant has become a convenient hub for health nuts, foodies and locals who are dying to try something unique. Every day, food is made in the store and cooked at a low, even temperature to ensure freshness. With a friendly and earthy atmosphere, we always welcome the opportunity to continue to improve and evolve in accordance with our customers’ needs. Visit us on Archer, and let us unVALE to you our best recipes!
valefoodco.com // 352-872-5170
Want to Know More?
To see an up to date list of participating restaurants, go to:
www.TasteofGainesville.com/index.php/about-the-event/participating-restaurants
