----- Original Message -----From:gatortalk@googlegroups.comTo:<gatortalk@googlegroups.com>Cc:Sent:Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:48:45 -0400Subject:Re: [gatortalk] Gainesville Fine Dining?
Great input, especially the brunch idea at Paramount. I will be certain to do that next visit, I have had dinner there and loved it.We were three students and me on Friday night, so I thought the upbeat atmosphere at Saboré might work well, and it did. Every tapa came four to a plate, so we shared each dish. I thought the food was over all very good, the students thought it was the best that they had ever had. In their defense, they have been eating dining hall food for a month.The Tioga Town center is charming and not overrun, even on football weekends. That is where the restaurant is, about 3 miles east of the Oaks Mall on Newberry. It is a combination luxury living/dining/shopping complex, sort of like Misener Park but on a much smaller scale. It also had a pavilion for live entertainment.Saboré is colorful, nice drink menu, interesting dishes, and we had excellent service. Dish for dish, from my experience, Paramount would have had it beat; but for fun, something different, and variety, it is tough to beat Saboré. Even the floor was some sort of liquid gel that acted like a lava lamp when you stepped on it. I also appreciated the ease of parking, downtown can be crazy on the weekends.Also of note, Gainesville Wine and Cheese now has a restaurant inside of it called Panache. It is open for lunch 6 days and dinner 2 to 3 days (sometimes Saturday, sometimes not). It is in an old house on Main, just north of University. It hasn't moved in 40 years, so you all may remember it.Wade and Bunky still run the place, there is indoor dining and a lovely outdoor patio with white christmas lights in the trees. Food is creative, upscale, with a slight country french twist. For example, lunch featured daily quiches, cheese plates and fresh salads in addition to about 15 upscale sandwiches. Even better, you can pick a bottle of wine from about 500 different selections in the store and drink it with your meal. There is also a very good imported beer and hard cider selection.We ate lunch there on game day, and then rode the downtown shuttle to the game. It was extremely pleasant, and I plan to return for a dinner on the patio when the weather cools a bit. My only bump was when we went to watch my daughter and the band play at Turlington after the game (the drum line was insane and amazing), and that made it impossible to get the shuttle back to our car. I need to work on that issue. Perhaps there is a GRU bus I can catch at Rawlings that goes downtown.-ZebOn Sep 22, 2013, at 10:12 PM, JNene wrote:Late, but Mildred's is our go-to for fine dining. Fantastic food, locally sourced, including the UF Beef Unit. Bert Gill also owns New Deal Cafe (fantastic burgers) and Blue Gill (seafood & southern casual). All are good.
Paramount is always great. their Sunday Brunch is the best.
Top class italian is Manuel's Vintage Room, make reservations Amelia's is great. Francesca's Trattoria is really good, borderline between casual & fine.
Embers is the steakhouse on south 34th Street. Some of my friends love it. I've been there twice. Once my host rented out the whole place and had passed plates. The food was really tasty and just kept coming. The other time was for my birthday dinner. We reserved indicating it was a milestone birthday.. Our party was seated immediately and ignored for 35 minutes. We even asked those waiting nearby tables twice for water and were told that they would alert our waiter.. It was obviously also the chef's birthday. Our steaks were flavorless and we left without dessert.
Civilization serves fine food in a casual atmosphere. They can only seat about 59 people, so waiting is sometimes required.
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