christ, the top has better service than chopstix. though, the food there is amazing.

yeah i've been there once and it was pretty good. El Cap and Dairy Inn have some good burgers too. ever been to the BBQ place right next to Biff Burger?

Ain't no Southern hospitality in these parts!

Last time I went to Austin I was so pleasantly pleased with career servers who actually like their jobs. Here we have kids with masters, who are hungover and can't be bothered to care. (probably equally bitter by as much as they get stiffed by kids and drunks who don't tip)

Very few places here has good service and if you get the right person at any of those places you do get good service. So get their name if they are awesome. Make nice-nice and ask for them by name next time. It does work.

it's on 49th St. a bit of a drive from the Trop but not too far. Dairy Inn is right up the street from the Trop and isn't a bad substitute but isn't as eye catching as Biff Burger is.

daddy kool's ok. i've been meaning to check out Bananas....2226 16th Ave N, St Petersburg...but Daddy Kool is closer and a bit easier to find.

gd, hawkgirl, you've got a reasonable answer to everything!

thanks for the heads up, chewy. i'll try to hit one of those places this weekend yo.

is there any place for good cuban food in Gainesville?

i think i asked this last year but i forgot.

i know there's the place by Durty Nelly's, but it didn't have as much of a selection as i like.

Hit up La Fortuna for Latin foods.

It used to be a market with limited hot food, now its a restaurant b/c of the demand.

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me too although I did try five star too I think Fest is mainly a pizza diet, but I did go to backyard burgers, sounds wrong... tastes amazing.

yeah backyard burger is pretty good.

i was only around for a week so didn't get a chance, but isn't there an ice cream place next door with a funny name?

REGGAE SHACK
Leonardo's

Those were my places of choice last year. I look forward to sampling more delightful Gainesville eats this year!

last year was my first Fest, and all i ended up eating was 5 star, burrito bros, and gator dogs

i highly recommend all 3

but i will have to try these others for sure

There's Virtually Cuban way down on SW 13th, almost near the Paramount. I thought Flaco's was usually the jam enough to not have to go there. Even though it was closer to where I lived.

there is a place above the pita pit on university that is pretty good, my favorite cuban is Mi Apa Latin Cafe, it's near the corner of 34th and University, stays open pretty late too.