It's a Fest miracle!

• it's not hard to kill a gator. with a gun anyway. I enjoy alligator at restaurants, but buying it raw at Ward's and looking up a recipe is a much better idea if you have access to a kitchen.

• Steak 'n' Shake is not bad, but way overrated, overpriced, and far from Fest stuff. As far as food goes, I'd only go out to that part of town for Falafel King. Market Street Pub used to have awesome bison burgers, pretty cheap too (in 2001). They haven't had those on the menu in a long time though, and I don't know how their regular burger is, but I bet it's good. Their sausage made from scratch is really good, and cheap. Some of the beer they make is pretty good too, and cheap.

• I loved both pulled pork and ribs. The mustardy BBQ sauce sounds good to me, I like my sauces mustardy and venigary. Not a fan of the sweet sauces. BBQ places in the sketchy parts of town are usually a lot better.

Are there any food joints in Gainesville that serve tator tots? Would I pass any Sonics on my way from Orlando airport to Gainesville?

There's a Sonic in Gainesville. It's on South Main or something. It's pretty out of the way though.

IMO i think gator dawgs has the best burgers.

outside of shakes, nothing else is edible at steak and shake

yeah, wtf. steak n shake get's no love. it's a ghetto ass fast food restaurant.

both sonics in gville are temprorarily closed. bummer. best fast food besides from hardees.

giveblood, you need to hit chunky t's bbq.

gator dawgs is pretty dope - if you like hot dogs, haha.

and yeah, falafel king is awesome...out of the way, but very tasty.

I'm not going to lie, I'm partial to Backyard Burgers. http://www.backyardburgers.com/site/

I hear Mac's is the shit though. http://www.yelp.com/biz/macs-drive-thru-gainesville

yeah backdoor burgers is tasty...and i've also only heard GREAT things about mac's. never been though.

well looks like I know where I'm eating at today
I'll let you know if it lives up to the hype

This is awesome. I'm printing all these places out on Google maps and putting them in the "Food" tab of my Fest binder. This is gonna be awesome.

I always eat like shit when I'm on vacation

is the sonics really closed only temporarily?? if that is true, you've made my day!

yeah, last i heard was it was just temporary. on days when i really hate my butthole and toilet, i always creep over to sonic and within minutes of just having the food in my car, my bowels get a-rumblin'.

Tator tots are never too far out of the way. I hope they're open come Fest time. If not I might just run by the one near Orlando airport

I had those cheesy tots from BK today. They were pretty good.