New Five Guys Burgers Opening this week

Is there a better way to start off a Monday morning by finding out Five Guys Burgers new location ( Next to Fresh Market) will open on Thursday?

When the first Five Guys arrived in Gainesville in July 2010, it had a record-setting opening weekend for its Northeast Florida franchise- flipping about 5,000 burgers for roughly 4,500 people in Gainesville- to rank among the national chain's five largest opening weekends.

Did you know you can order food online? Or you can download the android app- just search Five Guys. You might be a Five Guys Fanatic if:

• You know all of the 15 free toppings by heart


• Your heart skips a beat when you see a grease stained brown paper bag


• The sight of foil causes you to salivate

Five Guys also offers Hot Dogs, and grilled cheese sandwiches, and of course the famous peanuts.

Five Guys sells 350,000 burgers per day!!!!

In 2010, 127,042,520 pounds of potaoes were used.

There are over 250,000 possible ways to order a burger at Five Guys.

There are no freezers in Five Guys locations, just coolers. Nothing is every frozen.

My favorite choice at Five Guys:

Little Burger with Mayo, Mustard, Lettuce, tomato, jalapenos and green peppers with a side of Cajun fries and the coke zero.

I am seeing if my app works

This is only a test.

Wild Flavors Day at Sweet Dreams

On Sunday Joey and I met Charles at Sweet Dreams for Wild Flavors Day.


They had the following flavors:
Ice Cream
1. Brown butter southern kickin butter pecan
2. Goat Cheese with Jack Daniels apple butter and walnuts
3. Spicy Mayan Chocolate- chili, cinnamon and rich chocolate
4. Dark Chocolate Pomegranate with Balsamic and dark chocolate Raspberry chips
5. Honey Corn Bread
6. Black Licorice- for the anise lovers
7. Tequila Sunrise- creamy orange tequila with a grenadine swirl
8. Lemon Drop-Double lemony
9. Carrot Cake- spiced with dates and coconut
10. Milk N Cereal
11. Caramel Apple Bacon
12. Chocolate Blue Bee Local honey, blueberries and lavender flowers
13. Root Beer Float- Root beer ice cream swirl of malted vanilla cream
14. Passion Fruit Raspberry
15. Baklava
16. Thai Sticky Rice-Mango, Coconut, and Jasmine Rice
17. Cotton Candy Bubble Gum
18. Avocado Pistachio
19. Guinness Rain- Guinness ice cream, swirl of bailey caramel fudge and malt ball
20. Kitchen Sink- Lots of goodies ( nothing to crazy)
21. Coffee and doughnuts
22. Plantain Dulce De Leche
23. Thai Tea Red Bean
24. Green Tea Ginger
25. Kulfi- Rose, pistachio and cardamom
26. Kahlua dream- chunks of cheesecake, espresso, toasted hazelnuts in Kahlua ice cream
27. Spicy Crunch Peanut butter
28. Salt and pepper caramel with smoked almonds
29. Chocolate Peanut butter n jelly Shortbread
30. Honey toasted Sesame
31. Sangria
32. Amber’s Birthday Burrito- zest tomato and saffron rice with a black bean sour cream swirl.

Sorbet 100% Vegan
33. Watermelon Basil
34. Pineapple Mint
35. Lychee Colada- Pineapple, coconut and Lychee
36. Super Red- dragon fruit, guava, pomegranate, and raspberries
37. Chocolate Peanut butter

Old Favorites
38. Vanilla
39. Chocolate
40. Mint Chip Strawberry
41. No Sugar Added Chocolate

Pricing:
2 mini scoops $3.23 10 mini scoops $8.75
4 mini scoops $4.25 20 mini scoops $16.75
6 mini scoops $5.75 30 mini scoops $24.25
8 mini scoops $7.75 Pints $6.50

I had two mini scoops of the Lemon Drop- Double lemony and Avocado Pistachio.
Lemon Drop- Double Lemony- I personally did’t think this tasted enough like a lemon, I wanted it to be pucker your lips sour, however, it did have lemon drop candy in the ice cream. The ice cream was good, but it wasn’t as sour as I expected.
Avocado Pistachio- was awesome! The ice cream was a light green color and had tiny pieces of avocado and slivers of pistachios in the ice cream. The avocado flavor wasn’t to strong and blended well with the pistachio. It left a very fresh clean taste in your mouth.
I also sampled the following:
Goat Cheese with Jack Daniels Apple Butter and Walnuts (Which I had to try in honor of my mom, she is a huge Jack Daniels Fan): I know some of you are thinking really goat cheese in ice cream? But it is really good; it added a creamy texture to the ice cream with just a hint of the goat cheese. I could taste the Jack Daniels and it was perfect, it wasn’t to strong but you could defiantly taste it. I could not taste the apple butter or walnuts; however, I did just have one bite.
Tequila Sunrise- I was hesitant to try this, for some reason whenever I drink tequila it makes me sick…go figure…. To me this tasted more like a creamsicle with just a hint of tequila.
Sangria- Was awesome tasted just like red sangria. It could have been better if they had chunks of fruit in the ice cream.
Guinness Rain- Joey loves the regular Guinness ice cream, so it was only natural that he tried the new version Guinness Rain. To me the Guinness rain tasted like the Guinness ice cream but with a little bit of chocolate syrup in the ice cream.
Spicy Crunchy Peanut butter- I love peanut butter and I love spicy things however, I did not fall in love with the spicy crunchy peanut butter. It just wasn’t spicy or crunchy enough for me. You could tell it was peanut butter, but I couldn’t find the crunch or the spice.
Milk n Cereal was interesting it tasted like milk and had different types of cereal mixed into the ice cream. I found the cereal to be soggy and I’m not a fan of soggy cereal.
Plantain Dulce De Leche- tasted exactly like bananas foster, would be excellent as a milk shake.

My overall favorite at this year’s Wild Flavor day was the avocado pistachio.

You can visit Sweet Dreams online at http://www.gainesvilleicecream.com/
or in person at 3437 W University Road, Gainesville, FL

The Midnight

Whoo-hoo a new bar! The Midnight located at 223 S Main Street in Gainesville.
Below is pictures of the short menu.





They also offer a long menu which explains the different types of beer and the history of beer.

Their hours are Monday - Friday 5pm to 2pm , Saturday 6pm to 2 am.

Every night at midnight they have a surprise special. Last Saturday the surprise midnight special was a Tankard of Sweetwater IPA for $3.50.

Weekly specials are:

Monday Trivia 9pm ( Win a bar tab!)
Tankard Tuesday - 25oz Bud Light or Amber Bock $2.50
Wino Wednesday- Buy 1 Get 1 glasses of wine, wine cocktails and homemade sangria
Everyday "Happy Hour" (till 8 pm)- $1.00 off drafts, wine, glasses of wine cocktails, and homemade sangria

I love how the bar is set up....
They have three main sitting areas.
Outdoors- where they have tables and a nice privacy fence which gives you a cozy feeling.
Indoor seating - where you and your friends can grab a table and sit down and chit chat.
And of course the bar, which is located next to the juke box. You can play 3 songs for only a dollar!

They also have these amazing Wine Slushies...which is just what is sounds, I love the lime wine slushies ( say that 3 times fast).

Their draft menu changes, right now on draft they have Sweetwater IPA, Magic Hat, Swamp Head Midnight Stout, Sam Adams seasonal, Bud light, and Amber Bock...I think I might be forgetting a couple.

The best part about the Midnight is the price...they are so much cheaper than the other beer only drinking establishment downtown, and you can buy a pitcher. I think the most expensive pitcher was $9.50.

They also have a great selection of bottled beer, my favorites are St. Peter's Cream Stout, Hoegaarden, Sam Adams Double Bock, and Spaten Optimator. The bottled beers run from $2.00 to $8.85 (Meantime IPA and London Porter are the only $8.85 beers, and they are 25.4 oz). They have over 30 beers that are under $3.00.

I also sampled the home made sangria and it was great.

They have a late night food menu coming soon...right now they just have hot dogs :)

They also have an assortment of board games to play.

Cheers!


I'm still new to this blogging thing and I'm not sure how to upload a pdf, let me know if you would like for me to email you the menu.

Jeff's New York Deli 6th street

We had breakfast this morning at Jeff's New York Deli (the one off of 6th street) and it was great. It will be in the permanent rotations of where to go for breakfast.

Jeff's Deli is not at all fancy but it is very down earth. Has great food at a good price. I knew I was going to like this place, when the waitress told we could call her by her name Donna, Old Woman, or Grandma. The menu itself is something to laugh at, with the classic New York Style screaming at you.

I had the Challah Stuffed French Toast ( peanut butter and strawberry jelly). It was excellent. The stuffed french toast was perfect. The stuffed french toast was at least 5 inches tall. I hate it when you ordered "stuffed" anything and they are so greedy on the "stuffing". This was definitely not the case here.

Joey had one of the specials which was a Spanish omelet, topped with homemade salsa and sour cream, served with home fries and a fresh biscuit. It was probably a 3 egg omelet and was very light and fluffy. They offered to slice the biscuit and throw it on the grill to give it some extra crispness, how awesome is that?

The entire staff at Jeff's Deli was wonderful and actually friendly. They were actually happy that we came in. Which is a nice welcome, compared to other restaurants where the staff acts like you are bothering them.

The only odd thing about Jeff's is the hours....They are open something like (and don't quote me) 8 to 2 everyday, but only serve dinner a couple nights a weeks.

The prices at Jeff's deli range from $3.25 to $8.00. They serve breakfast all day and a wide selection of deli sandwiches. They have very large servings and they offer half servings.

I think the next time we stop in for breakfast I will be trying the cream cheese and apples stuffed french toast.



You can view the menu at http://www.allmenus.com/fl/gainesville/62989-jeffs-deli/menu/breakfast/

Happy Eating!

Whoo Hoo 2010- The Fresh Market

Holy crap! Really it was October when I did my last blog?
I sorta wish that October would have been the last time ate, then I would be right on track for my diet.

I can't even begin to think about what I should share first so I thought I would start wit The Fresh Market ( yes the grocery store).

I love The Fresh Market ( there is always something in the store that I just have to have). The Fresh Market is located on the corner of 16th and 43rd.

Below is a list of my must try's from Fresh Market:
Spinach artichoke dip- the Spinach artichoke dip is better here than when it is homemade. I like it as a light snack with pita chips or to serve it hot as an appetizer with chips. It is also great on top of a baked potato.

Brownie Pillow Cookies- you can find these delights in the bakery section. The brownie pillow cookies are a sugar cookie with brownie in the middle. These always cheer me up when I'm having a bad day and you can buy them individually so you aren't trapped into buying a dozen and force feeding them to yourself. They also offer different kinds of pillow cookies but I haven't tried them yet.

Yogurt covered pretzels- I'm sure you are thinking really yogurt covered pretzels...but they are so good, and they are just as they sound pretzels dipped in yogurt. I like to use these as a healthier alternative to a candy bars or ice cream.

Fruit- I love the selection of different fruit you can buy at Fresh Market. Although I would suggest you look at the price of the fruit before you get to the cash register otherwise you will ended up spending 8 dollars on 3 apples ( but they were really good apples). They always seem to have something unusual to try.

Rotisserie Chicken salad- this is the best chicken salad I have ever had. It is fresh, has the perfect amount of mayonnaise and has just enough crunch from the almonds, it also has that clean chicken taste. I have also tried the curry chicken salad and it is very good, but you have to be in the mood for curry chicken salad and a little bit goes a long way.

East Meets West All Natural Oriental Blend ( Marinade & dipping sauce)- This marinade is made by Coconut Bay in Palmetto, Fl and is perfect for serving with the fresh spring rolls and steam dumplings in the deli section. I also love it over grilled chicken and jasmine rice.

Chicken Paris- You can find these little pockets of heaven in the meat section. They are a cheese stuffed chicken breast wrapped in puff pastry. All you have to do is bake. These are perfect for when you want something a little special but you do not a have a lot of time to prepare something.

Pre-made sandwiches- they have a wide selection of pre-made sandwiches on the back side of the deli ( right across from the brownie pillow cookies), Joey and I really enjoy the Mozzarella basil sandwich and the rotisserie chicken salad on a croissant roll.

Flowers- they also have a wide selection of beautiful flowers that are prefect to pick up and a spring touch to your table.

Another favorite about Fresh Market is they offer a nice selection of spices. They are packaged perfectly for trying a new spice or for a new recipe.

Twice baked potatoes- these twice baked potatoes are awesome and huge. One twice baked potato is enough for two servings ( even Joey was full with half of a potato). They empty out the potato and then fill the skin with a mixture of mashed potatoes, cheese and seasonings. You then bake the potatoes for about 20 minutes.

PieSanos Stone Fired Pizza

PieSanos Stone Fired Pizza located on NW 43rd Street next to Hunter's Crossing Publix.
They offer pizza, pasta, calazones and salads

They offer Lunch Specials from 11:00 am-4:00pm

Lunch Special # 1

Cup of Soup or House Salad, plus One Slice of Cheese Pizza & a Half meatball Sandwich $ 7.95


Lunch Special # 2

2 topping personal pizza $6.95

Lunch Special # 3

Cup of Soup, House Salad and a slice of Cheese Pizza $ 6.95


Lunch Special # 4

Bowl of Soup and a House Salad $6.95


I had the cheese calzone (Mozzarella, Ricotta and Parmesan) and I added fresh spinach $ 7.95

****they have a spinach calzone but it is $8.95 ( it has exactly the same thing in it, so save your dollar)****



Joey had the lunch special #1 with chicken noodle soup and he thought it was pretty good.

Jack had the lunch special # 3 with chicken noodle soup, house salad and a slice of pizza. Jack said " the salad and pizza met his expectations, but the chicken noodle soup was fabulous".

You can view the menu at: http://www.piesanostogo.com/

Happy Eating!

Beer

humm...what is the best thing in the world to drink ( besides sweet tea) BEER!

My favorite place to go for a beer is Taco Mac...to bad it takes me 6 hours to get there. Taco Mac is in Atlanta. They offer over 100 different beers on draft and 300 in a bottle. They also have a full menu, specializing in chicken wings...yeah I know weird, you think it would be Taco's..... If you are ever in the Atlanta area you have to check out Taco Mac. You can check out the full story at http://www.tacomac.com/ ( including why they are called Taco Mac).

I think the best place in Gainesville to go for a beer is Hogan's ( on the 13th Street), they have a great beer selection and they have awesome sandwiches ( just be prepared they are cash only). If you are going at lunch time, I would suggest you call your order in (unless you are Jack and call your order in to the Hogans on 34th street, and then go to the Hogans on 13th street to pick it up). http://www.hogans83.com/


I have been trying to pick my favorite beer and there a so many different scenarios that I just can't decide. What is your favorite beer?

At this moment I would say my favorite beer is Sam Adams Boston Lager.

I'm thinking about starting a side column on beer....any ideas, suggestions?

P.S Thanks to Zach who told Jack who told Joey who told me about Taco Mac!

Leonardo's 706/ Boca Fiesta

Joey took me on a surprise date on Saturday night, we had dinner at Leonardo's 706, and then we went to see Julia and Julie. It was a perfect date!

Leonardo's 706

706 was absolutely amazing!

I had a glass of Chianti and Joey had a Stella Artois. Before our appetizer arrived they brought out cracker type bread served with an olive salsa. I'm not an olive fan, but the olive salsa was great, it was sweet and very flavorful.

For our appetizer we had the 706 Rolls, these things were amazing. Rolls covered with garlic butter, and I mean covered...it was 2 grapefruit size balls of garlic butter. So basically the rolls were swimming/floating in garlic butter ( by the way these were only $3.95). Paula Deen would be proud!

For dinner Joey had the grilled sea bass over rice, with grilled asparagus ( this was the nightly special). I had the chicken Gorgonzola pasta, bow tie pasta with chicken, broccoli and pecans in a creamy Gorgonzola sauce. I usually do not order chicken in pasta, because it is usually bone dry, however, this chicken was very moist. I think the pecans were roasted, they went perfect with the creamy Gorgonzola sauce. I would definitely order this again.

We didn't have dessert, because we were just way to full. However, they offer homemade desserts that look pretty good.

They serve brunch on Sundays from 10:30am to 4:00pm, which I can't wait to try. They have a fair amount of patio seating which is nice, since cooler weather is just around the corner.

You can view the menu at: http://www.leonardos706.com/

Boca Fiesta- Sun Center

Last Friday night for dinner we tried Boca Fiesta and it was great! They are a great alternative to Big Lou's...how many places can you eat for under $10.00 downtown?

I had the Jalapeno Margarita and it was excellent, it was nice to have a Margarita with a bite.


We both had the burritos which were very good and a good size. I had corn on the cob, well really Joey had the corn on the cob, but I ate it...it was good. I also had a side salad with the Cilantro lime vinaigrette it was excellent. It is perfect for the summer, light and tangy! They also give you free chips and salsa with your meal.

They have a very cute menu....they have lots of options for "carnivores and herbivores". They also serve Tebow Toothpicks- Battered and fried strips of Jalapeno and Onion.

If you are brave you can try the weird meat of the month, this month it is Rattlesnake- Rabbit Sausage !

For dessert they serve Sweet Dreams Ice Cream! What's better than that? Sweet Dreams has the best ice cream in Gainesville!

You can checkout out the menu at http://www.bocafiesta.com/

Since seeing Julia and Julie- I'm interested in French cooking...no I'm not going to try cooking all of the recipes in Mastering the Art of French cooking but I am trying 3 new recipes this weekend: Pork with Camembert, French Scalloped Potatoes and Creamy Spinach puree.

till next time....keep on eating :)

Blue Highway Pizza/ Chung Ching Market

Blue Highway Pizza

Town of Tioga

Saturday we went to Blue Highway pizza for dinner. Out of 10 stars I would give it a 6. Whenever I go to a new pizza place I always find myself comparing it to Satchel's. The food was pretty good. I thought the atmosphere was different, it was sorta like eating with high class hippies.

I had the four cheese calzone with artichokes which was huge. The crust was picture perfect.

Here are my comparisons:

Blue Highway vs Satchel's pizza

Service- Blue highway wins....the staff at Satchels isn't always very nice.

Speed- Blue Highway wins....Satchels only has 2 small ovens, which usually means going to Satchels is a 3-4 hour event, we were in and out of Blue Highway ( probably about 2 hours including wait time)

Taste- Satchels wins....they have the best pizza sauce, and the best salads

Price- They are about the same, however, Blue highway wins because they take credit cards. Really Satchel get with program you need to be able to split checks.

Atmosphere- Satchels wins....they have a "junk" store to shop in.

Convenience- Satchels wins....only because they are closer to our home then Blue Highway.

First Ever-Boch Belly Interview with sister n law Jennifer Hall

Pizza was excellent. I had the spinach, fresh mozzarella, and bacon thin crust. Lots of flavor.

Caesar salad was good- croutons were very crunchy.

Wine and draft beer selection was average. Hopefully this will broaden a little once the location becomes more established. Service was pretty good.

Very loud- might need something to absorb some of the sound. The should turn down the music when it's busy. Otherwise you you barely hear the person next to you.

I felt sorry for the outside waiter. He had to go in and out of the front entrance- this is definitely less than ideal and there will be an accident there one day ( hopefully no one gets burned).

Overall, good experience and will definitely be back.

Chung Ching Market

Across from Gainesville Police Dept. On 8th

Several times a week Joey and I drive by Chung Ching Market, and we always say we should check that place out....so finally on Sunday we did.

I found Chung Ching very interesting. They have all kinds of oriental food, and most of it is pretty cheap. They have great produce and it is super cheap....for real people Publix is highway robbery. Bell Peppers were 4 for a dollar, fresh cilantro was .39 cents!

I would encourage you to stop by Chung Ching just to check it out. Here are a few things that we purchased, I will let you know how they turn out:

Red Curry Sauce in a can

Flavored Gum ( can't tell you what kind because I can't read Chinese but it looks good)

Jumbo straws ( these are even bigger than McDonald's I know I'm weird)

Rice noodles

Until next time....keep on eating.....

The Jones

Okay so I know I have been a slacker...and believe me it's not like I haven't been eating....

Friday night Joey and I went to this hole in the wall off of 23rd called The Jones Eastside Eatery. It is across the street from New York Pizza Plus ( sorta next to Big Lots).
All of the food is organic and local, the prices were okay ( they weren't cheap, probably around $10 dollars per person).
I enjoyed the arepa rancheros- corn arepa on bottom, black beans, cheddar cheese topped with two fried eggs and salsa.
Joey had the buffalo burger ( which made us think, who raises buffalo in Gainesville....I'm guessing UF). Joey said the burger was good, but a little bit gamey. I didn't try it because it had sauerkraut on it.
I can't wait to try this place for breakfast the menu looked awesome and it's always nice to support a local Gainesville business. They do not have a website, but they have a myspace page, you can view it at www.myspace.com/thejoneseastside

The Boch Belly is ready for lunch...better go feed it.

Hot Pepper Festival and Bagels

Saturday Joey and I attended the Hot Pepper festival. They had about 15 vendors with items ranging from hot sauces, salsa, mango fruit juice, fresh produce and of course pepper plants.
We sampled a couple of different hot sauces, but our favorite was the Garlic hot sauce, which Joey says it reminds him of fish sauce (but we have never had fish sauce, so who knows).

Sweet Dreams ice cream was also in attendance at the hot pepper festival, I had the Spicy Thai Peanut butter ice cream and Joey had the Pineapple Poblano Popsicle. The Spicy Thai Peanut butter ice cream had ginger, coconut, almonds, and some type of spicy seasoning with a peanut butter base, it was delicious. Joey's pineapple poblano Popsicle was very light and refreshing perfect for the hot weather.

Sunday morning we went to Bagels Unlimited ( go figure another Hippy Place in Gainesville) on University Ave (next to the Holiday Inn), and we were both very surprised. They have about 10 different types of bagels, with about 10 different types of cream cheese and a full breakfast menu. Joey had the breakfast burrito with corn beef hash and all the veggies and no joke...the burrito was at least 8inches long and 5 inches wide (it was MUCH bigger than the Moe's home wrecker). Our favorite part of Unlimited Bagels was the Micanopy Gold Hot Sauce and Salsa. However, according to their menu, they have over 100 types of hot sauces. By the way our waitress here reminded of us Sookie Stackhouse.

Last Tuesday, was National Fudge Day, and we celebrated this wonderful occasion in customer service. We have over 10 different types of fudge, and I think most of the employees in the Customer Operations Center were on a sugar high all day. 1st place went to Brittney with her wonderful Peanut Butter fudge, and 2nd place went to me for Oreo Fudge. I have listed the recipes below.

Peanut Butter Fudge

This peanut butter fudge includes marshmallow crème and crunchy or creamy peanut butter.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
· 2 cups granulated sugar
· 2/3 cup milk
· 1 cup marshmallow creme
· 1 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
· 1 teaspoon vanilla
Preparation:
Boil sugar and milk to soft ball stage*. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into a buttered 8-inch square pan. Cut into squares when firm.
*To Test for Soft Ball StageA small amount of syrup dropped into chilled water forms a ball, but flattens when picked up with fingers.
Oreo Fudge If you like cookies and cream, you’ll have to try this rich, decadent fudge made with cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Premier White Morsels, marshmallow crème and CARNATION® Evaporated Milk. Vicki Fretwell and son Jacob created this 1st Prize winning recipe in their kitchen in Naples, TX.
Ingredients:
3 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter or margarine
2/3 cup (5 fl.-oz. can) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk
2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Premier White Morsels
1 jar (7 oz.) marshmallow crème
1/2 cup finely crushed cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
1 cup crumbled cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
Directions:LINE 9-inch-square baking pan with foil. COMBINE sugar, butter and evaporated milk in medium, heavy-duty saucepan. Bring to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes. Remove from heat. STIR in morsels, marshmallow crème, finely crushed cookies and vanilla extract. Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle crumbled cookies on top. Gently swirl cookies into fudge using a knife without touching bottom of pan. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm. Lift from pan; remove foil. Cut into 48 pieces

Pizza

So, we had dinner last Thursday night at Big Lou's pizza downtown before we went to the Hipp last week.

And to be honest, I hadn't planned on writing about Big Lou's, but then I thought I could talk about pizza in general, so I thought it would be a good idea.

Big Lou's New York Style Pizzeria- http://www.biglouspizzeria.com/

I think the pizza here is average, there isn't really anything wonderful about Big Lou's but they do have good pizza, and they have great specials like a slice of pizza and a drink for $4.80. They are the only pizza place downtown so it is very convenient for going to the Hipp, or going out downtown. ( the picture of above is Tony at Big Lou's)

New York Pizza Plus - Alachua

They have excellent pizza and it is pretty fast. My favorite here is the gourmet white pizza, it is loaded with Ricotta cheese, yum yum! Their slices here are huge...even 2 slices is to much for Joey. The meat lovers pizza here is loaded down with so much meat you need a fork and knife to eat it. The staff here is very friendly and helpful.

BJ's Brewhouse- Gainesville

This is my favorite place to go for a pizza...how much better could it get, they have 3 pages of drinks to choose from and they have Spinach and Artichoke deep dish pizza. Just imagine Spinach and artichoke dip on top of a thick slice of pizza, it is excellent.

Papa Johns- I know sounds crazy...and maybe it isn't really so much the pizza I like here, but the butter and garlic dipping sauce.

Chicken and Waffles

I received the attached picture from my wonderful sister n law, this afternoon and I decided i just had to share my thoughts about chicken and waffles.

If you are ever in the Atlanta area you have to try Gladys Knight Chicken and Waffles. http://www.gladysandron.net/

I know you are probably thinking Chicken and Waffles do not go together, but really they do just think about it:

The chicken is fried crispy and melts in your mouth like the butter on the waffles. The combination of of the salt from the chicken and the syrup from waffles creates fireworks in your mouth.

Not only do they have awesome chicken and waffles, they have great macroni and cheese.

Thanks for the picture Jenny...love you Tony!

Boch Belly Intro

So Joey had this wonderful idea that we should start a blog, so here we are....

Mochi ( or Mochi Berry as I like to call it, I know this isn't their name but for some reason I have it stuck in my head, as mochi berry). Mochi Berry is located off of Archer road in between Pita-Pit and Bento's. Mochi offers several different types of frozen yogurt, on Sunday we tried the honeydew, mango, strawberry, and sour green apple, they had a couple of other flavors as well.
When you walk into Mochi they give you a sample cup, which you can taste all of the flavors. It is all self serve. My favorite part is once you select your choice for yogurt, you go a BUFFET of toppings, including kiwi, banana's, almonds, peanuts, sprinkles, oreos, and so many more. They charge you by weight, I think it was 45 cents per ounce. The best part is it is Fat Free!

Kabab House ( University Ave) - This is a very simple place, nothing fancy. The food was wonderful. Joey and I had the Chicken Qorma ( Curry) and it was the best curry I ever had. It was spicy but not to spicy. You can check out the menu at: http://www.menuwall.com/menus/474#1

Kabob House ( Sun Center) also has excellent food. I had the Chicken Vindaloo and it was excellent, it was very spicy but so good I just couldn't eat enough of it. Joey had the Goat Curry, which he enjoyed minus all of the tiny bones. I would suggest if you are in a hurry that you call in your order before you arrive. You can check out the menu at: http://www.suncenterkabobhouse.com/menu.php

Karma Cream ( University Ave next to the Kabab house)- they offer vegan ( and diary) ice cream. They have a very homey atmosphere, everything there is homemade and I think organic.

1 hour 15 minutes till lunch, yay!

Jennifer