Welcome to Gaynesville! Its a small little bubble of liberalism in a sea of southern weirdness. We were surprised at how queer friendly Gainesville is for a small southern city. Gainesville has a lot of bars and clubs downtown. There is a great little club down town called the University Club UC that has drag performances every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.
They also have an amateur drag show on Wednesday nights so if you and your friends work up the nerve, you can stage your very own performance! So much, we have our very own queer dive bar called Spikes NW 6th Street. They often have open invitation potluck meals on the holidays because they know some people may need a home away from home. Want to put a little wiggle in your pickle? Very recently a dance night was instituted on the third Wednesday of every month. The Queerotic Dance night takes place at the Backyard at Boca Fiesta SE 1st Street , a back-porch bar sandwiched between a downtown restaurant and pool hall.
The food is one of the great jewels of Gainesville. There are so many family-owned restaurants featuring locally-grown produce and livestock from family farms and almost every restaurant has vegan and vegetarian options.
A nice spot for Sunday brunch, a full bar with nightly drink specials. The East End Eatery NE 8th Avenue is a quaint Mom and Pop restaurant that has waffles rivaled by no other and has a small menu that is accented by daily specials. Flacos University Avenue at NW 2nd Street is the late night cuban sammie shop to stop at for lunch, dinner or for that post-bar crawl sober-uping delicious snack. La Tienda SW 13th Street β¦. Want some authentic mexican food?
La Tienda is one of our favorites! Get some amazing mole mo-lay , a luchador mask and visit the deli in back. Vegetarianism be damned! Macs is one of those small town essential drive ins. Every afternoon the line of cars is looped around the restaurant spilling into the road and around the block.
