Gainesville, Florida
Alachua County · 627 restaurants
Home to the University of Florida and over 55,000 students, Gainesville's 580+ restaurants are shaped by college culture, academic diversity, and a strong local food movement. The Midtown and downtown corridors buzz with affordable international cuisine — Thai, Korean, Ethiopian, Indian — driven by the university's global student body. On game days, the entire city becomes one giant tailgate, and the restaurants that survive here have to satisfy both student budgets and Gator alumni expectations.
Data on this page
InspectFL turns public DBPR inspection records into city-level score trends, grade breakdowns, and restaurant history so this page is useful for comparison, not just a list of names.
How to use this city page
Start with the citywide grade mix, then use filters to narrow by category, grade, or inspection dates before opening the full restaurant record.
What the citywide data means
Gainesville's grade mix looks fairly mixed, so this page is best used to narrow the list before checking each restaurant's full record.
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About Dining in Gainesville
Of Gainesville's 627 graded restaurants, 52.5% earned an A grade — roughly in line with statewide averages. Currently, 3.0% of restaurants hold a failing F grade, representing 19 establishments with significant health violations. The average InspectFL Health Score across Gainesville is 92.4 out of 100, based on 1,427 inspections on record.
What Inspectors Look For
Florida DBPR inspectors evaluate restaurants on food temperature control, employee hygiene, pest activity, and equipment cleanliness. Violations are categorized as critical (immediate health risk), major (significant concern), or minor (procedural issue). Learn more about how grades work.
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Restaurants
Page 4 of 26CANTINA ANEJO
1680 W UNIVERSITY AVE, STE 10
SONNY'S BBQ
3635 SW ARCHER RD
MIDNIGHT TACOS
620 NW 16 AVE
DJ'S CAST IRON BURGERS
5141 NW 43 ST STE 106
DQ GRILL & CHILL
9700 NW 39 AVE
MACDINTON’S GAINESVILLE
1728 W UNIVERSITY AVE
RAISE YOUR GLASS
7415 NW 4 BLVD #30
SENSEI ASIAN BISTRO
4860 SW 31 PL #10
MAIN STREET BAR & BILLIARDS
108 S MAIN ST
DAVID'S BBQ & CATERING
5121 NW 39 AVE A
GARLIC N GINGER
5847 SW 75 ST #109
RAISING CANE'S RESTAURANTS #1217
3433 SW ARCHER RD
CLASSY CHICS
2100 NE 39TH AVE
PROTOCOL PROJECTS LLC
2031 NW 6 ST
R U HUNGRY WORKING KICHEN COMMISSARY
219 NW 10 AVE
THE BULL
18 SW 1 AVE
BANGKOK SQUARE
8181 NW 38 LN UNIT 100
CINNABON #2
808 W UNIVERSITY AVE
CITY FOOD HALL #1
150 NW 13 ST STE 10
GERMAINS LLC
220 NW 8TH AVE STE 10
ITALIAN GATOR PIZZA
1728 W UNIVERSITY AVE #A
KYURAMEN
212 SE 1 ST STE 3
LAS CARRETAS MEXICAN RESTAURANT
3501 SW 2 AVE
MCDONALDS RESTAURANT
6003 NEWBERRY RD
TAQUERIA AZTECA Y ANTOJITOS
7114 W UNIVERSITY AVE
Important context for city pages
City pages are comparison tools built from public Florida DBPR inspection data. They help surface local patterns quickly, but they are not official government rankings and they should not replace reading the individual restaurant page before making a decision.