To the freshmen reading my writing for the first time, welcome! Hopefully you’ll come to be regular readers and feel closer to me than the effervescent guy who works the night shift at the Taco Bell on Archer Road (To find out why that is funny, Google “Skambis Defecation Proclamation”).
You just graduated from high school, where people knew and loved you.
Out-of-the-box vegan options, a wide array of Asian food and classic college fare of pizza and Mexican food are done well here.
To avoid ballooning four sizes by the time you go home for Winter Break, try these tips to maintain a healthy lifestyle as a new student.
After two years of growing pains, repairs and accommodations, the local restaurant The Jones Eastside is expanding with a new downtown location.
When you first get to UF, that stretch of bars and restaurants across from the stadium, on a little lane called University Avenue, seem to glisten. That strip, in all its glory, beckons you from your dorm late at night after your parents move you in, when you’re finally free of curfews.
The Office of Sustainability and the college are implementing the Green Audit, which calls for changes in energy, waste, water and food consumption.
The Citizen’s Co-Op opened July 2011 in downtown Gainesville at 435 S. Main St. as a democratic grocery that would utilize sustainable produce and support local farmers.
Civilization, 1511 NW Second Street, sports localized ethnic food with a hipster ambiance.
But, the restaurant, located on 1618 NW First Ave., closed its doors before May 1, 2011 and remained vacant until two weeks ago.
Gainesville humanitarian Dennis “DiscoDen” Franklin said he believes there are more than 300 children just like the one he described, in Gainesville and the surrounding region, fighting for survival.
After two years of growing pains, repairs and making accommodations, the locally owned restaurant The Jones Eastside is expanding with a new location in the downtown area.
People began lining up Friday at 10:20 a.m. for the 11 a.m. opening, eager to get their hands on a slice of Gainesville legend.
Ivey’s Grill offers a continental-style brunch menu with locavore flair.
The Citizens Co-op was born, and one way it fulfills its goal is by hosting a farmers market Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. behind the store.
In the woods off of Southeast 16th Avenue and Williston Road lives 36-year-old Sam Parrish. He built a home there; a tent reinforced with a tarp, a futon, a cot and solar powered lights next to a creek.
A new study conducted by Massive Health shows that Wysocki isn’t alone in her late-night junk food consumption.
Gainesville residents might soon be able to buy food from their favorite mobile vendors by the light of day.
Break out your banana peels, unscrew that salt shaker and hang the bucket of water on your door frame because Sunday is April Fools' Day!
Students who live off campus and can’t find the time to shop for groceries now have an alternative to standing in the checkout lines in Gainesville.
Solutions by The State News
