This time the pasta was in a clump and looked quite crowded out by my bowl of grits and the biscuit. The last time I had gone I ordered the Meggxican Wrap and it had seemed huge. My imagination was a bit too overactive because I was a bit disappointed at the portion. Most of the items on the menu were $9-$12. I ordered pasta, sausage, and eggs because it was one of the specials of the day for $9. We waited 15 to 20 minutes for our food and it all came out at once. Most of us ordered breakfast, except our native Gainesvillian, tsk. Flying Biscuit offers water and coffee to those who are waiting. The special booth set up to manage everyone waiting to get in. Sitting outside was acceptable, but as the sun crept into the sky the heat and humidity picked up a bit. A seat inside would have been a longer wait. We waited perhaps 20 to 30 minutes for a seat outside. Otherwise the wait would’ve been an hour or more. All the people out front are waiting in line to get in. I had been to the Flying Biscuit before with my old roommates last semester, so I remembered enough to know to call in an hour early to get in on the wait list. I planned this with my native Gainesvillian friend because he’d also not been to the Flying Biscuit before. I gathered seven of my friends to head out on a field trip to the Flying Biscuit. This Saturday was a deviation from the typical Sunday lunch routine. I think it will be well-received.Address: 4150 NW 16th Blvd., Gainesville, Fl 32605 "People who have been to Atlanta and know about the Biscuit are excited about it coming to Gainesville," Given said. The restaurant offers breakfast all day and also lunch and dinner menus, as well as beer and wine, with recipes by founder and cooking show regular Delia Champion, who is scheduled to attend the opening. Local Moe's and Heavenly Ham franchisee Stan Given will be opening the eighth or ninth franchise. The Flying Biscuit is an Atlanta breakfast institution going on 15 years that has franchised to include seven current locations. The first TooJay's opened in Palm Beach in 1981 and has expanded to 25 locations in South and Central Florida. The restaurant will employ 70 to 75 full- and part-time workers. The restaurant also gets catering business from hospitals and at its restaurant near the University of Central Florida in Orlando despite a dearth of restaurants nearby, he said, making Gainesville a good fit. That includes making the full lunch menu available during dinner hours. Owner, president and CEO William Korenbaum described TooJay's as a full-service, Jewish-style deli - though not kosher - offering breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as catering, delivery and over-the-counter deli sales.ĭespite the state of the economy, Korenbaum said TooJay's is doing very well by offering a large selection - 300-plus menu items - at reasonable prices. TooJay's Original Gourmet Deli is slated for a late February-early March opening in the former Rafferty's restaurant at 3410 SW Archer Road in Butler Plaza while the Flying Biscuit Cafe is working to open in early April in the former Golden Lights near the Fresh Market in the Millhopper area. Two new small, regional chain restaurants are in the process of renovating Gainesville locations of previously closed restaurants.
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