Introduction to Gainesville food

Hi, I'm David, and it's about time I started this blog. I'm originally from Coral Springs, Florida, and I've been in Gainesville since the summer of 2005. In that time I've fallen in love with the vast number of locally owned, independent restaurants and I've made it a mission to eat at as many as possible. I have a wonderful cast of supporting characters that like to go around with me to these places.

For every entry, I will provide the following:

• Name and location of restaurant
• Type of food
• Summary of my experience, including my company, initial reactions, what I ordered, and the like
• Ratings from 1-10 in ambiance, service, menu selection, food quality, and pricing (the higher the score, the better the prices are)
• Composite score, computed using the above ratings and giving 30% weighting to food quality, 25% to service, 20% to ambiance, 15% to pricing, and 10% to menu selection

Since I have 3.5 years of eating under my belt (and they're all visible there), I have a ton of places to review. I'm going to do the ones I visit right when I visit them, and I'll fill in the blanks as we go along. Enjoy!