• "Midnight in the Garden" Starting January 21st, every Thursday we will be open late until 2 a.m. Really cheap beers,
DJ Thomas will be DJing

•Live music every Friday.
1st Friday: Sophie's Choice
2nd Friday: Moondog
3rd Friday: Greg Doles
4th Friday: Susan David

History of the World Famous Original Café Gardens

Way back before the National Championships, before Florida had won even the first SEC Championship, back before the Spurrier Era, yes even before the 0 - 10 & 1 season of ’79, way back when all Gators knew the meaning of “Wait’ill next year” Café Gardens opened just across from campus to serve the best burgers, freshest salads and coldest beer in town.  It was the middle of 1975 when a couple of friends, Mike Leet and Wade Blaker came to Gainesville after attending college in Georgia with the idea of opening a beer and burger joint in a college town.  The concept was simple: quality products cooked to order and served by a caring staff. They ran into Steve McKinney who had known Mike in high school and took him on as “Chief Executive Advisor”. After deciding on a name, testing recipes, a location was found close to the UF campus in the burned out shell that what had previously been “The New York Deli”. Read More...