Public & General Restaurant

Public & General is a self-service restaurant and tavern located in the heart of the Northeast neighborhood of Gainesville, FL.

The eatery’s lunch menu offers specialty sandwiches, a cheese & charcuterie selection, along with various other daily plates. After 5 o’clock, the dinner menu expands to include house prepared small plates. The bar offers a large selection of international wines, fine spirits, cocktails and craft beers.

"P&G was recommended to us and being on the East side of town decided to give it a go. You could easily drive right past as it’s located in a sort of professional park on NE 16th Av. Felt a warm and friendly vibe walking in the door. Grab a menu at the bar find a table or eat at the bar and order from the bartender. Small menu with a prim fixe also. My burger was juicy and done correctly. The wife had a fried eggplant sandwich with lots of veggies and she raved it! The bartender was fun sorry I didn’t catch his name. Several craft brews on tap as well as a small selection of wine. This will definitely be our go to place on the NE side of town. As a side note about 3 blocks west is the Tom Petty Park where Tom played as a kid. His boyhood home is just across the street."

"Excellent atmosphere, food and service. We enjoyed the calamari, goat cheese ravioli, whole fish and a few salads. Of course we had the fries and they were delicious as advertised but everything else we ordered was presented beautifully, arrived in a timely fashion . The staff was so friendly and professional and chef Carter visited our table to make sure everything was to our liking. Everyone in our party was thrilled and we will return often to try the rest of the menu. 👍👍"

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