Our festival map includes more downtown restaurants and cafes than ever before! Get a taste of Gainesville at one of our popular downtown restaurants, or visit a festival food booth to sample something new. Visitors can taste authentic Pad-Thai cuisine, sweet and smoky BBQ, hearty Mediterranean pitas, locally-roasted coffee, homemade guacamole, empanadas and more. 

2025 Food vendors 

Visiting food vendors:

• Lemon Delight: Lemon shakers, teas, and boba in various flavors, fresh fruit additions, Arnold Palmers
• Peruvian Cuisine Latin Food Blessing: Natural smoothies, fresh guacamole, Peruvian ceviche,  gluten free empanadas, Peruvian sándwiches and quesadillas
• Gibson's Goods: Kettle corn and fresh squeezed lemonade in a variety of flavors
• Fun Time Foods: Ice cream, shakes, floats, flurries, slushies, Italian shaved ice, fruit smoothies, coffee frappes, soft pretzels, cotton candy, hot chocolate, drink
• Bite Down BBQ: Ribs, brisket, fried pork chop, griot (Haitian fried pork), pulled pork, chicken, chicken wings
• The King’s Concessions/The King's Nuts and Tea: Gourmet flavored glazed nuts, iced tea, flavored lemonades
• Mayflower Food Truck: Farm-to-table wagyu burgers, pastrami, and sausage burgers, grilled and fried chicken, homemade vegan sandwiches, cheesy fries, and sautéed brussels sprouts 
• Custom Caterers: Greek gyros, salads, appetizers, and desserts
• Gran Arepa: Authentic sweet corn arepas with fresh mozzarella cheese, water and soda
• Mi Apa Mobile: Coffee, iced coffee, empanadas, croquettes, tequenos, sandwiches, bowls, desserts, soft drinks, juice, water
• DonutNV: Fresh mini donuts and squeezed lemonade 
• Eim Thai: Thai grilled chicken, spring rolls, pad Thai, pad kway teow, pad kee mowe, Thai grilled chicken, panang curry, green curry, pad prigking, Thai fried rice, Thai iced tea
• Frenchmen Street Food: southern style vegan food

Local brick & mortar favorites on the festival map:

• Vpizza - 115 SE 1st Ave.
• Wyatts Coffee - 202 SE 2nd Ave.
• Dragon Fly Sushi - 201 SE 2nd Ave.
• Hyppo Ice Pops - 214 SE 2nd Ave.
• Relish Burgers - 201 Se 1st St.
• Starbucks - 201 SE 1st St.
• Maudes Coffee - 101 SE 2nd Pl.
• Boca Fiesta - 232 SE 1st St.
• The Patio Pizza - 5 SE 2nd Ave.
• Mojo Hogtown BBQ - 12 SE 2nd Ave
• Harry’s Seafood Grill - 110 SE 1st St.
• Original American Kitchen (OAK) - 15 SE 1st Ave.
• The Paper Bag - 11 SE 1st Ave.
• ​Prum’s Cambodian Kitchen - 6 S. Main St.
• Loosey’s Burgers - 120 SW 1st Ave.
• The Bull - 18 SW 1st Ave.
• Alpin Bistro French Restaurant - 15 SW 2nd St.
• Volta Coffee and Tea - 48 SW 2nd St.
• Loosey's Downtown - 120 SW 1st Ave.
• The Top -  30 N Main St.
• Tinker Latin Restaurant - 502 S Main St.
• Kyuramen x TBaar - 212 SE 1st S.
• Liquid Ginger - 101 SE 2nd Pl.