10th Annual Gcm Food Fest Set For April 17

Gift Certificates & More (GCM), The Best Restoration and Comfort Temp are hosting nan 10th yearly GCM Food Fest connected Thursday, April 17, astatine Celebration Pointe successful Gainesville.   

The one-day event, which will tally from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., will characteristic samplings from astir 60 section restaurants—over a twelve much from last year’s festival—including Metro Diner, Another Broken Egg, The Paper Bag, Tropical Smoothie and Krispy Kreme. There will besides beryllium a family-friendly kid area pinch bounce houses provided by Bounce Kings and a brew and vino plot sponsored by IQ Fiber. 

DJ Elio Piedra of Tu Fiesta Radio will supply euphony astatine nan Gatorland Toyota Stage connected Celebration Pointe Ave., and The Ben Carter Band will execute unrecorded connected nan IQ Fiber Stage successful The Promenade. 

“I emotion getting to effort nutrient from different restaurants astir Gainesville,” said a erstwhile attendee named Quintin connected Instagram. “It’s an opportunity to effort caller things and observe caller places that I haven’t been. It besides gives maine nan chance to effort different nutrient items from restaurants that I person been to. It is simply a nosy outing for nan full family and my kids emotion nan euphony and activities.” 

In years past, attendees paid abstracted admittance and nutrient summons fees. This twelvemonth will people a displacement to a free admittance exemplary wherever everyone tin be nan show and acquisition nutrient sampling tickets for $2. Beer and vino plot tickets will beryllium sold to anyone complete 21 years of property astatine nan garden. 

“We’ve spent nan past decade building this arena pinch nan community, and it conscionable made consciousness to region immoderate barriers to entry,” said Edward Lavagnino, nan nutrient festival’s head and GCM’s laminitis successful a property release. “Now everyone tin travel bask nan Food Fest, support section restaurants and beryllium portion of thing special.”  

Download nan free GCM app connected nan App Store and Google Play Store to acquisition nutrient tickets and find much information, updates and exclusive deals starring up to nan event. 

The pursuing restaurants will beryllium participating successful nan 2025 GCM Food Fest: 

• Adam’s Rib Co. 

• Another Broken Egg 

• Bagel Bakery 

• Bageland, Bambuu 

• Baskin-Robbins 

• Bolay 

• Big Mill’s 

• Brother Cookies 

• Buffalo Wild Wings 

• Carvel 

• Charlie’s Snow Shack 

• Chicken Salad Chick 

• Cold Stone 

• Crafty Bastards 

• Culver’s 

• Dave & Buster’s 

• D’Lites 

• Dunkin’  

• Gator BTW 

• Gators Den 

• Gators Dockside 

• Gigi’s Cup Cakes 

• Insomnia Cookies 

• Jeremiah’s Italian Ice 

• Jersey Mike’s 

• Krispy Kreme 

• Las Carretas 

• Linda Vista 

• Sonic 

• Los Pollos 

• Luke’s Bagels 

• Marco’s Pizza 

• McAlister’s 

• Metro Diner 

• Mi Apa 

• MidiCi 

• Miller’s Ale House 

• Moe’s 

• Nothing Bundt Cakes 

• Pampy’s 

• Panda Express 

• Papa John’s 

• The Paper Bag 

• PF Chang’s 

• Piesanos 

• Pomodoro Cafe 

• Primo Hoagies 

• Raining Berries 

• Scuola 

• Sweet Berries 

• Tacos 352 

• Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe 

• Texas Roadhouse 

• That Bar & Table 

• Thirsty Gator 

• Tortillas Tex Mex 

• Tropical Smoothies 

• Tyummi Bubble Tea.