WELCOME TO CIVILIZATION • Gainesville, Florida

Civilization will be closed Tuesday the 4th of July.

We will reopen for lunch at 11 AM on Wednesday July 5th.

Local

We believe strongly in supporting our community, so we make every effort to source as much of our produce as possible from local growers.

Our Hours

Lunch: Tues – Fri, 11 AM – 2 PM
Dinner: Tues – Th, 5:30 PM – 9 PM
Fri & Sat, 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Sat & Sun Brunch: 10 AM – 2PM
• We are CLOSED on Monday

Terranova

Terranova To Go customizes fresh and delicious food platters for your special event.
We look forward to assisting you. Call, 352.378.7810

CASH ONLY

On October 1, 2015 we became a CASH ONLY restaurant.
Why CASH ONLY?

Welcome To CIVILIZATION!

Come in, relax, and enjoy!

We are located in the historic Gulf Oil Building on NW 2nd Street. Join us for dinner and you will find Gainesville’s best kept dining secret since 2009.

Discover for yourself why we love exploring the world through food.

Home to World Wide Wednesdays, we offer specials from a different country every week. We serve food from five continents and offer craft beer suggestions for every dinner entree.

We support local farmers, serving vegetarian and vegan dishes, florida beef and seafood, and house-made desserts.

We are a dine-in restaurant and do not do take out, or to go orders. However we offer platters for your special event through Terranova To Go.

“the Best Onion Rings in America”–JS Polshek

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What our customers are saying…

Reliably yummy. We’re regular happy customers for lunch and for dinner. Fresh food, wonderful cooking and friendly service.
Bahira S. & Shaya I.customer

Such a cool place and the food was delicious!!! The staff was very friendly and helpful.
Sophia M.customer