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Civilization will be closed Tuesday May 29th.  

We will reopen for lunch on Wednesday May 30th at 11 AM.

 

Menu

Check out our menu! 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

Gallery

World Wide Wednesdays, we offer specials from a different country every week. You can see some of these in the Gallery.

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, serve lots of vegetarian and vegan dishes as well as florida beef and seafood, and house-made desserts.

We are a dine-in restaurant and do not do take out, or to go orders.  We don’t take reservations.

“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
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