'This place feels like home': 2 Dog diners, staff, reminisce over going-away buffet - Gainesville Times

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'This place feels like home': 2 Dog diners, staff, reminisce over going-away buffet

Tim and Tina Roberts at the farewell party and buffet for 2 Dog restaurant on Sunday, Dec. 17. - photo by Jim Massara

12192023 2 Dog Tim&Tina — Tim and Tina Roberts at the farewell party and buffet for 2 Dog restaurant on Sunday, Dec. 17. - photo by Jim Massara

The year was 1998, and 15-year-old Eli Davis was skateboarding around the Gainesville square when he saw 2 Dog, a then-new restaurant – and decided to apply for a job there.