Several guests enjoy dishes from Soup to Nuts’ food truck. Soup to Nuts, one of many food trucks at the rally, specializes in soups and grilled cheeses. (Madelyn Craven/WUFT News)
Cara Leander and Tyler Benson take the orders for their parents’ food truck, Bubba Luigi’s Road Trip. Leander described Bubba Luigi’s food as Italian with a Southern twist. (Madelyn Craven/WUFT News)
Several vendors set up in High Dive’s parking lot for the food truck rally. Among the vendors were British seafood truck London Fish and Chippy, Hawaiian-style hotdog truck Kona Dog and seafood truck Monsta Lobsta. (Madelyn Craven/WUFT News)
Nathan Kramer and Bruce Reynolds serve up hot dogs in the Kona Dog food truck. Kona Dog specializes in Hawaiian style hotdogs, such as their signature Hula Dog. (Madelyn Craven/WUFT News)
Jamie Libow (L) and Alex Cruz (R) take donations for Operation Catnip, an effort to reduce the population of free-roaming cats in Alachua County. Libow and Cruz are part of the Pre-Vet Club at UF and often volunteer with Operation Catnip. (Madelyn Craven/WUFT News)
James Thrift plays with his toy Jeep while his mother cooks food inside the Bubba Luigi’s Road Trip food truck. (Madelyn Craven/WUFT News)
Hungry customers headed to downtown Gainesville this weekend to sample local eats at the Original Gainesville Food Truck Rally.
High Dive hosted the rally on Saturday while showing the SEC Championship game inside the venue. The food truck rally has become a local tradition in Gainesville and more than 10 vendors participated this weekend.
The event started at 3 p.m., and the championship game was shown on a large projection screen inside High Dive, as well as three smaller screens in the beer garden. Patrons had free admission to the rally, and bands performed live music during halftime.
The rally had a variety of unique cuisines, including vegetarian and vegan options.
Donations to the food trucks went to Operation Catnip, a charity that has spayed and neutered over 45,000 community cats in Gainesville.
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