Another drinking and dining option has arrived in Downtown Gainesville.
The Jones B-side, a restaurant with a focus on locally grown and vegan fare, officially opened Tuesday afternoon at 203 SW Second Ave.
The restaurant is an expansion of The Jones Eastside, at 401 NE 23rd Ave. The new eatery has inside and patio seating and a full bar.
While The Jones Eastside focuses on breakfast and lunch, The Jones B-side includes dinner and drink options.
The Jones B-side is open from 11 a.m to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. The restaurant also has its own parking lot.
The Jones Eastside has 30 seats, so the restaurant opened a new location to satisfy customer demand, said Stefani Weed, front-of-house manager for The Jones B-side.
Weed said she hopes the new location will draw in students since the restaurant is close to college apartments.
“We wanted to expand because the customers wanted it,” Weed said. “It needed to happen because [of] the want and need of local food and supporting the community.”
The menu includes vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options. The new restaurant kept a few of the most popular items for brunch, lunch and dinner.
A new item on the menu is the poutine, which is a dish of fries, chicken or vegetarian gravy and cheese curds.
The prices for lunch range from about $7 to $12, and dinner prices are roughly $8 to $22, not including specials.
Offerings at Jones B-side include Jones Rancheros for $8.95, which are eggs served on toasted corn tortillas with organic black beans and salsa fresca, and Mojo Pork Chimichanga for $10.25, which is shredded pork in a flour tortilla and served with beans and rice.
Prices for beer range from $3 to $6.
Weed said the restaurant emphasizes local ingredients on its menu, including on its drink menu.
Liquors are from family-owned distilleries, and most of the vodka and beer is from Florida.
Weed said the main goal of The Jones B-side is to serve healthy, local and sustainable food, and it plans to eventually plant its own garden on the property.
Kelsie Stewart, a 25-year-old religion graduate student, attended the opening. She eats at The Jones Eastside a few times a month and said she enjoyed the new restaurant.
She said the fresh food, local ingredients and variety of options is what keeps her coming back to both restaurants.
“I go out of my way to go to the other Jones,” she said. “It’s a little bit different from what I’ve been eating for a long time.
Patrons attend the official opening Tuesday afternoon at The Jones B-side at 203 W Second Ave. The menu includes the Canadian dish poutine, which includes hand-cut fries and gravy for $7.95.
