Local eatery wins Golden Spoon

Restaurant, bar and local music venue, the Great Outdoors Restaurant, is a 2010 Golden Spoon recipient.

Each year, Florida Trend Magazine announces a variety of prestigious awards to restaurants all over the state. Winners are chosen based on excellence in cuisine, service and ambiance – three things that manager Sandy Flaitz says everyone at the Great Outdoors works every day to perfect.

Nestled at the corner of Main Street and NW 1st Avenue in downtown High Springs, the restaurant has been open almost three years. In addition to winning a Golden Spoon this year, it was named a 2010 Outstanding Florida Main Street Business of the Year by the Florida Department of State.

The Great Outdoors also won Florida Trend Magazine’s best new restaurant award the year it opened.

For the scoop on what led to its success, check out next week’s edition of Alachua County Today for an inside perspective on the restaurant from general manager Carol Doherty.