‘You Need A Restaurant’: Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille Expects to Open By June
By Josh Kapke
April 19, 2021
Steve Spurrier, the Heisman Trophy winner turned “Head Ball Coach” with the legendary “Fun and Gun Offense,” had long ago run out of space for his many awards and honors.
“My daughter Amy said, ‘You need a restaurant to put all your trophies and all this stuff in. Your room at the house is getting too crowded,’ and I said, ‘That’s probably a good idea,’” said the man who has become synonymous at home and away with Florida Gators football.
That idea will become a reality in late June, when a 442-seat restaurant, Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille, opens in Celebration Pointe in Gainesville. The restaurant will have a rooftop bar called Visor’s and plans to hire between 350 and 375 employees, Spurrier said.