The food and service were outstanding. Do not let the word BBQ fool you. The dishes were delicious, well seasoned, high quality, and served by a friendly and approachable team. Bobby truly is the ultimate one-stop shop. He was the heaviest hitter of our entire day.
FULL-SERVICE WEDDING CATERING
Everything the day needs, handled by one team.
A wedding has a hundred moving parts. Most of them touch food, tables, drinks, or timing, and those are the parts we live in. Here is what it looks like to hand them to us.
A 5.0 from 44 couples on The Knot.
4-Time Best of Weddings
2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2025
Hall of Fame
Earned by winning four or more times.
One roof, one team.
We cater the meal, run the bar, bring the décor, set the room, serve your guests, and clean it all up when the last song ends. Because it is one team, nothing falls in the gap between vendors. You are not the messenger between the caterer and the rental company and the bartender. You have one point of contact, and a crew that has done this hundreds of times.
No stitching together five vendors and hoping they talk to each other. You plan with one team, and one team shows up.
What that covers
- Delivery
- Setup and full breakdown
- Table service
- Bartending
- Service ware, glass serving trays, and stainless warmers
- Cake cutting
- Linens and rentals
- Cleanup
THE PART NOBODY ELSE OFFERS
We do not just feed the room. We design it.
Most caterers hand you a plate and leave the tables to someone else. We keep a warehouse of décor, centerpieces, rentable linens and place settings, signage, sweetheart-table decor, and more. We offer Wedding Planning Workshops to plan your big day and Coordination Services for the day of. You walk into your reception already set, and all you have to do is take it in.
We also offer a Decorations Assistance Program. If there is a piece we do not have, we may be able to acquire it for you to add to our selection. We also offer custom signs, such as Welcome Signs, Seating Charts, Menus, and table top signs to include a wide selection of table numbers. Bring us your vision and we will build the room around it.
THE DAY OF
Attention you will feel without noticing.
Our team arrives hours before your first guest. While you are getting ready, the room is coming together. After the ceremony, someone is waiting for the two of you with a drink and a cold towel, and appetizers are already at your seats. Throughout the night, a server is looking after the two of you specifically and your glasses never run empty. The kind of attention you only notice because you never had to ask.
ROOMS WE HAVE SET
Walk into it already done.
Twelve honors across two guest books.
A 5.0 on The Knot from 44 couples, and a 5.0 on WeddingWire from 92 reviews. Recommended by every couple who reviewed us there.
On The Knot
2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2025
four years running, and the hall
Our guests are still talking about the food and kept saying it was the best wedding meal they've ever had. The pork belly bites were an absolute standout.
My New York family was beyond impressed with Florida catering, something I never thought I'd hear in a million years.
The brisket was melt in your mouth divine. All of the décor from signage to tablecloths was provided by Bobby.
This is the first time I've met a caterer that offers the option of wedding décor. What he doesn't have, he will help you find.
Not just a catering company, but a whole event company, with décor, plates, napkins. It made everything so much less stressful.
We did a workshop with Bobby to design how the tables would be decorated, and they came out perfectly.
Many people assume David's is basic barbecue, but there are options to make the meal a little more fancy. We did brisket cut on a carving station rather than pre-cut.
BEFORE YOU ASK
Questions we get asked.
What does "all under one roof" actually mean?
The food, the bar, the décor, and the crew that runs the day all come from one team. That means an insured and staffed bar, linens and centerpieces out of our own décor warehouse, a crew that sets up before your guests arrive, and the mess gone when they leave. One team, one conversation, no relay between vendors who have never worked together.
How far do you travel?
We are based in Gainesville and regularly cater within about a hundred miles of it, across North Central Florida: Ocala, St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Orlando, and the towns in between. If your venue sits outside that, ask anyway and we will tell you honestly whether we can do it justice.
Do you provide bar service?
Yes we do! We begin with a consultation to determine your needs, help you with the shopping by providing a Bar Report (a shopping list with extra information), and have an entire team ready to back up the bartender any time they need it.
Is this the same kitchen as David's BBQ?
Yes. Same family business, feeding Gainesville since 1978. The kitchen on NW 39th Ave is the original one and the home of the wedding team. The restaurant and the catering side share a pit and a standard, not a calendar: booking a wedding does not close the dining room, and a busy Saturday at the restaurant does not touch your day.
What happens after we send an inquiry?
Bobby reads it, and usually answers within a day. From there it is a real conversation about the date, the venue, the headcount, and what you want the day to feel like, before anything is quoted or booked.
Anything not here is a conversation. Send us a note and Bobby will answer it, usually within a day.
THE WHOLE WEEKEND
We also cater rehearsal dinners and day-after brunches, so the whole weekend can be handled by people who already know your plan, your people, and your taste.
We cater weddings in Gainesville, Ocala, St. Augustine, Jacksonville and Orlando.
Tell us about your day.
Share your date, your venue, and the feeling you are after. Bobby runs the weddings, and he will get back to you, usually within a day.
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