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Gainesville's Collegiate Grill sprucing up for the future
Popular downtown diner closes for a week for renovations, but memories will remain in place
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Brandon Worley unloads porcelain tiles at the Collegiate Grill in Gainesville, on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. The Collegiate Grill will be closed for a week for renovations with plans to reopen Monday, Feb. 19. - photo by David Barnes
Ten years ago, Jeff Worley decided to go back to where it all began. He purchased The Collegiate Grill in November of 2008 after it went through a handful of different owners and had been closed for about a year.