Local Sarasota Florida Restaurant News
Keeping up on all the latest Sarasota restaurant and food news can be a tough business. That’s why you have us! We’re always sorting through the latest and greatest news so that we can keep you up to date on all the information, happenings and events that make Sarasota such a fantastic place to dine out! Enjoy!!.
Bar Tab: Cask & Ale in Sarasota features standout craft cocktails, great happy hour - Herald Tribune
"Since I work on Main Street, most of my happy hour spots are in downtown Sarasota. And even though Cask Ale and Kitchen, commonly referred to as simply Cask & Ale, is one of the area’s newer bars, it quickly became an old standby for me..." - Read more about Cask & Ale here...
Summer House Is the Best New Restaurant on Siesta Key - Sarasota Magazine
"If you’re one of the 65,024 people who, according to the Census, are new to Sarasota County since 2004, the name of the best new restaurant on Siesta Key, Summer House, likely means nothing. For the rest of us, it conjures memories of the Summerhouse, which opened on the island in the 1970s..." Read more about The Summer House here...
Goodbye Tea House, Hello Eatery 84 - Sarasota Magazine
"The husband-and-wife team of Vinny and Christina D’Amato recently took over Sarasota’s Tea House and overhauled the space into an upscale restaurant, Eatery 84 Scratch Eats & Wine Bar. Vinny serves as executive chef for the new restaurant; Christina is the sous chef. They moved here from St. Augustine, where they operated a restaurant, to be closer to family..." Read more about Eatery84 here...
Spice Station Opens in the Rosemary District - Sarasota Magazine
"Downtown’s Rosemary District continues to bloom. There are some new additions coming, including a favorite chef’s sandwiches (more on that reveal soon!) and the relocation of Artisan Cheese Company. And Boulevard of the Arts has now welcomed Spice Station. Sarasota has a nice range of specialty Thai food, including Isan Thai and Taste of Asia. Spice Station belongs in the top tier, as well..." Read more about Spice Station here...
A Chef That Can Take The Heat - SRQ Magazine
"Chef Nils Tarantik grew up absorbing diverse cultural backgrounds—born in Enfield, England to a Swedish mother and German father that encouraged him to taste and enjoy the culinary dishes of the world. Growing up watching both his Mormor (grandmother) and mother in awe as they created European classics, he was exposed to novelty cooking styles and embraced various worldly flavors/cuisine..." Read more about element here...
Popular BBQ joint to expand in Lakewood Ranch - The Observer
The former Ranch Grill restaurant space on the corner of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard and Lorraine Road is getting a new tenant: Nancy’s Bar-B-Q.
"It’s the right time and the right space for us to continue to provide good barbecue,” in East County said Nancy’s owner, Nancy Krohngold... Read more about Nancy's Bar-B-Que here...
New Pizza Spot Mellow Mushroom Opens on the South Trail - Sarasota Magazine
Mellow Mushroom has been a staple of college towns across the Southeast for decades, spreading like spores to cities like Knoxville and Asheville, Tallahassee and Gainesville, ever since the first restaurant opened in Atlanta in 1974... Read more about the Mellow Mushroom here...
Bar Tab: The Lazy Parrot brings Key West feel to Sarasota - Herald Tribune
Besides the ongoing rooftop bar trend, there haven’t been many high-profile Sarasota bar openings this year, with one exception. I kept hearing about The Lazy Parrot, at 3602 Webber St., even though it just opened its doors to the public in mid-May... Read more about The Lazy Parrot...
Spearfish Grill Serves Up Fresh Seafood on Siesta Key - Sarasota Magazine
Add Spearfish Grille (and its delicious grouper sandwich) to the growing menu of great new local restaurants. This past spring, without any notice or fanfare, the restaurant opened on Old Stickney Point Road... Read more about the Spearfish Grille on Siesta Key...
Eatery84 brings quirky menu to former Sarasota Tea House - Herald Tribune
The Sarasota Tea House, one of the businesses located in a cluster of pastel-colored former houses on Fruitville Road in downtown Sarasota, has been replaced by a restaurant called Eatery84 Scratch Eats & Wine Bar... Read more about Eatery84 Scratch Eats...
Bar Tab: Sharky’s on the Pier is a classic Florida beach bar - Herald Tribune
Sharky’s on the Pier has been swimming in my head lately. The Venice beachfront restaurant and bar, which opened 31 years ago and is located on Brohard Park at 1600 Harbor Dr. S. in Venice, was just named the best Florida beach bar by floridabeachbar.com. And while watching TNT’s Sarasota-Manatee-set show “Claws” for local filming areas and references, I recognized Sharky’s, Brohard Park and the adjacent Venice Fishing Pier as the series’ choice of location to illustrate the Florida beach lifestyle... Read more about Sharky's...
Gulf Gate’s Tiny Tokaj Offers Big Hungarian Flavors - Sarasota Magazine
Intimate and elegant, Tokaj is a Hungarian restaurant seating about 40, situated in the Gulf Gate area of Sarasota. This neighborhood is replete with tiny eating places that come and go with regularity. Storefront ethnic restaurants and beer joints jostle for space with a trophy shop, cleaning service, key-making store, tailors, a French cookie store (well worth patronizing), and a tattoo and body-piercing emporium... Read more about Gulf Gate's Tokaj...