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CAN AN AIR FRYER REALLY MAKE BETTER WINGS THAN AN OVEN??

CAN AN AIR FRYER REALLY MAKE BETTER WINGS THAN AN OVEN?? WE DID A LITTLE BUFFALO WING EXPERIMENT TO FIND OUT! Back PP (pre-pandemic), a couple of very thoughtful friends gifted me an air fryer for my birthday. I didn’t know, at the time, that I needed one. Turns out I … [Read more...]

A Burger A Week – Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar

A Burger A Week - Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar It's a Sarasota burger with that "I'm on vacation" feel to it! People travel to Sarasota for a lot of different reasons. Without even thinking about it, one knows that our weather has a lot to do with it. A lot of the … [Read more...]

The LIST – November 2022

The LIST - November 2022 We've got your monthly rundown. Check out who made it this month. It's November! Yes, I can read your mind. "Where has 2022 gone!?" I think that's what you're thinking. I know that's what I'm thinking. Time really does have a way of slipping by … [Read more...]

A Burger A Week – Brick’s Smoked Meats

A Burger A Week - Brick's Smoked Meats Can a place known for BBQ deliver on the burger?? 🌟🌟 We've got an interactive Burger Map to help us track our Sarasota A Burger A Week adventures. Now your burger info is just a short click away! Have a look at our Sarasota Burger … [Read more...]

A Burger A Week – BurgerFi

A Burger A Week - BurgerFi Is it "Fast Food" or "Fast Casual"? 📝 This BurgerFi location has closed since this article was published. If you've spent any time around the food and restaurant marketing scene (or even just been a consumer) in the past few years, you've not … [Read more...]

FIRST LOOK – Yokoso Ramen

FIRST LOOK - Yokoso Ramen Let's slurp some noodles at this new Sarasota restaurant! I like soup more than most people. At least most people that I know. I would be perfectly content to have a cup/bowl for lunch most days. I’m really not all that particular either. When it … [Read more...]

A Burger A Week – Mouthole BBQ

A Burger A Week - Mouthole BBQ What happens when your "restaurant" is on wheels?... When I started making the list of which burger places I would visit on this Sarasota burger expedition, I went into it with an open mind. What I mean by that is, I wasn't going just to … [Read more...]

Let a 9-Year-Old Show You How to Make Pupusas!

Let a 9-Year-Old Show You How to Make Pupusas! Let's take a look at Chef Gaby Melian's latest cookbook for kids. This is Evelyn. Evelyn is a chef. No, she doesn't have a namesake restaurant. She's 9. But Evelyn is a chef. I'm not 100% sure what I was doing when I … [Read more...]

A Burger A Week – The Rosemary

A Burger A Week - The Rosemary The Rosemary District gets a chance to show off their burger game 📝 This restaurant has closed since this article was originally published 🌟🌟 We're doing some Sarasota burger giveaways! Yes, that translates to Burger Prizes! We'll be … [Read more...]

The LIST – October 2022

The LIST - October 2022 Our local Sarasota restaurants are still standing strong! Every month for the past 72, we have written a piece about the top 25 restaurants in the Sarasota area. That's six years for this feature! Over that period, our local restaurant community … [Read more...]

A Burger A Week – Island House Tap & Grill

A Burger A Week - Island House Tap & Grill A unique burger cooking method makes this one standout! 📝Sous vide (/suːˈviːd/; French for 'under vacuum') is a method of cooking in which food is placed in a plastic pouch or a glass jar and cooked in a water bath for longer … [Read more...]

Football Season – The Best Excuse to Eat Wings!

Football Season - The Best Excuse to Eat Wings! Fall is here. Football season has started. Bring on the wings! Yes, it's that time of year when you can eat wings a couple of times a week, and no one will be all that judgmental (well, almost no one). That's correct; it's … [Read more...]

A Burger A Week – Knick’s Tavern & Grill

A Burger A Week - Knick's Tavern & Grill Where everybody knows your name... 📝 This restaurant has closed since this article was originally published. Most towns/cities have a "Knick's." A place that is owned by longtime residents and serves a very local eating … [Read more...]

A Burger A Week – Shore

A Burger A Week - Shore St. Armands Circle can compete in the burger game too! 📝 This restaurant has closed since this article was originally published. Getting out to "The Circle" has been a crapshoot for a little more than a year. Yes, the construction of the Tamiami … [Read more...]

A Burger A Week – The Public House

A Burger A Week - The Public House Sometimes the best things are found in the most unlikely places. 🌟🌟 We're doing some Sarasota burger giveaways! Yes, that translates to Burger Prizes! We'll be serving these up over on our Facebook Sarasota Burger Page. JOIN THAT HERE. … [Read more...]