Great local food around Sarasota, Fla. ?

September 7, 2019 10:22 AM

and down the coast to Boca Grande. Small and local. Known or unknown.
posted by ebesan to Food & Drink (7 answers total)

1. Englewoods on dearborn has live music and good schnitzel.
2. Que Rico is soo good.
3. Nicolas is the best Italian around, very relative.
posted by pintapicasso at 12:59 PM on September 7, 2019 [1 favorite]

The Temptation is the best choice in Boca Grande, but they're closed right now until Oct 3 so that might not be very helpful.
posted by CheeseLouise at 2:50 PM on September 7, 2019

My husband and I have had several lovely date nights at Columbia in St. Armands Circle. Husband occasionally stares off into the middle distance, reminiscing about the Pompano en Papillot he ate there in 2015 and wishing we weren't 2500 miles away from that restaurant.
posted by erst at 9:29 AM on September 8, 2019 [2 favorites]

Briandis in Nokomis, Pop's down the road from there on the water. SKIP SHARKY"S (tourist trap)
walt's fish market in sarasota, BrewBurgers for a quick bite (two locations in Venice) Stottlemyer's BBQ out fruitville rd. Main Bar Sandwich Shop down town SRQ...
posted by patnok at 11:58 AM on September 8, 2019

Primos, right next to srq airport is an amazing Italian restaurant, New York Slice has excellent pizza and very innovative seating, A Taste Of Philly has the best steak and cheese sandwiches
*as a mere blue collar tweaker, I don't circulate in the ritziest circles, but at my price point, these are really tasty places for the filling of the belly
posted by Redhush at 9:36 PM on September 8, 2019

New York Slice has excellent pizza and very innovative seating, A Taste Of Philly has the best steak and cheese sandwiches

Tony's Chicago Beef Co off Tamiami in Venice will round out the northern-city trifecta.
posted by the christopher hundreds at 9:15 AM on September 9, 2019

Cafe Evergreen.
posted by queen anne's remorse at 7:31 PM on September 9, 2019