August 2025

Posts Tagged ‘Homemade Italian’ Need some platters or sweets for a party or gathering?  Dolce Italia offers a significant selection of Italian specialties for catering and take-out.

SRQ Reviews on November 16, 2015 Pho Cali, a steady stand by in downtown Sarasota. With a significant number of downtown Sarasota restaurants, choosing a place to dine is no simple matter. What type of cuisine? What style of restaurant? What about price range? You get the idea. There are many factors to consider. Sometimes […]

Antoine’s has relocated. This review is from their former location. Antoine’s Restaurant: A Rewarding Culinary Adventure…. What do you get when you combine a former fast-food location with a classically trained European culinary team? You get an exciting new culinary adventure, otherwise known as Antoine’s Restaurant. Located at 1100 North Tuttle, this new Sarasota restaurant […]

SRQ Reviews on July 19, 2010 Yesteryear charm with today’s food! Picture a 1850’s styled train station painstakingly disassembled, moved, and restored in Sarasota’s Rosemary district.  An interesting venue for a restaurant!  Charming, colorful, warm and inviting, that is Station 400. When we first arrived at Station 400, we were greeted with a friendly smile […]

About Sarasota Best Places to Live Sarasota Herald Tribune The Sarasota Herald-Tribune was founded in 1925. Today, 90 years later, our company has transformed from a newspaper to a diversified media company known as the Herald-Tribune Media Group. The HTMG’s mission is to be the most trusted and valued source of news and information in […]

THIS REVIEW IS FOR THEIR OLD LOCATION, WE WILL UPDATE SHORTLY. (ADDRESS AND PHONE # LISTED HERE ARE CORRECT.) Curry Station: A culinary adventure awaits… The stretch of Washington Boulevard running north from Main Street to 17th Street is a real mélange of commerce. Mostly comprised of small strip-mall shopping centers, gas stations, banks, pawn […]

SRQ Reviews on January 24, 2014 Marcello Ristaurante: A cozy Italian stand-out…. When I think of the quintessential Italian restaurant, a few must-have attributes come to mind. The dining space must be small, cozy and comfortable; The ingredients should be high-quality, fresh and flavorful, with a call out of daily specials. The menu needs to […]

SRQ Reviews Dining Heat Map for February, 2016 With so many restaurants in Sarasota, how does one chose where to dine? One way is to see where people are dining. Another option is to listen for the local buzz. And a third option, which combines the two prior options, uses the SRQ Reviews Dining Heat […]

SRQ Reviews on March 4, 2019 The wonderful flavors of “Old World” European cuisine now in Bradenton! Tucked into the northeast corner of a busy strip mall at 7232 Manatee Avenue West, one needs to be on the lookout for this hidden gem of a restaurant. Offering lunch and dinner service daily (Tuesday through Sunday) […]

Last month’s Dining Heat Map and poll generated a great deal of conversation and discussion on the hottest & best restaurants in Sarasota. With poll results combined with individual suggestions the results for May are complete. Where are the hottest Sarasota restaurants for dining in May, 2016? This month’s Sarasota Dining Heat Map shows you […]

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Forks & Corks 2016 Festival will commence this Friday, January 29, and culminate with the Grand Tasting on Sunday afternoon, January 31. This year’s event will provide a number of venues for participants to sample a wide variety of world-class wines from international and domestic wineries accompanied by food from over 50 Sarasota-Manatee Originals restaurants; […]

Posts Tagged ‘The Sarasota Ritz’ One of the more enjoyable aspects of summer is the relaxed, casual, easy going day to day lifestyle which manifests after Memorial Day. Is this aura a result of longer days, the “quiet season” when Sarasota becomes more approac…

SRQ Reviews on March 22, 2015 A simple, casual, “go to spot” for breakfast or lunch! Everyone needs a “go to spot” for breakfast or lunch.  You know, the kind of place where all the food is good, the prices reasonable, and the service friendly and attentive.  The type of place which makes you feel […]