Mi Pueblo 4436 Bee Ridge Rd. - 941.379.2880 $5.01 - $15 Authentic Mexican restaurant. Cuisine: Mexican Recommended Dishes:chicken enchilada w/ sour cream sauce, Bisteak, Enchilada Roja, Taquitos, Shrimp Fajitas crispy chicken tacos, Burrito Mole (by special request), Chicken Zaragoza,Tortilla Soup, The HOT greenish brown sauce,Chicken Chimichanhga, Everything on the menu!, C Review:Mi Pueblos
Bistro 41 7252 South Tamiami Trail - 941.923.4511 $30.01 - $50 This restaurant is reported to be closed.\n\nChef-owner operated American bistro. Very limited seating so reservations are a must. Cuisine: Continental / European Recommended Dishes:Filet mignon w/ apple smoked bacon & gorgonzola pesto.. any fish, I have had just about all of them Review:Can't Say Enough... The only bad thing to say is that it is not in Boston (where I live).. This is probably the best restaurant that I have ever been to. Great service, funky atmosphere, consistently incredible food! Every year that I am in Fort Myers, I try to go there at least 2 or 3 times.. The food is fun and interesting.. always a great combination of classic cuisine and phenominal sauces.. Who would have thought purple potatoes could be so tasty.. the filet with gorgonzola pesto is my boyfriends all time favorite.. Great wine list and fabulous desserts.
Fish Tales Seafood Restaurant & Market 6331 South Tamiami Trail - 941.925.1135 $15.01 - $30 This relatively new seafood restaurant and market has already outgrown two smaller locations on Gateway Ave. and has moved to the "big time" on South Tamiami Trail just north of Stickney Point Rd. Only fish, prepared and served in numerous ways, is served at lunch time. At dinner time, besides fish, there is a limited choice of meat and chicken dishes. Cuisine: Seafood Recommended Dishes:Crab cakes are too die for! Review:Great Place! Excellent food. Quality service. The market is fantastic. Freshest fish in town with a knowledgable staff.
Maries Italian Kitchen 5767 Beneva Road - 941.923.1000 $5.01 - $15 The restaurant is located in the southern end of Sarasota County in a shopping center at the corner of Beneva and Clark Roads. On the actual corner is a large Allied Tire Store so they say "we are behind Allied Tire". An Early Bird (smaller portions at smaller prices) is served 4:30 to 6:00pm. Cuisine: Italian Recommended Dishes:Lasagna, Chicken Portabella, Veal Tommaso Review:Home Style Italian Food
Papa Nick's Pasta and Pizza 75 S Beneva Rd. - 941.365.5559 $5.01 - $15 Italian and Greek Cuisine. Cuisine: Italian Recommended Dishes:spaghetti dinner, Calzones, Ravioli Parmesan, Meatball Parm Sub, Moussaka, pizza
Carrabba's Italian Grill 1940 Stickney Point Rd. - 941.925.7407 $15.01 - $30 Part of a nationwide chain featuring southern Italian food and specialty pizzas at reasonable prices. Open bustling kitchen, with wood burning grill and pizza oven, allows you to watch your food being prepared as you munch on home baked crusty bread dipped in an olive oil and herb mixture. Large portions are ideal for sharing. 2 for 1 happy hour daily until 7:00 PM. Cuisine: Italian Review:I still would like to see a restaurant opened in CT or RI, preferably Lisbon, CT - or Warwick, RI or Manchester, CT or Groton/New London, CT. I TELL YOU, it would be a virtual GOLD MINE! Review:Texas Italian ???
Bangkok Restaurant 4791 Swift Road - 941.922.0703 $5.01 - $15 The interior of this restaurant transports the diner to Thailand through the use of an abundance of wood carvings and decorations, colorful fabrics and the traditional dress of the wait staff. Located in a strip mall at the corner of Swift and Proctor Roads, its reputation for good value has spread and it is usually quite crowded with diners and people waiting for their take out orders. Cuisine: Thai Review:Absolutely wonderful! Excellent decor, food, and service. I couldn't recommend this restuarant highly enough!
Sam Seltzer's Steakhouse 7113 South Tamiami Trail - 941.927.7267 $15.01 - $30 New to Sarasota, this restaurant is part of a chain noted for its generous portions of prime rib, steaks and chops at reasonable prices. Beside beef, chicken and fish dishes are available. Reservations are accepted for parties of six or more. Cuisine: Steaks Review:If the billboards look good, you'll like the food.
Sugar Loaf Restaurant & Bakery 1737 South Tamiami Trail - 941.365.0776 $5.01 - $15 An "everyday place" serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. The extensive menu reminds one of a diner but the interior is quite attractive and gives the feeling of an efficient, well run restaurant. All desserts and breads are baked in their own bakery and are available for takeout at the bakery counter. Cuisine: American Recommended Dishes:Breakfasts (all) Review:Exactly as advertised !
Zoria 1934 Hillview St - 941.955.4457 $30.01 - $50 The chefs, originally from Ophelia's, are now solidly established in a pretty restaurant in the Southside Village on the newly enhanced Hillview St. Cuisine: Continental / European Recommended Dishes:Tuna, duck, lamb shank and any of the nightly specials Review:A Favorite of Locals This may well be one of the best restaurants in the Sarasota area. On the pricey side for this town but worth every penny. Not widely advertised but known to all local gourmets and generally booked solid so reservations are a must. Even after some redecorating it is still on the noisy side with a full house, so come here to eat and enjoy the delicious food and not for a quite conversation.
Bonefish Grill 3971 S. Tamiami Trail - 941.924.9090 $15.01 - $30 A bright cheery main dining room with large picture windows along the entire side wall. Very clean look with white paper cloths over white under cloth.\n\nLarge bar area with lots of seating space at the bar and long wooden tables running the length of the room. Very nice atmosphere. Menu choices are mainly fish but do include some steak, chops, chicken and pasta choices. Cuisine: American Recommended Dishes: Seafood Seafood Seabass, Tomato-Lime Garlic sauce, House Citrus Viniagrette. Review:Surprisingly good The service was average but I was pleasantly surprised at the food. I dislike seafood and usually other items are limited and tasteless but I had a fabulous meal. Review:Bonefish Grill
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Woody's Bar-BQ 5864 Bee Ridge Rd. - 941.378.9874 $5.01 - $15 Located in the strip mall at the intersection of Bee Ridge Rd. and Cattleman Rd., the modern exterior gives way to a rustic interior that befits this barbeque restaurant. Specialties include Baby Back Ribs, Smoked Pork, Daily Specials, Smoked Beef, Ribs, Chicken and Turkey. Cuisine: Barbecue Recommended Dishes:Pull apart pork, and everything else on the menu Review:Best BBQ for the best price in the USA. This is the best place to eat for cheap and the food is outstanding. Really wish they had one in NJ ... hint hint. Review:Decent food at a decent price
Barnacle Bill's Seafood Restaurant & Market 3634 Webber St - 941.923.5800 $15.01 - $30 This restaurant proudly proclaims "No Waterfront, No View, Just Great Resort Style Food At Neighborhood Prices" and that about sums it up. The restaurant is located in a strip mall at the corner of Beneva & Webber and offers very little atmosphere but a large variety of fish and seafood dishes. For those that just can't take fish there is a limited selection of chicken and beef dishes. Open for lunch and dinner Monday - Saturday and dinner only on Sunday. Cuisine: Seafood Recommended Dishes:Crab cake sandwich Review:Fantastic crab cakes! A great place for lunch. Service is prompt. Not much ambiance though, and take a sweater, they keep it kind of chilly inside.
Big Kitchen Restaurant & Bar 3900 Clark Rd # M - 941.925.3675 $15.01 - $30 Deli style restaurant serving breakfast and lunch daily (Sunday in-season only). Dinner is served nightly except Sunday and Monday. Besides a big selection of sandwiches, they have soups, salads, vegetarian specials, seafood specialties, burgers and desserts; something for everyone.\n<P> Cuisine: Breakfast / Brunch Review:good for lunch I love their roast beef and goat cheese sandwich on FOG!!
Cosimo's Brick Oven Southgate Plaza, Suite 201 - 941.363.0211 $15.01 - $30 Full service Italian restaurant in the Southgate Mall serving lunch and dinner daily. Light bites and pizzas are also available. Mall side dining is available at several tables located outside the main restaurant for those that like people watching while they dine. Cuisine: Italian Review:good Although I found the service lacking, I did enjoy the meal. It also doesn't really have a mall feel. Enjoyable.
Mexican Grill 2211 N Washington Blvd - 941.366.2808 Authentic Mexican cuisine. Lunch buffet. Cantina featuring live music & dancing. Cuisine: Mexican Recommended Dishes:Flautas, Mole, Beefsteak, Shredded Beef Tacos Review:When Mexican Grill opened a few years back, my husband & I started dining there a couple of times a week. The food is wonderful & the service is pleasant & prompt. Having lived in Mexico for a brief time we can attest to the authenticity of the food. It isn't the typical American idea of what Mexican food is, it is what you would find in Mexico. Not only the food but the atmosphere as well. Since moving to the opposite side of town 2 years ago, we haven't been there in almost that time, but last week we found ourselves in the neighborhood & decided to pay it a visit. We found that they had expanded the space & included room for a cantina & live music & dancing. We went for lunch so the place was quiet. The menu hadn't changed much in the two years and the prices were still just as reasonable as we remembered them. I ordered my favorite Flautas but my husband decided to try another one of their new additions, the lunch buffet. I was delighted with my choice. The Chicken flautas were just as generous & flavorful as always. The rice & beans were wonderful as well. The portions were so big, I had to take half of it home. My husbands decision to try the buffet proved a poor one however. At noon, when we arrived, the buffet was already half empty & what was there was only room-temperature at best. In the hour we were there, no one made any effort to refill the buffet or to check the quality of what had been out there for some time. The taco meat on the buffet was ground beef instead of the shredded beef that you can find on the menu. The ground beef was far too salty for even my husband who is a salt-aholic. The refried beans that came with my flautas were great, but we found that the ones on the buffet were almost runny & seemed to have a powdery taste to them as if someone had tried to thicken them up with masa or something. Not at all pleasant. The experience didn't turn us off though. No one can like everything. The food on the menu & the service is great enough for us to continue to stop by when we find ourselves in that neighborhood again. We'll just make sure we steer clear of the buffet.
The Olive Garden 4900 South Tamiami Trail - 941.923.3136 $5.01 - $15 Part of a Nationwide chain featuring Italian fare at reasonable prices. Cuisine: Italian Recommended Dishes:Pasta Fagioli. Review:Last month I ate at Olive Garden. I had stuffed chicken parmigian with pasta fagioli & tiramisu. A week later I was 1000 miles away from home & my friend took me to an Olive Garden near his home. I had the same meal, in the same boothe, next to the same photo & I swear I may have had the same waiter. There's something eerie about that in my book. Almost like pod people are taking over the restaurant industry. Waitstaff with the personalities of "Alice" & "Flo" have been replaced by the Stepford Waiters of corporate America. No individuality, just "hospitaliano". The food is good (I think the Pasta Fagioli is the BEST I've ever had.)& so is the service. Nothing unexpected & nothing you don't pay for. If playing it safe is your thing then Olive Garden is a good bet. If you like driving in the slow lane of the AAA approved highway going just under the speed limit on yor way to buy blue chip stock in time to be homje fro your mid-day nap...then go to Olive Garden. But for those of us who like the scenic route & live life by the seat of our pants...We'll see you in the rearview mirror.
Maine Seafood Co. 5769 S Beneva Road - 941.921.6396 $15.01 - $30 Small restaurant & market reminiscent of the lobster shacks on the Southeastern coast of Maine. Self-service style dining (order, pay & pick-up at counter) & casual atmosphere also typical of Maine. Authentic "Down East Maine" regional cooking. Winner of the 2001 Taste of Sarasota best appetizer for Authentic Maine Lobster Roll. Located on the corner of Clark & Beneva in the Jackson Hewitt Plaza. Cuisine: Seafood Recommended Dishes:The Shore dinner: 1 lb. lobster, 1 lb. steamers, 1 lb. mussels with corn on the cob & red potatoes. $17.95 The fried Maine clams with bellies. Maine Lobster Roll. none here The Crab cakes at Barnacle Bills! Not a thing Review:A Taste of Maine in Florida If you'd like to taste seafood the way it was meant to be, just visit Maine Seafood Co. They specialize in a regional cooking that is unique to southeastern Maine. The folksy atmosphere of a typical Maine lobster shack is authentically replicated in not only the food but in the decor and staff as well. And the self-service dining style only adds to the relaxed mood. Order at one window, pay at the other then pick up your food, drinks & utensils and sit back and enjoy! The food is prepared in the simple "Down East Maine" style. Not weighed down in seasonings, rather allowing the natural flavor of the seafood to be the star. They offer a wide variety of menu items from clams, scallops & lobster for the avid seafood fan to huge 1/2 lb. burgers for the land-lubbers. Dinner prices from $7.75 to $17.95 with lobsters at current market price. Rather cook at home? They have a great selection of fresh seafood from Maine to take home & cook yourself! Allow yourself some time for dine-in or take-out. This isn't fast food & you'll taste the difference! But it is well worth the wait! Review:Maine Seafood Co. is a wonderful place! My husband & I are native Mainer's & part-time residents of Punta Gorda. Whenever we get homesick for Maine, we drive up to Sarasota to Maine Seafood Co. The food is great & the service is wonderful. The chef from Maine is a real delight to talk to & the gal from Connecticut is so friendly & helpful! And when we had our summertime clam bake for our friends, they were all great about ordering everything we needed & we were able to even able to buy all of the condiments & utensils that we needed right at the restaurant! Everyone & everything about it makes eating there a real pleasant night out. We've also taken home some of their live lobsters & fresh Maine seafood & it's terrific! We're so glad that we found Maine Seafood Co. & we recommend it highly to everyone! Review:Hospitality lost on the trip from Maine to Florida Not very friendly. Food used to be okay but they changed the way they cook it most every week. Staff dirty looking and non-smoking establishment, but the workers smoke like chimneys! A real turn off for most. Review:Loss of chef = loss of customer service
Review:Quality & Service at all time low Shortly after the opening of Maine Seafood Co., our family has enjoyed our weekly visits to the quaint, authentic Maine Lobster shack. Those days are gone! When they lost the only true Mainer that worked there, the only one who could cook the dishes in the true down-east style, they lost the only authenticity they ever had. The owner/manager/new cook is a joke with the phony accent & stories of Maine (he's never even been there and is a native of FL) only insult the New Englanders that used to enjoy dining there. The dishes are now prepared with fillers and so loaded down with junk that you can't taste the seafood. In addition to the lousy food the staff and restaurant have gone to pot too. The place is no longer as clean as it used to be and it's no wonder with the staff they have who look as though they haven't seen a bath in sometime. Dirty fingernails are a real stomach turner....so...we no longer eat there. Try Barnacle Bill's or any of the other fine seafood restaurants in town. Review:Where'd the "Maine" in Maine Seafood Co. go? We've been loyal customers since this placed opened, but no more. We just returned to Florida from up Maine for the fall and winter and found that our favorite restaurant wasn't the same. The nice cook from Maine isn't there anymore and the one's who are there aren't worth a bit of him. He used to be so friendly and chat it up with us and knew just how to cook things the Down East Maine way. But now them two they got there are rude, dirty, ignorant and don't know a bit about cooking. Can't even answer questions about the fresh (?) fish. We won't be going back.
Gastronomia Pasta & Wine Bar 6392 N Lockwood Ridge Rd - 941.358.6446 $15.01 - $30 Located in the shopping center at University Pkwy & Lockwood Ridge Rd., this outgrowth of the "original" in South Sarasota, continues the tradition of serving various pasta dishes and wine at reasonable prices. The menu also includes a selection of chicken, veal, beef and seafood dishes. At lunchtime sandwiches are also available. Early dining menu and Happy Hour from 4 - 6pm. Cuisine: Italian Review:Our party of six arrived about 15 min. before our scheduled reservation but the table was waiting for us. We were ushered to the table by the manager/host and given only regular dinner menus even though we were well within the early dining time. It took several requests to our waiter for the early dining menu before it appeared. Drink orders were taken and faccacio bread and an olive oil, garlic and herb mixture, for dipping the bread, was put on the table while we made our dinner selections. Two in our party ordered from the early menu and the rest from the regular menu because of its greater variety. All ordered pasta of one kind or another. The early dining dishes looked almost as large as the regular dishes although they were supposed to be smaller quantities. All portions were large enough for sharing, although no one did. Everyone was happy with their choices except yours truly. I ordered "Penne Con Broccoli", a dish not too difficult to make, and found it tasteless. After "doctoring" it with salt and some of the bread dipping mixture I considered it acceptable although if I wasn't with other people I would have sent it back and ordered something else. After leaving the restaurant we learned that we were there during happy hour and drinks should have been 2 for 1. Those that ordered drinks were never offered the second drink. The waiter was pleasant enough but possibly not fully traine
Oaks Open Pit BBQ 6112 S Tamiami Trl - 941.922.7778 $5.01 - $15 Cuisine: Barbecue Review:Being born & raised in the South I am by birth a fan of BBQ. Knowing this about me, several friends have for some time encouraged me to try The Oaks touting it Sarasota's best BBQ. So on a recent afternoon, my husband & I decided to see if the accolades were deserved. When I walked through the door I seemed to be enjulfed in testosterone & symbols of male over-compensation. Amid the wood paneled walls stood a menagerie of taxidermed animals rumored to have been hunted by the owner himself. Some people aren't bothered by this, my hubby being one of them, but me on the otherhand, it sickens. Now I'm not a vegetarian & you won't find me demonstrating or tossing red paint on a fur coat-but I don't approve of hunting for sport & I really don't like to see Bambi's murdered mother staring at me while I eat. But my husband insisted we stay so I tried to focus on the menu & ordered the pork BBQ dinner with fries & stew (which later, to my disappointment, I discovered was Brunswick Stew). My husband had the Beef BBQ with double fries. The service was friendly & amazingly prompt. The portions were so huge that each of us could only manage to finish half & took the rest home for dinner. The meat was tender & well cooked with the rich flavor that all BBQ should have. Although there was a good amount of fat in the meat it wasn't so much that we minded considering the generous portion size. As fas as the BBQ sauce goes, neither of us caared for it. We agreed that it tasted too strongly of vinegar & we would have preferred a darker, sweeter sauce. The fries were large, crisp & not too greasy. The Brunswick Stew was well, Brunswick Stew I guess. Not being a fan of it I can't fairly say if it was good or bad since I think it is all bad. All in all we spent a little over $20.00 which was fair but we didn't like the food enough to go back, & honestly, even if the food had been better, I wouldn't go back because of the decor.
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