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Erik,  I am listing everything from the northern most part of Sarasota county to the south. Siesta key is in Sarasota county and Lakewood ranch is in Manatee county   Also if you like Whole foods you may like the local Amish markets called Detwiler's everything they have comes from local farms and people around here love the place they have 3 locations one is close to Siesta key and one is close to Lakewood ranch so there is one close to you no matter where you buy. Also every Saturday in downtown Sarasota they have a farmers market that takes up about 3 or 4 city blocks.  Also just for your info Feld,  the company that promotes the supercrosses is about 30 minutes from my house in a town called Ellenton.  

A few other things I did was put maps with each area showing where the restaurants I have been to are in relation to the major streets they are near. I also put a link to their web sites so you could look at the menu if you wanted and most of them show where they are located or has their address. Having a map shows you where the restaurants are in relation to where you may be  in the county, I couldn’t remember how to add names of the restaurants balloons I put on the maps since its been a while since I did this and as long as you have a good cell phone all you have to do to get there is say google if you have an android or siri navigate me to and name the restaurant closest to me and they will take you there.

Also there is a big difference between Siesta key and Lakewood ranch as far as atmosphere. Since Lakewood Ranch is fairly new most of the houses don't have many mature trees and have nice manicured lawns and is fairly open, where as Siesta key gives you a very tropical and beachy feeling and with all the trees and vegetation everywhere it feels like a jungle with houses in it.   Lastly I put together a short video giving you an idea of the area and where most things are.

A quick video for you.

URL: https://youtu.be/X1e9Lu5-6Zs

   

 

Here is where you can look at the tax bill for any property you may be interested in in Sarasota county which Siesta Key is in.

property tax look up sarasota county

http://sarasotataxcollector.governmax.com/collectmax/collect30.asp

Here is where you can look at the tax bill for any property you may be interested in in Manatee county which is where Lakewood Ranch is.

Manatee county

https://secure.taxcollector.com/ptaxweb/?CFID=5549292&CFTOKEN=3e65b329aa16ff9f-7879C277-0669-CA9F-66F14FA7E2314E3F

For the most part just about anywhere people live in Sarasota county they just say they live in Sarasota not naming the small towns unless they live all the way down in Venice.

Realtors

The two biggest realtors in the area are the two below, the realtor husband wife team that found my brother and sister in laws house retired.  If you don't like either of these realtors it is easy to find many in the area online.

Sotheby's     941 525 2740

Michael Saunders & company   941 504 3303

Restaurants

I am listing all the restaurants we have been to, some are chain restaurants like the long horn steak house but most of them are local and mom and pop types of places.  I am listing them from the north to the south.  Most of the major roads have your usual chain restaurants on them so some of them I didn't list, but if you drive down them they are easy to see.

On or near University

Duffy's Sports Grill    https://www.duffysmvp.com/

Chipotle Mexican Grill     

Another Broken Egg Cafe     https://anotherbrokenegg.com

Lucky Pelican       https://luckypelicanbistro.com/

Woody's River Roo Pub & Grill   on the Manatee river   https://woodysriverroo.com/

Lazy Lobster   https://www.sarasotalazylobster.com    great seafood but needs a reservation

Metro Diner   https://metrodiner.com

On or around Fruitville

Stottlemyer's Smokehouse        https://www.stottlemyerssmokehouse.com/

Rodizio Grill  Brazilian steak house          https://www.rodiziogrill.com/sarasota

LongHorn Steakhouse    

Chick-fil-A

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Breakfast House     breakfast and lunch

Station 400  breakfast and lunch    http://www.station400.com/

Mandeville Beer Garden     http://www.mbgsrq.com/

Marina Jack Restaurants     fine dining as well as bar and grill food on first floor      https://www.marinajacks.com       

O'Leary's Tiki Bar & Grill     https://www.olearystikibar.com

Cha Cha Coconuts      https://www.chacha-coconuts.com/

Cafe L'Europe     http://cafeleurope.net/

Near Bee Ridge

Madfish Grill   great seafood      https://www.madfishgrill.com/          

Eggstraordinary Cafe      https://www.eggstraordinarycafe.com/            breakfast and lunch

Miller's Ale House    barfood but really good      

First Watch  breakfast and lunch   https://www.firstwatch.com/locations/bee-ridge   

Evie’s Tavern & Grill on Bee Ridge       bar food      http://eviesonline.com/location/evies-tavern-bee-ridge/

The parot        bar food and nice dinner food as well    https://theparrots.com/       

Geckos    great barfood  many locations around Sarasota

Tasty Home Cookin  small breakfast lunch and dinner food  good     https://tastyhomecookinsarasota.com/     

Athens Family Restaurant   breakfast and lunch  

Rico's Pizzeria   best pizza in town         https://www.ricospizzapie.com/    

Shakespeare's Craft Beer and Gastro Pub   bar food really rustic setting  http://www.shakespearesenglishpub.com/

Serving Spoon     best omelets in town   breakfast and lunch   https://theservingspoonsarasota.com/

Irish 31 Sarasota    https://irish31.com/

Cafe Baci  semi fine dinning needs reservation  https://www.cafebacisarasota.com/

Walt's Fish Market Restaurant  great seafood family owned  https://www.waltsfishmarketrestaurant.com/

Marcello     great Italian food needs reservation         http://marcellosarasota.com/   

Phillippi Creek Oyster Bar   great seafood as well family owned   https://creekseafood.com/

The Grasshopper Mexican Restaurant & Bar   real good Mexican food  http://thegrasshoppertexmex.com/

Rosebuds Steak & Seafood House    https://www.rosebudssarasota.com/

Sharky's    https://www.finsatsharkys.com/

Clark

Millie's    https://www.eatatmillies.com/

Stickney point

Carrabba's Italian Grill    https://www.carrabbas.com/

The Boatyard Waterfront Bar and Grill    http://www.boatyardwaterfrontgrill.com/

On Siesta Key

Captain Curt's Crab & Oyster Bar   best New England clam chowder anywhere   https://www.captaincurts.com/

Turtles Restaurant   nice place   https://turtlesrestaurant.com/

Ophelia's on the Bay   fine dinning needs a reservation  http://opheliasonthebay.net/

Another Broken Egg Cafe     breakfast and lunch only   https://anotherbrokenegg.com

Siesta Key Oyster Bar   bar food  fun atmosphere  https://www.skob.com/

Lobster Pot Restaurant     good seafood but kind of a dumpy looking place  https://www.sarasotalobsterpot.com/

The Beach Club    https://beachclubsiestakey.com/

Things to do

The John and Mable Ringling Museum     https://www.ringling.org/

Sarasota Classic Car Museum     https://www.sarasotacarmuseum.org/

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens    https://selby.org/

Sarasota Jungle Gardens    https://sarasotajunglegardens.com/

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium    https://mote.org/

Big Cat Habitat Gulf Coast Sanctuary    https://bigcathabitat.org/

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall    https://www.vanwezel.org/

Sarasota Opera House     https://www.sarasotaopera.org/

Grocery stores

Chain food stores in town are Publics and Winn Dixie  I didn’t mark them  as they are everywhere

Whole Foods Market  2 locations   downtown sarasota on 1st street  &     Honore ave just off University

Trader Joe's   

Detwiler's  3 locations   swift  rd and Clark rd,  Palmer ave and on Lockwood Ridge rd