SARASOTA-BRADENTON, FL — Here is the most recent restaurant and bar information in Sarasota and Manatee counties:
Rooster Salad Chick to Open New Location in Bradenton
The fast-casual rooster salad restaurant idea, Chicken Salad Chick, is opening a brand new restaurant in Bradenton at 5434 Lockwood Ridge Highway.
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The eatery opens April 5 and can provide free rooster salad for a 12 months to the primary 100 clients. Different occasions through the franchise’s grand opening week embrace a Chick tote bag giveaway on April 6, a Chick reducing board giveaway on April 7, a Chick water bottle giveaway on April 8 and a Chick cooler giveaway on April 9. Extra particulars about these giveaways may be discovered here.
The brand new restaurant is owned and operated by first-time franchisee Karen Jordan of Manasota Chick, LLC.
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She was first launched to the model in 2018 whereas on trip in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in keeping with a information launch. After dropping her job through the COVID-19 pandemic, she started researching alternatives exterior of the company world and took a deeper look into franchising with Rooster Salad Chick.
Earlier than this, Jordan was director of discipline coaching and a franchise enterprise marketing consultant for Golden Corral.
AMI Welcomes New Mediterranean, Center Japanese Restaurant
Tahini Beach Café, a Mediterranean and Center Japanese restaurant, has opened its doorways at 103 Gulf Drive N. in Anna Maria.
The restaurant is family-owned and serves breakfast and lunch at any time of day, in keeping with the Bradenton Herald.
The restaurant is operated by Chef Emad Al-Masri and his household, who moved to the world from Ohio, the place they owned the Buckley Home Restaurant.
They opened their new Bradenton-area restaurant within the house previously occupied by The French Desk.
First Watch Elevating Menu Costs
The Bradenton-based breakfast and lunch chain First Watch raised menu costs by 3.9 p.c through the first quarter of 2022 to account for a rise in meals and labor prices, in keeping with Restaurant Business.
The rise comes after the chain selected to to not increase costs in 2021.
First Watch expects commodity inflation of 10 to 13 p.c this 12 months and labor inflation of 8 to 10 p.c.
41 Smoothie Co. Opens in Palmetto
A brand new smoothie store has opened at 735 seventh Avenue W. in Palmetto, celebrating its grand opening Saturday.
41 Smoothie Co. presents acai and berry bowls, smoothies, parfaits, and toasts.
“Strive our scrumptious smoothies, filling acai bowls and extra. Begin your morning off proper with a wholesome breakfast. We stay up for serving you,” the store wrote on its Facebook page.
Lobster Roll Restaurant to Open in St. Armands Circle
A lobster roll restaurant that began as a fleet of meals vans in Connecticut is opening a brick-and-mortar store in St. Armands Circle in April.
LobsterCraft will open a 1,400-square-foot eatery at 28A South Boulevard of the Presidents, in keeping with the Observer Media Group.
“That is an thrilling chapter for myself and my crew,” stated Mike Harden, proprietor. “The growth of the model into Florida, and the chance to deliver just a little style of New England to the Sunshine State has been a dream of mine. We get to introduce our model within the lovely St. Armands Circle space, making it even sweeter.”
Sarasota’s Fireplace Recent Grill Closes Completely
A downtown Sarasota restaurant that opened in November has completely closed.
Fireplace Recent Grill, which moved into Coolinary’s former house, was identified for its international avenue meals and inventive cocktails, in keeping with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Proprietor Ty Salvatore stated that whereas he acquired nice opinions for his meals, he had issue hiring employees.
“We had a variety of return clients, and so they have been very a lot appreciated,” he stated. “However staffing points have been our Achilles’ heel.”
Venezuelan Eatery Opens in Sarasota Crossings
A brand new Venezuelan restaurant, Coco’s Bistro, has opened within the Sarasota Crossings buying middle on Fruitville Highway.
The eatery has taken over the previous location of Freskia Pita, a café, remodeling the house, in keeping with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
The restaurant presents genuine Venezuelan dishes, in addition to some American burgers.
Bradenton Golf Membership Hires New Chef
The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton has employed a brand new chef, Joe Garcia, to supervise the Concession Bistro’s culinary membership program.
He most lately served as govt chef with the WTR Pool & Grill at Tampa’s Godfrey Resort, in keeping with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Garcia additionally was the chief chef at Tampa’s Grille One Sixteen.
Center Japanese, Mediterranean Restaurant Opens in Creekwood Crossing
A brand new Center Japanese and Mediterranean restaurant, Hummus Bay, has opened within the Creekwood Crossing buying plaza at 7303 52nd Place E.
The eatery serves hummus, falafel, bowls, salads, wraps, grilled objects and extra, all made recent every day, in keeping with the Bradenton Herald.
Bradenton brothers Sam and Yousef Dartawil collaborated to open the restaurant, which makes use of outdated household recipes.
Watching the world’s development, “we thought it could be nice if we may introduce actual Mediterranean and Center Japanese meals to the world,” Sam stated.