I arrived at Pacific Rim a student and hoped within an hour or two I would leave a Sushi master. As I entered the dining room with my dining partner, Mark Huber, I knew he and I would soon taste whatever creations I made. The pressure was mounting.

Jack Dusty’s bar plays a central role in the restaurant with an emphasis on craft microbrews, a broad selection of rums and spirits and an array of specialty Sarasota-inspired cocktails made with farm fresh ingredients.

Do you have that one item you look for on a menu every time you go to a new restaurant? The duck at Euphemia Haye, the steak at Hyde Park, or the 1905 Salad at the Columbia?

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‘This is a great time to be involved in the real estate industry in Sarasota, and this market continues to stand out in the national housing recovery.’

Sarasota city commissioners plan to vote this week on a proposed ordinance that would restrict panhandling on Sarasota streets. The Sarasota City Commission reviewed a proposed ordinance this week that requires two separate votes in order to be adopted. City leaders agreed to vote on the ordinance at a special meeting next week, and they [...]

ERIN MCWHORTER Contributing Columnist ERIN@lbknews.com Welcome to the first installment of Longboat Key News’ guest columnist and Key foodie Erin McWhorter.   Read in coming weeks as Erin visits area culinary hotspots and offers healthy eating tips and observations. The food the table next to you ordered looks so beautiful and well presented.  The diner [...]

Today’s buyer of million dollar properties and visitors from afar on vacation does not want the first introduction as they drive from the airport to be the three Charles Mansons and one Charles Mansonette who hold up a sign at U.S. 41 and the Ringling Bridge Causeway saying, “I am a sociopath, God Bless…”

All three Longboat Key incumbents — Mayor Jim Brown and Commissioners Terry Gans and Phill Younger — were reelected Tuesday night after a hard-fought race that saw record spending levels and community involvement.

 A bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, persists alongshore of southwest Florida, with the highest concentrations detected so far this week alongshore of Charlotte County and offshore of Lee County.  Very low to medium concentrations were also detected alongshore of Sarasota County and very low to low concentrations were detected in the [...]