A popular downtown Sarasota restaurant — best known for its freshly baked pastries and freshly roasted coffee — recently opened a second location about a mile away. The expansion follows consistently long lines at the counter of the original location, as well as a full crowd during a recent Saturday morning visit to the new spot.
Ukrainian couple Alex and Marie Korsykov opened their European-style café, OfKors Bakery, at 1359 Main St. near the Bayfront nearly a decade ago, according to the OfKors website. There is now a second location, dubbed OfKors Café, located about a mile east at 1989 Main St., on the first floor of the Aster & Links luxury apartment building, which was completed in late 2024.
What kind of food does downtown Sarasota’s new OfKors Cafe serve?
The new OfKors Cafe on upper Main Street offers a menu similar to its sister business, OfKors Bakery on lower Main Street, with both locations baking their goods on site, an employee told a Herald-Tribune reporter during a recent visit. In addition to a display case filled with desserts, the cafe serves savory and sweet crepes, quiches and “stuffed bagel” sandwiches.
Specials during a recent Saturday visit included the North African egg dish shakshouka, an acai bowl, a steak plate and a chicken plate. Looking for another kind of sweet? The new location also offers ice cream from the Sarasota-based Yoder’s Southern Creamery…