A restaurant that has been in Bradenton for more than two years is expanding to Sarasota County. The owners of Five Nine Grill & Tavern at 5718 Cortez Road W. plan to open an Osprey location in the coming months. The new eatery will be located in Blackburn Point Plaza, where Indian restaurant Bay Leaf used to be, at 1092 S. Tamiami Trail.
Mike DeGirolamo, one of the owners of Five Nine Grill & Tavern, says he plans on making some changes to the 3,000-square-foot space. It will seat 120 when the restaurant opens, which he says will likely be in June. He is waiting for booths and front-of-house items that have been ordered to arrive and says most of the construction will center around redoing the bar.
Aside from that, DeGirolamo says: “We’re not doing anything structurally to the property other than reimagining the seating inside.”…