Earlier this month, I unveiled my picks for the six best restaurants that opened this year in Sarasota and Manatee counties .
I noted that over the past 12 months, I visited — unannounced — most of the restaurant openings my colleague Jimmy Geurts and I reported on during 2024 , which totaled 35, counting a couple of multiple hotel restaurant openings as one each.
While I love to highlight my personal favorites, we also wanted to share the full list of three dozen or so new restaurants we deemed worthy of coverage this year.
We’re presenting the lengthy list roughly in chronological order, beginning with places that opened near the turn of the new year and concluding with a couple of spots that began welcoming guests in November and December.
Of course, we expect to report on more new restaurant openings in the near future, so continue checking back with us at heraldtribune.com/entertainment/dining .