Tucked away on a nondescript corner of Sarasota, Walt’s Fish Market Restaurant is the kind of place you might drive past a hundred times before curiosity finally pulls you into its orbit – but once you taste those fried clams, your life will be forever divided into “before Walt’s” and “after Walt’s.”
The first thing you notice about Walt’s is what you don’t notice – no flashy neon, no tourist-trap gimmicks, just a humble building crowned with a thatched tiki roof that seems to whisper rather than shout, “Some of Florida’s best seafood happens here.”
In a state where seafood restaurants often compete with increasingly outlandish claims and decor, Walt’s lets the food do the talking.
And those fried clams?…