After spotlighting the Sarasota area’s best hidden gem restaurants recently, it was time to focus on the county’s epicenter — which also happens to be home to Herald-Tribune headquarters and the neighborhood where I live.
Living in downtown Sarasota is all about walkability — enjoying dinner and a show and perhaps a few drinks at The Gator Club without having to designate a sober driver or rely on Uber.
For me, the best part about spending the past year back living downtown has been having a front-row seat to the Sarasota-Manatee region’s most exciting restaurant hub, with a concentration of destinations on Main Street and even more in nearby neighborhoods such as historic Laurel Park and Burns Court, along with the up-and-coming Rosemary District…