Tide Tables Restaurant and Marina, a longtime favorite in the Manatee County restaurant scene, was included as one of only 39 restaurants (only two of which were in Florida) on USA Today’s 2026 Restaurants of the Year List.
The waterfront Cortez eatery was praised for its “impeccably fresh grouper in a flip-flops-friendly setting,” Thai chili grouper bites, fish tacos topped with sesame-ginger sauce, sea scallops, and Key lime pie.
Tide Tables is a joint venture between Bobby and Gwen Woodson and Karen Bell. Bell is also the owner of Cortez favorite Star Fish Company, and most recently became co-owner of the reopened Boiler Room on Manatee Avenue West…