Louis-style barbecued ribs ($27) coated in a Mongolian glaze and arranged on the plate like a Jenga tower. For the die-hard meat eater in your life, there are the St. Chef Dylan Elhajoui has constructed a creative menu that has a little something for everybody. Whichever destination you choose, luckily, you can trust that the food will be on point. Armands Circle, when the weather’s nice, the roof rolls back, and if you request the right table, you can sit underneath the stars and gaze across an intimate table into the eyes of the person you love the most.

On the other hand, at the original location, on St. On one hand, the newer restaurant, near the northern tip of Longboat Key, is built with tiered seating, which gives every diner a view of the lapping waters of Sarasota Bay, and the space is a swanky, polished, upscale midcentury Florida dreamscape. Which Shore location do we like the best? That’s a tough call. The menu features plenty of options for the seafood-averse, as well, including crispy fried chicken-served only on Wednesdays. Splurge a little and opt for the 'bigger plateau,' which has a heaping helping of raw oysters, shrimp, smoked fish dip and much, much more. Osprey Ave., Sarasota, (941) 366-1342, įew restaurants execute a seafood tower as well as Veronica Fish & Oyster. An old shoe would taste good in that broth, but chef Ryan Boeve instead wisely partners the liquid with springy rice noodles, spinach, cabbage, mushrooms, plenty of thinly sliced red onions, a wedge of lime for spritzing and your choice of roasted tofu, almond falafel or grilled chicken. While the city had been home to a handful of vegetarian, vegan and even raw restaurants before the restaurant opened in 2016, it was Lila that pushed vegetables to the forefront of Sarasota menus. The Burmese noodle bowl ($23.75) is served with chopsticks, but you will definitely be asking for a spoon before the meal is over, because wasting the fragrant, golden-hued coconut and chili broth that forms the base of the dish would be a sin. More than any other restaurant in recent years, Lila (pictured above) has changed the face of Sarasota dining.

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