There’s a fresh look and new food to try at the Sandbar Seafood + Spirits restaurant on Anna Maria Island. Last year, Beachside Hospitality Group bought the iconic Sandbar from Ed Chiles and Chiles ...

I'm both heartbroken and inspired by what I'm seeing from our local restaurant community a week after Hurricane Helene devastated large swaths of coastal Sarasota and Manatee counties. The damage ...

A Sarasota area restaurant known for its breakfast and lunch dishes — its waffle in particular — has expanded to Anna Maria Island, and will soon join a downtown Sarasota neighborhood growing in ...

Beachside Hospitality Group purchased the restaurants from Chiles Hospitality. Sandbar Seafood & Spirits is a popular waterfront restaurant in Anna Maria Island. It was sold along with two other ...

Oliver Lemke bought the Rod & Reel Pier on Anna Maria Island a year before Helene and Milton destroyed it. The Rod & Reel Pier on Anna Maria Island is seen after Hurricane Milton on Oct. 15, 2024. [ ...

Anna Maria Island (AMI) will drop an oyster to mark the new year. Derek Williams, owner of The Drift Inn AMI, said the event ...

Three of the best waterfront restaurants in the Sarasota and Bradenton area have been sold. Longtime Manatee County resident Ed Chiles and his Chiles Hospitality company have announced the sale of ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. — The Rod N' Reel Pier restaurant on Anna Maria Island was swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico in the whipping winds of Hurricane Milton, which made landfall Wednesday night in Siesta Key ...

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