Navigate Sarasota County’s culinary landscape—from Gulf-front pier restaurants in Venice and oyster bars on Siesta Key to Longboat Key bayfront dining and how Florida DBPR food inspections work.
From upstairs Gulf views overlooking the 700-foot Venice Fishing Pier to Sarasota Bay terraces at New Pass and tiki bars near Crescent Beach, Sarasota County offers distinct waterfront dining settings.
Every October 15 through May 1, commercial crab boats along the Sarasota and Cortez coast haul wooden and plastic traps for Florida stone crab claws—one of the world’s few renewable seafood harvests.
Every public food service and lodging establishment in Sarasota County is licensed and inspected by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR).
Quartz sand geology, public access points, parking, and fossil beds across 35 miles of Gulf shoreline.
PILLAR 02Sarasota School of Architecture, museums, performing arts stages, mangrove paddling, and trails.
PILLAR 03Comparing Siesta Key cottages, Longboat Key resorts, Casey Key motels, and Downtown hotels.