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New pizza restaurant opens on Siesta Key
A new restaurant serving pizza and other casual dining dishes recently debuted on Siesta Key, taking over the former longtime home of another pizzeria. Lenny'z Pizza & Island Bar is now open at 6645 Midnight Pass Road in the former space of City Pizza, which opened three decades ago and briefly rebranded as Pizza N' Brew in 2020 before permanently closing last year. (Another Pizza N' Brew location in downtown Sarasota also closed, with the new pizzeria Pie on Main opening in its former space earlier this year.) Lenny'z is owned by Dan Lennartz along with his wife Theresa, son Noah and daughter Tori.
7 Sarasota-Bradenton area restaurants ace inspections, 2 receive high-priority violations
Our digital database of restaurant health inspections is updated regularly with the latest information on which Sarasota, Bradenton and Venice area restaurants passed or failed. You can use the database to search by Sarasota or Manatee County or by restaurant name. You can see which restaurants were fined and which were forced into temporary closure. Disclaimer: The Florida...
Water safety tips: What is the best color swimsuit for your child to wear?
(Gray News) – When it comes to a child’s swimwear, the color of the suit could make a huge difference for their safety. A viral photo from Prairie Lakes Healthcare System shows how different colored swimsuits show up under water. The photo compared 13 different colors of swimwear...
Sarasota Architects Sweep the 2024 Florida AIA Awards
Sarasota-based architects and their firms made out like Oppenheimer at the Oscars for the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects, (AIA Florida) 2024 Design and Honor Awards—even against chapters in larger metropolitan cities like Miami, Palm Beach, Tampa and Orlando, which have almost triple the membership. "We...
Guide dogs train on Gulf Islands Ferry
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Five guide and service dogs boarded onto the Gulf Islands Ferry on Tuesday for real-life exercises. The ADA accessible training was a collaboration between nonprofit, Dogs Inc, and the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. During the event, the dogs practiced tasks like navigating ADA-accessible ramps,...
Discover Mouthwatering Munchies at Mouthole Smashburgers and BBQ
In another lifetime, Ray Mabalot was a tradesman and his wife Nikki Mabalot was a clothing designer with a storefront in the Gulf Gate neighborhood of Sarasota. “It was never really on our radar that the food service industry would be one of our things,” says Ray. Three or...
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