Located in Sarasota, Siesta Key Beach is a world-recognized beach situated along a half-mile of Florida's coast. Voted one of "America's Best Beaches" and "Third-Best Walking Beach in the USA" by USA Today International Edition, Siesta Key Beach is host to picnic pavilions, gazebos, showers, gifts shops, snack bars, tennis courts, volleyball nets, showers and a twenty-station fitness trail.
Gilligan's Island Bar & Grill is located in the Siesta Key Village. The restaurant welcomes guests with surfboards and a VW van parked in the middle of the dining room. The menu includes burgers, tacos, fried and grilled seafood and specialty crab cakes. Guests can enjoy live music nightly. The kitchen stays open until 11pm and the bar stays open even later.
A Sarasota mainstay for over a quarter century, J.R.'s Old Packinghouse Cafe serves down-home Southern favorites with plenty of atmosphere. Popular menu items include the fried fish sandwich and blackened Ybor burger. The key lime pie has been called the best in Florida. Live music occurs almost nightly and folks can dine indoors or sit outside and enjoy the warm night air. J.R.'s Old Packinghouse Cafe is located on South Packinghouse Road, just a stones throw from the interstate.
Mattison's Forty-One serves lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch. It regularly has live music and dancing along with nightly specials and events including an early Happy Hour. It is an elegant and comfortable atmosphere inside, and has a spacious outdoor terrace.
Mattison's Catering offers in-house and off-site catering for weddings, bridal showers/teas, corporate and private parties, mobile catering, business meetings, platters, special events, galas, cooking demonstrations, wine-pairing dinners and more.
The Galleria, a Milan-style private dining room seats from 20 to 100 for formal sit down dinners or lunch and up to 150 for cocktail party events
Mattison's Forty-One is the Winner of Florida Trend Magazine's prestigious 2010 Golden Spoon Award.
A Sarastota institution for close to 50 years, The Five O'clock Club plays host to a variety of local, regional and national music acts every night at 10 pm (except on Mondays at 9pm.) Wednesday is ladies night where ladies drink free from 10pm - midnight with no cover.
Siesta Key Oyster Bar has been serving tasty oysters and cold beer in the Siesta Key Village since 2003. The restaurant not only serves oysters but has a large selection of seafood, sandwiches, flatbread pizzas and salads. It also has music daily days a week and serves breakfast on the weekends.