Sarasota FL 萨拉索塔

Their opera house
This small city (also the namesake county seat) is on the west side / Gulf Coast of Florida, with a 54,842 population (2020 census), which 77.7% are white, 2.1% Asian. The few times we were there, we hardly see any Asians.
They’ve an opera house, concert halls (Van Wezel & Holley Hall), botanical gardens in two locations, a tennis tourney, a pretty grand library, Ringling Museum, Tropiflora (a tillandsia nursery) and wonderful restaurants, many are on Main Street.
The part of Main St near the opera house has many decent restaurants, such as Duval’s.
… some of the eateries & bars in town:
- Duval’s French
- 1592 Wood First Kitchen Mediterranean
- Columbia @ City Island
- Offshore tapas & wine bar @ voco
- Cuba 1958 live band
- 99 Bottles wine bar
- Vino Bistro wine bar
- Selva Peruvian
- Salute Italian
- Ortygia, Italian
- Coast Seafood Grill, Bradenton
- Big Top Brewing Co
- Brick’s Smoked Meats bbq
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Evie’s on the beach
- Pholicious Vietnamese
- Oak & Stone roof top
- Pazzo Italian
- Pier 22 waterfront
- Siam Gulf sushi
- Fresco Italian Cafe
- Ringling museum
- Dead Set @ Big Top Brewing Co
- Sarasota Open
- ballet
- orchestra @ Van Wezel
- Selby library
- Selby Five Points Park
- Tropiflora (a tillandsia nursery)
- Lido Beach @ City Island
Selby (William G, an oilman and his wife Marie, history; their foundation😉 is everywhere: two botanic gardens are name after him/her: However, there seems no page for them on wikipedia at this writing.
- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point
- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
some videos
- Halloween 2025
- downtown @ Orchestra
- 2025.1.28 by the opera
- 2024.2.27
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