From casual dining spots to more upscale locales, here are restaurants open Christmas Day in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

The future is ripe with possibility for meetings and conventions in the Bradenton Area, arguably one of southwest Florida’s ...

Two of the Historic Bridge Street Pier’s floating dock slips will be reserved for Manatee County’s Gulf Islands Ferry service ...

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In October, patrons bade farewell to the Flying Harpoon 2, an Orange Beach fixture known for food, drink and live music. Now we know what’s going to take its place. The reason for the shutdown of the ...

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Bars in Long Beach's Belmont Shore neighborhood agreed to close at midnight for the next month due to public safety concerns. Once mostly retail and restaurants, the area transformed into a late-night ...

BELMONT SHORE, LONG BEACH (KABC) -- There's a new push to increase public safety in the Belmont Shore neighborhood in Long Beach and bars have agreed to do their part. For the next 30 days, bars in ...

People walk along Second Street in Long Beach on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova. Long Beach will look for ways to boost police presence in Belmont Shore and better regulate ...

Bradenton Beach commissioners agreed Nov. 6 to revisit the wording of a proposed settlement of a land-use dispute involving a second structure at 106 23rd St. N. During a meeting at city hall, ...

The Long Beach City Council this week will consider ways to increase public safety measures in Belmont Shore after a fatal shooting last month. Potential options include a temporary midnight curfew on ...

Opened as The Cypress Cabins and Restaurant in 1941 as popular spot with locals and soldiers training at Camp Murphy ...