Beachside Concession Eats & Drinks

Imagine enjoying a tasty snack or thirst-quenching drink while taking in the picture-perfect views on one of Sarasota's beaches. Does life get any better?! The great news is that you don't have to leave your beach time to grab some refreshments and all-American grub. You know, the kind that just hits the spot during a day of salt, sun and surf. Cheeseburger in paradise, anyone?

Several of Sarasota's popular beaches have public pavilions or window-serve concession stands where you can order what you want and enjoy it at nearby tables on their shaded, beachfront decks or back at your beach set-up area.

Lido Island Grill, Lido Beach Pavilion

400 Benjamin Franklin Dr, Sarasota
Open 11 am to 5 pm, 7 days a week

Lido Key Beach encompasses a pristine stretch of coastline for all to enjoy, just a short drive from downtown Sarasota. The public beach offers plenty of parking lots, wash-off stations, restroom/changing rooms, a shaded dining area and a pavilion.

Chef Laszlo Bevardi brings together island flavors from around the globe and combines them with traditional beach favorites to make the menu for Lido Island Grill, located within the Lido Beach Pavilion. Chef Laszlo operates Lido Island Grill along with his wife and two daughters. They also operate Bevardi's Salute, an Italian restaurant in downtown Sarasota.

Lido Island Grill features a sizable menu, with Gulf Coast highlights that include:

• Lobster Roll
• Coconut Shrimp
• Grilled Mahi Tacos
• Ceviche
• Crispy Calamari

• Gulf Grouper Sandwich

  

Plus, if you're looking for a fun adult drink—on the rocks or frozen—you've got beachy-keen choices like a rum runner, piña colada and Lido lemonade (made with vodka and Island Oasis lemonade mix).

Make sure to check out the colorful background for Lido Island Grill's logo when you visit—it's perfect for pictures. The logo is a sea turtle originally designed by one of Chef Laszlo's daughters and then remade by renowned Sarasota artist Tim Jager.

Siesta Beach Eats, Siesta Beach Pavilion

948 Beach Rd, Siesta Beach
Sun Deck, 10 am to sunset
Sand Pavilion, 8 am to sunset

Siesta Key Beach is world-famous for its crystal-quartz sand and family-friendly vibes. With its popularity, it makes sense that the public beach offers a giant parking lot, plenty of wash-off stations and restrooms, covered dining areas and a beautiful concession stand, operated by Siesta Beach Eats with two different areas—the Sand Pavilion and the Sun Deck—for ordering food as well as beach apparel, gear and beach rentals at its retail store.

Here's something very cool about Siesta Beach Eats: You barely need to leave your set-up to get your food. Although you can go directly to one of its two locations to order and eat, you can also go to its main website page, scan the QR code and follow the find instructions for ordering online. Simply let the staff know which color the lifeguard flags are (red, green, or blue) where you'll pick up your food or drinks. They'll let you know when you can pick up your food and beverages.

Siesta Beach Eats features a breakfast menu with highlights like:

• Avocado Toast
• Breakfast Burrito
• Bagel Sandwiches
• Bloody Mary
   

Then, for lunch and dinner, you've got choices like:

• Blackened Mahi Sandwich
• Blackened Chicken Rice Bowl
• Hot Dog or Chicken Fingers for the kids
• Nachos and Quesadillas
• Flatbreads
• Firecracker Shrimp Wrap

• Fish and Chips

  

Siesta Eats also has some refreshing, boozy drinks like a Siesta Margarita, Siesta Sunset, Miami Vice and Strawberry Daiquiri, in addition to beer, sodas and other non-alcoholic choices.

Note that the menu for online ordering/beach pickup may be different that what you can order by visiting one of Siesta Beach Eats' locations. There's also delivery ice cream!

Shark Tooth Beach Concessions & North Jetty Grille, Nokomis Public Beach

208 S. Casey Key Rd, Nokomis, 10 am to 4 pm
1000 S. Casey Key Rd, Nokomis, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Food & beverage trolley: Wed to Sun, 11 am to 6 pm

Nokomis Beach is Sarasota County's oldest public beach, located on Casey Key. The historic Nokomis Beach Plaza conveniently offers picnic shelters, a playground, beachside restrooms, bayside portable restrooms, plenty of parking and just a close walk by, a couple of concessions for fuel and refreshments. 

Shark Tooth Beach Concessions takes its name (and logo) from the multitude of shark teeth that wash ashore on south Sarasota's shoreline and that attract visitors to the area beaches to find them. Those shark teeth have been part of our beaches for literally millions of years; the nearby town of Venice even has the moniker "Shark Tooth Capital of the World."  

The menu itself features classic American favorites that'll feed the whole family, like:

• Hot Dogs
• Fish and Chips
• Philly Cheesesteak
• Chicken and Waffles
• Beach Tacos
• Nachos
   

The menu for both the Nokomis Beach and North Jetty Grille locations features some beverages that will help beat the heat on a hot sunny day. Enjoy draft/can beer, fountain sodas, mojitos, cold-brew coffee roasted by Black Gold Coffee of Venice or local cocktails, like "The Shark Bite" or "The Jetty Juice".