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Sarasota's most buzzed about seafood restaurant, lounge and marketplace features 'Coastal Cuisine & Crafted Cocktails' with enviable water views. Who is Jack Dusty? The restaurant's name harkens back to nautical lore and was an 18th century short-hand term for the naval store clerk. "Jack" referred to the additional national flags...
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Rufa is a waterfront al fresco dining and lounge experience. Located adjacent to The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota's signature restaurant Jack Dusty, this venue elevates the senses with imaginative cocktails inspired by an array of feathered friends, interactive shareables prepared tapas style and breathtaking sunset views. Additionally, Rufa offers an extensive wine...
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Escape aboard the Marina Jack II!. Join us for a relaxing sightseeing lunch or sunset dinner cruise through the inter-coastal waters and the Gulf of Mexico and enjoy delicious dining, outstanding views, and world class service. Docked behind the Marina Jack restaurant, located on the Downtown Sarasota Bay front, our...
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A waterfront location on the Downtown Sarasota Bayfront, offering superior food and service along with an excellent view. Featuring four restaurant concepts in one location: Fine dining, outdoor patio, indoor piano bar and lounge, and a banquet room. The outdoor patio area and the Deep Six Lounge and Piano bar...
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Play fountain, golf statue, and historic marker. Links Plaza is where, in 1905, Col. John Hamilton Gillespie created the first golf course in Sarasota. The Jack Dowd-designed bronze sculpture of Col. Gillespie called the “Royal St. Andrews — Father of Golf”, overlooks the fountain. Allows leashed pets. Owned and operated...
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Nokomis Beach is Sarasota County's oldest public beach. The Nokomis Beach Plaza was designed and built in the 1950's by Jack West, of the renowned Sarasota School of Architecture, and renovated in 2008. Amenities include: beach, swimming, lifeguards, boardwalk, canoe/kayak launch, boat ramp and dock on bayside, historic Nokomis Beach...
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Award winning steakhouse and bourbon bar just minutes from the I-75 & University Pkwy. Featuring hand cut Angus beef along with Jack's Creek Wagyu, and nightly fresh seafood! Our spacious Bourbon Bar has the largest selection in the area and 7 days a week Happy Hour with live music and...
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Step into the past at the only natural warm spring in Florida! With a consistent average temperature of 85 degrees year-round, Warm Mineral Springs Park provides visitors with a number of therapeutic and passive recreation options. The spring is rumored to have one of the highest mineral contents of any...