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Kim Doleatto

Pac Rim

Beloved Sarasota Restaurant Closes After Overnight Fire

Pacific Rim, the family-run Southside Village fixture open since 1998, says no one was injured and hopes to reopen by November's end.

07/20/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Shifting Gears

A Private Club Built Around Cars Is Headed to Downtown Sarasota

The Sarasota Motor Club would convert a former drone manufacturing headquarters into a private social club with collector-car storage, dining and event space—plus, the property could potentially become the new home of a beloved downtown restaurant.

07/16/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Sundae Sail

Tropicool Delivers Frozen Treats in a Floating Ice Cream Truck

At first, the truck looks like an ice cream truck that made a wrong turn at the boat ramp and decided to commit to life at sea.

07/14/2026 By Kim Doleatto

The House That Grew

Home Tour: A McClellan Park House That Grew With Its Owners

The property’s real impact is its organization around light, flowers, food and family.

07/13/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Nature's Score

After 44 Years at Sarasota Opera, Victor DeRenzi Is Heading to the Gardens

The longtime maestro will serve as honorary curator of Selby Gardens’ spring 2027 season, bringing music, performance and horticulture together in a new series of exhibitions and programs.

07/13/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Warming Trend

North Port Approves $4.1 Million More for Warm Mineral Springs Restoration

The funding closes a construction gap for the historic park’s building rehabilitation project, moving long-planned improvements at one of North Port's most beloved sites closer to reality.

07/08/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Go South

Detwiler’s Farm Market Is Heading South

Detwiler’s Farm Market plans its first ground-up store in North Port, as the family-owned grocer pushes farther south into one of Sarasota County’s fastest-growing cities.

07/06/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Fireworks Included

A Harbor Acres Estate Sells for $17 Million, Sarasota's Highest-Priced Mainland Sale This Year

The home, at 1204 Hillview Drive, is also Harbor Acres' top sale of 2026 (so far).

07/06/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Wacky Headlines

Recent You-Can’t-Make-Them-Up Headlines From Sarasota and Beyond

Overspending on a canine coworker's birthday, a meth mishap and Publix realizes you probably don't need a gun while picking up your BOGO buys.

07/01/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Restaurant Review

Hanami Is a Feast For the Senses

At this new Rosemary District restaurant, East Asian fusion comes together in one gloriously unruly space.

07/01/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Concrete Dream

Behold: The Priciest Home on the Market in Sarasota-Manatee

Listed for $38.45 million, the under-construction Longboat Key estate began as a family dream house. If it sells anywhere close to ask, it could reset the region’s residential sales record.

07/01/2026 By Kim Doleatto

In the Club

As Summer Heat Bears Down Outside, Head Indoors With These Great Local Book Clubs

There's one for every reader.

07/01/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Keep Ramblin'

Dickey Betts Gets His Highway and a Tribute Concert

A stretch of U.S. 41 near the late Allman Brothers Band co-founder’s Osprey home will be renamed in his honor Wednesday, with a free waterfront jam to follow.

06/30/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Hats Off

Sarasota-Manatee Builders Rack Up National Housing Awards

From Anna Maria Island to Sarasota and Palmetto, local homes and communities stood out in the latest Best in American Living Awards.

06/29/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Chin Chin

16 Sarasota-Manatee Restaurants Earn Wine Spectator Awards

And four of them received the higher Best of Award of Excellence.

06/29/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Match Point

Bath + Racquet Nears the Finish Line in Sarasota

The long-awaited reinvention of Sarasota’s former Bath + Racquet Club is moving into its final stretch.

06/22/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Real Estate Report

Sarasota-Manatee Buyers Are Back, but They’re Not Rushing

May data shows pending sales rising, with median single-family home prices reaching $475,000 in Sarasota County and $460,000 in Manatee County.

06/18/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Peek Inside

Here's What’s Coming to the Former Hyatt Regency Site

It's another Hyatt, actually. The new Hyatt Centric Harborside will bring 174 hotel rooms, event space, dining and 117 condominium residences to Kolter Urban’s new 20-story waterfront tower.

06/16/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Drum Roll

Sarasota-Manatee Projects Win Big at the 2026 AIA Florida Awards

From a Bradenton S.T.E.A.M. center to Sarasota’s historic Chidsey Library, the region had a strong showing in this year’s AIA Florida awards—and added a national sustainability win for Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

06/15/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Electric Wings

A Small Sarasota Team Hits a Big Electric Flight Milestone

Helios Horizon’s first human-piloted solid-state battery flight happened in Zephyrhills, but the breakthrough was built by a Sarasota-based team trying to push electric aviation beyond the prototype stage.

06/10/2026 By Kim Doleatto

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