Kitchen Confidential

A Morning Making Bread at Focaccia Sandwich + Bakery Brought Me Back to My Restaurant Roots

It had been years since I worked an early shift in a restaurant kitchen, but when the owners of the new Focaccia Sandwich + Bakery offered me a morning of baking, I couldn't resist.

02/02/2024 By Lauren Jackson

Let's Settle This!

Publix Subs: God's Gift to Florida or Wildly Overrated?

Our editors enter the rhetorical ring to determine the correct take.

03/07/2023 By Isaac Eger and Lauren Jackson

Crazy Delicious

At Meshugana Deli in Gulf Gate, Jewish Food Reigns Supreme

Adam and Liz Woldman do Jewish deli right.

11/14/2022 By Lauren Jackson

🎶 There Goes My Hero 🎶

Faicco's, a 120-Year-Old New York Sandwich Shop, Opens in Sarasota

Make a meal—or two—out of these huge Italian heroes, and thank us later.

11/02/2022 By Lauren Jackson

Welcome to the Sunshine State

A Legendary Massachusetts Sandwich Joint Is Coming to Sarasota

Kelly's Roast Beef will open at University Town Center this summer.

02/15/2022 By Chloé Cuyler

My Favorite Dishes

Food Writer Tanya Steel Shares Her Favorite Sarasota Dishes

A big-time food writer and recent New York transplant shares must-have meals in her new hometown.

12/01/2021 By Tanya Steel

10 Bucks Or Less

A New Food Truck Brings Gourmet Grilled Cheese to the Streets of Sarasota

Big Blue Grilled Cheese Company is serving cheesy sandwiches at neighborhoods throughout Sarasota.

08/27/2020 By Cooper Levey-Baker

10 Bucks Or Less

Kürtós Serves Creative Sandwiches Out of a Tiny Downtown Storefront

The company makes Hungarian 'chimney cakes,' hollow spirals of dough that can be either sweet or savory.

06/15/2020 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Philly up

Five Delicious Cheesesteaks That Will Please Your Inner Philadelphian

Chef Judi has noticed an uptick in the number of cheesesteaks on local menus and went on a mission to find the best.

02/10/2020 By Judi Gallagher

Philly Flair

You'll Find Real-Deal Cheesesteaks at Gentile Bros. on the South Trail

More than a sandwich shop, Gentile Bros. is a shrine to all things Philadelphia.

04/30/2019 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Super Grouper

Looking for a Great Grouper Sandwich? Here's How to Find One

Many restaurants aren't actually using real grouper.

12/05/2018 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Best Lunches

The Real History of the Cuban Sandwich

Spoiler alert: It doesn't come from Cuba.

10/26/2018 By Scott Mahler

Best Lunches

A Day in the Life of a Jimmy John's Delivery Driver

Intrepid food reporter Cooper Levey-Baker finds out what it's really like delivering all those sandwiches.

10/26/2018 By Cooper Levey-Baker

🍞🥓🍞⬅⬅⬅ 🏃

'Sandwich Night' Comes to Indigenous

What's better than a sandwich and a craft beer? Not much.

06/19/2018 By Megan McDonald

Not Going Anywhere

Main Bar Sandwich Shop Turns 60 This Year

And it still serves a mean sandwich.

04/26/2018 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Wake-Up Wows

Five Great Breakfast Sandwiches

Make mornings a little more delicious with these great options.

03/28/2018 By Marsha Fottler

French Twist

10 Bucks Or Less: Brasserie Honoré

Find tasty sandwiches and salads at the café inside the new Whole Foods Market.

02/14/2018 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Super Smoker

10 Bucks or Less: Sea Smoke

A newish Cortez shop smokes its own fish and bacon, makes head cheese from scratch and serves up dope lunch grub.

07/24/2017 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Eat This Now

Where and What to Eat This Week - 3/15/17

This week: a sweet new sipper, perfect potato chips and more.

03/15/2017 By Eat Beat Team

Eat This Now

Where and What to Eat This Week - 12/21/16

This week: a healthy appetizer, cookies that are almost too pretty to eat and an "OMG Burger" worthy of its name.

12/21/2016 By Eat Beat Team