Nowhere is this sense of independence and quality more important than the Sarasota-Manatee area. Within a twenty-mile radius of downtown Sarasota, there are more Florida Trend Award and Zagat top-scoring restaurants than any other area of the state and every one of these award-winners is independently owned.
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The Sarasota-Manatee Originals organized in September 2003 with a passionate desire to celebrate and preserve our community's culinary “sense of being”. A group of 24 independently owned restaurants in the Sarasota-Manatee County region became Florida's first chapter of the Council of Independent Restaurants of America (CIRA). CIRA has chapters in 18 other cities around the US. The Sarasota-Manatee Originals now boast more than 50 active members!
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Over a thousand guests raised their forks and popped hundreds of corks at our four day food & wine festival this past June!
Thank you to all who participated in Forks & Corks for making our first annual event a grand success!
Da Giorgio Ristorante offers Northern Italian and Continental Cuisine. Run by the owner and chef, Giorgio Oldano, a 5th generation of restaurateurs, born in Asti, (Piemonte), Italy. The complete menu is done with passion and pride. All the pastas, dressings, sauces, desserts, and the special bread are made on the premises. Live music enhances the warm and cozy atmosphere.
Sarasota-Manatee
Originals Restaurants
Over 50 independently-owned restaurants!
Originals Restaurants
Click below to visit the mini-sites of our member restaurants: