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Red Lion Beef Corporation, doing business as Lion's Choice, [2] is an American fast food restaurant chain based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving roast beef sandwiches and other menu items. The company was founded in 1952 and opened its first restaurant in Ballwin, Missouri, on October 26, 1967, which remains open today. As of May 2021, there are ...
In 2009, Detwiler's Farm Market opened its doors on Palmer Boulevard in Sarasota, FL. The second location opened in Venice, Florida in 2013, Bradenton in 2015, two more locations in 2018 and 2019 in Sarasota, and the sixth location in West Bradenton in 2023. Detwiler's will eventually be expanding south to nearby Port Charlotte and North Port.
The Robinson's store was notable since it was their first Florida store to open in an existing building and was smaller than their other Florida stores. [7] Robinson's sold its Florida stores to Maison Blanche, a Louisiana-based department store in 1987. The store was officially rebranded as Maison Blanche on March 28, 1988. [8]
The Sarasota Observer is one of twelve community and business publications published by The Observer Group, which was formed in 1995, [1] [3] and whose headquarters are located in Sarasota, Florida. Established in 2004 to serve downtown Sarasota, the weekly publication [ 4 ] joined the family of hyper-local newspapers in the region which in ...
On April 18, 2011, Herald-Tribune reporter Paige St. John won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism for her series on Florida's insurance industry. [9] This was the first Pulitzer in the Herald-Tribune ' s history, marking a "sustained commitment to excellence".
The area known today as Sarasota appeared on a sheepskin Spanish map from 1763 with the word Zarazote over present-day Sarasota and Bradenton. [12] The origin of the name is disputed, with some claiming that it is based on conquistador Hernando de Soto's daughter Sara, and others claiming that it comes from "sara-de-cota," meaning "an area of land easily observed" in the language of the Calusa ...
A beloved Sarasota tradition now in its 35th year, the Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Festival's final weekend of the year will feature numerous family-friendly activities including food trucks, craft ...
Sarasota Bay is a lagoon located off the central west coast of Florida in the United States.Though no significant single stream of freshwater enters the bay, with a drainage basin limited to 150 square miles in Manatee and Sarasota counties, [1] it is generally treated as an estuary, with three "passes" or inlets giving access from the Gulf of Mexico.