A waterfront bar and restaurant in Cortez (one of Florida’s last authentic working fishing villages, sitting on Sarasota Bay at the edge of Bradenton with a working shrimp fleet and the old-Florida character that development has erased from almost every other corner of the Gulf Coast), Tide Tables delivers fresh Gulf seafood from the boats that tie up next door, cold Florida craft beers, and the extraordinary authentic working waterfront character of a village that has resisted the coastal development pressure surrounding it on every side. The freshest shrimp on the Gulf Coast, from a dock that still works for a living.
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