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Sarasota Bars And Clubs

Wanna Party? Have I got some Sarasota Bars and Clubs for you to check out!

After a fun day on the beaches, site seeing or shopping you may be ready for a hot time. SO get ready to GET DOWN and let The Good Times Roll! Here we go.

The complete list on this page also includes establishments on Anna Maria Island, Lido Key, Siesta Key, St. Armand's Circle and in Osprey, Nokomis and near by Venice as well.

One area that has a concentration of Sarasota Bars and Clubs is Gulf Gate, just south of Rt. 41 and Stickney Point and turn east off of Rt. 41 at Gulf Gate Drive.

There you will find Gateway and Superior streets and a few fun Sarasota Bars to choose from including Badda Bing Bar, a sports bar with full liquor, pool and more than 300,000 tunes on their Juke Box.

Also on Superior, is Monks Steamer Bar, another sports bar, but with a full steamer menu, pool, arcade games and more.

On Gateway Street you'll find The Boars Head Lounge.

If you're looking for some fine craft beers, then The Sarasota Brewing Company is your place, home to a half dozen award winners including my favorite: Ya Mills Honeymeade Ale. Also in Gulf Gate, there’s a bar and food too, including pizza.

Gulf Gate is a cool, hip little area and one you should check out for some fun!

By the way, if you just want to cut to the chase, I have a rather extensive listing of Sarasota Bars and Clubs below.

If you're staying out on Siesta Key and really want to get "rockin," beat your feet down the street to The Beach Club on Ocean Boulevard in Siesta Village where things really get cranked up. They have live music 7 nights a week and happy hour priced pints until 9 p.m.

Sarasota Bars and Clubs

Other places on Siesta Key where you can have a good time are the Daiquiri Deck, in the Village, along with the Siesta Key Oyster Bar (or SKOB as it's called locally), which frequently has live music plus there's Gilligans' and on the south end of the Key you can meander over to The Turtle Beach Pub (they have a great burger, too!) which has a comfortable outside deck as well as an indoor bar.

AND During the hottest months of summer the Daiquiri Deck has cold air blowing down from air conditioners in the ceiling and the Turtle Beach Pub has large fans surrounding the outdoor deck. Nice touches.

If you're staying near Osprey, Nokomis and Venice, or just want to "explore," then here are some places just outside of Sarasota you might want to wander off to:

The Old Venice Pub on Venice Avenue is in historic downtown Venice. It’s up on the 2nd floor. This is a nice, quaint, friendly ole pub where you can even smoke a cigar. They only serve beer and wine here. Just take Rt. 41 south into downtown Venice to the intersection of Rt 41 and Venice Avenue. (There's a parking lot on the right just before the stop light at Venice Avenue. Park there and go upstairs.)

Sarasota Bars and Clubs

One of my favorite Sarasota Bars along the sun coast is the Tiki Hut Bar at the Casey Key Fish House where you can enjoy beer, tropical drinks and cocktails while looking out at the intra-coastal waterway and the boats coming and going.

It’s a great vantage point and there’s live music on weekends. It's also smoker friendly. And you can order food from the restaurant and bring it over to the Tiki Hut. From Sarasota take Rt. 41 south to Osprey, turn right at Blackburn Point road and it’s across the swing bridge on the immediate left.

There is an extensive number of Tiki Hut Bars indexed below in my comprehensive list of Sarasota Bars and Clubs.

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There’s also a Tiki Hut Bar and a nice outdoor patio at Pops Sunset Grill in Nokomis, which sits right on the intra-coastal waterway, where you can get your favorite beer, wine or cocktails and it's cigar friendly. Pops also has TVs in the bar for keeping tabs on the games and is usually filled with all my rowdy friends for the big game days. From Sarasota take Rt. 41 south to Nokomis and turn right on Albee road, them left on Circuit Road before the drawbridge and go all the way back behind the marina.

And if you would like to party in downtown Sarasota, the place to be for live music and all things "HOT" is The Gator Club at Main Street and Lemon Avenue. With live music nightly you can jam until the wee hours of the morning. Fun side note: The Gator Club was used for a couple of scenes in the 1998 Woody Harrelson movie, "Palmetto."

If you're a little bit Country, you can always put on your boots and amble over to the White Buffalo Saloon in Sarasota. It's a cross between a sports bar, casual restaurant and country music dance hall with a 2,500 square foot dance floor. You can take free line dancing lessons there on Thursday and Sunday Nights and there's live music on Saturdays. It's a wide ranging crowd from age 21 to 70, so there's probably someone you can latch on to for a dance or tip a beer with. They're open Wednesday - Saturday 4 p.m. - 2 a.m., Sunday 4 p.m. - midnight. 5337 McIntosh Road.

For more fun ideas on where to go and party check out the list below.

Have fun! Drink responsibly. Don't drink and drive. If you over do it, have the bartender call a taxi for you or have a designated driver take you home.

I'll look forward to bumping into you in one of these Sarasota Bars or Clubs.

Until then, Cheers!

Sarasota Bars and Clubs

ANNA MARIA OYSTER BAR TIKI BAR	6696 Cortez Road, W.	Bradenton	941-792-0077
BADDA BING	6528 Superior Ave.	Sarasota	941-921-5109
BEACH CLUB	5151 Ocean Blvd	Siesta Key	941-349-6311
BEACHHOUSE	200 Gulf Drive N	Bradenton Beach	941-779-2222
BEARDED CLAM TIKI BAR	7150 N. Tamiami Trail	Sarasota	941-355-2600
BLU SMOKE ISLAND GRILL	149 Avenida Messina	Siesta Key	941-346-0738
BISTRO AT ISLAND'S END	10101 Gulf Dr	Anna Maria Island	941-779-2444
BLASE CAFE	5263 Ocean Boulevard	Siesta Key	941-349-9822
BLUE OWL	1507 Main St	Sarasota	941-953-5900
BOAR'S HEAD LOUNGE	6523 Gateway Ave	Sarasota	941-922-4066
BOATYARD WATERFRONT BAR	1500 Stickney Point Rd	Sarasota	941-921-6200
BRADY'S NEIGHBORHOOD BAR	1930 Hillview St.	Sarasota	941-366-5555
BROADWAY BAR	1001 Cocoanut Ave	Sarasota	941-953-4343
CABANA INN	2525 S Tamiami Trail	Sarasota	941-955-0195
CA D'ZAN LOUNGE	1111 Ritz Carlton Dr	Sarasota	941-309-2000
CALUSA BREWERY	5377 McIntosh Road	Sarasota	941-922-8150
CALUSA BREWERY	5701 Derek Ave	Sarasota	941-922-8150
CAPT EDDIE'S TIKI BAR	107 E. Colonia Lane	Nokomis	941-484-4623
CASEY KEY FISH HOUSE TIKI BAR	801 Blackburn Point Road	Osprey	941-966-1901
CASK & ALE	1548 Main St.	Sarasota	941-702-8740
CAPTAIN CURT'S SNIKI TIKI BAR	1200 Old Stickney Point Rd.	Siesta Key	941-349-3885
CHA CHA COCONUTS	417 St. Armand's Circle	Sarasota	941-388-3300
CHESTER'S REEF TIKI BAR	6523 Gateway Ave	Sarasota	941-922-4066
CLASSICO	1341 Main St.	Sarasota	941-957-0700
CROW'S NEST MARINA TAVERN	1968 Tarpon Center Dr.	Venice	941-484-9551
DAIQUIRI DECK	5250 Ocean Blvd	Siesta Key	941-349-8697
DAIQUIRI DECK	325 John Ringling Blvd	Sarasota	941-388-3325
15 SOUTH RISTORANTE	15 S Blvd of the Presidents	Sarasota	941-388-1555
FINS TIKI BAR	5337 Gulf Drive	Holmes Beach	941-779-1000
GATOR CLUB	1490 Main St	Sarasota	941-366-5969
GECKO'S GRILL & PUB	4870 S Tamiami Trail	Sarasota	941-923-8896
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND TIKI BAR	5253 Ocean Blvd	Siesta Key	941-346-8122
GROWLER'S PUB	2831 N Tamiami Trail	Sarasota	941-487-7373
HELMSLEY SAND CASTLE	1540 Benjamin Franklin Drive	Lido Key	941-388-2181
HOLIDAY INN	233 Ben Franklin Drive	Lido Key	941-388-5555
HONOLUANA ISLAND GRILL	222 Airport Ave. E	Venice, FL	941-483-3553
HOOSIER BAR	748 S Tamiami Trail	Osprey, FL	941-966-1251
HORSE FEATHERS	1923 Ringling Boulevard	Sarasota, FL	941-955-9179
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ISLAND TIME BAR & GRILL	111 Gulf Drive S	Bradenton Beach	941-782-1122
IVORY LOUNGE	1413 Main St	Sarsaota	941-388-7869
JOYLAND LIVE	8341 Lockwood Ridge	Sarsaota	941-210-4110
KOKONUT HUT TIKI BAR	900 Gulf Drive	Bradenton Beach	941-778-1919
LIBBY'S CAFE & BAR	1917 Osprey Ave	Sarasota	941-487-7300
LIDO BEACH RESORT TIKI BAR	700 Ben Franklin Drive	Lido Key	941-388-3175
LIDO KEY TIKI BAR	1234 Ben Franklin Drive	Lido Key	941-309-2577
LINKSTERS TAP ROOM	8764 S Tamiami Trail	Sarasota	941-966-9141
LEGENDS PUB	1816 S Osprey Ave.	Sarasota	941-951-0990
THE LOFT RISTOBAR	5911 Fruitville Rd	Sarasota	941-379-4300
LYHCHES PUB	19B N. Boulevard of Presidents	Sarasota	941-388-5550
MADURO CIGAR BAR	7386 S Tamiami Trl	Sarasota	(941) 925-4747
MARINA JACK	Bayfront Drive & U.S. 41	Sarasota	941-365-4232
MARTINIVILLE	5337 Gulf Drive	Holmes Beach	941-779-1000
MATTISON'S CITY GRILLE	1 N. Lemon Ave	Sarasota	941-330-0440
MONK'S STEAMER BAR	6690 Superior Ave.	Sarasota	941-927-3388
OLD VENICE PUB	100 W. Venice Ave	Venice	941-484-3031
O'LEARY'S TIKI BAR	5 Bayfront Drive & U.S. 41	Sarasota	941-953-7505
OLIVE TREE CAFE & BAR	1454 Main St	Sarasota	941-556-9323
PADDY WAGON	6586 Gateway Ave	Sarasota	941-925-2344
PINEAPPLES ISLAND GRILL	33 S Tamiaimi Trail	Venice	941-445-5066
POP SUNSET GRILL & TIKI BAR	112 Circuit Rd	Nokomis	941-488-2941
ROOF BAR AND EATS AT THE WESTIN	1175 N. Gulfstream Ave	Sarasota	941-217-4777
SALTWATER CAFE	1071 Tamiami Trail	Nokomis	941-488-3775
SARASOTA ALE HOUSE	3800 Kenny Dr.	Sarasota	941-378-8888
SARASOTA BREWING COMPANY	6607 Gateway Avenue	Sarasota	941-925-2337
SHARKY'S ON THE PIER	1600 S. Harbour Dr.	Venice	941-488-1456
SNOOK HAVEN	5000 E. Venice Ave.	Venice	941-485-7221
SPANISH POINTE TIKI HUT & GRILL	135 Bayview Drive	Osprey	941-966-5746
TARPON POINTE GRILL & TIKI BAR	801 Riverside Drive East	Bradenton	941-746-8700
BREW HOUSE SPORTS GRILL	231 W Venice Ave	Venice	941-480-9244
TOMMY BAHAMA BAR	300 John Ringling Blvd.	Sarasota	941-388-2888
TURTLE BEACH PUB	8865 Midnight Pass Rd	Siesta Key	941-349-2280
WHITE HORSE PUB	6240 North Lockwood Ridge	Sarasota	941-358-1353

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