Sarasota features a number of fine dining establishments, but for many years the family favorite has been Phillippi Creek Village Restaurant and Oyster Bar. Voted “Best of the Best” by Sarasota Magazine 12 years running, this is the spot for all seafood lovers young and old.
Located just off U.S. Highway 41 in South Sarasota, Phillippi Creek Village serves up some of the tastiest seafood dishes to be found anywhere. Their enormous selection of appetizers, soups and steam pots include fried oyster, smoked salmon, garlic shrimp, and clams on the half shell. The Cajun seafood gumbo is deliciously spicy, and the New England cultured mussels is almost a meal in itself. There is a wide variety of specialty sandwiches available such as crab cake, fried grouper, and blue crabmeat. Sandwiches are also available charbroiled and come with the customer’s choice of side dishes.
Phillippi Creek has an amazing assortment of baked or charbroiled seafood platters that are famous for their large portions. Stuffed shrimp, grouper or flounder are accompanied by potatoes, rice, hush puppies and coleslaw. There is a long list of steamed and fried platters as well; no menu will whet the appetite like the one at Phillippe Creek Village.
A full line of domestic and imported beer is available, as well as featured wines and champagnes. There is also a Little Mate’s Menu that offers excellent choices for the younger ones. All this is served up for both indoor and outdoor dining in a rustic setting that simply reeks with the heavenly scent of great seafood.
Phillippi Creek Village Restaurant and Oyster Bar is a proud Sarasota institution, and its staff is proud of the loyal customers who keep coming back year after year. The testimonials of the restaurant’s patrons are a collective thumbs up and perfectly describe the affection both locals and visitors have for this fine establishment.
