Cortez Kitchen News Today

The fast-casual Sarasota restaurant is known for its sandwiches, sides, salads, and particularly its irresistible frozen custard ice cream.

The popular restaurant, bar, and live music venue, Cortez Kitchen, is closing for the rest of the summer.

Fresh stone crab, tropical drinks and live music will be back.

BRADENTON — Do your weekend goals include taking in some great live music? Well then you’re in luck, the 941 music scene is bringing us another weekend full of shows you won’t want to miss! Check out the Bradenton Times Weekend Sounds to see what bands yo

Where to watch performances by musicians who live in or are visiting the Sarasota-Bradenton-Charlotte area.

Where to watch performances by musicians who live in or are visiting the Sarasota-Bradenton-Charlotte area.

Albert Castiglia Englewoods on Dearborn, a Sarasota County restaurant and venue known for hosting national and local blues acts, features Albert Castiglia among this weeks live music lineup. The South Florida guitarist and singer-songwriter played in legendary bluesman Junior Wells’ band before embarking on a solo career, most recently releasing last years “Wild and Free,” which won a Blues Blast Music Award for Live Blues Album and was recorded at Boca Raton’s The Funky Biscuit. Cas...

Danny Brooks and Lil Miss Debi Sarasotas The Blue Rooster, another local restaurant and venue known for hosting renowned blues artists, is set to feature husband and wife duo Danny Brooks and Lil Miss Debi among its live music lineup this week. Based in Llano, Texas, Brooks plays a blend of Mississippi and Lone Star State blues that he calls “Texassippi.” The pairs most recent release is last years "Are You Ready? The Mississippi Sessions," featuring originals as well as a faithful cover...

For those not familiar, Cortez can be found nestled along north Sarasota Bay, just east of Anna Maria Island and nine miles west of downtown Bradenton. Founded in the 1880s, it’s one of the last commercial fishing villages in Florida. Mullet, grouper, stone crab claws and shrimp are among the freshly caught sea creatures offloaded at the docks. Large quantities are shipped around the world while the rest stays in town. Not in the mood for seafood? That’s OK. Cortez offers lots of other t...