Big Top Brewing expands to Fruitville Commons with huge plans
The Sarasota restaurant/brewery targets mid-April for the opening of its 18,000 square-foot business on the southern edge of Lakewood Ranch.
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The Sarasota restaurant/brewery targets mid-April for the opening of its 18,000 square-foot business on the southern edge of Lakewood Ranch.
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Big Top Brewing Company Big Top Brewing, headquartered in Sarasota, opened its second location in Gainesville in 2018. It also has a Pensacola tap room. Chief executive and co-founder Mike Bisaha said the project started the same way many craft breweries get started nowadays — by creating a home brew that was pretty terrible at first, before he and his neighbor and co-founder honed their skills. Following the success of Big Top in Sarasota, named to pay homage to the city’s Ringling Bros. Circus history, the founders thought Gainesville would be an ideal second location because of ...