Saturday, November 21, 2015

Shore Diner - Excellent Lunch on St. Armands Circle

Today we enjoyed an excellent lunch with four friends at Shore Diner (http://dineshore.com/) on St. Armand's Circle in Sarasota. It is on the second floor above an associated shop called Shore. We chose the restaurant on the basis of our daughter's recommendation and the many hundreds of positive reviews on Trip Advisor, Yelp, Open Table, and Facebook. On the basis of our experience, the reviews appear well deserved.

My wife had a Mediterranean Chicken Sandwich with roasted peppers, mozzarella, lemon cress, and basil mayo on olive bread for $12. It was delicious, large, and accompanied by a salad of greens.

She also enjoyed a side of truffle fries with Parmesan and chives for $7. The serving was large enough that there were leftovers to bring home.

I had a cup of seafood bisque for $2. It was delicious.

My main course was a Seafood Cobb Salad with Maine lobster, crab, shrimp, avocado, bacon, and hard-boiled egg, with yuzu tarragon vinaigrette for $20. It was superb, with lots and lots of seafood.

My wife shared a very large serving of chocolate cake with one of our friends.

Her wine was Pinot Grigio.

I had a 2013 Lola North Coast Pinot Noir from northern California for $10 a glass. It was very pleasant.

Our server did an excellent job.

The restaurant has a retractable roof over one dining section. The roof is opened when the weather is pleasant. Unfortunately, the weather today was overcast with the strong possibility of rain.


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