Café on St. Armands is Now Open!
February 18, 2025
WHAT: Café on St. Armands, the highly anticipated reimagining of Café
Oysters Rock Hospitality is a team of hospitality experts led by award-winning restaurateurs and philanthropists John and Amanda Horne.
Our team is dedicated to ensuring that your experience at any of our restaurants is five-star. Our vision of impeccable hospitality is to ensure that everyone at our table knows that they belong.
Celebrating more than 30 years serving great food at a great value in a fun, family-friendly atmosphere.
The Anna Maria Oyster Bars are fun, family-friendly restaurants that instill loyalty and generate value for guests and team members, while being efficient and an integral part of our community.
Visit our coastal-inspired locations at Landside, Cortez, and Ellenton, the ‘A-Bridged Street Version’ on the historic Bridge Street Pier in Bradenton Beach, University Town Center; and our newest location, North Port.
Readers of local publications, including the Bradenton Herald and the Herald-Tribune, consistently vote the Anna Maria Oyster Bars as the Best All-Around Restaurant, Best Seafood Restaurant, Best Early Bird Special, and Best Margarita… year after year!
Café on St. Armands has been reimagined for 2025, blending bold Mediterranean flavors with the rich history of its iconic location. Originally known as Café L’Europe, this Sarasota landmark restaurant takes a step into the future while its restaurant legacy of hospitality and culinary excellence.
Originally built in 1926 as John Ringling’s real estate office, our charming building has been a part of St. Armands Circle for nearly a century. Before becoming Café L’Europe in 1973, the space housed the Cocoanut Palms restaurant in the 1950s, and later, Colombi’s Italian Restaurant.
Todays, Café on St. Armands offers a sophisticated, yet approachable, experience serving small plates and shareable dishes full of flavor inspired by Southern Europe and the Middle East. Café Soleil, a walk-up coffee bar, starts the day with gourmet coffee and house-made pastries beginning at 8 AM, while The Wet Bar brings craft cocktails and a lively atmosphere.
After the challenges of 2024’s back-to-back hurricanes, Café on St. Armands enters a new era—reimagined with modern hospitality while embracing its storied past.
We operate with transparency, honesty, and empathy
We are committed to making our community better than we found it
We maintain an environment that is clean, safe, and friendly while serving great food at a great value to our guests
We make guests feel like family with our warm, fun approach to service
We have a culture of encouraging our staff to improve themselves daily, become better people and develop leadership skills
We connect people to people, generating team member loyalty by empowering them to adopt a mindset of doing whatever it takes to ensure guest loyalty
WHAT: Café on St. Armands, the highly anticipated reimagining of Café
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