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PHOTO GALLERY: Shrimp & Lobster Fest


  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • | 4:00 a.m. July 2, 2011
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PHOTO GALLERY: Shrimp & Lobster Fest
A nautical set up was created on the corner of Lemon and State to direct people to the Shrimp and Lobster Festival put on by the Sarasota Farmers Market.
A nautical set up was created on the corner of Lemon and State to direct people to the Shrimp and Lobster Festival put on by the Sarasota Farmers Market.
A t-shirt was created for the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival. Proceeds benefited the GAP school.
A t-shirt was created for the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival. Proceeds benefited the GAP school.
Wendy Lelli and Shirley Wilson enjoy some seafood crepes from Roverta's at the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Wendy Lelli and Shirley Wilson enjoy some seafood crepes from Roverta's at the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Kyle Anna and Jay Mitchell
Kyle Anna and Jay Mitchell
2 Saxy performed under the tent during the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
2 Saxy performed under the tent during the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Meghan Olsson poses with her sons Brodie, 11, and Liam, 7, at the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Meghan Olsson poses with her sons Brodie, 11, and Liam, 7, at the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Doug Mahan stands behind a cooler full of lobsters Saturday, July 2 at the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Doug Mahan stands behind a cooler full of lobsters Saturday, July 2 at the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Chef James Besterre, of Annalida's, works on frying up the lump crabmeat for a crab cake sandwich Saturday, July 2 during the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Chef James Besterre, of Annalida's, works on frying up the lump crabmeat for a crab cake sandwich Saturday, July 2 during the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Kyle Klante looks on as Chef James Besterre, of Annalida's, works on frying up the lump crabmeat for a crab cake sandwich.
Kyle Klante looks on as Chef James Besterre, of Annalida's, works on frying up the lump crabmeat for a crab cake sandwich.
Kiersten Schmidt tears into some shrimp at the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Kiersten Schmidt tears into some shrimp at the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
Maggie's Seafood's low-country shrimp boil — a New Orleans-style dish that includes shrimp, potatoes, sausage, corn and seasonings.
Maggie's Seafood's low-country shrimp boil — a New Orleans-style dish that includes shrimp, potatoes, sausage, corn and seasonings.
People enjoy sitting under the 100-foot tent while eating their seafood Saturday, July 2 at the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.
People enjoy sitting under the 100-foot tent while eating their seafood Saturday, July 2 at the Sarasota Farmers Market first ever Shrimp and Lobster Festival.

 

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