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The Bijou Café is located at 1287 First St. and has been at the same location since opening in 1986. The restaurant features continental American cuisine with flavors from many parts of the world.
  • By Observer Staff |
  • August 14, 2013
IN THE KITCHEN WITH: The Bijou Cafe

This week we went in the kitchen with The Bijou Cafe owner Jean-Pierre 'J.P.' Knaggs and chef Bob Camille for shrimp piri piri. Watch a video and get the full recipe in this week's In the Kitchen.

  • Arts + Culture
The home at 7611 Windy Hill Cove recently sold for $755,000.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • December 13, 2017
Country Club East home tops sales at $755,000

Residential real estate transactions for Nov. 27-Dec. 1.

  • East County
  • Real Estate
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 6, 2010
Mooney senior a published poet

Grant Schrantz, a senior at Cardinal Mooney High School, recently had three of his poems published in literary magazine The Pepper Tree.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Maria and Sarah Soscia have been playing volleyball together since they were in third and fifth grade, respectively. The two Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School defensive specialists are now about to embark on their final season together on the court.
  • By Jen Blanco |
  • August 1, 2012
Sisters help Lady Cougars to district title

Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School defensive specialists Sarah and Maria Soscia helped lead the Lady Cougars to their first district title since 2004 last season.

  • East County
  • Sports
Amy Cross of Community Haven gets a quick on-dock lesson in rowing from Joe Dobson of the Sarasota County Rowing Club.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • February 25, 2011
Sarasota offers adaptive rowing

Adults with disabilities headed to Nathan Benderson Park this morning to try their hands at the sport of rowing.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2009
In Brief

Community news and notes

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Rod Thomson |
  • May 4, 2011
Running afowl of its own rules

The whole peacock dust-up should just be a fun moment worthy of a hundred groaning puns. Unfortunately, it is not.

  • Longboat Key
  • Opinion
Phillip Younger is concerned with the firefighter pension board's decision to hire a company to perform a pension audit.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 5, 2010
Commission questions pension decision

Town pension attorney James Linn believes the firefighter pension board may have erred when it approved a study last month.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • March 27, 2013
East County family hits talent spotlight

East County dad Marc Rosenthal and his children Dillon, 8, and Tayla, 11, rapped their way to top honors at Temple Emanu-El's "Temple's Got Talent" event Feb. 18.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
Nancy and Jack Rozance
  • By Kristen Herhold |
  • February 10, 2016
Meet Longboat’s Lovebirds

In honor of Valentine’s Day Feb. 14, meet some Key couples who have been struck by cupid’s arrow.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
On Tuesday, Jan. 14, Ray Rajewski cuts the ribbon on his recently donated DVD collection at the Longboat Library with Patrice Greene and Joan Rotenberg.
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 15, 2014
Movies land star role at Longboat Library

Thanks to a resident's donation, Longboat Library members can now rent more than 500 DVDs.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
This home at 625 S. Owl Drive in Bird Key has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,248 square feet of living area. It sold for $770,000. Photo by Rachel S. O'Hara.
  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 3, 2012
Home in Manchester Bay sells for $2 million

A home in Manchester Bay tops all transactions in this week's real estate. Herbert West and George Mitchell sold their home at 3610 Fair Oaks Place to Robert and Teresa Simmons, of Longboat Key, for $2 million.

  • Longboat Key
  • Real Estate
The project would replace current lighting with 72 state-of-the-art "sea worthy" light fixtures throughout the underside of the bridge
  • By Roger Drouin |
  • March 25, 2013
Blue lights could shine on the Ringling Causeway

Representatives at Evolucia, a local LED lighting manufacturer, have said the company is willing to donate the lighting.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Anthony Paull |
  • May 24, 2012
Whose Park? Great Question.

Whose Park? Great Question.

  • Arts + Entertainment
  • Things To Do
Chef/proprietor Steve Phelps sears meat in the kitchen at Indigenous.
  • By Molly Schechter |
  • October 19, 2011
EDIBLES: Passion in the kitchen translates to the table

Indigenous starts from its name. The food is as local and native as realistically possible in Florida, not just in the interest of freshness and taste but in using resources wisely and supporting the local community.

  • Arts + Culture
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 17, 2012
FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT: Rami Nehme

Rami Nehme home his home away from home on Siesta Key. Read more about him in our candid "Five Things"

  • Siesta Key
  • Neighbors
Clumpy (front row, center) enjoys time with her friends in the Student Government Association — Kelsey Fiander-Carr, Blake Middleton, Domenic Aluise, Emily McNulty, Ally Rahn and Briana Tyler Lutzi.
  • By Amanda Sebastiano |
  • October 14, 2015
Braden River High School receives Chick-fil-A cow

Have you met the school's new student?

  • East County
  • News
Pam Eubanks Contractor Better Roads Inc. completed the widening of State Road 64 from Carlton Arms Boulevard to Interstate 75 nearly a year behind schedule.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 25, 2014
FDOT completes S.R. 64 expansion

Although drivers have used State Road 64 for more than a month without the interference of construction barricades, the Florida Department of Transportation officially completed its widening of the roadway June 18.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • April 8, 2015
News Briefs

Jenny Wallenda dies at 87; County seeks applications

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kaye Warr |
  • March 20, 2012
Get to Know the Sarasota Opera: Sean Anderson

Get to Know the Sarasota Opera: Sean Anderson

  • Arts + Culture
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