Sarasota 1980's-1990's

[Sarasota 1980-1990]

Wow, so much has changed. We used to live in apts on Siesta Key for next to nothing. Work in town and go back to the beach in the evening. Of course, working folks have been run off the beach in recent years. All we had was Siesta Market on one end and Crescent on the other.

[Sarasotan]

Its all about the wealthy and the tourist trade now. The native Floridians and the hard working individuals can not even afford to live in sarasota/
Keep Sarasota beautiful...wow they did such a good job they got rid of all the regular people.

[justbeachy]

regular people ????

who says anybody is 'entitled' to live on Maui ? Fifth Avenue ?? Fisher Island ? The Hamptons ? Near North/Chicago ? La Jolla ? Tidy Island ? Cape Haze ? Myrtle Beach ? Naples ? Cote D'Azur ? The Woodlands ? San Francisco ? Fairfield County ?
DC ? Mountain Brook ? Noblesville ??

unbelievable stupidity

[exSRQ]

justbeachy wrote:

regular people ????
who says anybody is 'entitled' to live on Maui ? Fifth Avenue ?? Fisher Island ? The Hamptons ? Near North/Chicago ? La Jolla ? Tidy Island ? Cape Haze ? Myrtle Beach ? Naples ? Cote D'Azur ? The Woodlands ? San Francisco ? Fairfield County ?
DC ? Mountain Brook ? Noblesville ??
unbelievable stupidity

Folks today will never know the simple life we lived on Siesta Key 20- 30 years ago. You didn't have to be rich. A young person today will never have a chance to experience what living on the beach is like. Even back then, I knew what we had was very special. Sarasota 1980-2001

[tony]

what happen to a bar called JBS on 41 is it gone. whats a good hang out for a 50 year male looking for females

[theshadow]

hey Tony- lots of places have come and gone in Sarasota and many other cities

I think JBS was on the right side of the trail while heading south- south of a 'night club', I think there was some criminality going on there if my memory is correct

lots of great places are gone

Tail of the Pup
The Patio
Ruby Tuesday's (not the rest)
Upstairs at Charlie's Crab
The Brown Derby, lol
George's (DT, right off the trail on Palm
The Lime Tree
The Sheraton Sandcastle tiki bar
Holiday Inn Marina
Bistro 41
Rip Van Winkle's, lol
The DownUnder Jazz Bar
In Extremis
The BoatHouse
Bob's BoatHouse
Poseidon

and a ton of others I can't remember, but do remember the locations!