Here is a list of restaurants that serve fresh domestic wild caught seafood. Please visit these restaurants and enjoy fresh wild native seafood like nowhere else!!!

Star Fish Company, Cortez, Fla.
Cortez Kitchen, Cortez Fla.
Annie’s Bait and Tackle, Cortez Fla.


Star Fish Company in Cortez, Fla.
Water front dining at its best on old commercial fishing docks, fresh shrimp and grouper is always a specialty, fried, grilled or blackened. Fresh Cortez mullet, fried or smoked, clam strips and scallops, famous cheese grits and their very own secret recipe hush puppies. Stone crabs when in season, soft shell crabs, grilled mahi mahi, or try the Star Combination Platter of shrimp, oysters, scallops and grouper, fresh ground burger and gator or shrimp sausage sandwich.

Don’t miss the seafood retail market and souvenir shop plus take a ride on one of the local tour boats, independently owned and operated by Cortez natives.

Phone: 941-794-1243

Check out the web sites below:
http://starfishcompany.com/
http://www.captkathe.com/
http://www.kimscharters.com/

Cortez Kitchen in Cortez Fla.
FRESH LOCAL GROUPER AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Come by land or sea, open water front dining over looking Sarasota Bay, Full liquor bar, very unique seafood menu including Tuna roll, spicy shrimp roll, grouper roll, melt in your mouth pan seared tuna, stuffed crab, steamed clams and the best buffalo grouper in Cortez.

Main entrees include fresh shrimp, grouper, scallops, stone crabs, seafood steamer pot and the chef always has a daily special on the board. There’s also a limited menu for landlubbers, chicken fingers, hot dogs, burgers, pressed Cubans and a rib basket with a variety of sides.

Fun for the entire family. Meet some of the local fishermen that catch and supply fresh seafood for your enjoyment.

Phone: 941-798-9404

Check out the Cortez Kitchen My space: http://www.myspace.com/cortezkitchen

Annie’s Bait and Tackle in Cortez Fla.
Serving local favorites from gulf shrimp, grouper, flounder, crab cakes to scallops, frog legs, gator, clam strips, a variety of side dishes and hoagies, Philly cheese steak, French dip, Fresh ground hamburger Reuben, meatball etc.

Weekend special starting on Fridays is the seafood steam pot dinner for two or four appetizers. Don’t let the rustic look of the waterfront building fool you!!!! Come by land or sea, fuel your boat and pick up some live shrimp or your fishing tackle needs. No reservations required

Phone: 941-794-3580