
Wade Tatangelo
Editor, H-T Ticket at Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Florida and Georgia Regional Dining and Entertainment Editor at USA Today
@ticketsarasota editor at @heraldtribune; Florida regional dining and entertainment editor, @usatoday network @gannett
Articles
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1 week ago |
heraldtribune.com | Wade Tatangelo |Jimmy Geurts
It was just another day at Sarasota's landmark specialty food store — until two rock legends walked in. Singer Steven Tyler, 77, and guitarist Joe Perry, 74, of Aerosmith were spotted grabbing lunch and snapping a photo together at Morton’s Gourmet Market, located in the city’s Southside Village neighborhood at 1924 S. Osprey Ave. The market first opened in 1969 — just a year before Aerosmith launched the career that would land the band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
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1 week ago |
heraldtribune.com | Wade Tatangelo
While Sarasota has plenty of fancy restaurants with prices to match, let’s kick off summer with the kind of places where you show up in a T-shirt and flip-flops for a cold beer and a perfect cheeseburger combo that won’t break the bank — somewhere with sand on the floor, taxidermy on the wall, or bait buckets out back, and maybe even some live music. These are five Old Florida-style restaurants in Sarasota-Manatee that don’t care about trends or plating techniques.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Wade Tatangelo |Diana Biederman |Eddie Ritz |Amber Olesen |Alan Festo |Laurie K. Blandford | +5 more
While Florida may be best known for its beloved waterfront restaurants, the Sunshine State’s burger game is on fire — and these 11 locally loved spots are the hotspots that’ll enhance any summer road trip. From sizzling smash patties to wild topping combos (yes, peanut butter is involved), these places are earning serious buzz from Pensacola to Palm Beach.
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4 weeks ago |
heraldtribune.com | Wade Tatangelo |Diana Biederman |Eddie Ritz |Amber Olesen
While Florida may be best known for its beloved waterfront restaurants, the Sunshine State’s burger game is on fire — and these 11 locally loved spots are the hotspots that’ll enhance any summer road trip. From sizzling smash patties to wild topping combos (yes, peanut butter is involved), these places are earning serious buzz from Pensacola to Palm Beach.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Wade Tatangelo |Diana Biederman |Eddie Ritz |Amber Olesen |Alan Festo |Laurie K. Blandford | +5 more
While Florida may be best known for its beloved waterfront restaurants, the Sunshine State’s burger game is on fire — and these 11 locally loved spots are the hotspots that’ll enhance any summer road trip. From sizzling smash patties to wild topping combos (yes, peanut butter is involved), these places are earning serious buzz from Pensacola to Palm Beach.
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Engagement Editor at Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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Executive Producer at WWSB-TV (Sarasota, FL)
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Marco La Manno
Meteorologist at WSNN-TV (Sarasota, FL)
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Andy Kostka
Orioles Beat Writer at The Baltimore Banner
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Melissa Perez-Carrillo
Freelance Reporter at Orlando Weekly
Reporter at Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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They say two’s a coincidence, three’s a trend — and with another #Sarasota restaurant set to close this month, it’s getting hard to ignore. Like your cousin’s Facebook rants about chemtrails: https://t.co/k9ryvr7Fds https://t.co/C2cuLmg8vz

RT @JimmyGeurts: As we near the halfway mark of 2025 and tons of new restaurants have opened, @wtatangelo and I look at some of the other r…

RT @Ticketsarasota: Popular Sarasota waterfront restaurant reopens as Siesta Key dining spot prepares to close https://t.co/0FyA6JnlRw