Restaurant News: Locally owned Sarasota seafood restaurant rebrands
The Lazy Lobster on Lockwood Ridge Road in Sarasota has been transformed into Kacey’s Seafood & More, a sister restaurant to the popular Kacey’s on Fruitville Road.
According to co-owner Michael Garey, he and his partners decided to rebrand the 15-year-old Lazy Lobster because Kacey’s on Fruitville has been so successful with the wide reaching, appealing menu, viable lunch options and neighborhood pricing.
Garey and partners, wife Catherine, Bob Fracalossy and his wife, Kay Kivenski, also own the Lazy Lobster on Longboat Key and Tyler’s Gourmet Ice Cream on Cortez Road and Longboat Key.
“The Lazy Lobster on Longboat Key will remain the same,” added Garey. “The menu is still a great value and is ideal for island dining. Kacey’s wide reaching menu, friendly staff, fast service and moderate prices are appealing in the other locations.”
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The partners have brightened up the new Kacey’s, which accommodates 100 diners inside, with limited seating outside.
The menu for lunch or dinner offers familiar items like the popular seafood baskets (shrimp, clam strips, crab cakes), fish and chips, lobster roll, and fresh fish with an array of sauce choices. In addition, there are creative dishes like coconut shrimp, a Cod-Zilla fish sandwich, shrimp trio, Cajun mahi salad, tuna with wasabi and seaweed salad and blackened shrimp with a salsa-topped black bean cake, plus much more.
For landlubbers, there are favorites like a cheeseburger on a brioche bun, Cincinnati chili, hot dogs and baby back ribs. There's Key lime pie with other desserts of note such as the chocolate toffee mousse cake and pina colada cheesecake. Beer and wines are also available.
Kacey’s Seafood & More is at 7602 Lockwood Ridge Road, Sarasota, and open Monday through Thursday from 11 to 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday until 9 p.m. Takeout orders may be placed online. For more information, call 941-351-5515, or visit
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This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Lazy Lobster in Sarasota rebranded as Kacey’s Seafood & More
