Farm-to-table restaurant leader plots local, statewide expansion

The Naked Farmer is getting hot — for more locations. 

In October, the Tampa-based company, known for its farm-to-table ethos and commitment to serving locally sourced, seasonal food from farms close to home, opened a location on the east coast of Florida in Coral Gables, its third store. A fourth store, in Sunrise, is scheduled to open in January. And in late November it announced store No. 5 would be coming in summer 2023, this one in the Sarasota-Manatee market, in the UTC area outside Lakewood Ranch. Those three follow the first two locations, in downtown St. Pete and Water Street Tampa. 

Naked Farmer markets itself as "a fine-casual restaurant that exists to build a better food system by connecting farmers to the community and increasing access to local, farm-fresh, seasonal food."