Group plans $1.2M restaurant for Siesta Key

SARASOTA — South Siesta Key has developed its own identity apart from the Village or the rest of the island over the years, and it will soon have its own Daiquiri Deck.

The restaurant brand aims to open a new location at the top of a three-story building on Stickney Point Road by Christmas, says co-owner Troy Syprett, according to the Sarasota Observer, sister paper of the Business Observer. Syprett, along with co-owners Russell Matthes and Matt Grover, also operate restaurants in the Village, St. Armands Circle and Venice.

According to permits filed with Sarasota County this week, the group plans to spend $1.2 million on a new building that will sit on the same property as CB's Island Outfitters, which used to be a gas station. The new structure will sit on the west side of CB's, which will retain ownership of the entire parcel.