First Watch grows again

SARASOTA — The latest First Watch location in Florida, which opened in Sarasota earlier this week, showcases the daytime-only restaurant chain's new interior design concept.

The design, called Connect, was launched last fall and tested in First Watch locations in Nashville, Jacksonville and Solon, Ohio. The concept connects the restaurants' traditional design elements with new color tones and natural light, according to a First Watch press release. The design also includes an open-kitchen concept.

The new First Watch is on Cattlemen Road, just west of the Bee Ridge Road exit of Intestate 75. It's the fifth Sarasota-Bradenton location for the Lakewood Ranch-based breakfast-lunch-brunch chain.