Tube Talk

The Tube Dude has moved.

Not far, but owner Scott Gerber says the location change will be a good opportunity for the Sarasota-based business — known for its large-scale colorful sculptures. It left its location on Main Street in Sarasota to move a little farther down the street. At 7,300 square feet, the new location more than doubles the size of the two spaces that made up the old place.

The increase in size means Tube Dude, with a staff of six, now has enough space for people to come in and watch employees make sculptures, says Gerber. If customers want to come in and watch their own Tube Dude being made, Gerber tells Coffee Talk they can sit in front of a big glass window at the new location and observe the welding, bending and cutting. Tube Dude will even cater in lunch for them so they can make an afternoon of it.