Original owner returns, plans to open new Sarasota brewery, restaurant

With lessons of growing the first go-around of his business too fast fresh on his mind, Sarasota chef and craft beer entrepreneur seeks to do things differently in act two.

  • By Amanda Postma
  • | 4:00 p.m. March 8, 2023
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Darwin Santa Maria announced plans to open a new brewing facility in 2024.
Darwin Santa Maria announced plans to open a new brewing facility in 2024.
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As Slim Shady once put it, "Guess who’s back, back again?" 

The answer in Sarasota is Darwin Brewing, a popular spot now back under the ownership of an original owner, after being sold to a Clearwater-based company in 2021. 

 

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