St. Pete company buys trio of Manatee beachfront restaurants

Longtime Manatee County restaurant owner Ed Chiles has sold his three beachfront restaurants and some other components of Chiles Hospitality, a company he founded 45 years ago.

The new owner of the portfolio — it includes Sandbar Seafood & Spirits, Beach House Waterfront Restaurant and Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, all in Manatee County — is Beachside Hospitality, a Pinellas County restaurant group that oversees 13 restaurants in eight Florida cities. Beachside, according to a statement, also acquired Anna Maria Bake House and Chiles Hospitality’s events department in the deal.

Financial terms of the acquisition, scheduled to close July 29, weren’t disclosed. Colliers International is representing Chiles Hospitality.