Landmark Sarasota restaurant Hob Nob Drive In rumored to be closing

  • By Jim DeLa
  • | 4:30 p.m. May 14, 2024
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Customers pack the counter at the Hob Nob Drive In in Sarasota after it was rumored the popular eatery was closing.
Customers pack the counter at the Hob Nob Drive In in Sarasota after it was rumored the popular eatery was closing.
Photo by Jim DeLa
  • Manatee-Sarasota
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At noon on Tuesday, Hob Nob Drive In was packed.

People were lined up outside the restaurant’s open walls, waiting to order a burger, or maybe a beer, and watch the traffic on U.S. 301 flow in and out of downtown Sarasota. 

But today there was a sense of urgency. 

 

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