Rod and Reel to return to Anna Maria Island in temporary location

A beloved Anna Maria Island restaurant whose owner pledged to rebuild after Hurricane Milton is planning to reopen a temporary location in a new space. 

Rod and Reel, destroyed as a result of the October hurricane when its pier blew away, will return to Anna Maria Island, this time in a strip mall.

“This thing behind us is going to be the new Rod and Reel location,” owner Oli Lemke says, in a Facebook video with the Old Hamburg Schnitzelhaus in the background. The German restaurant that used to be there announced its closure in November. It is located near Dollar Tree.