New eatery to take over Venice restaurant space

A Mexican restaurant is set to move into the space formerly occupied by Shuck N’ Ale at The Rialto in Venice. The southern-style seafood restaurant closed in the shopping center off U.S. 41 in late July.

The new lessee is a family-owned Mexican fusion restaurant called Cabo Breeze, according to Brian Seidel, a broker associate from American Property Group of Sarasota who handled the transaction with his uncle, Geoff Paul. 

In addition to “incredible dishes,” the eatery will feature “tropical cocktails and amazing desserts,” Seidel says.

“The team behind the vision has decades running successful operations here in Southwest Florida, and we welcome them to the Island with open arms,” Seidel says in an email to the Business Observer.

While the agents decline to disclose the names of the new lessees, Paul says the family includes two sisters who will run front-of-the-house operations and two brothers overseeing the kitchen.

"We are all excited for the addition to the island as we desperately needed some great Mexican food in that area," Paul says in an email. "Who doesn’t love an ice-cold margarita on the patio?"

Cabo Breeze will move into the 3,050-square-foot second-generation restaurant space in The Rialto shopping center at 648 S. Tamiami Trail in the coming months.

Says Seidel: “They are slated to start serving delicious food before the 2025 holiday season.”

Minneapolis-based commercial real estate company The Lindsay Group owns The Rialto shopping center, which also features tenants like Dollar General and Goodwill.