The Parrot owners buying, rebranding former Big Top Live venue

A live music venue in Sarasota — previously home to Cock & Bull and most recently known as Big Top Live — is getting new owners and rebranding. 

Sarasota area restaurateurs Jeff and Melanie Gambino, who own The Parrot Patio Bar & Grill, are in the process of buying the restaurant and live music venue off Cattlemen Road from the property owners. The couple renamed it The Parrot Live Tiki Bar & Grill. “We're closing on it in the beginning of December,” Jeff Gambino tells the Business Observer in a Nov. 19 interview at the establishment.