The Ringling’s Ca’ d’Zan is closed and Historic Spanish Point is reopening in the wake of damage caused by Hurricane Helene.

We’ve begun compiling a list of these restaurants located on or near the water, with information gathered largely from their social media, noting whether they are open, closed,

Guests staying at a hotel in north Sarasota were rescued by Manatee County deputies as Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida Thursday night.

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Columbia, which opened in 1959 on St. Armands Circle and is Sarasota's oldest full-service restaurant, is among the many local businesses that sustained major flooding caused by Hurricane Helene, along with its sister restaurant,