We
spent this afternoon in Sarasota checking out the new Mall at University Town Center – which has
been open just over two weeks. It had a
lot of the same shops and restaurant as International Plaza, but it
was still fun to wander the brand new stores.
The design is beautiful with huge skylights that let in plenty of
natural light.
While
in the Sarasota area, we stopped for lunch at KaCey’s Seafood & More. It had great reviews on both Yelp
& TripAdvisor. The location is nothing exciting – it’s in a
strip mall with a yoga studio, hair salon, and dry cleaner. So if I hadn’t read
about it, I would have never thought to eat there.
We
were promptly seated and started off with a few beers before ordering
food. Lance was happy to get their last bottle
of Goose Island IPA and I had a Stella.
For
my meal I ordered the Shrimp KaCey’s – with cumin lime shrimp, crispy black
bean cake, salsa, guacamole, and rice medley.
It was technically part of the dinner menu, but they do serve shrimp and
the black bean cakes separately on the lunch menu, so our waiter was nice
enough to let me order it a bit early. It
was fantastic – the black bean cake was nice and crispy, and the shrimp was
paired with a slightly spicy sauce. The rice wasn’t too special, but the rest
of the plate made up for it.
Lance
had the Cod-Zilla Fish Sandwich – fish with guacamole, bacon, lettuce, tomato,
onion, and Cajun remoulade on a toasted ciabatta roll served with fries and
cole slaw. It was incredibly messy –
definitely not a good idea for first date food. But it tasted very good. There was so much fish on the sandwich it
kept falling out – they were very generous with the portions. Our waiter tells us it used to be an even
messier sandwich because the cole slaw used to be served on top rather than on
the side.
If
you’re in the area and in the mood for a casual place to enjoy seafood, it is definitely
worth checking out.
On
our way home, we stopped by ABC to restock our fridge with beers. They actually had a sale on miscellaneous 24
packs of beer for only $15. And most of
them were actually pretty good brands like Lagunitas and New Belgium that would
typically cost much more. It’s nice that
we can try a bunch of new kinds – I’m looking forward to testing out the Dogfish
Head Festina Peche ale brewed with peach juice.
KaCey’s
Seafood & More is located at 4904
Fruitville Rd, Fruitville, FL 34232
and is open 11am – 9pm every day.
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