Make the gorgeous drive up Longboat Key to Cortez (bonus points if you do it while the sun is setting) and settle into a waterfront picnic table at the charming Tide Tables Restaurant & Marina, where ...

Star Fish Company, located in the commercial fishing village of Cortez on the north shore of Sarasota Bay, earned a highly coveted spot in USA TODAY's recently published "2024 Restaurants of the Year" ...

In December 1866, the U.S. Coast Survey (NOAA’s predecessor agency) began printing tide tables as an independent, annual publication. The first edition, for the year 1867, separated the predictions ...

This is one of the reasons we live in Florida: a table with a saltwater view, a cold beverage and a piece of fish so fresh it’s barely stopped swimming. As befits a place that has been designated a ...