


Tuesday through Saturday, plans to continue with limited seating capacity to ensure adequate social distancing indoors and will be accepting outdoor reservations when the weather permits. The Bijou Cafe, which will operate 5-9 p.m.
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More: Where and how to eat stone crab in Sarasota-Manatee “He’s not trying to push everything aside, just coming in to take his time learning our operation and our clients and their tastes and continuing to maintain the standard we always set and then start to introduce new ideas, which so far from what I’ve seen are very exciting.” “Rich is bringing a passion for great food and a respect for who we are and what we have been doing for 34 years,” Knaggs said. After his parents moved to France, he became enamored with French cuisine during visits. More: 10 most famous Bradenton area restaurants everyone should visitĬhef Rich Demarse, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, previously worked for The Chiles Group consisting of Sandbar and Beach House restaurants on Anna Maria Island as well as the Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant on Longboat Key.ĭemarse began his culinary career as an observer of his Italian grandmother’s cooking. More: 10 most famous Sarasota restaurants everyone should visit But we have all of our dining staff coming back with a couple new faces in the kitchen, including a new chef.” “We had hoped to open in October but, believe it or not, we were not able to find the staff we were used to having,” Knaggs said by phone last Friday. “Some previous staff moved on, or even moved away, and we couldn’t expect them to keep waiting for us. There will be a new chef but the cafe has also retained many of its familiar faces. The Bijou Cafe, the fine-dining restaurant known for its menu inspired by owner Jean-Pierre Knaggs’ French and South African heritage, has announced it will begin welcoming back guests on Nov. Bijou Cafe set to reopen after closing in JulyĪ downtown Sarasota dining institution that has been closed since early July due to coronavirus concerns plans to reopen. Let’s begin with the reopening of the Sarasota restaurant that originally opened in 1986. This week’s local restaurant and bar news roundup includes a highly anticipated reopening in downtown Sarasota’s hard-hit theater district, a new breakfast and lunch destination in Bradenton and much more including a Glow Table Dinner being held in Lakewood Ranch.
