WOODY’S RIVER ROO PUB, GRILL & TIKI BAR

Boats and jet skis dock right at the waterside tables, so the lunch crowd arrives by water as well as by car. The tiki bar sits on the Manatee River in Ellenton, with live music Wednesday through Sunday and karaoke on Tuesdays. The menu's seafood specialty is the Grouper Roo-Ben sandwich.

Weekday lunch for a quiet dock table; Wednesday through Sunday evenings for live music.

Come by boat if you can — the dock seating puts you closer to the river than any table on land.

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