Walt's Fish Market Restaurant
Grouper Reuben at the authentic Chickee Bar. Walt's plates a Grouper Reuben — grouper on rye with coleslaw, Swiss, and firecracker sauce — from a market-and-table that still sells fish caught the day you buy it. Sit the authentic Chickee Bar, added in 2012 for outdoor dining.
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Grouper Reuben at the authentic Chickee Bar
Claus Wallin came to Sarasota in 1918 as a roustabout on the Ringling Circus train — the seafood dynasty grew from a circus stop.
A working fish market and restaurant rolled into one on South Trail — buy fresh Gulf catch from the counter or sit down for it, with a complimentary smoked-fish dip and an open-air Chickee bar. Old-Sarasota, family-run, no fuss.
Food: Start with the complimentary smoked-fish dip, then get the grouper Reuben ($$); the Captain's Platter (snapper, lobster tail, scallops) is the splurge ($$$).
Drink: The open-air Chickee bar handles casual drinks — a beer or cocktail with your fish ($–$$).
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