Sarasota Restaurant Equipment & Supply

Restaurant Equipment and Supply for Sarasota, Bradenton and North Port

Sarasota and Bradenton cook with what the water and the farms bring in. Fishing families have worked out of Cortez on Sarasota Bay since the late 1800s, Amish and Mennonite families have wintered in Sarasota's Pinecraft neighborhood since the 1920s, and Anthony Rossi founded Tropicana in Bradenton in 1947.

Columbia Restaurant has served St. Armands Circle since 1959, Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week fills dining rooms every June, and Anna Maria Oyster Bar has served the area since the mid-1990s. To the south, North Port calls itself Sarasota County's largest municipality by population and land mass, and it hosts the Braves' spring training at CoolToday Park.

Grouper and mullet with a slice of pie on the Sarasota Bay docks

Since 2015, The Restaurant Warehouse has shipped to thousands of commercial kitchens in every state. Sarasota, Bradenton and North Port orders ship from our Orlando warehouse, so Sarasota-area restaurants get the same low prices and freight delivery right to Sarasota, Bradenton, Cortez, Palmetto, and North Port. The most common orders here are reach-in refrigerators, freezers, fryers, ice machines, sandwich prep tables, and food truck equipment.

Cortez Fishing Village and Sarasota Bay Seafood

Cortez is a historic fishing village on Sarasota Bay in Manatee County. Fishing families came from coastal North Carolina in the late 1800s and called the rich local waters "The Kitchen," and The Islander describes Cortez as one of Florida's last communities with multigenerational commercial fishing. Boats bring in mullet, grouper, snapper, stone crab, and shrimp. Star Fish Company, a dockside fish shack and market owned by Karen Bell since 1996, is known for its fried grouper sandwich. It reopened in October 2024 after Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Each February, the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival takes over the Star Fish and A.P. Bell docks, and proceeds support the 95-acre FISH Preserve run by the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage.

Fish shacks and seafood kitchens order ice machines sized for display beds, freezers for stone crab and grouper, fryers for the fried grouper and shrimp baskets, and countertop display cases for retail counters.

Pinecraft, Yoder's and Amish Cooking in Sarasota

Pinecraft dates to the 1920s, when Amish and Mennonite farmers were recruited to Sarasota to grow celery. The soil proved poor for celery, but the weather kept the families coming back. It is a grid of about 500 small homes at Beneva Road and Bahia Vista Street, inside Sarasota city limits, that fills with winter visitors from Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania, according to Visit Sarasota County. Levi and Amanda Yoder opened Yoder's Restaurant in 1975, and the family still runs it, along with a deli and produce market. Visit Sarasota says Yoder's makes more than 100 pies a day in over 25 varieties, and Atlas Obscura reported nearly 9,000 Thanksgiving pies in 2017. Der Dutchman has served Amish cooking on Bahia Vista Street since 1985.

Bakeries and family restaurants that turn out pies by the hundred need commercial ovens, work tables for rolling crust, freezers for holiday stock, and countertop display cases up front, while buffets lean on griddles and two-door reach-in refrigerators.

Tropicana, Manatee County Farms and Sarasota Markets

Anthony T. Rossi, a Sicilian immigrant, founded Tropicana in Bradenton in 1947, starting with a packinghouse in Palmetto, and the company took the Tropicana name in 1957. The first juice train ran north in 1971. As of 2019, the Bradenton plant processed about 4 billion oranges a year. Per UF/IFAS (2024), Manatee County agriculture is worth over $500 million a year, second only to tourism, and vegetables are a $290 million industry on roughly 30,000 acres, led by tomatoes, snap beans, watermelons, cucumbers, and potatoes. Sarasota's downtown farmers market runs every Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., year-round, on Lemon Avenue with about 80 vendors.

Farm-to-table kitchens and juice bars need two-door reach-in refrigerators for big produce deliveries, sandwich prep tables and undercounter refrigerators on the line, and market vendors use food truck equipment and work tables.

Free freight delivery with lift gate to a Sarasota restaurant

Restaurant Supply Store in Sarasota

We ship straight to your Sarasota restaurant. Most Sarasota, Bradenton and North Port orders arrive in 1 to 3 business days from our Orlando warehouse, with free freight and free lift gate service. Most calls from Sarasota and Manatee County kitchens are for a fast replacement, like a reach-in refrigerator that quit before a busy Saturday or for a full equipment package for a new restaurant, fish shack, bakery, or food truck. North Port counts 1,258 accommodation and food-service jobs, according to the city's 2025 prospectus. Tell us what you are cooking and how much space you have, and we will help you size the line. Will-call pickup in Orlando is available for verified restaurant businesses, but most kitchens skip the trip and let us ship it.

Why Sarasota Restaurants Buy From The Restaurant Warehouse

Every piece of new Atosa equipment we sell is run-tested for 24 hours at the factory before it ships. It carries Intertek's ETL Sanitation and cETLus listings, which certify it to the NSF/ANSI food equipment standards and US and Canadian safety standards that inspectors from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation's Division of Hotels and Restaurants look for. Refrigeration comes with a 3-year parts and labor warranty and a 5-year compressor warranty, gas cooking equipment comes with a 1-year parts and labor warranty, and extended warranties are available.

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Serving Sarasota, Bradenton and North Port

Sarasota is our hub for Sarasota and Manatee counties, from Bradenton and Cortez down to North Port. Every kitchen here gets the same equipment, free lift gate freight, warranty, and team.

Sarasota and St. Armands Circle

Columbia Restaurant opened on St. Armands Circle in 1959 as a branch of the 1905 Ybor City original; the company calls it the oldest restaurant in Sarasota. Every June, Visit Sarasota County runs Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week, which it launched in 2005; in 2026, 68 restaurants offered $25 lunch and $45 dinner menus. Every late January, Sarasota-Manatee Originals hosts the Forks & Corks Food & Wine Festival. Operators searching for a restaurant supply store in Sarasota usually need a fast replacement, so we ship reach-in refrigerators, bar refrigeration, back-bar coolers, and charbroilers.

Bradenton, Cortez and Palmetto

Bradenton is the Manatee County seat, with 55,698 residents in 2020. Its Village of the Arts is a 36-acre neighborhood of more than 200 homes, galleries, studios, and cafes. Anna Maria Oyster Bar runs Bradenton-area locations including Cortez and Ellenton. Kitchens in Bradenton, Cortez, and Palmetto order ice machines, fryers, freezers, and sandwich prep tables. We also deliver to Ellenton and Lakewood Ranch.

North Port

North Port covers 104 square miles and had an estimated 92,875 residents in July 2024. CoolToday Park draws about 100,000 fans a spring training season, and Warm Mineral Springs Park, at about 85 degrees, welcomes more than 150,000 visitors a year, according to the city. Anna Maria Oyster Bar opened its sixth location in North Port in May 2024. New restaurants and concession operators in North Port order reach-in refrigerators, griddles, fryers, and draft beer coolers.

Sarasota Restaurant Equipment FAQ

Do you ship restaurant equipment to Sarasota?

Yes. The Restaurant Warehouse ships commercial restaurant equipment to Sarasota and the rest of Sarasota and Manatee counties by freight, with lift gate delivery to your door.

Do you deliver to Bradenton, North Port and Cortez?

Yes. We deliver across Sarasota and Manatee counties, including Sarasota, Bradenton, Cortez, Palmetto, Ellenton, Lakewood Ranch, and North Port.

How fast is delivery to Sarasota?

Most Sarasota, Bradenton and North Port orders arrive in 1 to 3 business days from our Orlando warehouse, depending on item availability and carrier routing. Contact us if you need equipment urgently.

Do you offer free freight?

Yes. Free freight is available on select models and qualifying orders. Contact us to confirm freight options for a specific item.

Do you charge lift gate fees?

No. We do not charge lift gate fees.

What types of restaurant equipment do you sell?

We sell commercial refrigerators, freezers, prep tables, griddles, charbroilers, deep fryers, ovens, ice machines, bar refrigeration, and food truck equipment, plus many other categories for professional kitchens.

Can I get help choosing the right equipment?

Yes. If you can't find what you need, call or email us and we'll help you source the right product for your kitchen.

Can I pick up my order?

Yes. Verified restaurant businesses can arrange will-call pickup at our Orlando warehouse. But why lose a day renting a truck, strapping it down and unloading it yourself? With free freight and free lift gate service, most Sarasota, Bradenton and North Port orders arrive at your door or curb in 1 to 3 business days. Call (206) 419-5801 to set up either option.

To the north, our Tampa Bay page covers Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, and to the south our Fort Myers page covers Cape Coral and Bonita Springs.

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