A site map of the proposed winter festival inside the St. Armands Circle roundabout in Sarasota. Wielding a petition with signatures from dozens of Circle storeowners, Leonard predicted the event ...

None in 2023 has saddened me more than the closure of St. Armands Oyster Bar on St. Armands Circle. I loved the New Orlean-style eatery that opened last summer and closed about a year later.

St. Armands Circle — smack in the middle of St. Armands Key, between Sarasota’s mainland and the beaches of Lido Key — is a tourist attraction both tacky and grand, kind of like the circus.

Just a frisbee’s throw from the white sands of Lido Beach, St. Armands Circle attracts stylish shoppers and sidewalk-strollers to its fine boutiques, galleries, outdoor cafes and restaurants.

However, St. Armands was originally coined Harding Circle with the surrounding properties called Ringling Isles. Circus magnate John Ringling purchased the land in 1917, naming it in memory of his ...

SARASOTA, Fla. - It’s not clear when a lot of businesses in St. Armands Circle will be able to reopen after many of them flooded during Hurricane Helene. A lot of shops on the ground level had ...

Luckily for shoppers and diners, St. Armands Circle has retained its charm and sense of history. Follow the John Ringling Causeway over beautiful Sarasota Bay and you’ll come to this island of ...

The businesses on St. Armands Circle are ready for visitors after the 2024 hurricanes. Roughly 2/3 of the businesses on the Circle have reopened since last fall's hurricanes. Some businesses have ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — St. Armands Circle took two hard hits in the last few weeks, from both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Storm surge ravaged first floor businesses, leaving little ...