Al Fresco Lunch in Burns Square

Recently, historic has become a mecca for new restaurants. However one old standby has anchored the area for years, The .

Even though the Citrus Café offers limited indoor seating, the outdoor dining space is just perfect this time of year. With its outdoor tables and umbrellas, the brick patio, the fountain, and the historical buildings, one cannot help but feel a little bit of European cafe influence. However this is not a European but rather a Sarasota styled cafe.

Primarily a breakfast and lunch spot, the Citrus Café offers a range of creative sandwiches, soups, and salads all served in a very casual, relaxed setting.

For our meals we chose the following:

•  Hummus & Pita: As a starter $5.95
  Fresh and creamy
   
• Citrus Spinach Salad: Baby spinach, strawberries, fresh orange, red onion, walnuts, raspberry, vinaigrette, & banana bread $8.95
  Fresh, colorful, a great mix of flavors and textures
  
  
• Chicken Salad Sandwich: On rye, with lettuce, tomato, onion, and a side of potato salad $7.95
  Classic, very good texture and taste, nice seasoning in the potato salad
  
  
• Garden Salad Platter:  Mixed greens, garden fresh vegetables, vine ripe tomato and banana bread, with your choice of chicken salad, tuna salad, or egg salad.  $8.95
  Very fresh, colorful, generous portion
  
  
• Tuna Salad Sandwich:  Choice of white, wheat, rye.  All sandwiches come with a choice of side: cole slaw, potato salad or fresh fruit salad.  $7.95
  Another classic sandwich, very good

We found the wait staff to be friendly, responsive, and efficient checking back often and offering to top off our drinks. In addition to a wide range of soft drinks, the Citrus Café also offers a limited selection of beer and wine to complement your meal.

All of the food was fresh, bright, and served with style. It seems like each dish had a signature ingredient added to set it apart. Two examples, the addition of citrus to the spinach salad and the seasoning in the potato salad, just add that little something that makes you remember the dish.

Looking for that perfect outdoor spot to meet someone for lunch? You search may be over; The Citrus Café, offering all the right ingredients for a delightful lunchtime dining experience.

Citrus Cafe 
543 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 941-957-0432 
Fax: 941-957-0432