Caragiulo's Italian Pizza Sarasota Florida Review

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Caragiulos has been a fixture on Palm Avenue and a Sarasota tradition for eons and now they have a location in their sister city to the north, Bradenton.

The extensive menu includes just about every Italian dish you can imagine, but it's the pizza (and the hot bartenders) that keep us going back.

When you walk through the door of Caragiulos, you instantly know that you found your way into the real deal, a family owned and operated restaurant. In fact, it's run by a father and his five sons. This wildly popular restaurant started out as a bakery in Brooklyn, NY and found it's way into the heart of Sarasota's theater and arts district. Art galleries, theaters, bars and hundreds of shops line the surrounding streets.

Now let's talk pizza! My long time favorite has been the Da Vinci with sausage, mushroom and pepperoni, that you see pictured above). But every now and then I switch things up and try Joe da Greek with calamata olives, baby spinach, feta and tomato or Margherita with roma tomato, basil and housemade mozzarella. There is also Bianca, a white pizza, Palermo with blackened chicken, and Farmhouse for the no meat folks. The pizzas all come in one size and one price. One pizza feeds one person with a slice or two leftover that tastes great cold.

The dough is made on premise and the crust is thin and crunchy New York style. Caragiulos offers fantastic food, a beautiful restaurant and a superb location. What more could you ask for?

Caragiulo's

Italian-American Restaurant

69 South Palm Avenue,

Sarasota, FL 34236

941.951.0866

Caragiulo's

Italian-American Restaurant

4726 Cortez Road West

Bradenton, FL 34210

941.792.7878