5 Best Restaurants with a Wood Oven in Sarasota

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A photo of Bavaro's Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria-Sarasota restaurant

1. Bavaro's Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria-Sarasota

4.5

Price: Moderate

• Italian • Sarasota

Booked 19 times today

For parties of 13 or more please call the restaurant.*Weather may interfere with your reservation, we will do our best to accommodate you.*Out of passion, tradition, hard work and integrity, Bavaro’s opened its doors in March 2009 as the first traditional Neapolitan Pizzeria in the state of Florida. Determined to share their family recipes with the world, Dan Bavaro, his wife Anna-Maria, and their five beautiful children packed their U-Haul, left their friends and family, drove from New Jersey to Tampa, and set out to provide for others the same love, energy, and authenticity that they experience around their own dinner table.

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2. Trattoria Bella Napoli

4.5

Awesome(32)

Price: Expensive

• Italian • Downtown

Booked 32 times today

## Trattoria Bella Napoli: A Taste of Italy in the Heart of Sarasota Trattoria Bella Napoli transports you to the heart of Italy with its authentic cuisine and warm, inviting atmosphere. This family-owned restaurant, nestled in downtown Sarasota, offers a delightful culinary journey through homemade pastas, wood-fired pizzas, and classic Italian dishes. Step inside and be greeted by the aroma of fresh herbs and the gentle hum of conversation. The cozy ambiance, reminiscent of a traditional trattoria, sets the stage for a memorable dining experience. Start your culinary adventure with an array of delectable appetizers, like the Zucchina, a zucchini cream with zucchini chips, ricotta, and speck, or the Fichi, featuring fig jam, pancetta, pecorino cheese, and caramelized onions. For your main course, indulge in the restaurant's signature pizzas, crafted with the finest ingredients and cooked to perfection in a wood-fired oven. The Margherita, with its simple yet flavorful combination of tomato sauce, mozzarella, parmigiano, basil, and olive oil, is a classic choice. For a more adventurous palate, try the Carpaccio, topped with beef carpaccio, arugula, walnuts, and lemon oil. If you prefer pasta, Trattoria Bella Napoli offers

A photo of Flavio's Brick Oven Bar - Siesta Key restaurant

3. Flavio's Brick Oven Bar - Siesta Key

4.7

Exceptional(1494)

Price: Moderate

• Italian • Siesta Key

Booked 42 times today

Our casual restaurant has a retro contemporary theme which includes a carved wood bar topped with marble, granite table tops and bright turquoise and red accents flanking the wood-burning brick oven. Terrace seating is shared with our fine dining concept Bella Roma. Flavio, a third-generation chef from Venice, Italy, says his Farinata is not available anywhere else in the area. The thin pancake (much like a tortilla) is made of chickpeas, baked in the wood-burning oven and enhanced with rosemary and other savory toppings. Among Flavio's thin-crust pizzas (his grandfather's recipes) are the popular Quattro Stagioni (fresh mozzarella, mushrooms, prosciutto, olives) and the Pizza Vegetariana with assorted grilled veggies. The rustic bread and focaccia are made on the premises. Flavio's also serves up house-made pasta dishes, plus veal and seafood entrees. We look forward to serving you!

4. Paulo and Bill's

4.8

Exceptional(38)

Price: Expensive

• American • Shawnee

Booked 4 times today

Paulo & Bill Restaurant in Shawnee serves up well-presented seafood and Italian cuisine including the classics and more modern choices.Paulo & Bill Restaurant offers appetizers that include garlic bread, wood-fired salmon salad, calamari, crab cakes and goat cheese bruschetta. Pasta options can be made gluten free and include the house-made gnocchi, wild mushroom ravioli and lasagna. Guests can choose entrées like the chicken piccata and Mama Mia grilled beef tenderloin with whipped potatoes. There is also a wood-fired oven with a number of pizza selections, such as peppered chicken and applewood smoked bacon. Paulo & Bill Restaurant has an outdoor seating area, a kids' menu and a special happy hour menu that includes small plates, such as lasagna rolls and sausage or beef tenderloin flatbreads. There is also brunch available. Special wine dinners are offered throughout the year with vintages paired with each course.

5. Sardinia Sarasota

4.8

Exceptional(1509)

Price: Moderate

• Italian • Sarasota

Booked 19 times today

Chef Carta brings the authentic simple elegance of the Sardinian dining tradition to your table. Sardinian cuisine is known for the purity of food and flavors. To insure the authenticity of the dining experience Chef has imported an authentic hood wood-burning oven for the kitchen. The menu is focused on farm fresh and locally grown food. Chargrilled meats and local fish will be cooked in the oven as it is in Sardinia. Taste the Sardinia bread, know as Pane carasau, baked fresh daily which welcomes you at your table. The pasta dough is also made fresh daily. Revel in the authentic Sardinian paella made with fregola and enjoy the unique flavor of bottarga. To maximize the pleasure of sharing good food with good friends, Sardinia has 45 seats- 24 in the main dining room, a chefs table for 10 and 13 seats in the bar area. Good food-good conversation-good friends. A true Sardinia experience you will not forget.

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5 restaurants available nearby

1. Bavaro's Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria-Sarasota

2. Trattoria Bella Napoli

3. Flavio's Brick Oven Bar - Siesta Key

4. Paulo and Bill's

5. Sardinia Sarasota

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