When it does, I’ll be there, noshing on a burger and fries, sipping a cold draft beer, and hopefully listening to someone with a guitar playing a timeless tune by a Sunshine State hero like Jimmy Buffett or the Allman Brothers Band.

Hurricane Milton, which made landfall as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph winds off Sarasota, wiped out the Rod and Reel Pier, a seafood restaurant that opened in 1947 on the island’s northern end, according to social media posts from officials.

Oct. 22 and 23 County Commission meetings will both be held at the Robert L. Anderson facility in Venice; not available by live broadcast

You’ll find updates from restaurants in coastal communities and islands such as Siesta Key, Anna Maria Island, Cortez, Longboat Key, St. Armands Circle, Osprey, Nokomis, and Venice. The restaurants are presented in alphabetical order.