Florence & The Spice Boys — Sarasota

These guys started as a food truck in 2019 and blew up so fast they now have two brick-and-mortar locations in Sarasota and both are packed for a reason. The Middle Eastern flavors here are punchy, bold, and made with the kind of love you can literally taste. The chicken shawarma pita with pickled slaw, egg, and tahini is the move, but honestly we haven't ordered a single thing here that didn't make us stop mid-bite and look at each other like "are you serious right now?" Julie says Florida doesn't have enough restaurants like this — places where you can tell the people behind the counter genuinely love what they're doing. From food truck to two locations to one of Sarasota's best restaurants? That's a Florida success story if we've ever heard one.