Restaurant changes hands; Placida Seafood Festival goes on
Jessica Moore serves up some tropical drinks at the Seafood Festival in Placida
SUN PHOTO BY SUE ERWIN, serwin@sun-herald.com
Jeff Fairbanks adds more seafood to the grill as Beth Feuer cooks calamari at the Annual Placida Rotary Seafood Festival Saturday. The festival continues from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at 13000 Fishery Road (where Gasparilla and Placida roads meet), Placida.
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Melody Shaw of Charlie's Seaside Cafe serves up plates of seafood to customers at the 2011 Placida Seafood Festival. The 2012 festival is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, on the grounds of the Fishery Restuarant in Placida.
With the recent sale of the famous Fishery restaurant based in Placida, a big concern was whether or not the annual Placida Seafood Festival would go on as planned. Not to worry.
For over 30 years, Garry Albritton and wife Margaret have seen the celebration of the sea grow from a few hundred attendees to a few thousand. This year’s event is expected to draw in more than 15,000 visitors during the two-day event this weekend, March 16-17.
