Simone Steiff opened Cafe in the Park a decade ago at Payne Park on the eastern edge of downtown Sarasota. Her cozy café ...

There’s a separate, tamer play area for toddlers, too, and for tweens and teens, the city skateboard park is right next door.

Payne Park, also known as Circus Park, is a brightly colored playground modeled after the circus. It shouldn’t be a big surprise to find something like this because Sarasota is such a big circus ...

The Sarasota Bath & Racquet Club, Longboat Key Club, Sarasota City (now Payne Park), and Country Club of Sarasota (now the Sarasota Sports Club) each had two teams. The Meadows Country Club ...