LOUISE BOLGER | SUN
Brothers Joseph and Chris Dale are
owners and chefs.
What does it say to you when a restaurant provides a birds-eye-view into their kitchen? What it says to me is they have a level of confidence in what goes on behind closed doors that most cooks in their own homes don’t have. The Feast restaurant in Holmes Beach opened in October of 2009, and the confidence level is a direct result of the success and consistent following the restaurant has acquired.
Owners, chefs and brothers Christofer and Joseph Dale accrued years of experience and training working in many of the Island restaurants. They classify their restaurant as casual fine dining and have recently completed a total renovation that supports their dining concept.
The main room of the restaurant has a trendy high end look with tables and booths along the wall. There are touches of reclaimed wood on the walls, attained from the Bradenton Beach City Pier after it was rebuilt, and a brick archway focal point. The front room has some booths as well as a window bar for extra seating or enjoying a glass of wine while waiting for your take out order.
The hallway leading to the rest rooms is covered with artworks from local artists, some of which are for sale. The restrooms also received a total makeover with a cranberry color for the ladies and blue for the gents.
The Feast uses local and seasonal seafood and is famous for its all you can eat snow crab summer special. There are daily specials that always include a pasta selection, a meat selection and two to three seafood selections. Streamlining and improving their menu items is always a work in progress for the Dale borthers.
Some of their menu entrees are beef tenderloin, veal Madeira, crab cakes, chicken Marsala and salmon Florence. There are lots of appetizers, soups and salads to choose from like grouper bites, coconut shrimp, crackling calamari, Nicoise salad, lobster bisque and New England clam chowder and a large selection of gourmet pizzas. They make their own Key Lime pie and brownies and purchase other desserts from Island bakers.
The lunch menu includes a variety of sandwiches like crab cake and chicken, salads and soups. The restaurant also offers beer and wine with 100 bottles of wine and wine by the glass. They offer ales and imported and craft beers as well.
Chris and Joseph Dale do the primary cooking, and one of them is always on the premises. They appreciate all of their regular customers and long term staff for helping them accomplish their goal of owning and operating a successful Island restaurant. They have always lived on Anna Maria and support local community events, and these two Island boys aren’t done. They are already looking to the future for another restaurant business opportunity.
If you haven’t been to The Feast restaurant recently, you will be pleasantly surprised. The Dales have put together the perfect combination of casual and fine dining along with a window into the kitchen. As the sign above the kitchen door says, “Paradise found.”
THE FEAST RESTAURANT
Island Shopping Center
5406 Marina Dr., Holmes Beach
941-778-5092
www.thefeastrestaurant.com
11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
7 days a week
Take out available
All major credit cards accepted