Rosebuds

Rosebuds is a bar and restaurant in Osprey, Florida, south of Sarasota and north of Venice. It serves aged, hand-cut Black Angus steaks, fresh seafood, chicken and veal sautes, and desserts, and it holds a rating of 4.4 based on 178 reviews. The kitchen cuts its steaks and seafood in house daily, and the menu includes appetizers such as Oysters on the Half Shell, Oysters Rockefeller, Firecracker Shrimp, Escargot, Pear and Gorgonzola Flatbread, Duck Wings, Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Tuna Tataki, Italian Sausage with Onions and Peppers, Fried Calamari, and Mussels Fra Diavolo. The restaurant is non-smoking and handicapped accessible, offers an extensive wine list and a children's menu, and serves dinner from 4pm to 9pm Tuesday through Sunday, closed Monday.

Rosebuds was founded in 1995 by Mike Kodra and his two sons, Rick and Bill, continuing a restaurant family tradition that began when Mike started his career in Chicago in 1965. Rick, the owner and chef, creates daily specials from fresh, in-season ingredients, and the restaurant serves the Certified Angus Beef brand, aged a minimum of 30 days. The bar is a cozy speakeasy with a knowledgeable staff that has been with the restaurant almost since it opened, and happy hour runs from 4 to 6pm in the lounge with 2-for-1 wells and house wine, plus a signature martini list and more than 50 wines. Banquets and luncheons are also offered.

Rosebuds sits at 2215 S. Tamiami Trail in Osprey, on Florida's Gulf Coast between Sarasota and Venice.

The restaurant has built a solid reputation among the customers it has served, with an established track record reflected in its large base of customer reviews. For steak and seafood on the south end of Sarasota, Rosebuds pairs a long-running family kitchen with a lively bar in Osprey.