Sarasota Middle Eastern-inspired restaurant opens second location


  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • | 11:15 a.m. April 29, 2025
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Florence & the Spice Boys opens at University Town Center April 25.
Florence & the Spice Boys opens at University Town Center April 25.
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Florence & the Spice Boys started with a food truck in 2019. 

After opening the first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Sarasota’s The Landings in 2022, less than three years later, Florence & the Spice Boys opened a second location at University Town Center on April 25. 

The food truck was simply called the Spice Boys, who are Steven Schmitt and Carl Kolber. That was until Schmitt’s wife, Florence Schmitt, started working the window. 

 

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