Longboat restaurants close during September slowdown

Longboaters typically have a lot on their plates for dining options, but in September, the pickings grow slimmer. Many restaurants close or limit their hours during September, which is often the slowest month of the year for Key businesses.

Here’s what’s on the menu for Longboat Key:

• Dry Dock Waterfront Grill, 412 Gulf of Mexico Drive, is open for dinner only from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 2 through Sept. 30.

• Euphemia Haye Restaurant and The Haye Loft, 5540 Gulf of Mexico Drive, will be closed from Sept. 1 through Sept. 25.

• Harry’s Continental Kitchens’ restaurant and deli, 525 St. Judes Drive, are closed through Oct. 8, but Harry’s Corner Store remains open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.

• Lazy Lobster of Longboat, 5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive, is currently open from 4 to 9 p.m. daily. Seasonal lunch service from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. will resume Sept. 15 daily.

• Maison Blanche, 2605 Gulf of Mexico Drive, reopened Aug. 15, after a seven-week summer break.

• Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant, 800 Broadway, will be closed Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays Sept. 1 through Oct. 13, and is open from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.

Other Key restaurants open to the public that continue to operate in September are: Bayou Tavern, 6814 Gulf of Mexico Drive; Blue Dolphin Café, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive; Café Don Giovanni, 5610 Gulf of Mexico Drive; Ciao Italia, 5370 Gulf of Mexico Drive; Chart House Restaurant, 201 Gulf of Mexico Drive; Longbeach Café, 6836 Gulf of Mexico Drive; Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub, 760 Broadway; and Pattigeorges, 4120 Gulf of Mexico Drive.