Dockside Waterfront Grill at Marker 4 Joins GHG Siblings Venice, FL; April 3, 2016 // For a couple of local boys, the allure of ‘Old Florida’ never loses its charm. And so it is for the Gecko’s Hospitality Group as Mike Quillen and Mike Gowan welcome the Dockside...
Sarasota Magazine Gecko’s Hospitality Group recently purchased Venice’s Marker 4 Restaurant and will rebrand it as Dockside Waterfront Grill at Marker 4. The restaurant has been around since 1950, when Ben and Isa Mae Dunn broke ground on Fisherman’s Wharf Marina. The...
Herald-Tribune 2016 Sarasota Readers' Choice Awards Finalist for Best Sports Bar and Best American Restaurant
By: The Sarasota Post January 28, 2016 A gecko is considered a good luck lizard. Perhaps this reptilian symbol on the façade and in menus of every Gecko’s Grill & Pub in town has had magical good fortune on this locally born and burgeoning chain of upscale grill...
By: Sarasota Herald-Tribune December 7, 2015 Amy Leithauser, the director of culinary operations for Gecko’s Grill & Pub (351 N. Cattlemen Road, Sarasota and six other locations; 378-0077; geckosgrill.wpengine.com), is committed to using fresh, locally cultivated...
By: Business Observer September 24, 2015 Gecko’s Hospitality Group, one of the largest independently owned restaurant companies in the Sarasota-Bradenton market, has added another location to its portfolio: the Dry Dock Waterfront Grill on Longboat Key. The Dry Dock,...
A refreshing beverage with an appropriate name. By Hannah Wallace, Sarasota Magazine This week: The signature Lounge Lizard at Gecko’s Grill and Pub The drink: Rum, melon liqueur and banana liqueur mixed with pineapple juice—not as sweet as it sounds, a refreshing...
“Mike Quillen and Mike Gowan have been providing hospitality and goodwill services in Sarasota and Manatee through Gecko’s Charitable Giving Program since their first restaurant opened in 1992. They’ve supported Sarasota 4-H, the YMCA Youth Shelter, Share Our...
The Restaurant Neighbor Award Recognizes Outstanding Community Involvement Gecko’s Hospitality Group Co-Owner, Michael Quillen to Receive Cornerstone Humanitarian Award for third consecutive year Gecko’s Grill & Pub is proud to announce that the National...
The executives from the Gecko’s restaurant group in Sarasota are a lucky bunch. They got to go to Sierra Nevada Beer Camp. What’s Beer Camp? It’s an ongoing multi-day program put on by the Chico, California, brewery, where “campers” tour the brewery and get to brew a...
Sure Shooters Bring Home the Chamber trophy for second consecutive year. Sarasota, FL; Knights Trail
Restaurant Industry Leads through Participation in “Dine Out for No Kid Hungry” during September Sarasota, FL; August 28, 2014 // - Gecko’s Grill & Pub and S’macks Burgers & Shakes is partnering with Share Our Strength’s Dine Out For No Kid Hungry, a national...
