Gecko’s Grill & Pub recently raised $6,000 for the Sarasota County 4-H Foundation and Clubs as a result of the restaurant’s 24th anniversary BBQ & Party at Gecko’s at the Landings this June. The funds will provide scholarships for Sarasota County 4-H students. This...
Gecko’s Group Opens Revamped Venice Restaurant
Sarasota Magazine After a three-week hiatus, Gecko’s Hospitality Group recently reopened Venice’s Marker 4 Restaurant as Dockside Waterfront Grill at Marker 4. Gecko’s purchased the restaurant in early April. During the ensuing weeks, Gecko’s principals Michael...
Exclusive: Gecko's owners buy Marker 4 Restaurant
By: Sarasota Herald-Tribune April 4, 2016 Gecko’s Hospitality Group has added Marker 4, a waterfront landmark in Venice, to its impressive portfolio of local restaurants. Marker 4, currently open for business, is scheduled to reopen as Dockside Waterfront Grill in...
Gecko’s Hospitality Group’s Southernmost Point is Venice!
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...
Gecko’s Buys Venice’s Marker 4 Restaurant
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...
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Mike & Mike Growing Gecko’s Hospitality Group Family of Restaurants
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...
Chef Talk with Amy Leithauser & Chef James Veldhouse
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...
Gecko’s owners buy Longboat landmark
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,...
Spirits of Sarasota: Gecko’s Lounge Lizard
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...
Gecko’s Owners Recognized as Greater Good Award Winners 2015, Biz941 Magazine
“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...
Gecko’s Grill & Pub Again Honored with Prestigious Nat’l. Restaurant Association Awards
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...