The Sandbar, Beachhouse and Mar Vista have always had fresh fish and other healthy choices on the menu for adults. Now they have extended these choices to their children’s menus encouraging their pint sized diners to choose healthier items. Owner Ed Chiles is very health conscious offering a free health club membership for all employees and is always looking for new and healthy options for the ever changing menus at all three of his waterfront eateries.  He scrutinizes all the ingredients incorporated into the menus demanding the leanest cuts of beef, fish with major health benefits like the Scottish Salmon or Yellow fin Tuna and of course our website name sake, Grouper. He also looks for items with low fat content and ones that include fresh produce and product ingredients. He was doing this long before the public pushed for healthier options from restaurants. [more...]

Easter Menus

April 2, 2012

Grouper Easter Special

Enjoy Easter with your toes in the sand at anyone of the three Chiles Group waterfront restaurants. At the Beachhouse Restaurant Chef Will Manson will be preparing delicious specials for Easter Sunday including the traditional Country Ham with a Pineapple Rum Raisin glaze and slow roasted Prime Rib with au jus and horseradish sauce. Seafood specials include a Red fish Creole which offers a generous filet of farm raised red fish, blackened in an iron skillet and served over a bed of yellow rice pilaf with a savory Creole sauce. Next, we have a Scottish salmon filet char grilled, brushed with a rosemary and Vermont maple glaze, topped with fresh spinach, Montrachevre goat cheese, sundried tomato slivers and lemon butter. The Beachhouse Easter menu rounds out with an array of fresh catches including Mahi Mahi, Yellow Fin Tuna, Pompano, Cobia and Rainbow Trout. The Beachhouse will be taking reservations for parties of any size on Easter for the inside dining room. The deck is open seating. [more...]

Sandbar and Beachhouse Receive People’s Choice Awards

April 2, 2012

The People have spoken! The results from The Bradenton Herald and The Anna Maria Island Sun Newspaper’s People’s Choice Awards are in and the Sandbar and Beachhouse received a total of 7 awards. The readers of the Bradenton Herald voted the Sandbar as the #1 place to watch the sunset, #1 spot for waterfront dining, [...]

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Ed’s Corner April 2012

April 2, 2012

A word about food… I must admit I get a little frustrated at times when I read Trip Advisor and other like web blogs and someone says that our restaurants just serve the standard tourist food items. Don’t get me wrong, we have plenty of those items, like chicken wings and fajitas and coconut shrimp [...]

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The 3 Kitcheneers Love the Sandbar and Pine Avenue

March 6, 2012

The 3 Kitcheneers recently stopped by the Sandbar Restaurant to stick their toes in the sand and to enjoy some real waterfront dining.  While sitting Gulf side, they indulged in a few of Sandbar’s new menu items. The ladies loved the Bradley Store Heritage Shrimp and Grits with bottarga and fresh Gulf shrimp, the Crab [...]

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Mar Vista Easter Egg Hunt

March 6, 2012

The Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant is happy to once again be hosting their annual Easter Egg Hunt. The 24th Annual Mar Vista Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, April 7 at the Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant beginning at 10:00 am. Refreshments will be served. And children will have the opportunity to have their [...]

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