Editor's note: In 2018, writer Bob Plunket "staycationed" in Pinecraft, the Amish and Mennonite community where the restaurant is located. Here's his experience. Most of Sarasota’s winter visitors ...

Pinecraft may well be Sarasota’s most unusual neighborhood. A winter retreat for thousands of Amish from Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania—plus their Mennonite cousins—it features famously tiny ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daughter Gloria is super busy getting ready for a wedding held in their shop next week. And now, dear little Joshua (1+ years old) ...

It's not exactly what you'd expect to find alongside a coastal community in southwest Florida. Situated between Sarasota's white sand beaches and I-75 is the small "Plain" community of Pinecraft. Also ...

Pinecraft remains the place where men still greet each other with sturdy pats on the back and women pedal their bicycles past clotheslines that sway in the wind and homemade advertisements are tacked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pinecraft Pedestrian Bridge connects the Phillippi Creek Levee Trail to the county-owned property at the end of Graber Avenue.

From December through April, Amish travelers pack charter buses making overnight runs from Ohio to Florida. Stiff black hats are gingerly stowed in overhead bins as the bus winds its way through hilly ...

SARASOTA — Tacked to the community bulletin board outside the iconic Pinecraft Post Office are many business cards and personal notes. Someone lost a dog, someone found a parrot. A golf cart is for ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Debby dumped heavy rains in Sarasota and Manatee Counties that caused flooding in many neighborhoods. Sarasota County Fire Department says they responded to 495 total ...