Anna Maria Oyster Bar

Landside: 6906 14th Street West, Bradenton (941) 758-7880
Cortez: 6696 Cortez Road, Bradenton (941) 792-0077
Ellenton: 1525 51st Ave East, Ellenton (941) 721-7773

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Anna Maria Oyster Bar - Special Events

	Pace Center for Girls On June 20th Anna Maria Oyster Bar teamed with Pace Center for Girls to teach a cooking class. Chefs Melissa Paul and Mikki Bedard taught a class of 10 girls on how to prepare a cost efficient meal of grilled chicken and vegetables. During the class students as well as teachers were able to participate in cooking each of their meals.

On May 31, Anna Maria Oyster Bar partnered with Fantasy Travel to participate in Anna Maria Island Relay for Life. A team lead by Jennifer Mongeau included AnneMarie Gager, Darcey Klebs, Nicole Vidakovic, Sheila McCarthy, Lynn Kaplan, Jayna Saito-Armstrong, Philip Davis, Austin Childers, Mikki Bedard, Gary Harkness , Laura McCall, Ashley Carr, Jessica Pennington, Jim Simpson, Spanky Price, Ben Mixter, Pieter Hahn and Debbie Crissman. Team Fantasy Oysters was able to raise over $1,800 for the fight against cancer.

On Saturday April 26th, 2008 Anna Maria Oyster Bar and crew joined in the Hernando De Soto Historical Society Grand Parade for the 3rd year in a row. Leading the way was owner John Horne on his golf cart, joined by his parents Lynn & Ann Horne, Darcie Duncan and Amanda Edge. A truck donated by Sarasota Ford driven by Doug Monhollon towed a float created by Spanky Price and Phil Massey. AMOB partner Fred Hurley commandeered the float carrying numerous Anna Maria Oyster Bar employees and their families. 10 Anna Maria Oyster Bar employees and friends walked along side the float throwing over 10,000 strands of beads.
John Horne, Lynn Horne, Ann Horne	Fred Hurley & Laura McCall	Laura McCall & Anna Maria Oyster Bar Float
Doug & Candace Monhollon	Tim & Angie Bingham, Spanky Price, Jennifer Mongeau & Michelle Bedard	John Horne & Anna Maria Oyster Bar Golf Cart during parade
Sean Mullaney throwing beads	Andi & Shea O'Neil, Jennifer Mongeau, Michelle Bedard at the start of parade	Phil Massey & Spanky Price walking the parade
Fred Hurley & Fred Hurley Jr.	Alana Massey, Debbie Massey, Rebecca Roberts & Jazzmein Roberts after the parade	Amanda Edge, Lynn Horne, Darcie Duncan
Jennifer Mongeau & Michelle Bedard	Spanky Price & Andi O'Neil

Anna Maria Island Community Center Construction Crew 2007

The Anna Maria Oyster Bar served lunch to the Anna Maria Island Community Center construction crew on Friday, February 23rd. Owner, John Horne and his crew brought blackened grouper sandwiches as well as roast beef wraps and accompaniments to the construction site. Horne feels this is a great way for the Anna Maria Oyster Bar to show their appreciation to the construction crew of the Anna Maria Island Community Center for all of their hard work and dedication.

Bottle Boat Regatta 2007
On Saturday, April 21st, the Anna Maria Oyster Bar sponsored the 2007 Bottle Boat Regatta. The Oyster Bar served fried fish sandwiches, french fries and corn dogs. The Bottle Boat Regatta took place on the Palma Sola Causeway.

World Cinema Celebration, 2007

Anna Maria Oyster Bar's booth at the 9th Annual Sarasota Film Festival's "World Cinema Celebration," an outdoor street festival on Lemon Avenue in downtown Sarasota. This event, celebrating international films and cultures, has an annual attendance of well over one thousand people. The event took place on Wednesday, April 18th."

Bottle Boat Regatta 2006

On Saturday, April 22nd the Anna Maria Oyster Bar served fried fish sandwiches and french fries at the 2006 DeSoto Heritage Festival Plastic Bottle Boat Regatta. The bottle Boat Regatta took place on the Palma Sola Causeway. The Anna Maria Oyster Bar was the proud sponsor of the Plastic Bottle Boat Regatta.

Where The Boys Are 2006

Anna Maria Oyster Bar had a booth at Where The Boys Are held at the South Florida Museum on May 5th benefiting the South Florida Museum.

“I haven’t forgotten how to wait tables!”

John as a Celebrity waiter in Tampa with Roberta Fernandez at the “Celebrities at Your Service 2006” fundraiser for the Montessori Children’s House of Hyde Park Scholarship Fund. He won First Place!!!

Bayfest 2006

Anna Maria Oyster Bar had a booth at Anna Maria Island's Bayfest, held on Pine Ave in Anna Maria Island on October 21st.

Small Business of the Year 2005

Anna Maria Oyster Bar was very proud to accept the Small Business of the Year 2005 Award, presented by the Manatee Chamber of Commerce. John Horne is in the back row accepting the award.

Tri Chamber Business Connection 2005

Anna Maria Oyster Bar's booth for the November, 2005 Tri Chamber Business Connection event in Sarasota.

Golf Tournament 2005

Annual Anna Maria Oyster Bar Annual Golf Tournament benefiting the Anna Maria Island Community Center held at The Meadows Country Club on September 30, 2005. This is John Horne presenting a check to Pierrette Kelly the day of the Tournament. We actually ended up raising over $75,000.00 this year for the Center!

Taste of Manatee 2005

Anna Maria Oyster Bar had a booth at The Taste of Manatee, held in downtown Bradenton on November 5th & 6th benefiting Meals on Wheels. Great Fun!!

Prine Elementary and Blackburn Elementary Christmas Administration & Staff Dinner 2005
On December 12th the Anna Maria Oyster Bar closed their doors early to host dinner for the administration and staff of two local schools. The Cortez location hosted Prine Elementary and the Ellenton location hosted Blackburn Elementary. The third location, Landside, closed early to host a Christmas party for all of the three Anna Maria Oyster Bar restaurant's employees and staff. This was the third year of hosting two school's staffs for a Christmas Party/Teacher Appreciation Dinner. Previous schools hosted: Virgil Mills, Seabreeze Elementary, Tara Elementary and Gene Witt.