Angers Garden Deli, 243 N Lime Ave., Sarasota, 941-365-2696

John Minor runs Angers Garden Deli as an offshoot of Harvest Tabernacle Church where his father is pastor. Harvest Tabernacle has a reputation in Sarasota for a proliferation of good deeds, truly embodying the principles of community outreach and charitable acts. Between establishing and running drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs and housing for underprivileged families to building and supporting an orphanage in the Dominican Republic, the church runs a full-time restaurant operation. When church leaders decided to take over Angers Garden Deli on Lime Street in downtown Sarasota, they decided to use the restaurant as another way to fulfil their mission of helping the poor and disenfranchised. Graduates of the rehabilitation programs make the sandwiches and the profits pay for salaries and fund mission trips and pay for the upkeep of the aforementioned orphanage. The sandwiches are pure deli heaven with fresh local produce and meats served on preservative free bread delivered daily from Clearwater. The next time you’re craving a hot pastrami on rye or a tuna salad on pumpernickel, remember Angers Garden Deli and help yourself to the kind of food that nourishes your belly and your soul. 

Angers Garden Deli, 243 N Lime Ave., Sarasota, 941-365-2696