If you want something done right, do it yourself. Payne Park’s Café in the Park lives and breathes by this motto and the signature sandwich The Roast Beef perfectly reflects the sentiment. Café in the Park’s owner Simone Steiff-Pollux comes in at the crack of dawn every few days to slow-roast a premium cut of Angus sirloin roast beef, filling the sun-drenched café with a deep, woodsy fragrance. “It’s just a beautiful cut of meat,” Steiff-Pollux muses. Though the tender meat is the star of the show, the house-made horseradish sauce ranks a close second. Sourced from local farms and markets, the horseradish is bought in its original root form and then grated to make a creamy topper alongside organic arugula. The warm, crusty house-baked baguette brings the whole thing together. If you are a lover of fresh sandwiches and salads, Café in the Park should be your go-to, not to mention the lush terrace dining area surrounded by the recently spruced-up Payne Park. 

Cafe in the Park, 2010 Adams Lane, Sarasota, 941-361-3032