If you've lived in Sarasota long enough, many local spaces hold hints of nostalgia from eateries gone by. Classico will forever be Sarasota News and Books to some. A few remember Libby's as the old Fred's Restaurant. Head down south and you'll likely be looking for J Ryan's—instead, you'll be met with the fresh face of the Coral House, a restaurant whose food will make you forget all about the haunts of yore. A dinner joint specializing in locally purveyed fish, the seafood pasta is the winner of the evening. A bed of jet black squid ink linguini hand-made in Tampa is the base for an ever-changing roster of fish, often including massive scallops, Prince Edward Island mussels, a local catch like grouper or wahoo, Gulf shrimp and baby octopus. The teeny octopi are the kickers: seared over heat, they are then thrown in an icy bath of olive oil with zest of lemon, lime, orange and grapefruit. 

The Coral House, 8389 South Tamiami Trl., Sarasota, 941-552-8825.