lakewood yacht club menu

Dinner Menu

The Yacht Club features a diverse menu selection to fit the mood and appetite of our members.   So whether you want a healthy salad, a great cup of soup, a burger, or a wonderful entree of steak or fish, we are ready, willing, and able to accommodate your request.

 Dinner Menu Revised April 17, 2024

________Appetizers________

Margherita Flatbread   $11 Fresh Mozzarella and Mozzarella/ Provolone cheese blend, blistered tomatoes, basil, and balsamic glaze baked on a flatbread.

Brie Flatbread  $12 Brie cheese, caramelized onions, jam, honey, chives , Mozzarella/ Provolone cheese blend baked on a flatbread.

PEI Mussels  $14 PEI mussels, chorizo, white wine, blistered tomatoes, basil, and parmesan cheese. Served with a crostini.

Thai Chicken Meatballs  $11 Served with pickled vegetables, sweet Thai Chili sauce and cashew dust.  

Truffle Fries $9 Rosemary truffle fries with truffle aioli and parmesan cheese.  

Chicken Potstickers  $11 Served with Asian slaw, sweet Thai chili and teriyaki sauce. 

Spinach & Artichoke Dip   $10 Served with carrot, celery and pita.

Tempura Cauliflower  $11 Tempura cauliflower tossed in sweet Thai vinaigrette.

Chicken Wings   GF Available in Carolina BBQ, Garlic Parmesan, Honey Mustard, Mild, Hot, Sweet Thai, Lemon Pepper or Teriyaki. $ 6 for 8    $ 12 for 15

Tuna Nachos  $15 Ahi Tuna, sesame blend, Asian slaw mix, avocado, sweet soy, wasabi aioli, scallions and fried wonton chips.

________Salads________

Grilled Caesar Salad     V/GF   $ 10 Romaine lettuce, croutons, shaved Parmesan, and Caesar dressing.   *Available in traditional*

  Cobb Salad     $   11 Bacon, bleu cheese, tomato, red onion hard-boiled egg. Served with your choice of dressing.  

Shanghai Salad $ 12 Red and green cabbage, mandarin oranges, cashews, green onions, carrots, soba noodles. Served with miso vinaigrette. 

Lakeside Rocket Salad $   12 Arugula, blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, green onion, goat cheese, candied pecans. Served with Tarragon vinaigrette. 

Dressing choices are Balsamic, Blue Cheese, Caesar, Honey Mustard, Italian, Oil & Vinegar, Ranch, Raspberry Vinaigrette, and Thousand Island.

Add a protein:

Chicken  $6   Shrimp $9    Salmon $9   Steak $9

________Soups________

  New England Clam Chowder

Soup of the week

$3.75 Cup/ $4.75 Bowl

____Entrees_____

 Entrées served with a choice of grilled Caesar or house salad. Dressing choices are Balsamic, Blue Cheese, Caesar, Honey Mustard, Italian, Oil & Vinegar, Ranch, Raspberry Vinaigrette, and Thousand Island.

N.Y. Strip Steak   $ 38 12oz. CAB steak topped with chimichurri sauce. Served with confit fingerling potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

Filet Mignon GF  $48 8 oz Filet topped with hotel butter and a red wine bordelaise sauce. Served with seasonal vegetables and a baked potato.   

Bourbon Chicken   $18 Bourbon glazed chicken, Asian vegetable mix, sesame seeds tossed with  linguini pasta.  

Pulled Pork Mac & Cheese $18 Cavatappi pasta tossed with  cheese sauce, pico, Carolina BBQ sauce and topped with crunchy onions.

Pork Chop GF   $26 14oz. Root beer demi glazed bone-in pork chop. Served with Jack Daniel’s sweet mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.                        

Vegan Curry Bowl $17 Seasonal vegetables, red onions, spinach, coconut milk, and red curry sauce. Served over white rice.

Portabella & Chicken Pasta  $18 Grilled portabella mushroom and chicken topped with puttanesca sauce. Tossed with cavatappi pasta.

Halibut   $36 Blackened Halibut, ancho Monet sauce, white bean ragout, and corn relish.

Shrimp Linguini  $22 White beans, blistered tomatoes, shrimp, and linguini noodles. Tossed in garlic, pesto, white wine, and lemon butter sauce.  

Ahi Tuna  $28 Sesame crusted Ahi tuna, lo Mein noodle salad, Asian slaw, red pepper jam and wasabi aioli.  

Miso Salmon  $25 Pan Seared Miso glazed salmon. Served  with stir-fried rice.

  All Land & Sea options come with your choice of grilled Caesar, traditional Caesar, or house salad.

Dressing choices:

Balsamic, Blue Cheese, Caesar, Honey Mustard, Italian, Oil & Vinegar, Ranch,, Raspberry Vinaigrette,   and Thousand Island.

____Sandwiches_____

All sandwich items are served with a choice of one side item.

LYC Burger $14 8 oz Grilled burger topped with lettuce, tomato, and red onion served on a toasted Kaiser bun.

** Add American, cheddar, crumbled blue cheese, pepperjack, provolone, swiss, grilled onions, mushrooms, or bacon.  0.75/each

Pulled Pork Sandwich $14 Slow roasted pulled pork served on a pretzel bun topped with Carolina BBQ sauce, pico, crispy onions, and cheddar cheese.

Corned Beef Reuben $15 Corned beef topped with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, house made 1000  island dressing on marbled rye.

Chicken Caesar Wrap $14 Grilled Chicken breast, romaine lettuce, shaved parmesan cheese, and Caesar dressing rolled in a tortilla.

  All Sandwich items are served with a choice of one: Skinny fries, fruit cup, Sweet potato fries, Cajun or plain tater tots, onion rings, vegetable of the day, cup of soup, side house or Caesar salad or applesauce.

V: Able to be made vegetarian. GF: Able to be made Gluten Free Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.

This year's Voice of Sarasota is Jennifer Rominiecki, of Selby Gardens, The Living Museum

National Travel and Tourism Week is an annual hospitality and tourism industry tradition that celebrates the immense value travel brings to the nation. Visit Sarasota County’s event this year will also serve as the kickoff of Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week.

Each year, the Visit Sarasota County Board bestows the Voice of Sarasota award as part of the celebration. This award is presented to an individual whose exceptional efforts have significantly promoted and enhanced Sarasota County as a tourism destination.

This year the board will honor Jennifer Rominiecki , president and CEO of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, as 2024 Voice of Sarasota.

Since February 2015, when Rominiecki arrived at Selby Gardens, she repositioned the institution as The Living Museum, securing a trademark from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Enacting this new operating model has yielded increases of 128% in membership and 135% in overall earned revenues.

Rominiecki has also overseen the creation and execution of a five-year Strategic Plan and a new three-year Strategic Plan, as well as an innovative Master Site Plan that included the creation of the world’s first net-positive energy restaurant.

The award will be presented at the National Travel and Tourism Week celebration at the Bird Key Yacht Club on May 14, 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Visit Sarasota County would like to recognize the current sponsors of the event, which include Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, Herald-Tribune Media Group, Miles Partnership, Tiger Lily Flowers and Kokomo Charters.

DutchCrafters award goes to rookie

DutchCrafters, the leading retailer of Amish furniture at  www.dutchcrafters.com , celebrates outstanding employees’ achievements all year long, and a special awards ceremony is set aside each year to recognize top performers.

The Rookie of the Year Award was presented by Vice President Linse Miller to Carter Wood , furniture specialist in the Alpharetta, Georgia, showroom.

The award recognizes an employee who joined the company within the last 16 months and is a fast learner and team player who embraces DutchCrafters’ core values and company culture with an ambitious, hardworking perspective.

Law firm adds associate

Meghan E. Griffin has joined Dunlap & Moran as an associate attorney.

Griffin received her J.D. degree along with her Master of Laws degree in Taxation (LLM) in 2023 from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

Her areas of practice at the firm will be tax, estate planning, estate and trust administration, and business law.

Dunlap & Moran, PA, is an AV-rated multipractice law firm with offices in downtown Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch.

CEO joins Vistage advisory board

Michael Schwartz , president at Quality Enclosures, Inc., has joined the CEO Peer Advisory Board at Vistage Sarasota.

Quality Enclosures is a family owned and operated business in Sarasota and America’s leading wholesaler of shower enclosures since 1963. 

At Vistage Sarasota, our mission is to enable our members to become better leaders who make better decisions and, in turn, get better results. 

For more information, contact Kimberly Martinez by email at [email protected] or visit  kimberlymartinez.com .

Project Pride hires first director

The Project Pride SRQ board has named  Paul Lotierzo  as its first-ever executive director. He took the helm officially May 1.

In this role, Lotierzo is poised to leverage his wide array of nonprofit networking and development experience to usher Project Pride into the next chapter of its ever-expanding presence while increasing its impact on the Sarasota community, the Gulf Coast region and beyond.Lotierzo recently left a position as chief development officer at Civic Influencers, a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to amplifying the voices of young voters. Prior to that, he worked three years as director of development with Athlete Ally, a New York City-based organization dedicated to ending homophobia and transphobia in sports.Lotierzo also spent six years at Immigration Equality, a nonprofit dedicated to providing free legal representation for LGBTQ and HIV+ refugees, where he supported successful fundraising initiatives that increased the organization’s operating budget into the multimillions through strategic corporate sponsorships and major donor support.

Originally from New York state, he attended the University of Tampa, worked in administration at the Florida Department of Transportation in Tampa and volunteered with Equality Florida for LGBTQ+ rights, as well as Clean Water Action to clean up the Hillsborough River.

New VP at Selby Gardens

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has appointed Nancy Seijas-Kipnis as vice president for Strategic Communications and Marketing.

Since Kipnis’ arrival in this executive leadership role, her priorities have included implementing strategies for the future expansion of Selby Gardens, which encompass a three-phase Master Plan for its downtown Sarasota campus.

Kipnis led the marketing and communications strategies for Selby Gardens’ Phase One January inauguration, a $52 million expansion that will make Selby the first net-positive energy botanical complex in the world, creating more energy than it uses.

With more than two decades of experience as a leader of communications, marketing and public affairs, Kipnis emerged as the top choice from an impressive pool of prospects. Her experience spans a diversity of industries, including arts and culture, government, urban revitalization, culinary arts and lifestyle brands.