{"id":312204,"date":"2026-06-18T20:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/312204\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T20:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:27:09","slug":"sarasota-based-european-bistro-marcel-taking-over-former-left-bank-bistro-space-in-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/312204\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarasota-based European bistro Marcel taking over former Left Bank Bistro space in St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m a St. Pete guy; I&#8217;ve always liked Left Bank and this location. I like the idea of being off the beaten path,&#8221; Duclut said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been there many times, and literally live a few minutes away from the place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">&#8220;I want to create a place where people can get good food without having to go downtown and find parking,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Marcel&#8217;s St. Pete location is slated to open this September following a series of cosmetic upgrades to the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Duclut said the restaurant will offer roughly 25 dishes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">While the St. Pete menu will not mirror Sarasota&#8217;s exactly, many of the dishes will overlap, including its cacio e pepe and hanger steak frites with roasted shallots, ma\u00eetre d&#8217; butter, and red wine sauce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">&#8220;The menu won&#8217;t be exactly the same, but it will be very similar,&#8221; Duclut said. &#8220;I can take more risks on this menu, but I have to see what people in St. Pete will want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Other dishes expected to carry over from Sarasota include branzino served with lobster, zucchini, basil, and almond aillade; grilled octopus with paprika, saffron, and Galician potatoes; and vegetarian meatballs with fresh burrata.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;m a St. Pete guy; I&#8217;ve always liked Left Bank and this location. I like the idea of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-312204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}