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Gecko’s Grill & Pub’s Celebrate 30 Years of Cheers with Anniversary Party Milestone celebration is a benefit for Sarasota County 4-H Foundation Scholarships Contact Name: Anne Rollings Contact Email: office@geckoshospitality.com Contact Phone Number: 9419213924 Sarasota, FL; April 27, 2022//: 30 years ago a couple of local guys teamed up for a new business adventure, and the first Gecko’s Grill & Pub was born. Six Gecko’s later and three decades of serving guests, creating jobs and partnering with the community and in June Mike Gowan and Mike Quillen, their teams, and guests will celebrate their special recipe that is part business leadership, part guest-pleasing food and drink, and part beloved community gathering places that add up to 30 years of award-winning hospitality. Fruitville Gecko’s will be the site of a Gecko’s house-smoked BBQ bash to be held on Saturday, June 4 from 4-9:00 pm. Said Gowan, “We are inviting our friends to come out and join us so we can say Thank You to our teams and our community, enjoy some BBQ, and help us celebrate.” Said Quillen, “We started Gecko’s as a little neighborhood bar and pub, focusing on fresh fare and with a strong hospitality quotient. Our guests are our friends and our bosses, and our employees are our heroes. We believe in the community, and we live, work, and play here, too.” The party will benefit the 4-H Foundation, whose emphasis upon investment in our community’s youth development and preserving the agricultural legacy of the great state of Florida resonates with the Gecko’s Hospitality Group family of restaurants. The party will offer fun for the whole family and kids of all ages, with performances by Kettle of Fish, Clogging Clovers and Music Compound as well as activities including a bouncy house, face painting, a photo booth, cornhole, lots of raffles from local businesses and 4-H children showcasing their baby animals. A prize will be offered for the oldest Gecko’s Anniversary collectible tee shirt and one guest will win Beer for a Year at the Gecko’s of their choice. Gecko’s Hospitality Group is locally owned and operated and employs over 600 Floridians. Since 1992, Gecko’s Grill & Pub’s has created steady economic stimulus, generating tens of thousands of first-time jobs and launching the careers of scores of hospitality professionals. GHG has been consistently awarded “Best Of” in numerous categories and partners to serve countless schools and philanthropies and was awarded the National Restaurant Association’s prestigious Restaurant Neighbor Award for the United States in 2015. Gowan and Quillen’s Longboat Key gem, Dry Dock Waterfront Grill joined GHG in 2015 and in 2016, GHG welcomed Dockside Waterfront Grill in Venice to the GHG family. In February, 2021 Tripletail Seafood & Spirits became the newest restaurant sibling in the GHG family. These nine restaurants along with the legendary tavern, The Red Barn Bar, fortify the GHG’s mission to provide exceptional hospitality, fresh locally sourced fare with a gourmet twist and a menu that is accessible to everyone. The Sarasota County 4-H Foundation, comprised of all volunteers, has been in existence for more than 30 years. Our purpose is to raise money each year to support the Sarasota County 4-H program and to award scholarships to qualifying 4-H’ers graduating high school. Each year the 4-H program has between 500-700 members throughout the community. The Sarasota County 4-H Foundation has no physical office or paid staff allowing all monies raised to benefit the 4-H programs, projects and activities. It is only with your support that we can make this possible. 5013c #85-8012644317C-7 For more information, to sponsor or donate a raffle prize contact Anne Rollings: office@geckoshospitality.com. Gecko's 30th Anniversary Party to benefit Sarasota County 4-H Foundation Scholarships Saturday, June 4, 2022, 4-9:00 pm 351 No. Cattlemen Road, Sarasota, FL 34232, www.GeckosGrill.com or https://tinyurl.com/yw86jnxk # # #