‘America’s Best’ coming to AMI

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America’s Best Restaurants will bring its “Roadshow” Dec. 7 to Minnie’s Beach Cafe in Holmes Beach. ABR will be filming on location about 9 a.m.-noon. Islander File, Courtesy Photo

The crew at Minnie’s Beach Cafe is known to hit “record” and document the good times at the Holmes Beach restaurant.

But on Dec. 7, the video recording at Minnie’s will be done by professionals with America’s Best Restaurants’ “Roadshow.”

The national media and marketing company is bringing its “Roadshow” to the restaurant, 5360 Gulf Drive, to highlight popular dishes and interview owners Kathy Smart and Mary Doub about Minnie’s special place in the community.

The episode will be aired on social media channels at a later date, according to a release from ABR.

Originally from the Northeast, Smart moved to Florida in the late 1990s and began as a server at the restaurant when it was known as Brian’s Sunny Side Up.

She and Doub have been life partners since about 2015 and all the employees are like family at Minnie’s.

Minnie’s is a breakfast-and-lunch diner-style spot that offers customer favorites that Smart describes as “old-fashioned food,” including banana bread French toast, sloppy Joe sandwiches and omelets.

”I won’t get an omelet anywhere else,” she said.

ABR will be filming on location about 9 a.m.-noon Dec. 7.

For more information about ABR “Roadshow,” go online to www.americasbestrestaurants.com.

For more information about Minnie’s, call 941-778-4140 or go to Minnie’s Beach Cafe on Facebook, where people can find events and daily specials.

— Lisa Neff