HourHound Guide · Sarasota
Italian happy hours in Sarasota & Bradenton
Aperitivo by another name: Italian spots with verified happy-hour windows — days, times, and the deals.
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Rocco's Italian Kitchen
Bradenton ●●● Confirmed
Tue · 4–9pm — $8 Signature Martinis
Tue · all day — $1.50 meatballs
Wed · all day — $3 House Wine
Wed · all day — Half off any bottle of wine
Wed · all day — $5 Meatball Trio Special
Thu · all day — $2 off domestic beer & hard seltzer buckets
Thu · 4–9pm — $5 off 18" pizza & $3 off 14" pizza
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Percoco's Pizza & Pasta
Bradenton ●●● Confirmed
Mon · all day — Meatball Monday: Grandma Elsie's Meatballs or Full Meatball Hero for $13 (no side)
Tue · all day — Two-Tini Tuesday: buy one martini, get the second for $2
Wed · all day — Wine & Dine Wednesday: 1/2 off bottle of wine
Thu · all day — Throwback Thursday: 18" XL cheese pizza $15; Narragansett Lager $2
Sun · all day — Sunday Spritz: 1/2 off all spritzes
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Bocca Lupo Coal Fired Pizza
North Port ●●● Confirmed
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 3–6pm — $3 drafts, $4 house wines & wells, $5 call drinks & premium drafts, $6 sangria & signature cocktails
Mon · 11am–10pm — 1/2 price wing night (orders of 10, one flavor)
Wed · 11am–10pm — 1/2 price draft pitchers (select drafts)
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Tuscany Nokomis
Nokomis ●●● Confirmed
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 3–6pm — All drinks half price
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 10pm–12am — Happy hour
Tue · all day — Pizzas half-priced, dine-in only
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Bavaro's Pizza Napoletana & Pastaria
Sarasota ●●● Confirmed
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 4–6pm — 1/2 off beer on tap and wines by the glass
Wed · 11am–10pm — Wine Wednesday: 1/2 off bottles of wine all day
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Cafe Venice
Venice ●●● Confirmed
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 4–6pm — $6 house wine & well drinks, $5 draft beer, any 2 appetizers for $8
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Carrabba's Italian Grill
University Park ●●● Confirmed
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 4–6pm — $7 cocktails and seven $7 bites (Caprese, Meatball Sliders, Shrimp Focaccia, Calamari, Truffle Fettuccine); dine-in only
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Carrabba's Italian Grill (Bradenton)
Bradenton ●●● Confirmed
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 4–6pm — $8 handcrafted cocktails, $8 Italian-inspired bites, $3 draft beers (C Bar area)
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Fav's Italian Cucina
Bradenton ●●● Confirmed
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 11:30am–2:30pm — Pizza Lunch Special
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Fresta's Italian American Cuisine
Sarasota ●●● Confirmed
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 2–6pm — 2$ off Draft Beer and Wine
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Giuseppe's Ristorante & Pizzeria
Nokomis ●●● Confirmed
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 2–6pm — $5 wells, domestic beer bottles, house white and red wine
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Pascone's Ristorante'
University Park ●●● Confirmed
Tue, Wed, Thu · 4:30–6pm — 50% off select items marked with Red Dot on menu; discounted cocktails, martinis, and beers in bar area
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Pazzo On Orange
Sarasota ●●● Confirmed
Fri, Sat, Sun · all day — $10 off every bottle of wine on weekends
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The Fountain Kitchen & Wine Bar
Sarasota ●●● Confirmed
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 11:30am–3pm — Lunch combo $15.95: small pizza or half sandwich + cup of soup or small salad
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Ventura's Italian Kitchen on Cortez
Bradenton ●●● Confirmed
Wed · 11am–9pm — Wine tasting - 3 wines for $10
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Wheat + Water Italian Kitchen
Bradenton ●●● Confirmed
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 4–6pm — House wines (pinot grigio or montepulciano) $6, single liquor well drinks $6, martinis (vodka, gin, cosmopolitan) $8
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Valentino
University Park ●●○ Reported
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 4–6:30pm — Select dishes $8 each (Crispy Calamari, Mussels Rocco, MB's Al Forno, Bruschetta, Penne Vodka); select draft beer $3; $3 off each glass of wine, sangria, and Bellinis