SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Nearly a year to the day Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on St. Armands Circle, a landmark restaurant has reopened.

Tommy Bahama CEO Doug Wood is excited to bring the restaurant and retail concept back to the area after the devastation last year.

He says he is very happy to return this concept to the area to a community that has supported Tommy Bahama for nearly 30 years.

“A year ago we were here right after the hurricane and just how sickening of a feeling that was for our people, for the community,” Wood Said.

“And then to come back and not just come back but to come back with this it’s the most powerful statement Tommy Bahama has made I think anywhere.”

Wood says that the people in St. Armands is what motivated them to not just come back, but to bring back th

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