Pinecraft may well be Sarasota’s most unusual neighborhood. A winter retreat for thousands of Amish from Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania—plus their Mennonite cousins—it features famously tiny ...

Editor's note: In 2018, writer Bob Plunket "staycationed" in Pinecraft, the Amish and Mennonite community where the restaurant is located. Here's his experience. Most of Sarasota’s winter visitors ...

It's not exactly what you'd expect to find alongside a coastal community in southwest Florida. Situated between Sarasota's white sand beaches and I-75 is the small "Plain" community of Pinecraft. Also ...

Editor's Note: Dorcas Raber, mother of Amish Cook columnist Gloria Yoder, is filling in this week. Daughter Gloria is super busy getting ready for a wedding held in their shop next week. And now, dear ...

Pinecraft remains the place where men still greet each other with sturdy pats on the back and women pedal their bicycles past clotheslines that sway in the wind and homemade advertisements are tacked ...

What happens in Pinecraft, stays in Pinecraft. It’s not quite Las Vegas, but this community in Sarasota, Fla., is an Amish snowbird haven — an “Amish Paradise.” Traditional dress is still sometimes ...

There’s an easier way to get around the Pinecraft community these days. The Pinecraft community and Sarasota County celebrated the completion of the Pinecraft Pedestrian Bridge on Sept. 6 with a ...

SARASOTA — Tacked to the community bulletin board outside the iconic Pinecraft Post Office are many business cards and personal notes. Someone lost a dog, someone found a parrot. A golf cart is for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daughter Gloria is super busy getting ready for a wedding held in their shop next week. And now, dear little Joshua (1+ years old) ...