285 W Dearborn St., Englewood, FL
Chophouse285
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2026
Best of Englewood (Englewood Sun)
Best New Restaurant <1 year
Best Steaks
Best Wine List
Finalist for Craft Beer
Featured in SRQ
Spoiled for Choice: With Chophouse285, the Englewood down-home Dearborn District gets a touch of high class.
The walk-in dry aging room at Chophouse 285 glows like a primeval trophy case. On the back wall, warm lighting emanates from bricks of Himalayan salt, cut and stacked with the precision of an Old World master craftsman. Racks of ribeye hang from steel bars overhead. Three metal shelves up front display beautifully dry-aged strips, filets, porterhouses and assorted wagyu. Many of these glorious slabs of beef have a nice, even pellicle, signalling they are ready to be transformed by fire and smoke.[...]
Featured in Englewood Sun
Chophouse285, dozens more restaurants feed region for 21st 'Savor Sarasota'
ENGLEWOOD — Visit Sarasota County’s 21st annual Savor Sarasota fed people from 67 different restaurants this year. Some will continue to do so until the end of the month. One of the featured participants was ChopHouse 285, a new steakhouse in Englewood at 285 W. Dearborn St. It is owned by Laurie and Keith Farlow, who also own Farlow’s On the Water, a seafood restaurant.[...]
Featured in ABC7 Suncoast View
SAVOR SARASOTA: Chophouse285
Today, Chophouse285 joined us to make one of the dishes featured on their special Savor Sarasota menu.[...]
Featured in Herald-Tribune
See inside Sarasota County’s newest steakhouse opening Monday
The main entrance and outdoor seating area of Chophouse285 by Farlow’s. The restaurant, located at 285 Dearborn St. in Englewood — a community in both southwest Sarasota County and northwest Charlotte County — opens for lunch and dinner service Monday, Jan. 12.[...]
2025
Featured in Boca Beacon
Farlow’s releases plans for its Chophouse 285 in Englewood
[...]“We’ve been surrounded by such a welcoming community over the years,” said Laurie Farlow, in a press release. “We saw an opportunity to branch out into new culinary horizons, while continuing to serve the place and the people we love.”[...]
Featured in Englewood Sun
Chophouse285: Farlows’ second restaurant launches this fall
There are no coincidences for Keith and Laurie Farlow. At exactly this time of year, in 2003, the couple first laid eyes on the Englewood restaurant that they’d turn into the iconic Farlow’s on the Water. Four months later, a week before opening Farlow’s, they dined out with its previous owners at a place called Bootleggers Brewing Co & Steakery, 285 W. Dearborn St.[...]
Featured in Herald Tribune
Progress continues on destination restaurant planned for popular Sarasota County spot
[...]The Chophouse285 bar will include two service areas and a small performance stage. The bar will be the centerpiece of the 304-seat restaurant. A portion of the bar will be made from “prohibition wood” salvaged from bourbon aging “rickhouses,” used prior to prohibition.[...]
Featured in Herald Tribune
Destination steak and seafood restaurant planned for popular Sarasota County spot
[...]Owners of an acclaimed waterfront restaurant are opening what they call a "great steakhouse" nearby in south Sarasota County.[...]
Featured in SRQ
Upping the Steaks
[...]At Chophouse 285, you can look forward to classic steakhouse fare that is elevated and flavorful, in a comfortable and welcoming environment. While executive chef Austin Davis will oversee a menu that is completely unique from the one diners enjoy at Farlow’s on the Water, the new eatery will continue to incorporate southern flavors inspired by Laurie’s Kentucky roots and Caribbean influences from Keith’s upbringing in St. Croix.[...]
Featured in ABC7 Suncoast View
Chophouse285 by Farlows
[...]“Nestled on Englewood’s historic Dearborn Street, Chophouse285 will offer the region’s warm, relaxed, Old Florida charm.” We tasted the Braised Beef Pappardelle and a few cocktails as well, including a Smoked Pineapple Pilar Old Fashion, and their Hemingway Huckleberry Smash.[...]