Restaurant Review: Dunedin’s Living Room on Main

The Living Room on Main

3.5 stars

680 Main St., Dunedin, 727-736-5202 or thelivingroomonmain.com

Restaurants are tricky businesses during the best of times. Open one in a bad economy and you'd better have a lot of experience to get you through. That's the conventional wisdom, at least. Thankfully there are exceptions.

In August of 2009, The Living Room on Main started serving food in Dunedin, saddled by a host of potential difficulties that could have spelled doom for the new restaurant. The location is a few blocks away from Dunedin's quaint downtown core, well outside the path of walking tours and regular events that drive people to the area. The owners had never owned a restaurant before and the manager — Sarah Johnson, the owners' daughter — had never managed a restaurant before.

It appears that the crowd taking refuge in The Living Room on a blustery Wednesday night could care less about that. And for good reason.

This article appears in Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2010.