Red Barn Bar

Geckos Grill & Pub is proud to announce that the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has honored the restaurant group by again selecting it as a Florida Restaurant Neighbor Award winner. Additionally, the Florida Cornerstone Humanitarian Award will again be presented to the GHGs Michael Quillen. Each year, the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation recognizes outstanding restaurants around the country with these prestigious national awards. The awards honor restaurants that go above and beyond in community service and aim to inspire other restaurateurs to get or stay involved in their local communities. These award selections mark the third consecutive year that Geckos Owners, Michael Quillen and Mike Gowan have earned these distinctions. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association will host a combined Marketing and Operations Summit in July, 2015 in Tampa, Florida, where the award recipients will be recognized for their achievements. Geckos Grill & Pub has been immersed in our communities for 23 years. Each year, the Geckos charitable giving program grows, with the compass tilted in the direction of being good neighbors, dependable business partners, and restaurateurs who contribute to the well-being of our community and to helping others. Geckos has a long history of serving as Business Partners with dozens of schools in Sarasota and Manatee County, providing Super Student Free Meals to thousands of elementary students and supporting untold numbers of teams, projects, fundraisers, staff and events in area schools. This year alone, more than 15,000 elementary students received Geckos and Smacks Super Student award cards to encourage good grades, citizenry, school attendance, or other exemplary performance. Partners Quillen and Gowan are benefactors of the non-profit Y Youth Shelter, which serves children 10-17 years of age who are homeless, Operation Second Chance, which serves Americas wounded, injured and ill combat