Restaurants, Mozaic, Downtown Sarasota, Florida, Wine Bar, Mediterranean Bistro

About MoZaic

Culinary Philosophy

The idea of MoZaic restaurant came alive more than ten years ago while brainstorming words that could define the kind of cuisine, service, and atmosphere we desire to bring to our guests. The Southern French- and Mediterranean-inspired cuisine is flavorful, fresh, and fits into the healthier lifestyle popular in Southwest Florida. MoZaic is committed to a guest-friendly cuisine that is seasonal and market driven, utilizing fruits and vegetables from local farmers and seafood from surrounding waters. Chef Dylan Elhajoui offers a cuisine that is adventurous yet familiar, innovative yet disciplined, expressive yet intelligent. It’s southern European, western Mediterranean, and uniquely American—flavors of the modern mosaic—utilizing familiar influences from cultures that create beautiful mosaics. They also reflect a mosaic of cultures, the diversity that affects their gastronomy in a rich and delicious way. MoZaic restaurant reflects all of these influences, which in turn will attract a mosaic of guests—many cultures, colors, ages—who love fresh, seasonal and wonderful food. The ingredients are familiar, but the expression of them is unique and satisfying, inspired and inspiring.

What is Dylan’s cuisine?

Chef Dylan’s cuisine originates in Morocco and the Mediterranean where an abundance of fresh vegetables, fruits, meats and fish are gathered daily. A country where so many cultures have left their marks: Carthaginians, Romans, Phoenicians, Byzantines, Moors, Spaniard, Jews, French, Berbers—a true mosaic of cultures. The Mediterranean is a hub where travelers, merchants, fishermen, and farmers gathered to buy, sell, and trade herbs and spices, and the earth’s and sea’s bounty. Dylan’s cuisine reflects these influences from the western coast of Italy to the Rock of Gibraltar in southern Spain. The flavors include olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, lemon (fresh and preserved), eggplants, honey, fennel, aromatics, and so much more. The ingredients are not strange or exotic, but really quite familiar. However, the flavors are intoxicating.

Mediterranean cultures create community around food. It’s a celebration of the earth’s goodness, setting the scene for friendly gatherings and sharing of experiences. MoZaic restaurant likewise will nurture this same type of community, becoming a friendly gathering place, but in a uniquely American way.

About MoZaic

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		About MoZaic Culinary Philosophy The idea of MoZaic restaurant came alive more than ten years ago while brainstorming words that could define the kind of cuisine, service, and atmosphere we desire to bring to our guests. The Southern French- and Mediterranean-inspired cuisine is flavorful, fresh, and fits into the healthier lifestyle popular in Southwest Florida. MoZaic is committed to a guest-friendly cuisine that is seasonal and market driven, utilizing fruits and vegetables from local farmers and seafood from surrounding waters. Chef Dylan Elhajoui offers a cuisine that is adventurous yet familiar, innovative yet disciplined, expressive yet intelligent. It’s southern European, western Mediterranean, and uniquely American—flavors of the modern mosaic—utilizing familiar influences from cultures that create beautiful mosaics. They also reflect a mosaic of cultures, the diversity that affects their gastronomy in a rich and delicious way. MoZaic restaurant reflects all of these influences, which in turn will attract a mosaic of guests—many cultures, colors, ages—who love fresh, seasonal and wonderful food. The ingredients are familiar, but the expression of them is unique and satisfying, inspired and inspiring. What is Dylan’s cuisine? Chef Dylan’s cuisine originates in Morocco and the Mediterranean where an abundance of fresh vegetables, fruits, meats and fish are gathered daily. A country where so many cultures have left their marks: Carthaginians, Romans, Phoenicians, Byzantines, Moors, Spaniard, Jews, French, Berbers—a true mosaic of cultures. The Mediterranean is a hub where travelers, merchants, fishermen, and farmers gathered to buy, sell, and trade herbs and spices, and the earth’s and sea’s bounty. Dylan’s cuisine reflects these influences from the western coast of Italy to the Rock of Gibraltar in southern Spain. The flavors include olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, lemon (fresh and preserved), eggplants, honey, fennel, aromatics, and so much more. The ingredients are not strange or exotic, but really quite familiar. However, the flavors are intoxicating. Mediterranean cultures create community around food. It’s a celebration of the earth’s goodness, setting the scene for friendly gatherings and sharing of experiences. MoZaic restaurant likewise will nurture this same type of community, becoming a friendly gathering place, but in a uniquely American way.