SRQ Cards

Second-floor Superior Avenue shop stacked with Pokemon and sports collectibles — an insider stop for Sarasota collectors who know to go upstairs.

You have to go upstairs to find SRQ Cards, and the shop leans into it — the listing literally reads "2nd floor, UP STAIRS." That small hurdle keeps foot traffic low and the vibe unhurried, which is exactly what regulars like about digging through the Pokemon inventory here without a line behind them.

Jack Pavgouzas runs the place with an inventory split between Pokemon cards and sports collectibles. Reviewers consistently describe the variety as broader than the square footage suggests: singles, sealed, slabs, and a collectibles component that goes past cards. Pricing gets called out as fair rather than market-chasing, which for a Sarasota card shop of this size is the whole business model.

The short daily window is the thing to plan around. Doors open at noon and close at five Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, with a later 1PM start on Thursday and closed Sundays. That is a five-hour day, so a lunch-hour or mid-afternoon visit works and an after-work stop does not.

Because it is a small operation, the buy side is personal. Bring a collection in and you are talking directly to the person making the offer, which tends to move faster than a shop that has to ship your cards to a back office for evaluation. Sports and Pokemon are both fair game.

Superior Avenue runs just off Tamiami Trail in south Sarasota, close enough to Blue Breaks that collectors often hit both in one afternoon. Street-level signage is modest — look for the stairs, and give the shop a call ahead if you are driving in from out of the county.

The shop also runs an online storefront, which is useful for checking what is in stock before making the trip, though the upstairs cases hold plenty that never gets listed. Reviewers who found the place by accident tend to describe the same experience: they came in for one card, got taken care of properly, and left having spent longer than planned.