Restaurant Reviews

Absinthe

When scheduling conflicts made it impossible for my husband, Tom, to join me for dinner at the ultra-chic new Naples...

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Andre's Steakhouse

Andre's Steakhouse is one of the premier restaurants in this part of Southwest Florida for high-quality, grain-fed,...

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Angelina's Ristorante

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to spill your wine at an upscale restaurant? I don't just mean a few...

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Asia

Asia is one of the neighborhood restaurants we visit regularly.

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Aura Restaurant Bar

In style and substance, Aura Restaurant & Bar is as far from the Lighthouse Waterfront...

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AZN Azian Cuizine

We began our adventure at the new AZN Azian Cuizine in the Naples Mercato armed with a good piece of intel...

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Bacchus

Have you ever seen a television that measured six-feet high by 12-feet across? If so, have you ever been served a gourmet dinner...

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Bamboo Cafe

There is little that compares to the sensory delights an inspired French meal evokes.

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Banyan Room

In the early 1900s, the Tarpon House Inn, overlooking Sanibel and Captiva islands at Punta Rassa, hosted such distinguished visitors...

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Bay House

Tom and I welcomed a new member to our family in May, a son named Charlie, which means three things...

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Bayfront Bistro

It had been a long time since we had braved the traffic and sampled the pleasures of Fort Myers Beach...

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Bice

Bice is a modern Italian café new to Naples but not to the rest of the wide world. Started in 1926 in Milan...

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Biddle's

This must be the month to discover restaurants that are better than their locations would lead one to expect.

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Bistro 41

When Bistro 41 opened in 1996 at the Bell Tower mall in Fort Myers, it helped usher in a new trend in Southwest Florida...

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Bistro Soleil

Last summer, Tom and I mourned the closing of Patio 33 as if the place had an actual soul.

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Bleu Provence

If you want to savor the spices of Provence in a warm, welcoming atmosphere that requires no air travel...

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Blu Sushi

At night at Blu Sushi, the Japanese food, from miso soup and seaweed salad to sushi, sashimi, and makisushi rolls, is first-rate...

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Blue Martini

Great live music and cocktails are the top two reasons to come to Blue Martini.

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Blue Pointe Oyster Bar & Seafood Grill

If you're a seafood zealot who savors the fruits of the sea for every course at dinner...

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Blue Water Bistro

Two weeks after Tom and I spoke our wedding vows in a seaside St. Lucian gazebo, we stood at the pristine gates...

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Brio Tuscan Grille

Shoppers who have worked up an appetite farther south, at the Waterside Shops, could do worse than dinner at Brio Tuscan Grille...

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Cafe Chablis

Some of the staffers claim it's the wildly patterned and sensuously colored carpet in the newly refurbished Café Chablis...

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Cafe Cibo

One of the rewards of marriage is discovering your spouse’s quirks. For example, I drink about two dozen mugs of tea a day...

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Cafe Lurcat

The new Café Lurçat should do the same good things for its end of Fifth Avenue South in Naples that Campiello has done...

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Capital Grille

Even before we set foot inside the new The Capital Grille in north Naples, we knew we would be pampered like visiting dignitaries.

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Char Grillhouse

When we first learned that we were being sent to review not one but two restaurants located in large hotel chains...

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Charlie Chiang's

Naturally, one expects a transcendent meal when dining at the Ritz-Carlton. But in the case of more modest lodgings...

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Cilantro Tamales

Just over a year old and newly doubled in size, Cilantro Tamales is a culinary hit with devotees of authentic Mexican food.

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CJ's on the Bay (formerly Bayview Restaurant)

Tom and I found Marco Island’s Bayview Restaurant at the "coastal Italian-style village" of the Esplanade Shoppes...

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Cloyde's Steak & Lobster House

When you think of a restaurant that prides itself on a lovely water view, you naturally think of a seafood menu.

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