From rabbit simmered in white wine sauce to a fish stew with Pernod aioli, here are 20 dishes over $20 at our local restaurants for the ultimate gourmet indulgence.
1. Grilled local pompano with Provençal sauce vierge, cumin-carrot purée and spinach flan, $30.99, Bleu Provence (Naples), bleuprovencenaples.com
2. Wild boar chop with roasted bone marrow, guava reduction and chimichurri, $42, Fuse Global Cuisine (Naples), fuseglobalcuisine.com
3. Fresh cavatelli with pork ragu, $26, Campiello (Naples), campiello.damico.com
4. Crunchy black grouper with almonds, sesame seeds, ginger and chili flakes, $40, Veranda E (Naples), hotelescalante.com
5. Milk-fed veal tenderloin with morels, purple potatoes and truffles, $41, Cote d’Azur (Naples), cotedazurrestaurant.com
6. Fish stew with chorizo in a tomato-saffron broth with Pernod aioli, $32, Sweet Melissa’s Café (Sanibel), sweetmelissascafe.com
7. Prime lamb shank braised with criminis and plum tomatoes, $27, Wyld’s Café (Bonita Springs), wyldscafe.com
8. Miso-sambal swordfish with braised fennel, grilled pineapple and rock shrimp, $36.95, M Waterfront Grille (Naples), mwaterfrontgrille.com
9. Smoked molasses duck with caramelized plantains and orange-jicama salad, $28, KC American Bistro (Naples), kcamericanbistro.com
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Pan-roasted shrimp with fried green tomatoes and tasso gravy over a grit cake from Ridgway Bar & Grill |
10. Chilled fresh crab claw platter, $59, Truluck’s (Naples), trulucks.com
11. Wagyu New York strip with gratin and seasonal vegetables, $46, Jimmy P’s Charred (Naples), jimmypscharred.com
12. Cornish hen with green olives and fennel, $26, Caffé dell’ Amore (Naples), caffedellamore.com
13. Veal tenderloin, lobster and shrimp in sherry cream sauce, $38, Ristorante Ciao (Naples), ristoranteciao.com
14. Braised short rib with whipped parsnip and chipotle applesauce, $42, Chops City Grill (Naples), chopscitygrill.com
15. Rabbit simmered in white wine mushroom sauce, $33, Bleu Rendez-Vous French Bistro (Sanibel), bleurendezvous.com
16. Seared scallops with leeks in citrus beurre blanc, $34, Il Cielo (Sanibel), ilcielosanibel.com
17. Seafood tagine with preserved lemon over couscous, $28.50, Chez Boët, chezboetnaples.com
18. Pan-roasted shrimp over a grit cake, fried green tomato and tasso gravy, $36, Ridgway Bar & Grill (Naples), ridgwaybarandgrill.com
19. Palmetto Creek Farms’ mustard-honey pork loin with spicy pickled red onion, $26, The Local (Naples), thelocalnaples.com
20. Plum lamb with tomato-pomegranate sauce with butternut squash, $29, Bha! Bha! Persian Bistro (Naples), bhabhapersianbistro.com
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