Laura Layden | Naples Daily News
By next year, swanky Fifth Avenue South could have its first rooftop restaurant.
Plans for a Prime Social on Naples’ unofficial “Main Street” are slowly advancing.
The project is winding its way through the city’s review and approval process.
Most recently, the Design Review Board got a second look at the conceptual plans, which continue to evolve.
The restaurant would be one of the largest on the avenue – at roughly 7,800 square feet. It would include outdoor dining, with sweeping views of the city.
Prime Social is a newer concept by Cameron Mitchell Restaurants. On the restaurants’ website, it’s described as a “lively and dynamic rooftop cocktail lounge designed for conversation,” where people can “gather to enjoy the moment.” The first one opened in Kansas City, Missouri in 2021.
The one in Naples will require a third story addition to a prominent commercial building at 837 Fifth Avenue S.
The building’s current tenants include Chops City Grill and Engel & Volkers Real Estate.
Read the full story including architectural design and concept.
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Kendall Little | Naples Daily News
After several delays, golf and entertainment company BigShots Golf aims to open their newest location in Naples next year.
BigShots Naples will offer a 12-hole golf course, restaurant, and virtual golfing experience.
Collier County purchased the Golden Gate Golf Course in July 2019 for $29.1 million with the goal of saving green space and preventing overdevelopment in the area. It was a 165-acre property bought with $28 million of borrowed funds.
Back in 2021, the Collier County Board of County Commissioners gave BigShots approval to revamp part of the Golden Gate Golf Course property with a new entertainment facility and golf course.
Collier County Commissioner Burt Saunders said BigShots faced financial issues afterwards which caused the company to refinance the project. At Tuesday’s Collier County Commission meeting, commissioners voted to give BigShots a sixth and final extension to finish financing the project. In 60 days, BigShots representatives will provide the commissioners with an update on the project and evaluate if they are able to move forward.
Read more about how refinancing, bats, and structure coating delayed the project.
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Laura Layden | Naples Daily News
The city has chosen a contractor to design the new Naples Pier.
At last week’s meeting, City Council unanimously agreed to award a contract for design services to Turrell, Hall &Associates in the amount of $1,478,400.
Chad Merritt, the city’s director of parks and recreation, described it as a “big milestone.”
The iconic pier took a beating from Hurricane Ian in September, forcing a rebuild.
According to its winning proposal, Turrell, Hall & Associates has lined up a team of experts for the job who’ve worked on more than six pier projects over the past five years, including modifications to the Naples Pier.
The local marine and environmental consulting business will work with seven other firms, as subcontractors, to get the work done in six months.
One of the primary reasons it won the contract: Its promise to retain the pier’s essence.
Read more about the Naples pier reconstruction.
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Dan DeLuca | Naples Daily News
The seventh annual Minto US Open Pickleball Championships return to Naples this week with the largest field and largest purse in the event’s history.
More than 3,000 competitors of all ages and levels will descend on East Naples Community Park for the tournament, which begins Saturday and runs through Sunday, April 22. Players from all 50 states and 29 different counties will be in attendance, including the top 200 professionals who will compete for a US Open record purse of $125,000.
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Wendy Fullerton | Naples Daily News
As construction on the long-awaited Margaritaville Resort on Fort Myers Beach really takes shape, there’s news that another Jimmy Buffett-themed hotel is coming to Southwest Florida.
The new hotel planned for Naples is going to be much more subdued than most of Margaritaville’s other properties, John Cohlan, the CEO of Margaritaville Holdings, told our reporter Phil Fernandez.
Read more about the new Margaritaville hotel in Naples, and other projects coming to the area.
Also read Naples is getting it’s own Margaritaville hotel.
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Diana Biederman | Naples Daily News
Yelp released its Top 100 restaurants in Florida list for 2023 based on the platform’s user reviews. Fort Myers and Naples claimed three spots on the list at numbers 57, 84 and 100.
Only one restaurant on the list is a repeat winner from 2022: Café Flore (No. 23), Petar’s (No. 59) and Rumba Cuban Cafe (last year’s overall fifth place winner) are absent this year.
And the winners are
- Uncle Rico’s Pizza (No. 57): Although this popular pizza joint didn’t earn bracket love from News-Press readers, Yelpers love it…
- Organically Twisted (No. 84): Starting as a food truck in 2013, John Hart’s Organically Twisted emerged as Naples must-visit vegetarian-vegan-gluten-free temple…
- Dixie Fish Co. (No. 100): After Hurricane Ian slammed the restaurant, it re-opened Feb. 23, earning the last coveted slot on Yelp’s list…
Yelp – “Reviews or keyboard gangsters?” – read the full article
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