Mark H. Bickel | Naples Daily News
A Naples home is No. 1 on the list for most expensive single-family property transfers in Collier County from March 1-31, 2025.
This home is located at 3880 Rum Row. It has five bedrooms and eight bathrooms. It sold for $34,000,000.
Get the details on this Rum Row property and the rest of the Top 10 real estate sales in Collier County recorded for March 2025 on naplesnews.com.
Kendall Little | Naples Daily News
It’s official. Naples Daily News has crowned the winner of the BEST pizza in Collier County.
After weeks of voting, one pizza joint is victorious.
Drum roll please!
With 64.64% of the votes, the winner is… LowBrow!
“This win shines a really valuable light on the work our staff does,” said owner Antonio Longobardo. “It’s a proud moment for our staff to receive the community recognition for their hard work.”
What are some favorites to try at LowBrow? Find out on naplesnews.com.
There’s so much to enjoy in southwest Florida. Contact David to find a home in the Naples area at David@DavidFlorida.com or 239-285-1086.
Kendall Little | Naples Daily News
Naples chef Kayla Pfeiffer is on fire.
She opened the Bicyclette Cookshop with Louis Mele in November 2023, offering dishes inspired by creativity rather than conventions. The restaurant was nationally recognized on USA Today’s Restaurants of the Year 2025 list.
Pfeiffer also became a 2024 champion of The Food Network’s “Chopped,” worked as an executive chef at acclaimed Naples restaurants The French Brasserie on Fifth Avenue South and Bar Tulia in Mercato, and created a menu and helped open the kitchen at PJK Neighborhood Chinese ― all before she has turned 30.
This year, she was named a semi-finalist in the prestigious culinary James Beard Awards. Pfeiffer was nominated in the Emerging Chef category of the awards.
Heyday Cookshop will be at U.S. 41 and Neapolitan, offering a New American menu that is distinct from Bicyclette, yet on-theme with the mission to bring something fresh and new to Naples.
Do you love to dine out? Contact David to find a home in the Naples area at David@DavidFlorida.com or 239-285-1086.
Liz Freeman | Naples Daily News
The Naples Pathways Coalition is the driving force behind an ambitious project for more options for walking, running, and bicycling without worry of getting hit by cars.
The project, Paradise Coast Trail, was introduced by the coalition in 2018. It is proposed as 100 miles of paved pathway, separate from roads, that will connect Naples to Ave Maria and to Collier Seminole State Park, and Bonita Springs, according to the coalition’s executive director, Michelle Avola-Brown.
In 2023, the state Legislature adopted the segment of the Paradise Coast Trail from Marco Island through Naples, the new Paradise Coast Sports Complex, Ave Maria, Everglades City, and Immokalee into the state’s SUN Trail network that runs through the state.
Read the full article and view photos on naplesnews.com.
Robyn George | Fort Myers News-Press
Looking for a taste of Southwest Florida’s past?
Here are five of the oldest restaurants around.
- Cabbage Key Bar – 1944
- Farmers Market Restaurant – 1952
- Kelly’s Fish House Dining Room – 1953
- Skip One – late 1960s
- Stan’s Super Subs – 1972
Find out what what to eat, from seafood to burgers, subs and fresh produce, and the address of each one on naplesnews.com.
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J. Kyle Foster | Naples Daily News
Everglades City’s historic Railroad Depot apparently has more lives. A last-minute deal between the owner and a jilted roofing company was made Thursday, keeping the building from the auction block.
A foreclosure auction was set for Thursday morning with the dilapidated property set to go to the highest cash bidder. According to court documents, Naples-based Sun Coast Roofing Inc.’s attorney told Collier County Court Judge Michael J. Brown that “an agreement had been reached by the parties to stay the sale.”
No details of that agreement were in the documents.
Bill Odrey, owner of Everglades Adventure Center LLC ― the name under which the depot is registered ― did not answer questions sent by text. Naples Daily News asked whether someone had offered the money to pay Sun Coast or perhaps whether the bank with which he has a mortgage on the property stepped up to take care of the lien placed by Sun Coast to remain the first lienholder.
Questions remain. Like, what’s next? Read more on naplesnews.com.
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