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Chef's Q & A: Tony Flores
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008
Tony Flores - Head Chef Stan’s Idle Hour Seafood Restaurant Full story »
La Casita and Pub
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008
What’s old is new again at La Casita and Pub where owners Chuck Vreeland and Scott Cervin have spruced up the restaurant’s dining room with brighter lights to better to see the new, lighter paint on the walls. Full story »
Bopie’s Diner
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008
Opal Vann’s recollections of growing up on Marco Island reads like a page from a book that could be titled “Small Town, U.S.A.” Full story »
You Review food
Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008
What is your favorite restaurant? Why? We just went to Chops, on Fifth Avenue and had the pan-seared, crusted grouper, with a lemon cream sauce. It was delicious. There was even crab in it. Our friend, William, took us there because he thinks the service is so good. Their calamari appetizer was very delicate and flavo Full story »
Arturo’s Christmas tree stand tall
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008
Holiday traditions are celebrated around the world and one annual Marco Island Christmas tradition stands above the others, simply because it’s got the tallest free-standing Christmas tree on the Island. Did I forget to mention that given the season, the tree could stand for the reason why it’s always more blessed to give than receive?
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A taste of the Marco Island farmer’s market
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008
Trends usually peak and then decline when something trendier comes along. Now, there’s one that’s blossomed into a full grown movement and is sprouting up in wide-open spaces like church parking lots and community parks. Full story »
Cafe de Marco: 25 years of fine dining
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008
“You know, when we first opened Café de Marco on April 1, 1983 we joked about it (the Café de Marco) becoming an April fool’s joke on us.” Sandy Scheeler-Franchino said, explaining how she and Dick Scheeler (her first husband) took over a joint called Delaney’s and turned it into an upscale restaurant they named the Café de Marco. Full story »
Chef's Q & A: Peter Merek
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008
What was your first restaurant job? After graduating from Catering College, I started working as the prestigious Savoy Hotel in London.
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Catching up with a new business: Lee Be Fish Company fresh to Marco
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008
Bring the kids — shucks, bring the whole family to the Lee Be Fish Company, which opened for business Dec. 9, in Shops of Old Marco, 350 Royal Palm Drive. Full story »
You Review Food: Bonnie Peresotti
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
Bonnie Peresotti is the manager of a CVS Drugstore. She has lived in Estero for 10 years. Full story »
Chef Q & A: Linda Hansom
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008
We’re really the sandwich place, but our soup and half sandwich combo is very popular. We serve a 12-ounce bowl of soup, with a half sandwich, your choice of any one of the 14 sandwiches listed on our menu. In addition, our House Special Sun Wrap, honey maple turkey breast, sun-dried tomato and walnut pesto with feta, lettuce, tomato and onion in a wrap grilled on the press is a real winner as is my Hot Stuff Pastrami Melt Full story »
You Review Food: Reg Valentinuzzi
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008
Reg Valentinuzzi is a seasonal resident, with a condo on Marco Island.
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Kretch’s, a long-standing Marco eatery
Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
Cruise on down, cruise on down the road to Kretch’s Restaurant on Bald Eagle Drive. There, you’ll meet Bruce and Ellen Kretschmer. Full story »
You Review Food: Amy Perez
Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
Amy Perez, 15, is a freshman at Golden Gate High School. Full story »
Sunset Grille: A sports bar on the beach
Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
Sunset Grille overlooks the Gulf of Mexico and has both indoor and outdoor dining, with a boardwalk leading to the beach from the restaurant. Full story »
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- Marco Island Arts Advisory Committee Meeting -- 01/06/09 at Marco Island City Hall
- Naples Lions Club Meeting -- 01/06/09 at Grand Buffet
- Diocese of Venice 25th Anniversary Mass -- 01/06/09 at Epiphany Cathedral Church
