Can happy-hour eating assistance you driblet poundage? While it sounds excessively bully to beryllium true, we person the skinny from a Harvard Med School prof astir wherefore eating aboriginal whitethorn assistance support value off, thing that galore of america find tricky when Halloween is followed by the vacation feasting season.
Also this week: 2 caller restaurants successful Naples unfastened their doors, a long-time favourite expands its hours to meal service, a woody downtown plus a South Naples favourite re-opens pursuing devastating harm from Hurricane Ian.
Last, our scoop connected personage winemakers visiting municipality successful February for Naples Winter Wine Festival mightiness animate elevated at-home celebrations. Read connected for section DIY merrymaking tips.
What's new
Oct. 22 is the authoritative opening day for proprietor Nick Abel's new North Naples charcuterie-focused spot The BoardRoom. Gorgeous platters and presentations of boards, sandwiches and salads comprising mostly American ingredients and hard-to-find wines marque up the menu. Hours are Tuesday-Thursday 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and until 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
(808 Wiggins Pass Road; Naples; 239-308-7180; visit @theboardroomnaples connected Instagram)
Oct. 13 marked The Med’s debut astatine Bayshore Arts District successful East Naples. From pizzas and pasta to seafood and saccharine endings, The Med's owner is Mary Brandt who besides helms Veranda-E and Hotel Escalante. The vaca vibe here channels casual Greek land eating with a menu featuring several gluten-free and vegetarian selections.
(3929 Bayshore Drive; 239-307-4755; themednaples.com)
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Early vertebrate eats
If you're among Floridians who similar eating aboriginal during Naples' galore blessed hr specials, bully news: A caller Harvard Medical School study by researchers astatine Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital suggests that eating your past repast nary aboriginal than 10 hours aft waking up whitethorn beryllium beneficial for reducing hunger, expanding the calories you burn and decreasing assemblage abdominous stores.
Via email, Dr. Frank Scheer, Harvard Medical School professor of medicine and manager of the Medical Chronobiology Program in the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders astatine Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said the study's protocol cautiously controlled different factors that different mightiness person influenced the findings including however overmuch and what radical ate, however overmuch clip betwixt meals, their sleep, posture, behavioral activity plus the country somesthesia and airy exposure.
Big caveat: The study's subjects were not allowed alcohol portion being observed.
Dinner connected the water
Early successful the pandemic, my thrice weekly haunt was Three60 Market for its fantastic $5 and $10 grab-and-go offerings and reasonably priced wines. The waterfront edifice launches dinner work Tuesday-Sunday until 9 p.m. Main courses are priced $23-$51.
(2891 Bayview Drive, Naples; 239-732-7331; three60market.com)
Tempting tapas woody astatine Bodega Olé
Bodega Olé's "ir de tapas" all-night Tuesday peculiar was $50 and is present $40 (not including taxation oregon gratuity) and includes a prime of 5 Spanish tapas positive a pitcher of red, achromatic oregon mojito sangria crafted in-house.
(965 Fourth Ave. N., Naples; 239-304-8108; bodegaolenaples.com)
Sister edifice El Basque successful Bonita Springs was Southwest Florida's sole restaurant to people accolades among 12 must-visit new-ish Florida edifice destinations from glossy Flamingo magazine, an award-winning statewide manner publication. The work notes, "Between the overseas artwork and unsocial dishes you won’t find anyplace else, it’s a gourmet getaway."
JLB raved astir it too.
(Prado astatine Spring Creek; 25245 Chamber of Commerce Drive, Bonita Springs; 239-301-4973; elbasque.com)
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Newish brunch
Oak and Stone’s revamped brunch kicks disconnected astatine 10 a.m. each weekend. The paper is simply a premix of savory and saccharine items priced $7-$18 and includes peach French toast, chickenhearted and waffles and avocado meal biscuits. Consider bottomless bloody Marys or mimosas ($18) to pair with the restaurant's new "hangover" pizza.
(2270 Logan Blvd. N., Naples; 239-384-6764; oakandstone.com)
Osteria Capri re-opens
Osteria Capri's chef-owner AJ Black resumes regular hours Oct. 18 pursuing devasting demolition incurred by Hurricane Ian connected Isles of Capri. The restaurant's new floors are present tile.
The peninsula's different restaurants — Pelican Bend, Island Gypsi and Capri Fish House — are inactive cleaning up.
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(387 Capri Blvd., Naples; 239-970-5721; osteriacapri.com)
Farmers markets return
St. Paul’s farmers market runs Saturdays Nov. 5-April 8 from 8 a.m.–1 p.m. with nutrient vendors, workplace stands, clothing, arts and crafts.
(3901 Davis Blvd., East Naples; 239-643-0197; saintpaulsnaples.org)
Marco Island’s seasonal marketplace resumes Dec. 7 astatine 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. each Wednesday done April to Veteran’s Park, location of the new bandshell, aft a twelvemonth astatine Mackle Park and its frustrating parking situation.
(901 Park Ave., Marco Island; 239-642-0575; cityofmarcoisland.com)
Third Street South's Saturday marketplace is hoping for an aboriginal November return. Renee Mathis astatine Neapolitan Enterprises said they are waiting to perceive backmost from the City of Naples for the greenish airy to reopen.
American arsenic pome pie
National Apple Day arrives Oct. 21 astatine Charleys Philly Steaks astatine Coastland Center promenade with the motorboat of new apple-pie milkshakes and sundaes using a basal of vanilla crystal pick topped oregon blended with cinnamon and ginger-spiced apples. According to a spokeswoman, 2 caller Naples outposts are scheduled to unfastened soon at two Walmarts on Collier and Juliet boulevards.
(1850 Tamiami Trail N., Naples; 239-434-2254; charleys.com)
Wine fest's who's who
Naples Winter Wine Festival announced its celeb vintners participating successful the yearly fundraising lawsuit that kicks disconnected Feb. 3 and benefits Naples Children & Education Foundation.
Meet the Kids Day’s luncheon vintners each hail from California and see Ashes & Diamonds Winery’s Kashy Khaledi, Gandona Estate’s Manuel Pires, Secret Door Winery’s Donald Patz and Christopher Lloyd Strieter of Senses Wines.
An planetary who’s who among the world’s starring winemakers joining Honored Vintner Philippe Sereys de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild for its weekend dinners see Allegrini Estates’s Marilisa Allegrini; Jesse Katz of Aperture Cellars; Bodega Numanthia’s Lucas Löwi; BOND’s Deborah Harlan and Max Kast; Catena Zapata’s Laura Catena; Château de la Crée’s Grace Evenstad and Domaine Serene; Cliff Lede of Cliff Lede Vineyards; Hi Sang Lee and Jae Chun of Dana Estates; Darioush’s Shahpar and Darioush Khaledi; Valerie Boyd and Jeff Gargiulo of Gargiulo Vineyards; Ariel and Christopher Jackson of Gran Moraine Winery and Zena Crown Vineyard; Grgich Hills Estate’s Violet Grgich; Knights Bridge Winery’s Kelley and Jim Bailey; Krug Champagne’s Olivier Krug; Alessia Antinori of Marchesi Antinori Srl.; Paul Jaboulet Aîné’s Jean-Guillaume Prats; Tim Irwin of Penfolds; Peter Michael Winery’s Emily and Paul Michael; Staglin Family Vineyard’s Shari and Garen Staglin and Dominic Symington from Symington Family Estates.
Priced retired of the Festival? Consider creating your ain solemnisation with friends for a fraction of the funds by buying astatine section vino stores that transportation selections from respective of these prestigious labels. Among the easiest finds: Krug Champagne astatine ABC, Antinori astatine Naples Fine Wine plus Penfolds and Grgich (fantastic Chardonnay, you're welcome) at Total Wine.
Diana Biederman is the nutrient and edifice newsman astatine Naples Daily News. Send scoops and deals two weeks successful beforehand for consideration to diana.biederman@naplesnews.com.
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