Restaurants in Naples + The Gulf Coast

The juicy Cuban sandwiches, made with butter-slathered pressed bread, are unbeatable; owners Huvi and Malinda Pardo dole out meals all day, with free

Order the toothsome gumbo at this branch of the New Orleans–themed Floridian chainlet on the central square.

The jazz brunch is rollicking good fun.

Full of circus memorabilia, the 60-year-old shop serves delicious doorstopping sandwiches.

This waterfront spot is an endearing Xerox of Florida’s Redneck Riviera: country music, wooden tables with paper towels, and affordable crab-lobster r

The expat Greek hub Tarpon Springs, was once populated with sponge divers: their legacy is the fresh Mediterranean food at spots like this one.

Come in for hearty American diner breakfasts.

Sprawling from the street out onto the beach, this century-old spot serves surprisingly upscale food like sesame-crusted tuna.

The restaurant is housed in a rebuilt historic cottage gutted by fire five years ago; the menu’s heavy on fish, of course—try the Gulf Coast sampler,