Marie Pimm, PA Realtor - Bonita Springs, Estero and Naples, Fl

New Area Restaurants Opening in the Coming Months

OPENING THIS WEEK

• Agave Southwestern Grill will open at 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, on Vanderbilt Beach Road, southwest of Airport-Pulling Road in North Naples. See and feel the Southwest influence with cactus and adobe. Guacamole made tableside and a fresh tortilla station. Offering over 175 types of tequila, Agave also has a tequila tasting room.

"Owners Don and Angela Smith, creators of Angelina's Ristorante in Bonita Springs, researched the area and thought that Southwestern dining was missing and wanted to create an upscale but affordable place to get the authentic cuisine."

Hours: Starting Saturday hours are 11:30 a.m. to midnight daily except Sunday, when the restaurant will open at 10:30 a.m. for brunch. Reservations: 598-3473

OPENING IN SEPTEMBER

• Figs Grille is scheduled to open later this month in a new suite still under construction in Bonita Commons plaza, 25987 U.S. 41 S., Bonita Springs.

  The fine dining venue, scheduled to open soon a new suite still under construction, is the latest creation from Sam Tadros, the chef behind Sam-Bucco Bistro in North Naples. "A thoughtful fusion of Mediterranean, Moroccan, French and Italian cuisine" is how the new restaurant is described on its website, figsgrille.com, also still under construction.

  The interior of the new restaurant, which will have a full liquor license, also will reflect the eclectic menu, with tapestries from Egypt and furnishings from Morocco.

• Margarita's Mexican Restaurant plans to open a North Naples location during the first week in October in The Pavilion shopping center.

  Diana and her chef husband, Ismael Perez, have owned and operated a Mexican restaurant on Marco Island since 2005. They are building on their culinary success and venturing north to open a second location for Margarita's in the Pavilion shopping center. They also will continue to operate their Marco Town Center venue.

  The new location will feature the same menu of authentic Mexican cuisine made fresh to order without opening a can, Diane Perez said. House specialties include chile rellenos, enchiladas, a fajita wrap and a sampler plate with three choices from tostadas, enchiladas, tamales, and hard or soft tacos.

  Taking its name from the popular tequila-based cocktail Margarita's doesn't skimp on the Mexican spirit. The restaurant's drink menu features 21 different margaritas on the rocks, 11 frozen varieties and at least 10 more drinks made with tequila.

  The restaurant's new location, 8971 U.S. 41 N., directly behind Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, was most recently the Art of Being restaurant, which closed last year.

• Seasons 52, 8930 U.S. 41 N., North Naples, will open Oct. 10.  This is the 19th restaurant in the fresh grill chain, where every item on the menu is under 475 calories, and the menu changes four times a year. To help keep the calorie count down, food is cooked by natural techniques, such as wood-fire grilling and brick-oven cooking. Specialties include the signature flatbreads and mini-indulgence desserts, but appetizers, salads and main plates will also please health-conscious diners with pricing from $3.75 to the mid-teens.

  The restaurant also has a wine bar with an award-winning list picked by master sommelier George Miliotes, director of beverage and hospitality. For groups, there are the private dining rooms and especially the one that has pocket windows that slide open to allow a feeling of indoor/outdoor dining. There is also a piano bar and an exclusive chef's table.

• Pate's House of Prime Rib will open in October in Coastland Center mall, 2048 U.S. 41 N., the former Naples location of Ted's Montana Grill. The restaurant's speciality is prime rib that will be served from a custom-made trolley in an English pub setting. But to please most diners, the menu also features a New York strip steak, filet mignon, three to four fish dishes and a variety of chicken entrees.

  Prime rib dinners will come with spinning salads served with the restaurant's signature dressing prepared tableside, creamed spinach, Yorkshire pudding, and a choice of baked or mashed potatoes. Lunch will feature a businessperson's lunch, which includes a smaller cut for $10.95.
  
  

• L'étoile restaurant coming to Naples. A classic French restaurant, the new venue will operate from November to May. Set to open November 11, the restaurant will be located at 10711 U.S. 41 N. in North Naples on the corner of 107th Avenue North, a few blocks south of Immokalee Road, the location was formerly home to the old Heidelberg Restaurant, Mr. G's Italian Restaurant and Rudi's European Cuisine.

• 360 Restaurant and Market plans to open near the end of this year in the former location of the Tipsy Seagull bar on Haldeman Creek, off Bayshore Drive in Naples. "We're as much or more a market as we are a restaurant. It's definitely a mix," co-owner Rebecca Maddox said.

  The tin-roofed business, which includes nine boat slips, eventually may have paddle boats, as well. And, Maddox's goal is to eventually have 15 pedi-cab bikes delivering customers to her business from Fifth Avenue South, Tin City and other downtown destinations.
  
  

• Osetra Champagne Caviar Bar recently opened at 469 Fifth Ave. S., Naples. Information: (646) 361-7279 or info@osetranaples.com

• Toast, the breakfast, lunch and pastry place, is opening another location in October at the Shoppes of Vanderbilt at 2355 Vanderbilt Beach Road, North Naples. If you can't wait, visit the first location in Pebblebrooke Center, 15215 Collier Blvd., North Naples. Information: toastofnaples.com

• Zookie's Sports Pub & Grill plans to open its second location in the former Frascati's Italian Restaurant space in River Reach Plaza on Airport-Pulling Road in East Naples. Owner Mark Marzucco expects the new local sports bar to open in the first or second week in October. The venue will feature the same big menu as the original location off Immokalee Road across from Gulf Coast High School in North Naples.