Summer brings plenty of heat, but for seasoned locals—well, mostly seasoned—braving the warm months has its perks. Off-season dining deals make venturing out worthwhile, letting us enjoy restaurants we usually avoid when the crowds are thick. These dining experiences are a well-earned reward for sticking around all year.
Take advantage of the areas’ finest eateries with menus at reduced pricing—and there are a couple of wallet-pleasing specials. Sea Salt offers a buy-one, get-one three-course meal on Thursdays and Fridays for $49. At Bistro821, two diners can each enjoy an entrée such as grilled mahi-mahi or an 8-ounce grilled Wagyu sirloin and share a bottle of chardonnay or cabernet sauvignon for $59 per couple; it also offers the deal pro-rated for one person.
All specials are priced per person unless otherwise noted. Don’t be shy about letting your server know you are there to enjoy the summer or early dining specials. Some deals may not be offered on holidays or during special Fifth Avenue events, so call ahead to be sure. Pricing is accurate as of this printing, but is subject to change.
And, of course, don’t skimp on tipping—remember that servers are working on reduced take-home tips due to the off-season deals that you enjoy.
DOWNTOWN DINING
Sails
Special: $59 three-course sunset menu that starts with soup, salad or pork belly; mains are truffle risotto, fish du jour, organic chicken breast, chateaubriand tenderloin; desserts include sticky toffee pudding, pavlova, chocolate souffle (add $12) and Montenegro (yogurt, nuts, honey)
When: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday (22% service charge added to each check)
Mediterrano
Special: $55 for three courses (soup, salad or appetizer, entrée and dessert); entrees include chicken Francese, branzino, spinach pasta with artichokes and more (select wines and sangria available); happy hour with selected wines and sangria ($7)
When: 5 to 5:45 p.m. Sunday to Thursday (no holidays); happy hour 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday to Thursday
Dining at Bistro 821, you’ll always know where you are. But you might get lost in the Wine & Dine Menu ($59).
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Special: $59 per couple for the Wine & Dine menu: two entrées and a bottle of chardonnay or cabernet sauvignon. Choose entrees from barbeque ribs, grilled mahi-mahi, Prince Edward Island mussels with linguine, lemon parmesan-crusted sole, chicken Francaise, blackened salmon, 8-ounce grilled Wagyu sirloin, Thai red curry shrimp (with sides if appropriate); $12 per person upgrade of Chilean sea bass or coconut ginger snapper with choice of a cup of soup, Caesar or a house salad
When: 5 p.m. to close Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday; 5 to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday (excludes holidays and special events)
Special: $65 Golden Hour three-course menu (soup or salad, entree and dessert) includes steak +frites with Australian Prime filet mignon and beef tallow fries, Faroe Island salmon with cauliflower purée and pistachio pesto, chicken marsala and lobster ravioli with dessert of Sicilian cannoli or gelato; $35 to add three-course wine pairing
Special: Happy hour cocktails, wine, beer, plus appetizers including filet mignon sliders ($16), Wagyu meatball ($8), lobster tacos ($12), tuna cones ($12), mini cheese arancini ($10), mortadella corn dogs ($5) and mezze Maniche cacio e pepe ($10); $25 Happy hour Happy Meal includes the Tulia Steak smash burger, beef tallow fries and a martini
Special: $25 Wagyu Weekdays with a 6-ounce Jack’s Creek Wagyu sirloin
When: 4 to 6 p.m. Monday to Wednesday through Oct. 28
Tulia Italian Steak is offering a happy hour with a selection of appetizers. (From lower left, clockwise) are chicken nuggets with caviar, cheese arancini, mortadella corn dogs, filet mignon sliders, tuna cones, Wagyu meatball, French dip, the Happy Hour Happy Meal (center), which is a burger with beef tallow fries and a martini, and mezzo Maniche cacio e pepe. Cocktails pictured are a frose, cappuccino Negroni and a martini.
Eben Morejon
Annie’s Café at The Naples Players
Special: Half-off beer and wine with rotating food and drink specials
When: 4 to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday
Info: 701 Fifth Ave. S., Naples (Sugden Community Theatre)
Special: $55 early dining, three-course steak and lobster menu (salad, entree, dessert); entrees include steak and lobster, 5-ounce strip and lobster tail, 12-ounce hanger steak, meatloaf, parmesan-crusted chicken breast, seafood selection of the day; dessert is cinnamon sugar donuts
When: 5 to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday to Sunday; 5to9 p.m. Wednesday Special:50% off bottles of wine $100 and under
Special: $60 Champagne & Caviar menu includes a caviar amuse with a glass of champagne, salad and a featured surf-and-turf entrée
When: 5 p.m. to close Friday
At The Continental, serious dining has met the summer special, with $55 three-course dinners to be enjoyed at its lively bar or in the dining room
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Special: $49 buy one, get one three-course meal on Thursdays (two appetizers, two seafood entrees, two desserts); buy one, get one for the chef’s meat lovers’ menu on Fridays (two appetizers, two entrees, two desserts); $19.95 lunch at the bar with a glass of house red or white wine
When: 4 to 9 p.m. dinner Thursdays and Fridays; 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. lunch daily
Special: $29 for three courses, with a complimentary bottle of house wine with two dinners. Starters include fried mozzarella or Caesar salad; entrees include pork scallopini parmigiana and grilled Faroe Island salmon; desserts include tiramisu or lemon sorbet
When: 4 to 6 p.m. daily; 4 p.m. to close Thursday
Special: Buy one, get one pizza free for both dine-in and takeout
Special: $44 for two courses (appetizer, entrée) and a glass of wine. Options include spinach-and-ricotta agnolotti and sausage tagliarini with mushroom cream sauce and entrees are a 6-ounceN.Y. strip steak, veal scallopine or pasta Bolognese
When: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Sunday
Special: $39 early dining with two courses: choose soup or salad or mussels to start, and choose entrees from grouper, fried shrimp, blackened mahi mahi, seafood pasta or chicken Milanese (add $10for braised short ribs, black grouper Oscar or rum-glazed salmon)
When: 4 to 6 p.m. daily through September
Special: $49 for The Prime Pair two-course menu with 30% off all wines. Choose from big bacon, hand-rolled spring rolls, steakhouse Caesar or fresh market salad and entrees including steak frites, black peppercorn seared wagyu, steak and tomatoes, roasted organic chicken or cedar plank Faroe Island salmon; add $12 for pan-seared black grouper, teriyaki-glazed Chilean sea bass, coffee-crusted pork chop or Chops braised short rib
When:5 to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, and 5 to 9:30 p.m. Friday to Saturday through September
Special: $49 Sizzling Nights three-course menu in the open-air dining room surrounding the pool at The Escalante; choose from appetizers including a watermelon salad, lobster bisque, ceviche, yellowfin tuna rolland more; entrées include miso cod, salmon, hot-n-crunchy grouper, ginger BBQ boneless short rib, bison Wagyu pappardelle or a petite filet; dessert choices are key lime pie, lava cake, peanut butter chocolate ice cream pie or a cookie ginger ice cream sandwich
When: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday
Info: 290 Fifth Ave. S., Naples (at The Escalante); hotelescalante.com, 239.659.3466 or 239.325.3474
Special: $49 for three courses (appetizer, main, dessert); choose from Caffe Milano salad or beef carpaccio; entrees include chicken parmesan, lasagna, gnocchi alla Sorrentina or a pork chop; dessert is gelato
Special: $29 surf and turf (Mondays and Thursdays); $23 lasagna (Tuesdays); $19 carbonara (Wednesdays)
When: 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and Sunday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday to Saturday
Special: $20 two-course lunch with choice of salads, soup or cacio e pepe fries; entrees include pizzettas, pastas, meatballs, chicken panini, grilled chicken breast, grilled vegetables, salmon (add $6), snapper picatta (add $8), grilled Wagyu burger (add $6), hanger steak (add $20) and more
When: 11:30 a.m.to 3 p.m. daily starting June 1
Special: $42 two-course early dining includes bruschetta, whipped ricotta or a salad; entrees include ravioli alla Genovese, garganelli, gnocchi, chicken Milanese or grilled Scottish salmon, add $5 for roasted triple tail or ahi tuna
Special: $30 Pinot + Pizza (bar only) includes a glass of Pinot Noir paired with a choice of pizza
When: 3 to 6 p.m. starting June 1
Special: Sparkling Tuesdays (bar only) progressive pours of Bouvet Crémant for $7 at 4 p.m.; $8at 5 p.m.; $9 at 6 p.m.; $10 at 7p.m.; $11 at 8 p.m. ($45 bottles available throughout the restaurant)
When: Tuesdays starting June 2
Special: 50% off bottles of wine $100 and under
When: 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. lunch; 3to5 p.m. bar menu; 5 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays; starting June 3
Special: $42 for a two-course Sunday Supper menu
When: 5 p.m. to close Sundays starting June 7
Special: $68 three-course early dining menu; choose a cup of soup or an Ocean Prime or Caesar salad; entrees include Chilean Sea Bass, scallops, teriyaki salmon, 8-ounce filet; select one dessert from chocolate peanut butter pie, five-layer carrot cake, sorbet or ice cream
When: 4 to 5:30 p.m. daily
EAST NAPLES AND BAYSHORE
Special: $29.95 two courses with one glass of wine (chef selection); soup of the day or a salad, and entrees include chicken cordon bleu, catch of the day (lemon, capers, butter sauce), pork osso buco or three cheese ravioli au gratin
When: 4:45 to 6 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday
Special: $45.95 for two diners—early dining three courses (appetizer, entrée, dessert) with a bottle of wine; appetizers include smoked salmon, goat cheese salad or escargot; entrees include catch of the day, coq au vin, black angus ribeye (peppercorn sauce or mushroom risotto) and dessert: chocolate mousse, profiterole or crepes Suzette
When: 4:45 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday
Special: $59.95 for Father’s Day Brunch with a bottle of champagne or wine and brunch buffet of hot and cold appetizers, cheese and charcuterie, mains such as Wagyu beef sliders, baby back ribs, catch of the day, crab ravioli with lobster sauce and a selection of desserts
When: Seatings are at 10:30 or 11 a.m. and 12:30 or 1 p.m. June 21 (reservation required)
Special: $24 lunch entrée with a glass of wine(branded rose, sauvignon blanc, prosecco or pinot noir) and choose from grilled chicken and burrata, turkey Cobb salad or grilled flat iron steak and fingerlings; add $12 for Maine lobster roll
When:11 a.m.to 3 p.m. daily
Special:$35 for two courses (starter or dessert and main)
When: 4 p.m. to close daily
Special: Happy hour: 50% off cocktails includes $6 Margaritas and $8 specialty cocktails; $8white, red, rose wines; $5 draft Michelob; on Wednesdays after pickleball, league members get $4 Margaritas and $6 cocktails; must show membership wristband
When: 4 to 6 p.m. happy hour
Special: $39 for three courses; entrees include grilled wild salmon, carrot cake pork, carrot cake stuffed tenderloin, curried chicken; 50% off select entrees (rotates weekly) on Tuesdays; 50% off all bottles of wine on Wednesdays
Special: Happy hour with 25% off the Bamboo Bar menu, $6 wine, $6 single-mix cocktails, $3 domestics, $8 Margaritas and cocktails; happy hour all night on Thursdays; 50% off burgers and cocktail menu (bar only) Sundays
MIDTOWN AND NORTH NAPLES
Special: Wine Wednesdays with half-off all bottles of premium wine and champagne all night; options include Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio, Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, Meiomi Pinot Noir, Stags’ Leap Cabernet, Moët & Chandon and Whispering Angel
When: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesdays
Info: 10840 Tamiami Trail N. Naples (in the Granada Shoppes); pfchangs.com or 239.596.2174
P.F. Chang’s has given summer diners a wine break with 50 percent off bottles of wine with dinner.
P.F. Chang’s
Special: $20 three-course lunch (appetizer, entrée and dessert); starters include Brussels sprouts, shrimp cocktail, chicken nuggets and chicken wings; entrees include a chicken or salmon sandwich, teriyaki or harvest bowls; dessert is chocolate mousse
When: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday to Friday
Special: $27.95 two-course; starters are arancini, Caesar salad, eggplant parmigiana or soup of the day; entrees include tagliatelle bolognese, tagliolini cacio e pepe, chicken parm with tagliolini, Baccala alla puttanesca; happy hour with $5 house wine or draft beer; $7 and up well drinks
Special: $59 three-course (appetizer, entrée and dessert) with one glass of house wine; entrees include mini surf and turf, halibut, salmon, scallops, N.Y. strip steak, 4-ounce filet mignon, Delmonico steak or a 4-ounce Maine lobster; desserts are crème brûlée, carrot cake or a coconut-crusted vanilla bean snowball
When: 3 to 5:30 p.m. daily
Special: $29 Summer Celebration menu of two courses (select from appetizers, soup or salad and one entrée); entrees include shrimp scampi, triple tail fish and chips, smashburger, Captain’s platter (shrimp, grouper and scallops) and more
When: 11 a.m.to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday to Saturday through September
Special: $29.95 for two courses and one drink (cabernet, pinot grigio or soft drinks), choose from one starter (soup, salad, dolmades or Greek meatballs)and one entrée that includes moussaka, pastitsio, falafel gyro platter and more ($10 upcharge for sharing, no substitutions)
When: 4 to 8:30 p.m. (dine-in or carry out)
Bayside Seafood Grill & Bar
Special: $42 for two courses, includes starters: soups, salads, pork belly sliders, calamari, P.E.I. mussels puttanesca, shrimp and corn fritters; entrées include salmon, chicken piccata, braised short rib, pan seared corvina, coconut shrimp; add $10 for steak frites and $15 for miso glazed sea bass
When: 4:30 to 6 p.m. daily in the grill
Special: Happy hour with $8 house wines; $11 a glass for featured wines; $11 liquors or $14highballs and rocks; $5 bottled beers and $6 draft beers; $9to$18 food menu includes chicken wings, bacon and cheddar fries, English cheese board, shrimp cocktail, calamari, burger, grouper sliders and more
When: 3 to 6 p.m. daily (in bars only)Info:4270 Gulf Shore Blvd. N., Naples (Venetian Village); baysideseafoodgrillandbar.com or 239.649.5552; call ahead to check
Special: $24.95 early birds (3 to 5 p.m.) or $32.95 for later diners (5 p.m.to close) with a complimentary glass of white or red wine, domestic beer or a soft drink, iced tea or lemonade; choose from a house or Caesar salad, pasta fagioli or Italian wedding soup and one entrée: eggplant parm, chicken parm, chicken scampi, spaghetti and meatballs or chicken brochette
When: 3 to 5 p.m. for early diners and 5 p.m. to close for later diners, daily
Special: $49 three courses (starter, entrée and dessert);choose from salads, beef arancini, potato croquettes; entrees include almond-crusted tuna, braised short ribs, tagliatelle Bolognese, spring veggie gnocchi; select desserts from dark chocolate torte, lemon tiramisu or toffee pudding
Special: 30% off regular menu items (This deal cannot be combined with any other offers)
When: 4 to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday during June, July, August
Special: $44 summer chef’s two courses; choose from corn and crab bisque or a Caesar salad and an entrée: pan-roasted trigger fish or porterhouse pork chop
When: 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday; 5 to 10 p.m. Friday to Saturday starting June 1 through the summer
Special: $1 oysters during early dining
Special: Wines Day with 9-ounce pours of select wines at the price of 6-ouncepours; 25% off select bottles
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