Sunday, July 5, 2026
Naples' 2026 restaurant scorecard is in
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Gray and sticky this morning, with thunderstorms likely by afternoon and a high near 90 — nudge the beach plans early. Tim Aten's midyear restaurant tally is out, and it's the usual Naples churn: a few new tables worth booking, a couple of favorites already gone.
Today
The Gulf's wide open — go early
Red tide is reading all-clear from Barefoot Beach down to Marco, so the water's yours this weekend — just make it a morning swim, with low tide around 10:37 and thunderstorms likely by afternoon.
Local News
Habitat's Las Palmas is about to more than triple
A single gift from the Holecek Family Foundation takes the East Naples project from 60 homes to 210 — actual ownership, not rentals, for the workers who keep our town running but can't touch its median price.
Two Barron Collier towers just sold for $23.26M
Collier Place I and II — the four-story downtown offices the family that named our county put up in the '70s and '80s — changed hands at 97% leased. Proof that even in a condo-crazed market, plain old office space still trades.
A golf club on an old East Naples grove hits resistance
Developer SWJR wants a course and 10 cabins on a former citrus grove, but neighbors are pushing back on wildlife and noise as it seeks growth-management and zoning deviations — one more grove standing in the path of a fairway.
NCH North's kids' ER scored a 99 out of 100
The national pediatric readiness assessment put our North Naples emergency room near the top of the country and well past Florida's new standards — worth filing away for the next summer fever or playground spill.
Food & Drink
Tim Aten's midyear restaurant scorecard is out
Our restaurant whisperer tallies who opened and who quietly closed across Naples in the first half of 2026 — the franchise casualties and the local newcomers worth a summer reservation while tables are easy to get.
The Dock at Crayton Cove turns 50
Fifty years on Naples Bay through hurricanes, new owners and changing menus, and it still feels like the Old Florida version of itself — grab a seat on the water now, before anyone remembers how quiet summer is down there.