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Best of Banner: The top things we ate in May Will Watts Correspondent May took us from Fort Myers, through Bonita Springs and all the way to Naples for several exciting food adventures. Here’s a recap. Lapa’s Costa Rican Bistro, Bonita Springs Lapa’s Costa Rican Bistro in Bonita Springs marked my first foray with Costa Rican food. We started off sampling the empanadas ($2.95 each) and patacones (aka tostones, $5.95). For the empanadas, you can choose from shredded chicken, ground beef, potato or cheese. We picked the potato. Depending on the culture and region, empanadas can be made ...

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Best of Banner: The top things we ate in April Will Watts Correspondent April took us to Naples, Bonita Springs and Fort Myers Beach for some of the best food around. It made it very difficult to pick the best of the month. Figs Grille, Bonita Springs This was my first visit to Figs Grille, and we started off with the “Papa Rossa” ($9.95), featuring marinated beets, red onion, fresh herbs and topped with goat cheese and walnuts. I love beets, and these were super flavorful without a hint of earthiness. The ingredients combined into a beautiful melody. It may have been an appetizer,...

‘Watts for Dinner’: Make some memories at Goodland’s Little Bar Will Watts Correspondent Our next dining destination is Little Bar in Goodland. Visiting the establishment’s website, I was greeted with “Is Little Bar Open?” That’s exactly what I was verifying. I was also greeted with this message, that was posted last May. “Little Bar is grappling with guidance, economic well-being versus physical well-being, individual freedom versus collective good.” Well said. We allowed ourselves to eat at the restaurant through a combination of thoughtful decisions; we went between lunch...

Will Watts Correspondent We kicked off the Banner edition of “Watts for Dinner” in March with three amazing restaurants, a Greek treasure, an Italian masterpiece and a bar that takes its food to new heights. Thank you, Banner readers and business owners, for trusting us with one of the most important and fun things in life, food.     Mykonos Kuzina, Naples Mykonos Kuzina has some of the best Greek food you will find without purchasing an airline ticket! We started our meal with the “Cold Spread Sampler” which features a combination plate of tzatziki, hummus, olive spread and tiroka...