The Best Seafood Spots For Lent in Southwest Florida

Wow, here we go. It's Lent, so here is The Best Seafood Spots in Southwest Florida. This is gonna be amazing because there's so many seafood restaurants here. And I know I'm gonna get yelled at for missing some. Tell me what I've missed and I'll update this post. But, I'll do my best. I'm doing this list because I'm Catholic, and it's lent. So...... trying to help. There's definitely some overlap with "The Best Southwest Florida Restaurants With Waterfront Views"

I've lived in Naples and Estero for the past 20 years and I've been to a lot of places, but as I make this list I'm realizing there's still so many more that I haven't tried. And there's also many more places that have closed -  like crushing stone crab claws at Randy's Fish Market, or taking my parents to Rodes.  But there's also new places to try. There's always new places to try.

So if you're new to town, or maybe visiting, and you're not sure where to go for some great local seafood, that's what this list is for. It always annoys me when I see long lines of people lined up at the chain restaurants. Like, you could've eaten that in Ohio. No, you come to Southwest Florida to eat at a local spot, then you go down Bonita Beach Road and get your picture taken in front of the "Master Bait and Tackle".

Rocco Smith put in a lot of work on this one. For a more detailed write up on HIS faves, that’s here.

I'm not going to rank these since they're all amazing. Maybe you choose based on what part of town you want to dine in. So now that my mouth is watering for some great Florida eats, let's take a look at "The Best Seafood Spots for Lent in Southwest Florida"

1084 N Tamiami Trail, North Fort Myers

Everything is smothered in butter and garlic.

13499 S Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers

1229 SE 47th Terrace B, Cape Coral

13451-16 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers

13361 Metro Pkwy, Fort Myers

15820 S Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers

2282 First St, Fort Myers

Several locations

15501 Old McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers

714 Fishermans Wharf, Fort Myers Beach

14040 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers

14301 Port Comfort Rd, Fort Myers

15271 McGregor Blvd #1, Fort Myers

703 Tarpon Bay Rd, Sanibel

3315 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Fort Myers

13021 N Cleveland Ave, North Fort Myers

1715 Cape Coral Pkwy W, Cape Coral

1715 Cape Coral Pkwy W, Cape Coral

5848 Cape Harbour Dr, Cape Coral

698 4th Ave S, Naples

3745 Tamiami Trail N, Naples

3741 Tamiami Trail N, Naples

629 8th St S, Naples

301 5th Ave S, Naples

9225 Gulf Shore Dr, Naples

699 5th Ave S, Naples

221 9th St S, Naples

799 Walkerbilt Rd, Naples