Lynn W.'s Profile

If you are in Naples and longing for a great Chicago Italian beef sandwich, stop at Cooker's!  This is the only place in Naples that I have found that can make a great  beef sandwich.  The service is SLOW.  I think it may have something to do with the way the service area was designed.  The service people have to run back and forth for all the makings.  If you don't mind the wait, you'll love the beef sandwich.

This restaurant opened recently at The Mercado on Vanderbilt and 41.  It is to the South of Whole Foods and is kind of behind Capital Grill.  I write this because it could be easy to drive by the place.

I had a snapper dish served over a cheese risoto that was to die for!  Our waiter seemed a bit pretensious and disappeared for a while but other than that, everyone enjoyed their meals.  This is a great place to take clients for dinner.  They have vallet parking.  You can go on line at http://www.mccormickan... to view their menus and make on line reservations.

FYI - They have a happy hour that runs from 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM Monday - Friday with low priced bar food.  I had a chicken salad that was wrapped in a flat bread for $1.95.  It was great with lots of chicken, grapes, walnuts and lettcue.  You could make a meal of that sandwich.  My brother and I arrived around 3:55 PM and the outside seating was already filled, so we sat at the high top tables near the open door.  If you want to sit outside for the happy hour, you'd better arrive early!

Norb has helped me several times with repair and remodeling work that needed to be done on my listings. One of the homes had been re-mediated for mold and had the cabinets under the sinks removed, drywall and crown molding taken down and needed additional repair work. Norb oversaw every aspect of the repair work and had everything taken care of in a timely manner.

One of our neighbors who has a unit with the same floor plan we do, had their kitchen redone by Willowood. When my husband and I saw the job Willowood had done for our neighbors, we called them in for an estimate. The minute we met with Ray, I knew we had found our contractor, he had ideas that no other contractor had suggested to us. Every other contractor we had come in just wanted to sell us new cabinets in the same foot print of what we already had. We wanted to open up our kitchen to our living area.

Willowood remodeled our kitchen and I could not be happier! Ray and Dorrie come up with some great suggestions for the remodeling that I use everyday. The solution of a kitchen garbage can mounted to the cabinet door under the sink was a super idea. Ray cut out a section of wall close to my stove where he inset a spice rack I can not tell you how much I love having my spices within easy reach of where I am cooking.

We took out a pantry to open our kitchen to our living area, put in new cabinets and hardware, counter top, sink, faucet, garbage disposal Ray and Dorrie oversaw every step of the remodel, SHOWED UP WHEN THEY SAID THEY WOULD, and made sure everything was done correctly. What more could you ask for?

When you go, order the antipasto appetizer.  The grilled zucchini on the plate is wonderful!  I had a seafood pasta dish that was great.  My brother, along with a friend at our table had the pork chop special.  Pat didn't think his chop was cooked enough but our friend thought his chop was superb.   Our waitress, Anastasia was attentive and pleasant.  I LOVED the fact that we could make on line reservations and preview their menu on line at http://www.NaplesTomat...