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Fort Myers, FL
91Events this week
17Free things to do
65New spots
88New stories

● Checked this morning, before the 6 AM send.

This week in Fort Myers

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 91 events, day by day →

Uplift Peer Group

Friday 6:30am · The Goldberg LGBTQ+ Center

Trunk or Treat

Friday 7am · The Mystical Moon

Logan’s Crazy Golf Scramble

Friday 12pm · The Club at Grandezza

Bingo With the Lions

Friday 12:30pm · Bonita Springs Lions Center

The Chase: LIVE at Bay Street Yard

Friday 6pm · Bay Street Yard

New in Fort Myers

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

Skinny Dogz Brunchery

Restaurants

Brunch worth getting up for: Skinny Dogz Brunchery is your local treat for from-scratch Biscuit Benedicts, chicken and waffles, and a daily ground burger that absolutely slaps.

skinnydogzbrunchery.com ↗

Fat Tony's Pizza

Restaurants

Upgrade pizza night: Fat Tony's Pizza does the details you can taste...

fattonyspizzeria.com ↗

Trattoria Mia

Restaurants

Scratch-made Italian cravings: Trattoria Mia keeps it classic with more than 60 years of Italian cooking tradition, fresh ingredients, and family recipes that taste like Sunday at Nonna’s.

trattoriamia.com ↗

Fort Myers’s best businesses

Every spot worth knowing, in one place.

The restaurants, shops, and services the newsletter recommends, all in one place — every listing checked, and paid pins marked every time.

Browse Fort Myers’s best →

Most read in Fort Myers

The five stories Fort Myers readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. One of Southwest Florida's finest restaurants is about to return

    Marc and Sherri Neeley are returning to the Southwest Florida dining scene, with the closure of their restaurant Roadhouse Cafe in 2025 due to an expiring lease and uncertainty over the future of the south Fort Myers plaza it served as a home for 18 years.

    Full story at news-press.com ↗

  2. Fort Myers RV and Mobile Home Park Sells for $2.5 Million - Woodall's Campground Magazine

    LSI Companies, Inc., brokered a 7.14-acre RV and Mobile Home Park in Fort Myers, FL, for $2.5 million.

    Full story at woodallscm.com ↗

  3. Trump to come to Fort Myers Oct. 23; FGCU alerts campus for change in operations for special 'private' event same day

    President Donald Trump is set to return to Florida for a rally in Fort Myers on Oct.

    Full story at wgcu.org ↗

  4. Walmart on Six Mile Cypress shut down following possible electrical injury and structure fire

    Walmart on Six Mile Cypress Pkwy in Fort Myers has been evacuated due to a possible electrical injury and structure fire at the store.

    Full story at winknews.com ↗

  5. Last of old Fort Myers Beach pier removed as storm-resistant replacement takes shape

    The last remnants of the old Fort Myers Beach pier have been removed, paving the way for the construction of a new storm-resistant pier.

    Full story at gulfcoastnewsnow.com ↗

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