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Old Jan 6th, 2008, 12:40 PM
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Inexpensive Favorite Restaurants Sanibel

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My friend and I will be staying in Sanibel, Florida for 4 nights at the end of January.

We would like to eat at some inexpensive local restaurants. Do you have any favorite places that you could recommend?

We will have a car so restaurants in Captiva would be fine too. We have eaten at the Mucky Duck a few years ago and we enjoyed that.

Thank you for your suggestions!
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Old Jan 6th, 2008, 12:51 PM
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Island Cow ... Sanibel Grill (at The Timbers) ...
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We always loved the Bubble Room.
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Definitely go to the Island Cow for breakfast and the Hungry Heron is fun for dinner
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Old Jan 6th, 2008, 02:59 PM
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Thank you for suggestions! I had not heard of the Island Cow or the Hungry Heron. They are on our list to try now.

The Island Cow even has a patio so we were pretty excited about that!

The Bubble Room sounds like fun too.

Thanks again for your help.
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The Bubble Room is anything but inexpensive these days. Try Doc Ford's up where Rabbit Rd meets San-Cap Rd on the way to Captiva. Really good fish tacos and also good shrimp dishes. Another good choice is Sanibel Grill.
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Island Pizza & Pasta. Husband loves their pizza, which has a pastry-like crust, and I enjoy their pasta dishes, especially the spaghetti bolognese and the pasta carbonara. It's my favorite place to eat in Sanibel. And I'm pretty picky.

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Hungry Heron!! Loved it so much I bought the T shirt-- basically a family friendly, anything you can think of on the menu - burgers, sandwiches, breakfast, chicken, blooming onion -- free refills on drinks (lemonade!) My kids loved it!
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I second Doc Ford's and throw in The Timbers, though I don't think of these two as inexpensive. They are worth every penny you spend there.
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eat at jerry's. reasonable and usually good. restaurant is part of supermarket.

or get takeout from the salad bar.
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Thanks for your suggestions everyone! I have taken notes and plan to try several of your favorites.

Good idea to eat at Jerry's! And I had not heard about Island Pizza and Pasta. The Sunset Grill also sounds like a fun place.

We are staying at the Sunshine Island Inn so all of these places should be close.

Thanks to all of you for your advice!

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Old Jan 9th, 2008, 07:14 PM
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Oops! I meant the Sanibel Grill looked like fun, not the Sunset Grill.
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