Fresh Catch Inland restaurant opens at Coconut Point

Author: David Dorsey, Gulfshore Business
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Fresh Catch Inland, Franco Russo’s sixth restaurant in Southwest Florida, opened at Coconut Point in Estero, and it has him reminiscing about childhood trips to his father’s restaurant not too far away.

But it also has Russo answering questions about whether a sixth restaurant means he’s hitting his stride as a restaurateur.

“It’s been 10 years now,” Russo said of when he struck out on his own and purchased Two Meatballs in the Kitchen in Fort Myers.

Russo, whose father owned the since-gone Ship restaurant off U.S. 41, now also owns or co-owns Two Meatballs in The Kitchen and Stones Throw in Cape Coral and Junkanoo Below Deck and Fresh Catch Bistro on Fort Myers Beach. The new Fresh Catch Inland is at 7991 Plaza del Lago Drive in Estero.

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