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Food and Lodging

Lodging

The Gasparilla Inn and Club

Boca Grande’s historic Gasparilla Inn and Beach Club has been greeting its guests since 1912. Many fourth generation families continue to make their annual visits here and have long standing reservations for the same rooms or cottages year after year. Excellent service, exceptional food, and a touch of the past all play an important part in the success of the Inn.

Call the reservation office at (941) 964-4500 for more information about this historic, beautiful and romantic hotel.

The Innlet on the Waterfront

The Innlet is located directly on Boca Grande Bayou. Check-in office at the entrance-way on East Railroad Avenue. Amenities include a pool, a play area, charcoal grills, a designated parking area for trailers and a boat ramp and dockage on the bayou.

For reservations, call (941) 964-4600.

Restaurants

Boca Grande offers a variety of dining options ranging from “grab and go” and haute cuisine. The island’s restaurants tend to vary their hours of operation throughout the year. We suggest a call in advance, especially during the late summer and early fall.

The Inn Bakery

A full-line bakery featuring hearth baked bread, pastries, muffins, scones, cookies and desserts. Subs, soups. Inside and cafe style seating. A coffee bar with espresso, cappuccino, latte, mocha and hot teas. Hours vary. 

Address: 384 E. Railroad Avenue. (Corner of Railroad and 4rth)

Sisters Restaurant

Located at Railroad Plaza, is traditional Italian flair – including pizza. Dining inside or al fresco on the deck. Carryout available.

Tel: 941-964-2002.

Gasparilla Inn
Main Dining Room

The dining room of the Gasparilla Inn, as well as the Gasparilla Inn Beach Club at lunch, are periodically open to non-guests of the hotel on a space available basis. 

For more information, call the Inn at 941-964-4530.

Loose Caboose

Located in downtown Boca Grande’s historic Railroad Depot, you can enjoy luncheon on the patio overlooking the center of town or inside in the actual passenger waiting room of the depot. Ice cream of many flavors is made every day from the richest, sweetest cream in Florida. Also offered are frozen yogurt and fat-free, sugar-free ice cream. Carry-out available.

Tel: 941-964-0440

Dolphin Cove (The Pink Pony)

Breakfast from 7am ’till 10:30am daily and lunch 10:30 ’till 2pm. Box lunches available to go. Casual and relaxed. Open 7 days. Golf cart rentals too!

Tel: 941-964-0109

The Eagle Grill

The Eagle Grille, located at the Boca Grande Marina (formerly Millers Marina) serves lunch and dinner Tuesday through Sunday. Fine dining upstairs, casual fare dockside at Miller’s Downstairs. Located at 220 Harbor Drive.

Tel: 941- 964-8000

The Temptation Restaurant
"The Temp"
(The Caribbean Room)

The Temptation Restaurant and Bar offers lunch and fine dining in the restaurant fronting Park Avenue. The bar is a local “Old Florida” treasure. Reservations recommended. The Caribbean Room offers a lighter version of favorites from The Temptation’s kitchen or the Temp’s regular dinner menu. The atmosphere is casual with its own mural of Boca Grande Pass at Tarpon Time. On Park Ave. (There is a rear entrance on West Railroad Ave.). Reservations not required, but suggested.

Tel: 941-964-2610

The Outlet

The Outlet at the Innlet is located, coincidentally, at the Innlet Motel at 11th and East Railroad Avenue. Breakfast is served from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. – but is available all day – and lunch is offered from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tel: 941-964-2246

South Beach

The only public restaurant on the Gulf of Mexico’s sandy beaches. Casual and fun. Open seven days a week, 11 a.m to 10 p.m.

Tel: 941-964-0765