FMBGN-BIZ-Snug Harbor-Easter Specials

Easter weekend on Fort Myers Beach can feel like a sprint, so we head to Snug Harbor to get the simplest thing you can have on a holiday: a clear plan. Jason joins us waterfront to lay out the details that matter when the island fills up, including regular hours (11 a.m. to 9 p.m.), reservations for parties of 10 or more, and a walk-in flow designed to keep waits reasonable even when the crowd is strong. 

Then we get into the fun part, the Easter specials menu from Chef Rizzo. Think classic comfort done right and seafood that tastes like the Gulf: French onion soup with caramelized onions, sherry reduction, and toasted Alpine Swiss; coconut shrimp with a chili garlic orange marmalade sauce; slow-roasted prime rib with garlic mashed potatoes and creamy horseradish; Australian rack of lamb with a rosemary panko Dijon crust and minted lamb demi; and American red snapper prepared Francese style with lemon beurre blanc, saffron rice, and green beans. We also talk about a standout salad that eats like a main, a shrimp and scallop Asian noodle salad with roasted pineapple and Thai peanut vinaigrette. 

If you’re searching for Easter dinner on the water, Fort Myers Beach seafood, or Snug Harbor specials, this one is packed with delicious details. We wrap with what to sip and what else to do nearby, including the Ultimate Margarita, the over-the-top Ultimate Bloody Mary, and a band in the park (weather permitting), plus where to check for updates. Subscribe for more Fort Myers Beach local business spotlights, share this with a friend who’s coming to the island, and leave a review so more good neighbors can find the show.

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Welcome And Community Shoutouts

Intro/Close 0:00

Welcome to the Fort Myers Beach Good Neighbor Podcast. No shade, no sunshine, drama-free, positive vibes only. Want to send out some island love to insurance USA, Snug Harbor, Nervous Nellies, and the Alex King Group. They're the good neighbors and businesses that allow us to share the soul of our community with every listener. So please chair, grab a drink, and let's be the people who make this island feel at home. Here's your host, Cabo Jim Schaller.

Easter Weekend Plans At Snug Harbor

"Cabo" Jim 0:32

Welcome, good neighbors, to another episode. Today we're at Snug Harbor getting ready for Easter weekend, right? Absolutely. And we've got Jason with us.

Jason Jakaitis 0:40

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. How are you doing out there?

"Cabo" Jim 0:43

Pleasure. Pleasure to have you here today and excited to hear what you got in store for this weekend.

Jason Jakaitis 0:48

Yeah, yeah. It should be a big weekend. Yeah, yep. It's uh looking a little bit uh a little bit iffy, but it'll be a great day.

"Cabo" Jim 0:56

We do need a little rain, but not right now, not right now.

Jason Jakaitis 0:59

Exactly. Yes, yes, absolutely. But yeah, so getting ready for Easter, got a lot of uh great specials. We're getting ready to uh have that day. Um, you know, we're open for regular hours, so we'll be open from uh 11 o'clock until nine o'clock.

"Cabo" Jim 1:14

Okay.

Jason Jakaitis 1:14

Um, we'll be uh reservations, we'll be taking reservations for parties of 10 or more. All right. Um, but everything else will be walk-in. Uh, we usually get everything in and out pretty quick, so there shouldn't be too much of a wait. Uh, we got a special menu that Chef Brizzo prepared for you guys.

Chef’s Specials Start With Soup

"Cabo" Jim 1:30

So yeah, he does a great job.

Prime Rib Lamb And Fresh Snapper

Jason Jakaitis 1:33

He's got uh some French onion soup for us. So we're gonna do a uh French onion soup. It's gonna be sauteed caramelized uh onions with some sherry reduction, some veal stock, uh some croutons on the top, and then toasted with some uh alpine Swiss cheese on the top. And we'll also be doing for an appetizer some coconut shrimp. So we got some butterfly white shrimp. We're gonna uh encrust those in panko and some uh coconut flakes, and then that's served with a fresh chili, garlic, orange marmalade. So we'll have that for an appetizer. We're also doing roasted prime rib. So we've got roasted prime rib that'll be slow roasted. It's gonna be served with garlic mashed potatoes, uh house-made green beans, and a creamy horseradish sauce, and then we're also gonna do some Australian rack of lamb that'll be served uh roasted with rosemary panko Dijon crust, and then a let me get this right, a minted lamb demi that we'll also be doing on the side with it. And then, of course, for our fresh fish special, which we get right over the first fridge over there. Yeah. Our fish camp over there that brings us all our fresh fish in. We'll be doing the uh American red snapper, we'll be doing that frances style, uh, dipped in egg and then uh seared on each side and then baked. It'll be uh served with a lemon beer blanc, and then on the side it'll have saffron rice and house green beans. So that'll be available. And then we're gonna do an interesting salad, a shrimp and scallop Asian noodle salad. So we're gonna have some uh a cilantro, a cilantro lime marinade for the shrimp and the scallops, and then they'll be grilled and served on top of a low-main salad with roasted pineapple and a Thai peanut vinaigrette. Wow. So yeah, so we got a lot of great specials. A lot of people know Snug Harbor for their great specials and that. So Chef came up with some good ones for us.

"Cabo" Jim 3:33

This is always does, yeah.

Drink Picks And Band In The Park

Jason Jakaitis 3:35

Yeah, and we're ready to go. So yeah, like I said, we'll be open at nine o'clock, uh 11 o'clock, we'll close at nine, we'll be ready to go.

"Cabo" Jim 3:42

Any any drink specials going on?

Jason Jakaitis 3:44

Any drink specials? We always have the ultimate margarita, which is right, what sense which is amazing.

"Cabo" Jim 3:51

Yeah, more than a margarita.

Jason Jakaitis 3:52

And if you're coming early, make sure you grab one of our uh ultimate bloody Marys. Oh, that's too, right? It's like a lunch in a glass, it's got uh Capricorn and ham, salami, olives, uh pickle, all kinds. A meal in itself. Yes, a meal in itself. You got it. So yeah, we've got those going on too.

"Cabo" Jim 4:09

Is there anything else going on in the area? Is there anything going on in the area?

Jason Jakaitis 4:12

There is actually we do have a uh uh band in the park. Um, it starts at four o'clock till 7:30, weather permitting. Yeah, just make sure you guys stay tuned to our Facebook uh site. Like and follow. That way you can find out uh when all of our specials are and if there's any cancellations with the band or anything like that. We always keep it updated.

"Cabo" Jim 4:33

So very good, very good. All right, coming out for Easter, great place to be right on the water. You got it, you can't beat it. Gotta love it, gotta love the view and have a wonderful Easter. I I'm gonna be down here because that sounds good.

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Jason Jakaitis 4:44

We're looking forward to seeing you, my friend. Thank you, Jason. All right, all right.

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