Grace’s Cafe the latest and greatest addition to the Lani Kai Island Resort on Fort Myers Beach
On the first floor lobby of the Lani Kai Island Resort, one of the iconic mainstays of the island, coffee begins to be served at 7 a.m. at the new Grace’s Café where hotel guests and visitors can enjoy dining from sunrise to sunset. The café, named after the resort’s late co-founder Grace Conidaris, is the newest edition to the hotel following its reopening after Hurricane Ian.
The cafe, which is split into two sections on either side of the lobby, is part of a startling remodeling of the lobby floor since repairs from Hurricane Ian was completed. There is a dining area and tables with a view out to the Gulf on one side, with tables, a lounge area and diner counter top on the other side.
For early risers, the coffee options range from expressos to cappuccino, French vanilla and café mocha. Hot chocolate and chai tea are available for those who don’t partake in coffee rituals.
At 8 a.m., breakfast is served at Grace’s Café at 1400 Estero Boulevard. Pancakes, breakfast burritos, cheese danishes, bagels, sausage patties, home fries, fresh fruit and yogurt are all part of the menu.
“It feels so great when you hear patrons step into our lobby for the first time and go ‘whoa’ and ‘wow.’ It makes all that hard work over the last two-plus years really worth it, hearing the happiness of our patrons and hotel guests again is a wonderful thing,” Lani Kai Island Resort Marketing Director Melissa Schneider said.
The sandwich menu at Grace’s at Lani Kai includes two-handed fish sandwiches, lobster rolls, crab rolls, shrimp rolls, the surf and turf lobster burger, angus burgers, chicken cutlet sandwiches, Chicago Italian beef sandwiches and sirloin steak sandwiches.
As the sun goes down you can enjoy dinner which features pasta marinara, fettucine Alfredo, shrimp bruschetta, fish and chips.
For appetizers, there are chowder fries, Buffalo tavern chips, spicy beef rolls, street tacos, calamari, nachos, jumbo shrimp cocktail, crab balls, lobster balls, mussels and shrimp cerviche
The raw and steamed bar features oysters, clams, blue point oysters, clams and shrimp.
The homemade soups include the resort’s clam chowder and pasta fagioli. Sald dishes include Caesar salad, steak salad, citrus shrimp salad and arugula and shrimp salad.
Top off your meal with New York Italian cheesecake or key lime pie.
The Lani Kai also continues to work on rebuilding and redesigning its rooftop restaurants the Island View and the Sun Deck, Marketing Director Melissa Schneider said.
Grace’s Cafe is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.