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** Walk through a thatch gateway into this lively, island-style watering hole (or upscale Margaritaville, if you will) -- an incongruous sight in the middle of the staid 3rd Street South shopping enclave. Diners, if not in Tommy Bahama's Indiana Jones-meets-Florida threads, look as if they've stepped right out of a Ralph Lauren or Abercrombie catalog. They gather on a large front patio under shade trees, where a musician performs; or inside, where a large back-wall mural creates a Polynesian scene. An open kitchen is on one side of the dining room, a bar dispensing drinks on the other. In between, cane chairs and classic ceiling fans add to the exotic mood. Although the Jamaican pork, salmon St. Croix, and other Caribbean-style cuisine don't quite live up to the ambience, you'll have too much fun here to care whether or not it's gourmet -- and the huge portions will satisfy any appetite. They don't appear on the dinner menu, but sandwiches are served if you ask (the meal-size grouper sandwich is a bargain at $10). Frommes
Tommy Bahama's Tropical Cafes include eight locations in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii and Texas.
Arizona:
Scottsdale
Kierland Commons
15205 N Kierland Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
480.505.3668
California:
Newport Beach
Corona Del Mar Plaza
854 Avocado Avenue
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Tel: 949-760-8686
Palm Springs:
73595 El Paseo
Palm Desert, CA, 92260
760/836-0288
Florida:
Naples
Old Naples
1220 3rd St. S
Naples, FL, 34102
239/643-6889
Orlando
Pointe Orlando
9101 International Drive Ste 1200
Orlando, FL 32819
321 281-5888
Sarasota
St Armand's Circle
300 John Ringling Blvd
Sarasota, Florida 34236
941.388.2888
Hawaii;
Mauna Lani
68-1330 Mauna Lani Drive # 101
Kamuela, HI 96743
808 881-8686
Kihei
The Shops at Wailea
3750 Wailea Alanui Dr
Kihei, HI 96753-8300
808 879-7828
Texas:
The Woodlands
9595 Six Pines Drive
The Woodlands, Texas 77380
281.292.8669
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