Guidebook for Punta Gorda

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Guidebook for Punta Gorda

Food Scene

Locals like it, extensive menu, walking distance from house.
Emils Sports Bar and Grill
24901 Sandhill Blvd
Locals like it, extensive menu, walking distance from house.
Great food, $10. pasta menu on Friday and Saturday nights. Comedy shows every Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Most shows are only $12. Big name appearances are more.
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Visani Restaurant and Comedy Theater
2400 Kings Hwy
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Great food, $10. pasta menu on Friday and Saturday nights. Comedy shows every Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Most shows are only $12. Big name appearances are more.
Always good food and service, less than a mile from the house. There are sidewalks all the way if you feel like walking to it.
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Applebee's Grill + Bar
15151 N Cleveland Ave
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Always good food and service, less than a mile from the house. There are sidewalks all the way if you feel like walking to it.
This is not your typical fast food! The burgers are great, frozen custard heavenly, if you've never had cheese curds, you've got to try them! Frozen custard flavor of the day is posted out front daily
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Culver's
309 SW Pine Island Rd
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This is not your typical fast food! The burgers are great, frozen custard heavenly, if you've never had cheese curds, you've got to try them! Frozen custard flavor of the day is posted out front daily
Family owned restaurant with good food, daily specials, and a nice buffet. They recently added additional dining space, so there is rarely a wait time now.
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Peter's Restaurant
2200 Kings Hwy
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Family owned restaurant with good food, daily specials, and a nice buffet. They recently added additional dining space, so there is rarely a wait time now.
Good old fashioned meals like grandma used to make. Rick actually refers to it as Grandma's Place. There is a wait sometimes, but time flies while you browse the wonderful store. Great gift ideas!
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
4260 Boatways Rd
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Good old fashioned meals like grandma used to make. Rick actually refers to it as Grandma's Place. There is a wait sometimes, but time flies while you browse the wonderful store. Great gift ideas!
Good Italian food and good service. It's not just pizza!
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Bella Napoli Pizzeria & Restaurant
1938 Kings Hwy
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Good Italian food and good service. It's not just pizza!
Family owned restaurant right in our Deep Creek Community. Eat in, take out, or they will deliver!
K's Family Pizzeria & Restaurant
2000 Rio De Janeiro Ave
Family owned restaurant right in our Deep Creek Community. Eat in, take out, or they will deliver!

Everything Else

Just one mile from the house. It's a Supercenter, so you'll find just about anything you might need during your vacation here.
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Walmart Supercenter
19100 Murdock Cir
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Just one mile from the house. It's a Supercenter, so you'll find just about anything you might need during your vacation here.
500 seat theater with scheduled performances, places to eat, thrift shops, bingo and much more. Also, right next door is one of Port Charlotte's Public Libraries.
Cultural Center of Charlotte County
2280 Aaron St
500 seat theater with scheduled performances, places to eat, thrift shops, bingo and much more. Also, right next door is one of Port Charlotte's Public Libraries.
Great place if you want to play a fun game of mini-golf!
Fish Cove Adventure Golf
4949 Tamiami Trail
Great place if you want to play a fun game of mini-golf!
If you are an Elk's member, you will probably want to check them out! Live music weekly, food, and other events. Members and their guests only. It's less than a 5 minute walk from the house.
Elks Lodge
401 N Indiana Ave
If you are an Elk's member, you will probably want to check them out! Live music weekly, food, and other events. Members and their guests only. It's less than a 5 minute walk from the house.
Voted best golf course in Charlotte County five years in a row.
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Port Charlotte Golf Club
22400 Gleneagles Terrace
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Voted best golf course in Charlotte County five years in a row.
Located in the Kings Gate Community, it is open to the public. Lion's Den Restaurant at Kings Gate is also open to the community.
Kings Gate Golf Club
24000 Rampart Blvd
Located in the Kings Gate Community, it is open to the public. Lion's Den Restaurant at Kings Gate is also open to the community.
Deep Creek is a semi-private golf club that is open to the public for an affordable daily fee. Open 7 days a week from 7am to 6pm. Proper golf attire required.
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Deep Creek Golf Club
1260 San Cristobal Ave
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Deep Creek is a semi-private golf club that is open to the public for an affordable daily fee. Open 7 days a week from 7am to 6pm. Proper golf attire required.
This is my favorite place to take first time visitors! Waterfront restaurants, boutiques, a resort and marina. King Fisher Fleet, located there, offers sightseeing and fishing tours and charters.
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Fishermens Village Resort
1200 W Retta Esplanade
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This is my favorite place to take first time visitors! Waterfront restaurants, boutiques, a resort and marina. King Fisher Fleet, located there, offers sightseeing and fishing tours and charters.
A nonprofit organization dedicated to the care, preservation, protection of Charlotte County's native wildlife. They treat and rehabilitate injured Florida wildlife. Tours daily. Very Interesting.
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I-Center ye-Wildlife ye-Peace River
3400 Ponce de Leon Pkwy
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A nonprofit organization dedicated to the care, preservation, protection of Charlotte County's native wildlife. They treat and rehabilitate injured Florida wildlife. Tours daily. Very Interesting.
A 99,000 square foot museum with over 200 vintage ’50s to early ’70s muscle cars. Open Tues-Sun, 9-5PM. Admission charged. Gift Shop, Diner, Hot Rod & Speed Shop, and Car Corral also.
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MUSCLE CAR CITY LLC
10175 Tamiami Trail
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A 99,000 square foot museum with over 200 vintage ’50s to early ’70s muscle cars. Open Tues-Sun, 9-5PM. Admission charged. Gift Shop, Diner, Hot Rod & Speed Shop, and Car Corral also.
Beautiful beach and pier, and you must plan on eating at Sharkey's on the Pier! Venice is the shark tooth capital of the world, and if you know what to look for, you are sure to find one!
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Beautiful beach and pier, and you must plan on eating at Sharkey's on the Pier! Venice is the shark tooth capital of the world, and if you know what to look for, you are sure to find one!

Shopping

Beall's, Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's and Sears, and more than 100 specialty shops and eateries. Regal 16 Cinemas is locates in the Mall. Mall Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10am - 9pm Sunday, 12pm - 6pm
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Regal Town Center - Port Charlotte
1441 Tamiami Trail
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Beall's, Dillard's, JCPenney, Macy's and Sears, and more than 100 specialty shops and eateries. Regal 16 Cinemas is locates in the Mall. Mall Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10am - 9pm Sunday, 12pm - 6pm

Arts & Culture

Located at the Town Center Mall, showing the latest movie releases.
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Regal Town Center - Port Charlotte
1441 Tamiami Trail
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Located at the Town Center Mall, showing the latest movie releases.

Sightseeing

A 2.4 mile pathway for walking or biking, along the shore of Charlotte Harbor, it winds through Gilchrist Park and Laishley Park.
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Harborwalk
400 W Retta Esplanade
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A 2.4 mile pathway for walking or biking, along the shore of Charlotte Harbor, it winds through Gilchrist Park and Laishley Park.
Located at Fisherman's Village, they offer full and 1/2 day sightseeing cruises, sunset cruises and harbor tours. They also offer deep sea charter fishing in the Gulf and back bay fishing.
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King Fisher Fleet
1200 W Retta Esplanade
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Located at Fisherman's Village, they offer full and 1/2 day sightseeing cruises, sunset cruises and harbor tours. They also offer deep sea charter fishing in the Gulf and back bay fishing.