Chop's City Grill - Naples

This hip restaurant is in downtown Naples on the local "Fifth Avenue". At night the street is alive with people "promenading" and all the stores are open. We noted, with delight, that these stores are local places - the large chains are relegated to the Tamiami Trail (Rt 42) where there are more malls than in NJ! We really enjoyed walking after dinner and looking in the galleries and shops along the Avenue. Overall, Naples was a disappointment because it's very overbuilt and not especially attractive. In Old Naples there are no high-rises and the dense single family homes make it feel crowded. It didn't help that it was a holiday weekend with crowds of people and many young children all out looking for a good time.

The restaurant is primarily a steakhouse with a southern-Florida flair - lots of fish and some Asian vegetables.

I had the Stacked Tomato Salad – Beefsteak, Golden, and Orange Tomatoes with Roquefort Cheese, Onions and Black Pepper Ranch Dressing. This seems to be a Florida specialty found on many of the menus we've seen, but it was well done here.

Chris had Red Oak Salad with Portobello Mushrooms, Gorgonzola, Pecans and Pear, served with a Miso – Maple Dressing. It was very fresh and tasty.

She also had the Grouper special which came with fresh asparagus, and an interesting cauliflower mash that I'm sure she's going to try to recreate and make me eat when we get back home!

I had a pepper steak with a Blackberry – Cabernet Sauce, Grilled Sweet Potato and fried Onion Rings. We also tried something called Chop's "Steakhouse Style" Vegetables which were grilled broccoli Rabe, spinach, and mushrooms with garlic.


Zagats says
“Hip and happening” types frequent this “lively”, often-“noisy” Pan-Asian surf ’n’ turfer (think “grilled-to-perfection” Mongolian beef, teriyaki-glazed sea bass, etc.) where the “warm” atmosphere is made even more so by the “friendly” staff; almost as alluring as the prime “people-watching” are “great wine flights” that allow you to “sip some pretty good choices without losing your shirt.”

Chops City Grill
837 Fifth Ave. S.
(US 41)
Naples, FL 34102
239-262-4677