What's Opening, Closing, and Changing in Naples Right Now

Naples doesn't sit still. Not in January when the snowbirds are here and every table is full. Not in June when the locals take back their city and the real story of this place comes into focus. Every month, new businesses open their doors, familiar spaces get new names, and the map of this community shifts a little. Here's everything worth knowing right now.

After months of watching construction wrap up on the Waterside Shops outparcel, Eddie V's Prime Seafood opened its doors June 7 — and Naples officially has one of the country's most celebrated upscale dining chains parked one block from the Gulf of Mexico.

This is not a casual restaurant. Eddie V's sits at the same tier as Capital Grille in Darden Restaurants' portfolio — a premium, full-service dining experience built around hand-carved steaks, creative cocktails, and seafood sourced from some of the best waters in the world. Signature dishes include Chilean sea bass, crab fried rice, and parmesan sole. The V Lounge runs live music nightly from local musicians — meaning you can walk in for a drink, stay for the set, and end up ordering the sea bass at 10 PM on a Tuesday. That's exactly how it should work.

The location — the former bank office on the southwest corner of Waterside at Seagate Drive and Myra Janco Daniels Boulevard — is the right address for this concept. It anchors a mall in the middle of its biggest transformation in years and gives Naples diners a reason to go back to Waterside on a weeknight even after Buck & Rider and RH Restaurant eventually join the lineup.

Sometimes a restaurant opens quietly and the neighborhood finds it on its own. Adoré is one of those.

The new Italian concept just opened in the former Davis Larry's space — brought to you by the same ownership group behind GG's. But regulars of GG's who walk in expecting the same experience are going to be pleasantly surprised. This is a step up. A significant one.

The chicken parm has become the early conversation piece — thick, juicy chicken, excellent breading, fresh pasta cooked properly, house-made tomato sauce, and a plating that makes it clear someone in that kitchen cares about what they're sending out. They're also pouring their own red ale brewed specifically for the restaurant, which is either a sign of ambition or a very good reason to order a second round before your food arrives. Probably both.

If you've driven past the old Davis Larry's spot a hundred times without stopping, now is the time.

The former Duck Donuts space at 4233 Ninth St. N. in Park Shore Plaza sat empty after Duck Donuts closed last summer. Juice Society moved in, and the swap feels right.

Owned and founded by Kallie and Matt Isadore, Juice Society opened May 13 serving superfood bowls, organic cold-pressed juices, smoothies, and aqua frescas made from real ingredients — no fillers, no artificial flavors, nothing that makes you regret the decision an hour later. Hours are Monday through Saturday 8 AM to 5 PM, closed Sundays. Their original location is at Coconut Point in Estero, and the Naples outpost brings the concept to the U.S. 41 corridor where healthy, grab-and-go options have been thin.

For the morning crowd that was already stopping at this plaza, it's a meaningful upgrade. For the Park Shore neighborhood more broadly, it's a welcome addition to the kind of local, owner-operated business ecosystem that makes this part of Naples feel like a neighborhood rather than just a commercial strip.

If you've driven past the former Zen Asian BBQ location on Tamiami Trail North in North Naples recently, you've probably noticed it's no longer a sushi bar. Signage is up, construction is wrapping, and the space is becoming Papa Joe's Pizzeria Trattoria — an Italian concept from owner Mike Cardascia, who previously operated the Zen Asian brand.

NNN first spotted this months ago. Opening is weeks away. A full-service Italian pizzeria with a trattoria vibe on one of the most trafficked stretches of US-41 in North Naples fills a real gap in a corridor that skews heavily toward chain restaurants. Watch for a hard opening announcement — and when it comes, go early.

Gourmet Chariot is a new upscale mobile culinary concept operating across Southwest Florida — and it is not your typical food truck. Think caviar flights, hand-assembled charcuterie boards, and Champagne poured tableside at private parties, corporate events, and high-end weddings across the Naples area.

The concept was built specifically for this market. Naples has no shortage of people throwing events where the bar for catering has been set very high — and Gourmet Chariot is positioning itself as the answer when the host wants something that will genuinely impress guests who have seen everything. It's the kind of business that only works in a market like this one, which is exactly why it launched here.

Collier County's third Home Depot opened June 3 at 11880 Tamiami Trail East with a grand opening June 4 — sitting on the southeast corner of U.S. 41 East and Barefoot Williams Road in East Naples. The new store covers 107,709 square feet with a 28,018-square-foot garden center attached.

For East Naples homeowners who were driving to Airport-Pulling Road or Pine Ridge for a big-box home improvement run, this one changes the math significantly. It's also arriving at exactly the right moment — construction activity across eastern Collier County is at one of its highest levels in years, with thousands of new homes in various stages of permitting and construction. The demand for lumber, fixtures, landscaping supplies, and contractor materials in that corridor is real and growing.

The Publix at Neapolitan Way Shopping Center at 4601 9th St. N. has a reopening date: July 2. And this isn't a remodel or a refresh — the 38-year-old store and an adjacent vacant retail space were both torn down to the ground, and what's rising in their place is a brand new 52,000-square-foot modern facility built from the foundation up.

If you've been shopping at this Publix your entire Naples life, walking in on July 2 is going to feel different. Everything is new. The layout, the lighting, the scale — all of it reflecting what Publix builds in 2026, not what it built in 1988. It's one of the more quietly significant retail openings of the year for the corridor between Tamiami Trail and Airport-Pulling Road.

Napoli on the Bay has closed at Pebblebrooke Center in North Naples. Taking its place is bb.q Chicken — a Korean fried chicken brand marking its first Southwest Florida location. The chain has expanded aggressively across the U.S. and is known for an unusually crispy preparation style that has developed a loyal following in cities where it operates. No confirmed opening date yet, but the space transition is underway. For North Naples residents who've been driving to Fort Myers for Korean fried chicken, the wait is almost over.

When Winn-Dixie vacated its anchor space at Golden Gate Shopping Center on the corner of Golden Gate Parkway and Coronado Parkway over Memorial Day weekend, it left a significant gap in a neighborhood that had counted on it for decades. Aldi is filling nearly half of that space — roughly 49,000 square feet — with a new location targeted to open in 2027.

That's a year away, but it's worth knowing. For Golden Gate residents who lost their closest grocery anchor, Aldi is a practical and genuinely useful replacement — a discount grocery chain that has earned real loyalty in working-class communities across the country by delivering quality basics at prices that respect how people actually live. A 25,967-square-foot anchor space on the eastern edge of the center is still available for a tenant to be announced.