at Snook Bight and Bayfront Bistro

Event to raise support for breast cancer patients in our community

(Fort Myers Beach, Fla. – August 6, 2010) — The owners of Snook Bight Yacht Club and Marina, Bayfront Bistro and Marine Max are teaming up once again to join the fight against breast cancer with a weekend of Fort Myers Beach fun in support of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Southwest Florida Affiliate.

Boaters, sailors, families and guests young and old will all find something of interest at Snook Bight and Bayfront Bistro’s second annual “All Aboard Against Breast Cancer” Waterside Festival on November 19 and 20, 2010, at Snook Bight, 4765 Estero Blvd, located behind the Publix Shopping Center on Fort Myers Beach, or for boaters at Bay Channel Marker 27, VHF Channel 72, GPS 26’26.205 N 81’55.160W.

“Last year we exceeded our expectations and gave Susan G. Komen for the Cure over $70,000,” said Joe Yerkes, President of Snook Bight Yacht Club and Marina.  “This year, our goal is to give $100,000.  The fight against breast cancer is so important.  This disease touches everyone in a family.  We simply must do everything possible to win this battle.”

The weekend will start with an exclusive wine dinner and auction at the award-winning Bayfront Bistro, the hugely popular and most exclusive waterfront restaurant in the area.   In the first full year of operation, Bayfront Bistro was awarded the prestigious Award of Excellence by Wine Spectator Magazine, one of only five award holders in Lee County and the only one in Fort Myers/Fort Myers Beach.  The restaurant also received the Wine Enthusiast Award of Distinction in January of this year.  Additionally, Bayfront Bistro has been awarded the important National Restaurant Neighbor Award – Florida for its community service activities including the spectacular 2009 Susan G Komen success. Bayfront now competes for one of four national awards in Washington DC this September. These prominent honors assure the Friday night dinner will more than exceed expectations.

The festival continues the next day with a complimentary event open to the Public on Saturday, November 20, at the marina.  Waterside activities include an in-water boat show and demonstrations by Sea Ray Yachts, as well as hands-on demonstrations of the all-new piloting systems from MerCruiser.

Live music will be performed throughout the day.  And the Game Guys will be there with fun X-Box and Wii games for kids of all ages.   We will also have an “All Aboard Cocktail for the Cure,” BBQ Extravaganza, and a silent auction and raffle.

A portion of the dinner and all net proceeds from the auctions and chance drawings will directly benefit the Komen Southwest Florida Affiliate whose promise is to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures.

“We can’t thank Snook Bight and Joe Yerkes enough for their belief in our charity,” said Miriam Ross, Executive Director of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Southwest Florida Affiliate.  “I know that this will be an amazing weekend due to the special group of people dedicated to making it a success.”

The festival is free and open to the public.  The wine dinner is $100 per person, reservations are required, seating is limited.  For dinner reservations, call 239-765-4371 or for more information about the events, please visit www.SnookBightMarina.com.

About Snook Bight Yacht Club & Marina and Bayfront Bistro

Snook Bight Yacht Club and Marina is located on the beautiful and pristine Estero Bay in Fort Myers Beach, FL.  Snook Bight offers a range of services to meet every boating need, including new boat sales, rentals, service and storage in state-of-the-art rackominiums, and dockominiums.  Club members also have access to amenities at the Yacht Club.  Snook Bight is also home to the award-winning Bayfront Bistro, a multiple award winner in Fort Myers Beach’s “Taste of the Beach” event.  For more information, call (239) 765-4371 or visit www.snookbightmarina.com.

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the Komen Southwest Florida Affiliate:

We are a  4 start rated charity by Charity Navigator & the #1 charity in the country according to Harris Interactive’s recent study  of 1151 of the largest non-profits nation wide.

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement.  The Southwest Florida Affiliate of Komen for the Cure is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in our local community.  Established in 2002, the Southwest Florida Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is dedicated to furthering the Komen promise .

The Southwest Florida Affiliate of Komen for the Cure through events like the Komen Southwest Florida Race for the Cure®, has invested over $4 million in the fight to end breast cancer.  75 percent of the net proceeds generated by the Affiliate stays in Southwest Florida. The remaining 25 percent goes to the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grants Program to fund research. For more information:  http://www.komenswfl.org (239) 498-0016.

Bayfront Bistro was recently awarded the following two awards for our spectacular wine list!

Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Wine List Awards recognize restaurants whose wine lists offer interesting selections, are appropriate to their cuisine and appeal to a wide range of wine lovers.

Good afternoon Everyone,

I hope you are having a great summer so far. Thankfully, we are and there is no oil whatsoever in our area.
Our beaches are as beautiful as ever!

The Early Dining special at Bayfront has been a huge success Sunday thru Thursday. Just $40.00 for two…
3 course dinner includes a bottle of wine. Choose from any one of 4 apps and 4 entrees and then select
Crème Brule or Chocolate Seduction. It’s a wonderful meal and great value.

Coming up next week, Chef is preparing a number of special dishes for our Mango Extravaganza. Over 800 mangos have been picked from our tree and are ripe and beautiful. Chef is planning all kinds of fun dishes including:

- Spicy Mango Dip and our very own chips
- Mango Soup with fresh mint
- Mango Crème Brule

Also the gang behind the bar are doing mango mojitos!

And lots more to come in the next few weeks of mango season. Why not join us for this fun selection of mango dishes?

On a scheduling note please mark your calendar for our vacation closing date September 12th. Our staff need a week’s break and we have some routine maintenance to do before season so we’ll be closed from Sunday, September 12th thru Friday the 17th. Reopening on September 18th for lunch, sushi and all the usual great food and service you’re used to.

We have some exciting ideas and changes planned and we look forward to seeing you. In the meantime join us if you can for our Early Dining special.

Dine in air-conditioned comfort while enjoying the beautiful passing scene on Estero Bay. The perfect way to spend a relaxing afternoon surrounded by nature’s tranquility.

4.30pm – 6.30pm Sunday through Thursday

1 Bottle of wine, 2 persons, 3 courses } $45

Choose from 4 appetizers, 4 entrees and 2 desserts.

View the Early Diner Menu

We’re introducing our new, expanded wine list. Over 55 wines by the glass and 200 by the bottle, all West Coast American! Our regular prices less 30% on the night and a 5 course dinner at $50 per person. Choose from Kobe Beef Filet or Marbin’s Butterfish .

Come for the great wine and food and enjoy the spectacular view of Estero Bay. Located directly behind Publix, mid-island on Ft Myers Beach or come by boat. Free dockage this night only at Marker 27.

Date: 5/12/10
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Bayfront Bistro, 4761 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, Fl 33931

On this night you’ll experience all the beauty and tranquility of our location while dining on the best of Chef Marbin’s creations. The main objective of this night is to have you
experience the wonderful new wine list. Our regular prices will amaze you, our mark up is much lower than most restaurants you will find.

Cakebread Cabernet – Retail $89.99 / our price $99
Chapallet Cabernet Pritchard Hill – Retail $109 / our price $149
Darioush Cabernet – Retail $80 / our price $103
Staglin Cabernet – Retail $189 / our price $180
Merus, Napa, Cabernet – Retail $180 / our price $198
Cakebread Chardonnay Reserve – Retail $80 / our price $88
Landmark Overlook Chardonnay – Retail $27 / our price 40
Rutz Pinot Noir – Retail $19 / our price $35

RSVP early

– online here or call: (239) 463 3663

Looking for a place to relax and enjoy a great evening while watching the commercials and maybe even a little football?  Saints…..Colts….. Who cares if the food is amazing and the wine flows and the view is stunning?

Where: Tailgate Party ala Bayfront Bistro, On The Deck and the Promenade
When: Sunday, February 7th 2010 – 6pm til late

Chef Marbin has a great buffet planned. Check this out:

• Sweetfire Shrimp
• Gourmet Quesadillas
• Chicken and Beef Satay
• Mini Crabcakes
• Domestic and Imported Cheese
• Tropical Fruit
• Specialty Flatbreads
• Assorted Sushi by Sushi Chef James
• Antipasto
• Smoke Salmon
• Stuffed Scallops
• Chef’s Ceasar Salad

All for a mere $25.00. Add bottomless champagne for $5.00

We’ve got the TVs fired up and the wine chilling. Beer and soft drinks as well. Will you join us?

I’ll be there and we look forward to having you come along for this 1st annual Bayfront Super Sunday Tailgate Party .

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Hi everyone! I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday season

We are so proud of the accomplishments of our first year here at Bayfront Bistro, including the most recent article by the News-Press food critic Jean Le Boeuf who selected us as one of his 6 most memorable dining experiences of 2009 and said “Finally, a restaurant worth a trip to the Beach” and “Bayfront Bistro IS As Good As Its Million Dollar View”.

We have received many awards already including “Best Dining on the Beach” and “Best Overall” in the Taste Of The Beach event this past year. This week we received a Wine Enthusiast Award of Excellence for our wine list and menu.

Now we have been chosen as one of the Best Restaurants on the Gulf Coast! We are very anxious to win the top award in this category.

As friends of Bayfront Bistro, we would be delighted if you helped us to win this award! Please visit the following link to cast your vote
http://gulfcoast.metromix.com/restaurants/best-of-award/restaurant/1697470/content

We will update you if we win the award, and thank you for your continued support during our first year!

Chef James McGonigal, an expertly trained sushi specialist and former instructor, has joined the Bayfront Bistro team. Bayfront Bistro is the award-winning restaurant at Snook Bight Yacht Club and Marina.

Bayfront Bistro’s new sushi chef James McGonigal begins serving in the property’s new Sushi Bar on the Promenade. The Sushi Bar hours are currently Wednesday – Sunday, 5pm til 11pm.

“We’re very pleased to bring a chef of James’ caliber to our team,” says Snook Bight and Bayfront Bistro owner Joe Yerkes. “I’m eager to share his creations with our diners when he begins serving on the Promenade”

McGonigal trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Minnesota and Thai Sushi & Cooking School in Bangkok, Thailand. He has worked alongside cooking greats including Jean George and Jerry Hayden of New York, Michael Meehan of Mill River Inn and Tom Schaudel of Bluefish & Passionfish in New York.

Prior to moving to Southwest Florida, James taught the art of sushi at Rylee Mac Market and Cooking School in Colorado. He further parlays his talents in both sushi preparation and teaching as a participant in Operation Frontline/Save Our Strength, a program that provides cooking training and opportunities for under privileged children.

Come by and see James in action, and taste some of his wonderful creations at the new Sushi Bar!

(Fort Myers Beach, Fla.  – November 11, 2009) –Snook Bight Yacht Club & Marina and Bayfront Bistro surpassed its fundraising goal by raising $70,000 for the Southwest Florida Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure at the inaugural “All Aboard Against Breast Cancer” event held last weekend.

The “All Aboard Against Breast Cancer” festivities kicked off in October with Bayfront Bistro’s signature “Cocktails for the Cure” offering.   For each custom beverage concoction purchased by diners at the award-winning restaurant, four dollars was added to the Komen donation.

On Nov. 6, the “All Aboard Against Breast Cancer” weekend opened with a wine dinner and auction that offered attendees the opportunity to bid on exclusive items such as ACE Group Classic Pro-Am positions, cruises and in-home dinners prepared by Bayfront Bistro Executive Chef Marbin Guzman-Avilez Sr. or Angelina’s Chef Nick Costanzo. The big winner for the night was a dinner for 20 with Bayfront Bistro Chef Marbin in the winning bidder’s home. When this item went for $6000 Joe Yerkes placed a second one on the block which fetched $4500. The excitement grew as Yerkes added artwork off of the walls to the auction block bringing 3 new items and $11,500 to the Komen kitty. “I thought he was going to sell the bar stools out from under me” commented Mike Wilke, Bayfront’s General Manager.

The festivities continued the next day with a boat show held in partnership with Marine Max and waterside festival open to the public. The scores of area residents that came also enjoyed live music by The Eric Stone Band, “All Aboard Cocktail for the Cure,” BBQ Extravaganza, boat show and a silent auction and raffle.

“The best thing about these events was that it gave not only our team, but our partners and customers the opportunity to get involved in supporting this important cause,” says Joe Yerkes, President of Snook Bight Yacht Club & Marina and Bayfront Bistro. “The Komen affiliate board and I are already looking forward to the second annual event next year.”

Yerkes will present the Southwest Florida Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure board with its donation next month.

View event photos here

About Snook Bight Yacht Club & Marina

Snook Bight Yacht Club and Marina is located on the beautiful and pristine Estero Bay in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Snook Bight offers a range of services to meet every boating need, including new boat sales, rentals, service and storage in state-of-the-art rackominiums and dockominiums. Club members also have access to amenities at the Yacht Club. Snook Bight is also home to the award-winning Bayfront Bistro, a multiple award winner in Fort Myers Beach’s “Taste of the Beach” event.  For more information, call (239) 765- 4371 or visit www.snookbightmarina.com.

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the Komen Southwest Florida Affiliate

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement.  The Southwest Florida Affiliate of Komen for the Cure is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in our local community.  Established in 2002, the Southwest Florida Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is dedicated to furthering the Komen promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures. The Southwest Florida Affiliate of Komen for the Cure joins 100,000 breast cancer survivors and activists around the globe as part of the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting breast cancer. Through events like the Komen Southwest Florida Race for the Cure®, the Affiliate has invested over $4 million in the fight to end breast cancer.  Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the Affiliate stays in Southwest Florida. The remaining income goes to the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grants Program to fund research. For more information:  http://www.komenswfl.org (239) 498-0016.

This Thanksgiving, come and join us at Bayfront Bistro for wonderful traditional Thanksgiving fare. We will have a limited dinner menu available serving between 11am – 7pm.

On Christmas Eve, we will be open under our regular hours of operation (11am – 11pm), and full lunch and dinner menu will be available.

Christmas Day, we will be open from 11am – 7pm and will have a full dinner menu available all day.

New Year’s Eve, we will be serving lunch from 11am – 4pm, and for dinner, we will have two seatings, one from 5pm – 7pm, and the other from 8pm till late. First seating is $50 per person, with a set menu (to be decided), including champagne.

The second seating on New Year’s Eve is $100 per person, also with a set menu (to be decided) including champagne. Live entertainment with the Ron Delp Quartet playing jazz and blues standards for your enjoyment, and dancing and a champagne toast at midnight to welcome in the New Year in style!

To finish off the Holiday season, we will be operating under our regular hours (11am – 11pm) on New Year’s Day.

We would be delighted to see at the restaurant during this time and wish you a wonderful holiday for you and your family, wherever you may be.

Reserve a table | For more information, please call us: 239 463 3663