The Local

Pricey and not that good. Greens with too much vinaigrette and sandwich too much horse radish sauce. Pleasant service but not our style. The fish taco over cooked. Dry as a dog bone not worth the $ 14.00!

If I had to describe the food here it would be «something’s missing». To begin the meal, I had the red lentil soup. It was okay, but the consistency definitely had me wishing for crackers for a salty crunch. The chicken noodle soup had noodles in a chicken broth, and had me wishing for actual chicken. I had the pork ragu with gnocchi for my main course. I would definitely recommend it, but only as a next day meal. The portions are large, so I took part of my meal home and the next day it was so much better. For dessert I had the chocolate chunk cookie, which was a chocolate cookie without the chunks. It was so dry I couldn’t finish it. Overall the experience was good. Great atmosphere and very knowledgeable staff, the food just isn’t worth the price.

Food was good, it wasn’t wow! I ordered a salad with peaches, arugula and chicken, it was about ½ the size I was expecting for a $ 17 salad. The peaches weren’t fresh, I think they were marinated, the chicken was maybe boiled? Would have been a lot better with more lettuce, fresh peaches and grilled chicken. Nice atmosphere and wait staff was great!

Stopped in for our first time and atmosphere was good. Could be a good happy hour place. The veggies and hummus they give you as you’re looking at the menu were good. Snapper with cilantro pesto and side of greens was really flavorful. Pasta with tomatoes and shrimp was flavorful but had to add salt and portion size wasn’t great (5 shrimp). Drink recommendation was off (and they only serve beer and wine). There are other better options in the same strip mall.

Love the concept of this restaurant. I’m a huge fan of local ingredients and farm-​to-​table movements. I was very excited and had really high expectations when I saw the menu: Fresh fish, grass-​fed beef, local pork slaughtered in house… all right up my alley. Despite the farm fresh ingredients and impressive menu, the delivery was subpar. Both the pork shoulder and the snapper were over-​cooked, dry, and bland. The vegetable sides were just ok. It was my first time here, so maybe I just came on an off night. I like the concept enough that I’ll give the place another try.

Loved this casual farm-​to-​table bistro listing the sourcing for local greens, beef, pork. Ordered the fish tacos with black bean and corn salsa and crema. Fresh, high quality. Rustic chic interior. Intimate scale. Knowledgeable, friendly waitstaff.

Shrimp entrée salad was amazing. Try it if you come in. Lentil soup is a go to for me. On point as usual. Had a great time with the fabulous staff. I recommend to anyone looking for an excellent independent restaurant that serves up flavorful farm to table.

My wife and I ended up here on our «Baby Moon.» Service was amazing and very attentive. They start out with complementary hummus and veggies which got them bonus points from my wife. I started with a cup of lentil soup and found the lemon a pleasant surprise when squeezed into it. I had the pasta special of the night. The carbonara was cooked perfectly and it had more pancetta than pasta! My wife had a watermelon salad and a flatbread both cooked to perfection.
The only downside to the restaurant was that we sat in the farthest corner away from the kitchen and could still hear the kitchens music playing.
Overall the atmosphere and attention to detail made this place a 5 star in my book.

As a local restaurant owner this will be the first review I have ever posted. I’ve been to local in the past and had decent experiences but tonight was deplorable. We sent all 4 of 4 dishes back to the kitchen. As other Unilocal reviews warn the pork was overcooked and tasteless… the steak was incredibly fatty and chewy… to the point where my son could not even eat it… the macaroni and cheese had so little flavor my 12 year old asked if we could go somewhere else and lastly the vegan meatless Monday dish was black beans and rice stuffed in a pepper for 3 times what it should cost… I spoke with the owner/​manager and while sorry I had such a bad experience (4 of 4 meals sent back), she still slapped a $ 72.00 bill on us and didn’t even delete the meals that were sent back.
I was taking the pork home for the dog so they charged me full price… overall it was overpriced, mediocre service and the food was deplorable. I even asked if they lost their chef.
I will never be back and would say avoid this place unless you want overpay for very mediocre food at best.

Food here is so good but I really hope they fix the fly problem. I don’t like having to shoo away flies while I’m eating indoors. One of them landed in my salad. Not good. Good food does not trump flies.

Terrific little place if you are interested in healthy food creatively prepared. You can sit outside or inside. Service is great. Food is fresh. I had grass-​fed beef and I also had the free-​range chicken the second time we went.
Can be a nice romantic place or a place to enjoy with friends.

This place could be oh! so good! but doesn’t quite make it. I’ve stopped here about half a dozen times while driving Miami/​St Petersburg, as a food stop on a four hour ride, it’s more than adequate. Actually, it promises to be more than adequate, it holds great promise. They have really good ingredients and a well thought out menu — local fish and veggies/​salads are a really good start. The promise from the ingredients and menus is perhaps unexpected in the strip mall location.
In my visits, the meals have been not quite up-​to-​snuff. In my most recent visit I experienced the promise not-​quite-​met: the dish was vermicelli with clams. The clams were excellent, also the pasta itself and the sauce. But the pasta was not properly cooked — it had a dense ball in the middle. At the end of the meal I gently mentioned this to a staff member, after properly praising the dish-​as-​a-​whole, and the person responded, «Oh, the kitchen is very busy and it’s difficult to cook this pasta.» What? First, it was pretty quiet, all tables but three had finished their meals, and, second, what are you in the restaurant business for if it’s difficult to cook for groups of people? And why would you put something on the menu that the kitchen can’t prepare properly? And why do you defend the restaurant and kitchen, and make customers into the problem? «Oh! It’s hard,» she swooned.
So the promise is not met — whatever the good ingredients and menu, the restaurant doesn’t seem to get beyond its strip mall location. I suppose that I’ll stop there again, but the gap between promise of the restaurant and its actuality will probably lead me elsewhere.

Wow, amazing every time. Tonight I had the brown sugar/​coffee flank steak and it was outstanding. I also had kale, red potatoes, and two craft beers. Everything is super fresh in the sense that you can tell it was grown on a small scale. Can’t say enough about this wonderful restaurant, from the service to the atmosphere. We will always return and recommend you try it!

On whole good but not outstanding. Very disappointed with their version of gumbo… should not even call it gumbo. The pork chop was very good, and the apple strawberry pie good. With so many good restaurants around, will try others before rushing back.

If you like paying way too much, and leaving hungry, then this ridiculous place is for you. Limited menu, EVERYTHING costs extra, no sides besides dressed greens. The food is only okay, and there isn’t much of it. There are $ 17 sandwiches, $ 18 «flatbread pizzas,» and $ 14 tacos.
Alternatively, if you’re a 53-​year-​old rich woman who drives a Range Rover, and you and your horrible friends are looking for a place to have lunch and complain about your easy lives, then I’m pretty sure this place was opened expressly for you.

The type of resto where you will be quietly serenaded by an acoustic version of some Avicii jam whilst noshing on a spinach/​cashew/​cabbage/​mango salad or a nice lil piece of grilled local snapper — a fine, casual neighborhood place (if, it should be noted, your neighb happens to be a strip mall with a Toys R Us, not one but TWO mattress stores, and a Subway — Florida at her best) — certainly not chi-​chi, food will be largely tasty but nothing extraordinary.
Strolled in on a rainy weeknight at 730p, most of the tables full, though as the place emptied out after we arrived, it was clear that we had caught the end of the early din shift — started with the carrot/​fennel soup and the aforementioned salad — which honestly I thought was kind of weird (dressing overly pungent, mango an unneeded partner in crime — a vision without cohesion) — but for $ 6, it did the fiber trick, so yolo, which yes, I’m still using.
Other first course options included heirloom tomatoes with bleu cheese, watermelon/​feta/​red pepper, roasted beet/​arugula/​goat cheese/​wild rice, as well as snapper ceviche tacos and red curry clams — and if you’re feeling frisky, I suppose one of the flatbreads could be split as well (veggies/​pesto/​ricotta/​white truffle oil; clam/​shrimp/​ricotta/​manchego; Greek chicken pizza, etc), though I make no promises.
For mains, if you’re into homemade pasta and not the daughter of a father who was an early-​nineties Atkins enthusiast and maybe instilled in you a belief that «carbs will not fill you up», try the capellini w clams/​herbs, lamb stroganoff, or chicken/​gorgonzola fettucini — our neighbors all had and swooned.
Team N all chose to power up with some of the local catches (snapper, amberjack, cobia) — in each instance, the fish was quite lovely — the cobia delicate yet meaty, the amberjack firm and hearty, the snapper crispy, sweet — but the veggie sides were largely an afterthought — my ratatouille decent but luke warm and the spaghetti squash w kalamatas was just straight up weird as eff — the blackened fingerlings dried out to the point of being largely unpalatable.
If you’re more of a land-​lubber, there’s mustard chicken w a soft boiled egg/​pecorino sauce, pork chop w spelt, braised kale, and pancetta, or pot roast w veg — and for everyone’s fave vegan grandchild, there’s even a kung pao panko-​crusted avo w brown rice, bell pepper, onion, cilantro as well as a «local farm plate» — which I gather is all of the veg sides aside from the greens w bacon.
Mains were enjoyed — the fish was well cooked, though not bursting with flavor — but the menu promises more tastiness than it delivers.
All that said, I will note, that ice cream, man — unreal — and if I didn’t have my usual post-​lactose tum ache now, I’d swear up and down that it was made of ethereal scoops of heaven rather than a gift from our bovine friends. Made in house, pillowy texture more akin to gelato than ice cream — cool but not cold — rich but not gut-​busting. I’d like that shizz on tap in my house. My spandex, on the other hand, probs would appreciate that less.
Service was fine but certainly JV — slow to greet, MIA during the meal, decaf forgotten — sweet kid, but not ready for the big leagues until my water glass never runs dry.
Soups $ 4 – 8, salads $ 6 – 14, apps/​flatbreads $ 14 – 19, pastas $ 19 – 25, mains $ 24 – 29. Wine list decent ($ 9 – 16.5 by the glass), also home to a plethora of local beers — depending on your hunger level, din can be done for $ 30/​pp, though it’ll probably be at least $ 40 a head — in short, menu a bit confused — I wouldn’t take anyone here to WOW them w the Naples dining scene as it’s inconsistent — but overall, a nice weeknight staple.

Had a fresh and delicious farro salad here not too long ago. Loved it! My meat loving family shared a pizza and were less than impressed. Decent craft beer choices, a few outdoor tables and nice décor inside.
Can’t help but laugh and shake my head at the «wasn’t good don’t go» reviews below. Like really? No details, no reasons? Did you even go? Why bother writing one pathetic sentence? Not helpful to those of us from out of town looking for actual information.
Anyyyyyhoooo. I find fresh healthy food is hard to come by down here and appreciated this place. A pit pricey but good quality.

I have been coming to the local more often for the last few months. I have to say the food is fantastic and the service has gotten much better.
I am impressed by the originality of the dishes and the quality of ingredients. It has become one of my favorite foodie spots in a city that definitely could use more.

I guess I don’t get this place. You are «supposed» to like it. The service was fantastic. I can’t fault them for that. The food was extremely overpriced and extremely subpar. I spent $ 80 before tip for the one of the worst lunches I ever had. Being local and farm to table doesn’t mean you have to suck all of the flavor and integrity out of the food.
We started with the carnivore pizza which was undercooked and the crust was pale white. Our tacos had raw cabbage. Never a plus on anything in my book. It seems they like to put raw cabbage on many dishes here. Who eats that? Not me.
The pastrami sandwich was bad enough I had two bites and passed it back. I couldn’t eat it. Brisket was burnt black. Inedible.
I won’t be back, especially for the high prices. Sorry, guys. The execution is bad.

Enjoyed an amazing early anniversary dinner starting with red lentil soup & salad made w/​spinach, watermelon, red peppers /​onions, feta cheese and sumac. Our entrees were their lamb stroganoff and Pot Roast w/​Grandma’s Vegetables — extra sides of crispy okra w/​cilantro — red peppers + sweet potato cakes w/​crème fraîche. For dessert fresh strawberry /​star fruit pie w/​basil /​chocolate chip ice cream! Excellent food and service!