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Miller & Moulton’s Barstool Banter: Bring On the ‘Old Style’…the ‘Deep Dish’ and the Cubbies too!
If the Chicago Cubs were to move their minor league and spring training operations from Arizona to Naples, which is being considered in case you haven’t been paying attention, think of the food and drink possibilities!
The Cubs are likely to create a “Wrigleyville” experience, complete with bars and restaurants that would make Naples feel like the Northside. Old Style beer would HAVE to become part of southwest Florida’s bar experience. Currently Old Style is not available in Florida, except for a small distributor in Pensacola. Sam Adams sales in the area are far above what you would expect, obviously inspired by the Red Sox and many of their fans being here.
Uno’s, Auriello’s, Mulligan’s and Cigar Bar are just a few of the places where you would expect to see Old Style on tap as soon as next year, IF the Cubs come to Naples (For the record, the Cubs are not expected to make a final decision for another 4-6 months. They would not officially move to Naples before 2012 and likely would arrive in 2013).
Bartenders and bar owners would need to stock up on their brandy. Brandy and coke, brandy manhattans and dare we go “old school”, say a Brandy Alexander could become very popular drinks in southwest Florida as we begin the next decade.
If we can have a few New York-style deli’s, one would certainly expect to see a few Chicago eateries that specialized in deep-dish pizza, Portillo sandwiches and beef hot dogs.
Are you hungry? Because writing this, we’re now starving.
A recent study indicated that outside of the immediate Chicago-area, the two-county region with the highest percentage of former Chicago residents in the country,… is Lee and Collier Counties. Whether the Cubs come or not, maybe some area businesses, especially those from Bonita south (higher concentrate in Collier than Lee), need to take that into consideration when thinking about ways to improve business?
So let’s roll out the red carpet for the Cubs (go to www.floridacubs.com and sign up to support their potential move to Naples) and watch the Old Style, Brandy, deep dish pizza, Chicago beef sandwiches and Vienna beef hot dogs become a big part of the southwest Florida bar and restaurant scene.
Move over seafood and margaritas. Here comes Chicago!
One can only hope.
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