Restauranteurs pick out-of-the-way spot to build eatery featuring massive tiki huts

Kearns Restaurant Group knew their latest concept was a hit, so they built a second one. This one's in west Fort Myers.

  • By Jay Schlichter
  • | 6:20 a.m. September 6, 2019
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Nils Richter and Robert Fowler Jr. stand inside the Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill in Fort Myers. Photo by Stefania Pifferi.
Nils Richter and Robert Fowler Jr. stand inside the Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill in Fort Myers. Photo by Stefania Pifferi.
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Not long after the owners and principals behind Kearns Restaurant Group built the first Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill in Cape Coral, they knew their latest concept — in a string of multiple new dining establishment ideas — was a hit.

Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill in Fort Myers. Photo by Stefania Pifferi.
Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill in Fort Myers. Photo by Stefania Pifferi.

 

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