Hurricane-destroyed Fort Myers Beach restaurant signs inland lease

La Ola Surfside Restaurant will open in more than 4,000 square feet at Bell Tower in Fort Myers.

By Louis Llovio
| 5:30 p.m. February 6, 2023
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La Ola Surfside Restaurant before Hurricane Ian struck last year.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

The popular Fort Myers Beach eatery La Ola Surfside Restaurant is moving inland.

The restaurant has signed a seven-year lease to open a new 4,136-square-foot location at the Bell Tower shops in Fort Myers after its previous beach location at Times Square was destroyed during Hurricane Ian.

La Ola is scheduled to open late March with the same menu it had at its beach location at the pedestrian mall and entertainment district. It will also have live music in the afternoons and evenings.