Punta Gorda restaurant listed for $3.5 million before closure

A longtime Punta Gorda restaurant is closing this week, and the property is on the market for $3.5 million.

Dean’s South of the Border is hosting a “last day bash” on Sunday, July 6. The Tex-Mex restaurant on U.S. 41 has been around for more than 30 years, and the owners are closing their doors “with full hearts and bittersweet emotions,” they write on Facebook.

“What began as a dream turned into a family — not just among our staff, but with every one of you who pulled up a chair and shared a moment with us,” write the Staintons, who own Dean’s South of the Border. “Please come by in these final days to share a meal, a memory, or just a goodbye. We’d love to see your faces one more time.”