General

The Pier / General (Page 2)

Chris Evans is set to open his fourth restaurant, The Pier, at Fishermen’s Village in Punta Gorda | September 04, 2019 BY EVAN WILLIAMS ewilliams@floridaweekly.com Among those quirky Florida landmarks that seem frozen in time, Fishermen’s Village was cutting edge at the dawn of the 1980s in Punta Gorda, a mixed-use outdoor mall with boutique shops, restaurants and fishing charters, along with time-share residences and a public marina. The city and developer F.M. “Don” Donelson built it on the site where...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE You can go home again Sushi chef Noah Copenhaver blazes new trail at The Pier by Sue Wade Punta Gorda, Florida – June 1, 2019 – Chef Noah Copenhaver, 27, is on his way home again. In the early nineties his parents, Bill and Becky, lived on their sailboat at the end of the dock at Fishermen’s Village marina.  Family legend has them bathing their only son in a 55-quart cooler while throwing happy hours at the pier’s pavilion. The kid was born...