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The real estate "Professionals"- the realtors, builders, mortgage brokers gleefully pumped the market up, and made out like bandits. Buyers speculated too, buying to flip homes onto the next speculator. Bankers happily sold "liar loan"mortgages to people who clearly couldn't afford the payments down the line. Realtors now line up buyers for foreclosed homes, taking them on "bus tours" of thousands of now empty homes. GM and Chrysler are bankrupt in all but name. 2008's "smart money" invests with with Bernie Madoff, who gives a 12% yearly return despite the market tanking. Sure thing, guys.

2009 is coming. Things shall worsen for a while, and this too shall pass.
The restaurant business is down perhaps 8-20% so far- not as bad as the devastated housing market. People now eat out less often, or order less when they do eat out. More new restaurants open, than old ones shut doors, shrinking the "pieces of the pie". Cuts are made that are not too noticeable. Menus are scrutinized to keep pricepoints in line with competitors.

NAPLES-COLLIER COUNTY OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS

Sea Salt just opened with a wonderful Mediterranean splash on 3rd Avenue South.
M Waterfront Grille is the wonderful reincarnation of Maxwell’s on the Bay with top chef Brian Roland at the helm, and a beautiful water view.

There’s an elegant triad at the Mercato- McCormick & Schmick’s terrific seafood and incredible happy hour offerings, Capital Grille is at the top of their game with fine steaks, and Whole Foods is a foodie heaven with a huge variety. Nestled between is Sur La Table, my “toystore” for cooking supplies.

IM Tapas opened with top Spanish cuisine near Naples Community Hospital (NCH); Chef Isabel Pozo Polo is a whirling dervish in the kitchen. Alas, nearby Habanero's Mexican threw in its serape.
Jaegerhaus's owners bought back their German spot, the cuisines' better than ever. I’ve been there quite a few times-it’s fun! Saffron Indian Restaurant is very good, family owned, and I and my Indian friends (and cooks) have become regulars there, too.
Naples Bonefish Grill, on the water east of popular 5th Ave South, serves great seafood and steaks at a great price point. Olio’s Italian cuisine opened at the other end of the Naples Bay Resort.

Eurasia, on the East Trail, well worth the trip, is my favorite for serving both delicious Vietnamese and Italian cuisines, with two separate, top chefs for each cuisine. Yukihana Japanese is in the Kings Lake PlazaChef Annie Prizzi holds court at Dish, in the elegant Escalante Hotel, at the end of 5th Avenue South. Check out their Valentine's day special.

Kona Grill in the Coastland Center mall, lasted less than 2 years. Once fine Nektar faded on the vine, a business partnership turned rotten. Wine Knows, a favorite wine store, was suddenly stoppered. Panera Bread popped up in the Gateway Shopping Plaza, at the site of Silver Spoon.

At Bayfront, Catch 22 went belly up, then Scenes on the Bay sunk, and teh site has now become Tavern on the Bay. Brazilian-style top restaurant Grill Club Churrascaria hung up its chaps; Bianchi's Italian replaced it. On the other side of successful Roy’s, Chrissy’s opened where Petit Syrah soured and then Lisbon Nights waned. There’s still some empty Bayfront slots to be filled.

Marie-Michelle’s gently closed, and Miramare Italian may sing in its place by 2009's season’s end. Bryan Sutton's Tropical Reef foundered, and Naples Cheese Cake collapsed.Chinese Shing Long's Park Shore cookie crumbled after 21 years; Golden Leaf just took over. It's a Grind Coffeehouse stirred its last cup, and Encore at Vanderbilt and Airport, sang its swan song. Macaroni Grill on 41 by Immokalee noodled out of town, and Tastebuds of Naples, the restaurant arm of the still highly popular caterer, Greg Shapiro, was purchased back by Chrissy’s-taking it full circle. Wahoo's Bar and Grille drifted to Davey Jones' locker, and sister Amador's failed after 3 months. Tough times.
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Naples Tomato (Italian food) is going strong, and opened Sideline Joe’s a few doors down, selling wings, burgers and things. Tiny upstart Café Italia, next door to Naples Tomato, started with lunch, and soon started serving Italian dinners. Along with Sam-Bucco’s, there’s now 3 Italian spots in the tiny plaza! Harvest Moon opened with Asian delights, just to be a different cookie.

FORT MYERS - LEE COUNTY OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS

Ft Myers had major finer dining spot losses, with the loss of 4.5 year old Cru, the once favorite watering hole of high flying realtors, lawyers and mortgage brokers. Founded with Chef Shannon Yates, the food was creative and very good quality. Shannon was suddenly forced out. Things faltered. Brian Roland took the helm of the sinking ship, and soon left to head M Waterfront in Naples, Richie Wilim took over. Te owners seemed to cut food costs and quality, to survive the economy. REgulars stopped coming, and owners Dr. John and Liz Kagan’s CPR couldn’t revive it. Harold’s, a reasonably priced successful favorite by the riverfront for 6 years, was beaten senseless by the City of Fort Myers' bungled, ill planned longstanding access- blocking construction. Owner Harold Balink is still at H2’s, a perennial favorite with great tapas and live entertainment. Patio 33, another Fort Myer’s city bungling victim, was a vintage favorite with beautiful historic brick walls and a rooftop bar. Chef Dennis Meurgue offered great food and a lovely setting, in return, the city tore up sidewalks and nearby streets for two years. Way to help local businesses, and kill your tax base, Fort Myers officials-now dine on TV dinners and Alpo. Dwyer’s closed, despite bringing in a top spa chef , Bill Wavrin, and asking him to serve astronomically priced steaks! Icabods has opened in its place.

Lovely Jaynes’ Victorian Garden withered, and Blue Pepper Gourmet Market went down after losing two top chefs. Mildreds’ Country failed, and Country Harvest took over. Cape Coral’s 850 Lafayette offered ok food and higher prices, and was 86’d. Sanibel’s Gasparilla’s walked the plank; Biddle’s Bucket is doing well in its place. Fort Myers Beach’s The Bridge sank after 25 years. Thistle Lodge’s former Exec Chef Mark Davidson suddenly left them chef-less before the 2008 season started-not a problem, Chef John Wolff rescued Thistle in 2008, and Thistle’s cuisine is tops.

Newcomers in Lee County include Artistic Deli; Shannon Yates’ Mad Takeout is poised to start with Ruth Cohen.. Cape Coral got its touch of class with Bonefish Grill’s delicious fish-the place is packed! Tastings Wine Experience opened at the Gulf Coast Town Center, and is a wonderful friendly bistro with 80 wines by the glass and reasonably priced, tasty food. 55 Degrees has great cheeses and an ok wine selection; their walk in business seems to be less after Blu Sushi opened. Stir Crazy brings a fresh approach to Estero’s numerous spots at Coconut Point. Ruths’ Chris Steaks is just holding on there, as the priciest spot in the Center.

Bonita Springs Angelina’s brings top quality Italian to town. A Table Apart is a highly rated gem, whose chef’s Hawaiian and French culinary background offers top quality cuisine at reasonable prices. David Wong’s Pan Asian offers very good Asian food and great service (where Cilantro Tamales franchise twice failed). Dos Jalapenos opened at a Ruby Tuesday’s. Mister Chile, a Mexican restaurant started in the Shoppes at Hawthorne, on Old 41, along with Hot Pastrami & More.

Bonita’s closings include: Spectator’s, Applebee’s, The Old World Café, Neon Bar & Grill and Duval St. Seafood, which briefly reopens, gasps, and closes, seemingly every few months. Vacarilla’s Argentinian "went south" over the summer, and Minarcaa’s Mexican had a butterfly’s brief existence.

I see a very challenging year ahead for Lee County, with Cape Coral having the most foreclosures in the county, and a gentle exodus of people, suddenly without homes or jobs. Visit restaurants-their wait staff, cooks and others, need your support more than ever.

That’s just the truth of the matter. But I believe that even with student athletes having lowered standards that the academic requirements for the Big Ten are higher than that of the SEC. This isn’t to say there are not incredibly intelligent players on SEC football teams but to point out that because their academic standards tend to be lower than Big Ten schools they get a boost in recruiting. Also its warm down south and lets face it most of those guys don’t want to play in the cold.

Newspapers from around the state will be at the Assembly Hall this weekend to cover the state wrestling tournament, which begins Friday.

To capture the drama and intensity of the competition, the newspapers' photographers normally shoot from the floor, at the same level as the competitors on the mats.

But this weekend, they could find themselves in the stands, along with parents and other observers.

The Illinois High School Association is now requiring all photographers, in order to receive press credentials, to sign a waiver stating they will not use any of the photographs taken for any purpose other than reporting on the event.

It's the latest in an escalating fight between the IHSA and the Illinois Press Association and Illinois newspapers. The issue is whether the newspapers can sell copies of the photographs they take at IHSA events to parents or members of the public – a longstanding practice by newspapers.

"If we allow the IHSA to succeed in its attempt to dictate news and editorial policy on this issue, what's next? We believe there are serious constitutional problems with all of this," said David Bennett, executive director of the Illinois Press Association. "It's important for newspapers to understand the stakes go beyond the immediate issue of covering a single championship sporting event."

Marty Hickman, executive director of the IHSA, said, "Our position is: There is no constitutional right to sell a photo."

The Illinois Press Association sent a memo to newspaper publishers last week, recommending they not sign the waiver and also that they consider a boycott of IHSA events.

"It's a tough call," Bennett said, "because local newspapers that have (local) athletes competing are under pressure from parents and schools. They look to (the newspapers) to provide coverage."

The Bloomington Pantagraph reported that its photographer was denied access to the media area on the floor at the state cheerleading competition, held Feb. 1 and 2, after refusing to sign the waiver. Photographer Carlos Miranda shot photographs of the event from the stands. The IHSA also denied photo passes to several newspapers covering the IHSA state football championships last fall.

IHSA officials say they won't stop anyone from taking photographs from the stands.

"That presents obvious problems," Bennett said. "Newspapers pride themselves on the quality of their photography. Getting that one great shot of the moment is what it's all about."

The News-Gazette photographer at the wrestling championships will not sign the waiver, News-Gazette Publisher John Foreman said.

"I've asked our photo staff to simply do the best they can, and we'll explain to readers why they are not getting the photos they are used to seeing," he said.

"The people who are the real losers are the participants and their parents and the public who want to see photos and read coverage about the events," Foreman added.

The IHSA says its policy prohibits the sale of photographs taken at its events. It has a contract with Visual Image Photography, which gives that company the exclusive right to sell photographs of IHSA competitions. The IHSA says it is not interfering with news coverage of its events, and it also has no objection to newspapers posting photographs on their Web sites or giving copies of photographs away.

"All we're saying is that they are now in the commercial photography business when they sell them," said Dave Gannaway, IHSA assistant executive director. "We have given that to another company, just like we've given exclusivity to our TV contract, our program contract, our souvenir vendor."

But Bennett said the IHSA is taking too narrow a view of the news function.

"We believe what we do with our product is an extension of our news function," he said. "Whether we sell them across the counter to a mom or a dad, whether we post them in gallery format on the Internet, whether we put out a special edition commemorating the team, whether we give them to a local Rotary club to make calendars for booster purposes, that's our right to do."

The organization filed a lawsuit in Sangamon County last fall, claiming the IHSA's rule against the sale of photographs taken at championship competitions is an unconstitutional prior restraint. The IHSA filed a counterclaim seeking to stop newspapers from selling photographs taken at IHSA events.

Two identical bills, filed in the Illinois House and Senate in January, would prohibit any infringement or attempt to regulate the dissemination of news or use of visual images by the news media of interscholastic athletic, academic or other competitions.

IHSA officials say the bills, if passed, would end television coverage of boys basketball and football championship games.

"We won't be able to sign a contract with someone, we won't be able to guarantee they'll have the exclusive right to broadcast" the competition, Hickman said. "The issue really revolves around whether we can have a contract like this."