Ridgway Bar & Grill

Ridgway Bar & Grill is an American restaurant with French influences on Third Street South, independently owned and operated by Tony Ridgway and Sukie Honeycutt, who the restaurant describes as on premises daily. That day to day presence is central to how the restaurant markets itself, calling itself an Old Naples tradition that has been family owned and loved by generations, a claim that reflects the couple’s broader footprint in the neighborhood, which also includes Tony’s Off Third at the same address and Bayside Seafood Grill & Bar on Naples Bay.

The restaurant’s food philosophy is stated plainly on its own materials: buy the best and freshest ingredients, and cook them well and with respect, a straightforward approach reflected in a menu of American contemporary dishes with French technique rather than trend-driven cooking. A courtyard area, marketed under the name Courtyard at Ridgway Bar & Grill, gives the restaurant additional outdoor seating for guests who prefer to eat in the open air, a popular option during the cooler months that define Naples’ peak outdoor dining season.

Hours run Monday through Friday from 11:30 AM until close, and Saturday and Sunday from an earlier 10 AM opening until close, a schedule that accommodates both weekday lunch and dinner crowds as well as a weekend brunch and lunch audience. The restaurant notes that reservations after 8 PM require a phone call rather than an online booking, a detail worth knowing for guests planning a later dinner.

Sharing an address with Tony’s Off Third places Ridgway Bar & Grill within a small complex of businesses on Third Street South run by the same ownership group, illustrating a pattern common among Naples’ longest established restaurant families: building a cluster of related businesses within the same few blocks of the historic downtown rather than expanding outside the immediate area. Located within the incorporated City of Naples, the restaurant sits a short walk from Sea Salt, Barbatella, and Jane’s Cafe on 3rd, contributing to Third Street South’s identity as a self-contained dining district distinct from 5th Avenue South a few blocks north.

For visitors interested in a restaurant with a genuine multi-generational local history rather than a newer arrival, Ridgway Bar & Grill offers one of the more established options in Old Naples, backed by an ownership team with deep, long-standing roots in the neighborhood’s restaurant scene.

The restaurant’s earlier weekend opening, at 10 AM compared with the 11:30 AM weekday start, also gives it a foothold in the Saturday and Sunday brunch and late-morning market it might otherwise cede to the more breakfast-focused cafes nearby, rounding out its role as a genuine all-day option on Third Street South rather than one limited strictly to dinner service.