The Fort Myers Beach outpost of the beloved Doc Ford’s brand — based on novelist Randy Wayne White’s marine biologist character who lives on Sanibel Island in a series of Florida mysteries — Doc Ford’s delivers fresh Gulf Coast seafood, Caribbean-inspired rum cocktails, and the warm, literary-inflected beach bar character that the brand has built across multiple Southwest Florida locations. The 10,000 Islands flavor profiles — fresh snook, grouper, stone crab — are the kitchen’s foundation; the Sanibel Rum Runner is the bar’s signature.
