This is a brand new part of our Updated 30 Hidden Treasures of Cape Coral series, which is also available as an eBook on our Team Aubuchon web site.

If you’re thinking of going out to eat, and want to bring your pet here are…

4 Cape Coral Pet Friendly Restaurants (and 3 others that are not too far away) you should consider:

1. The Joint Restaurant in Cape Harbour. Bring your dog to the outside bar, enjoy the best pizza in town, and live music all week. This is one of the best places in the Cape for music, fun and food.
2. Bubbas RoadHouse You and your dog can enjoy drinks on the patio of Bubba’s RoadHouse and Saloon.  Located in Cape Coral at Pine Island Road and Chiquita, in Cape Coral.
3. The Monkey Bar in Cape Coral. Bring your dog to the outside bar where you can enjoy live music, and a great steak dinner!   This bar is a great hidden secret with its fabulous dinners from pasta, to seafood and steak. The music, atmosphere and staff are TOP NOTCH.  They will even bring your doggie a bowl of water.
4. The Working Cow Ice Cream Parlor, Cape Coral. Visit this Cape Coral restaurant/ice cream parlor by car or boat and enjoy the fenced in playground at Four Freedoms Park right across the street.  Bring your doggie for a complimentary cup of vanilla ice cream, while you enjoy banana splits, sundaes, hand packed fabulous ice cream in all sorts of flavors, shakes, smoothies, coffee, and more.
5. RC Otters, Captiva Island in SW Florida.  RC Otter’’s Island Eats is a place for the whole family! Located in the Heart of Old Captiva Village with lovely shopping and dining, you can enjoy live music daily with dining inside and outside.
6. Parrot Key, Fort Myers Beach. Looking for a new place to go by water, get a great Caribbean meal and sip an ice cold cocktail?  Head to the Parrot Key Caribbean Grill. Parrot Key has answered the call of local boaters by opening its doors at Salty Sam’s Marina.  The casual open-air restaurant features a spectacular view of Matanzas Harbor, and offers the best in tropical drinks, tempting appetizers and delicious entrées.
7. Pinchers in Fort Myers. Bring your dog to the South Fort Myers location, and enjoy a nice dinner on the outside patio. From blues to kings to snows to stoneys, they are all about crabs. They also fry an awesome grouper, toss a mean Caesar, and barbeque simply the best ribs from a seafood joint.  Family friendly and as casual as you can get.

Interested in visiting or living in Cape Coral?

Be sure to take a look at our latest Cape Coral vacation rentals, Cape Coral homes, and even our latest Florida home floor plans (we can even help you remodel your Florida home)!

It would be our pleasure to help you “live the Florida dream“!

Did you know?

The Aubuchon Team of Companies has been helping people rent, remodel, build, design, buy and sell their homes in Southwest Florida for over 15 years?

Enjoy!

Diane

…this relatively young city thrives with life.

By 2009, “The Cape” is known as one of the safest cities in Florida, and has developed into the 5^th fastest growing town in the nation with a population doubling every decade.

It is the 2^nd largest city in Florida in terms of land mass, stretching across

120-sq miles. filled with parks, canals, excitement and opportunity, it’s easy to see why Cape Coral is quickly becoming one of the country’s best kept secrets!

Interested in visiting or living in Cape Coral?

Be sure to take a look at our latest Cape Coral vacation rentals, Cape Coral homes, and even our latest Florida home floor plans (we can even help you remodel your Florida home)!

It would be our pleasure to help you “live the Florida dream“!

Did you know?

The Aubuchon Team of Companies has been helping people rent, remodel, build, design, buy and sell their homes in Southwest Florida for over 15 years?

Enjoy!

Diane

…first residents started moving in.

On June 14, 1958, the first family moved into Cape Coral.

These pioneers had to drive a long distance to get anywhere – almost 20 miles for a loaf of bread!

So the Rosens took action, and carefully plotted the community. (Learn more about the Rosen’s in our previous blog post).

They brought in the largest single shipment of earth-moving equipment in Florida development history to begin digging more than 400 miles of canals.

The soil dredged up from the canals was then used as fill dirt for home sites to bring the level of the ground up to the required 5 feet 6 inches.

Did you know?

Cape Coral’s first Mayor was Paul Fickinger, was incorporated on August 18, 1970, and held it’s first council meeting on December 3, 1970?

Interested in learning more about visiting or living in Cape Coral?

Be sure to take a look at our latest Cape Coral vacation rentals, Cape Coral homes, and even our latest Florida home floor plans (we can even help you remodel your Florida home)!

It would be our pleasure to help you “live the Florida dream“!

Enjoy!

Diane

Be sure to click on the map the below to see exactly where all of our Open Houses are located!

See you there!

Interested in visiting or living in Cape Coral?

Be sure to take a look at our latest Cape Coral vacation rentals, Cape Coral homes, and even our latest Florida home floor plans (we can even help you remodel your Florida home)!

It would be our pleasure to help you “live the Florida dream“!

Did you know?

The Aubuchon Team of Companies has been helping people rent, remodel, build, design, buy and sell their homes in Southwest Florida for over 15 years?

…or simply enjoy your Cape Coral Vacation…

We’ve got 28 Hidden Secrets for you to enjoy:

1. Explore the weekly Cape Coral Farmer’s Market
2. Attend one of the many Cape Coral schools
3. Have fun at Mike Greenwell’s Cape Coral Family Fun Park!
4. Dive into the waters at Sun Splash!
5. Enjoy the Caloosahatchee River in Cape Coral
6. Dance at Cape Coral Oktoberfest
7. Dine at delicious Cape Coral restaurants!
8. Volunteer at Cape Coral Relay for Life
9. Bike in the Tour de Cape
10. Go Cape Coral Fishing in 400+ Miles of Waterways
11. Play at one of the 35 Cape Coral City Parks
12. Join a Cape Coral Club
13. Sail in the Annual Cape Coral Boat Parade
14. Gaze at fireworks at Cape Coral’s Red, White and Boom
15. See a play at Cape Coral’s Cultural Park Theater
16. Enjoy Florida wildlife at Four Mile Cove
17. Have fun at the Cape Coral Festival of the Arts
18. Catch a movie at Cape Coral’s Marquee Cinemas
19. Watch the sunset on Cape Coral’s beach
20. Hit a homerun at the Cape Coral Sports Complex
21. Search for Florida Wildlife
22. Cape Coral Parks – Enjoy Dog Friendly Rotary Park
23. Feel Secure In One of the Safest Cities in Florida
24. Ride the Cape Coral Trolley (Seasonal)
25. Cape Coral Golf – Enjoy sunshine & fun!
26. Visit the Many Unique Southwest Florida Islands
27. Live the Florida Lifestyle
28. Build Your Florida Dream Home

All of our secrets are also available in a free eBook on our Team Aubuchon web site, or as Podcasts on iTunes!

Interested in visiting or living in Cape Coral?

Be sure to take a look at our latest Cape Coral vacation rentals, Cape Coral homes, and even our latest Florida home floor plans (we can even help you remodel your Florida home)!

It would be our pleasure to help you “live the Florida dream“!

Did you know?

The Aubuchon Team of Companies has been helping people rent, remodel, build, design, buy and sell their homes in Southwest Florida for over 15 years?

This is part 28 of our 28 Hidden Treasures of Cape Coral series, which is also available on iTunes, and as an eBook on our Team Aubuchon web site.

…the Aubuchon Team of Companies makes it very easy for you.

Whether you’re looking to rent, remodel, build, design, buy or sell, you can count on Team Aubuchon to make it happen.

With award-winning homes and designs, they can help make your dream become a reality.

Do you have any treasures you’ve found in Cape Coral, please share them below, we’d love to hear from you!

Interested in visiting or living in Cape Coral?

Be sure to take a look at our latest Cape Coral vacation rentals, Cape Coral homes, and even our latest Florida home floor plans (we can even help you remodel your Florida home)!

It would be our pleasure to help you “live the Florida dream“!

Did you know?

The Aubuchon Team of Companies has been helping people rent, remodel, build, design, buy and sell their homes in Southwest Florida for over 15 years?

This is part 27 of our 28 Hidden Treasures of Cape Coral series, which is also available on iTunes, and as an eBook on our Team Aubuchon web site.

When you’re ready to make that move to Southwest Florida, you’ll want to check out the waterfront communities of Cape Harbour and Tarpon Point.

Nestled in Southwest Cape Coral, these neighborhoods have it all from incredible dining experiences at Rumrunners and The Joint, to Tarpon’s charming café, to retail shops, homemade bakery foods, live entertainment and much more.

Walk along the dock and take in the sunset, or take a hike through Tarpon’s nature trails.

Whatever you choose you’re sure to find warm Florida sunshine, soft tropical breezes, and deep blue waters.

Do you have any treasures you’ve found in Cape Coral, please share them below, we’d love to hear from you!

Interested in visiting or living in Cape Coral?

Be sure to take a look at our latest Cape Coral vacation rentals, Cape Coral homes, and even our latest Florida home floor plans (we can even help you remodel your Florida home)!

It would be our pleasure to help you “live the Florida dream“!

Did you know?

The Aubuchon Team of Companies has been helping people rent, remodel, build, design, buy and sell their homes in Southwest Florida for over 15 years?

according to them — Cape Coral, Florida is an affordable place to retire!

They state that if you feel you must live on the water, Cape Coral, which is essentially surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico and the Caloosahatchee River is a very good option.

With over 400 miles canals, and the recent dip in the real esate market — it’s a great time for some waterfront bargains for newcomers!

Being leaders in the Southwest Florida Real Estate business, we can definitely tell you there are some bargains out there!

If you’re interested in learning more, be sure to visit our real estate site, if you’re looking for a vacation rental, or an annual rental here in the Cape Coral Florida area, you’ll want to visit our rentals division.

We’ve also just debuted our new line of custom built homes – called the Magnolia Collection, they start in the $180’s.  Learn more on by visiting the floor plans section of our Sterling Collection web site.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us, or give us a call at (239) 574-1500.  We’d love to help you!

The original article, “10 Affordable Places to Retire on the Water” is available here on Yahoo! Finance.

This is part 14 of our 28 Hidden Treasures of Cape Coral series, which is also available on iTunes, and as an eBook on our Team Aubuchon web site.

You can sit in your boat, in the middle of the river, and literally look around seeing fireworks firing off all around you — there’s nothing like it…

The biggest fireworks display though is Cape Coral’s Red, White and Boom –

This special Fourth of July event is held every year at the foot of the Cape Coral Bridge.

Families and friends come together to celebrate this day of independence by viewing national music acts, playing a variety of games, enjoying food and drink, and, of course, watching the incredible fireworks show at the end of the night.

The event shuts down traffic to-and-from the bridge, to make room for the biggest fireworks show in Southwest Florida.

Do you have any treasures you’ve found in Cape Coral, please share them below, we’d love to hear from you!

Interested in visiting or living in Cape Coral?

Be sure to take a look at our latest Cape Coral vacation rentals, Cape Coral homes, and even our latest Florida home floor plans (we can even help you remodel your Florida home)!

It would be our pleasure to help you “live the Florida dream“!

Did you know?

The Aubuchon Team of Companies has been helping people rent, remodel, build, design, buy and sell their homes in Southwest Florida for over 15 years?

Here’s the official word from our latest news release:

Cape Coral’s foremost leader in home building and real estate solutions, The Aubuchon Team of Companies, has created a new blog called “Your Florida Home” as well as a new series on iTunes.

Both are designed to promote the Cape Coral and Southwest Florida area to those looking learn more about the area.

Team Aubuchon is committed to embracing the Internet and technology as a whole. Julia Aubuchon of Team Aubuchon, has worked very closely with Internet Services Group of Florida, LLC to promote the best of the Cape through many forms of new media, including eBook, eHow, and Squidoo, as well as the blog and iTunes.

Diane VanArsdale, Director of Marketing and Sales for Team Aubuchon states, “People are definitely using the Internet to find the right service provider for remodeling, building, buying, selling, and renting homes here in Southwest Florida. We’re fully embracing the Web, and all forms of new media—it’s part of our commitment as a full service real estate company. Our goal is to offer the best and most comprehensive real estate solutions for those who are looking to live the Florida dream.”

To find The Aubuchon Team of Companies on iTunes, click this link, or search for “Cape Coral homes.”