5 Southwest Florida Take-Out Options for When You Don’t Want to Cook

As much fun as the gourmet kitchens at Springs Apartments can be, there are nights when you just don’t want to cook. These five local take-out spots are the perfect solution for these occasions—just make a quick call and you can have some filling fixes on your table in no time.

Fort Myers

1. Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza
14261 S Tamiami Trail, Ste 11
239.489.2625
0.6 miles from Springs at Six Mile Cypress

Tony Sacco’s offers pizza with distinctive flavor thanks to the 1000-degree coal-burning oven used to prepare your hot pie. The sauce is made fresh daily and topped with the freshest cheese, veggies, and meats, and their specialty pizza menu includes mouthwatering picks like Margherita, Greek, and cheesy Bianco pizzas. You can build your own as well, with a wide selection of gourmet toppings. If you’re not in the mood for pizza, you can get the same coal-oven flavor from a baked sandwich.

2. Reuben’s Smokehouse
11506 S Cleveland Ave
239.931.0420
3.6 miles from Springs at Six Mile Cypress

If you’re in the mood for home cooking without the hassle, order dinner from Reuben’s Smokehouse. The menu is brimming with comfort food favorites like homemade chicken and dumplings, meatloaf, and pot roast. These dishes are perfectly paired with sides such as mashed potatoes and gravy, molasses baked beans, country green beans, or killer black beans. Don’t forget to complete your meal with hot and fluffy yeast rolls.

3. Ada’s Natural Market
7070 College Pkwy
239.939.9600
2.5 miles from Springs at Six Mile Cypress

Ada’s Natural Market offers light and delicious meals that offer a healthful alternative to many other take-out spots. You can order innovative options like a colorful spinach salad topped with mango, dried cranberries, almonds, olives, and goat cheese or a Montebello sandwich with grilled portabella mushroom, eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash, red pepper, pesto vegenaise, and mozzarella.

Estero

4. Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar
10801 Corkscrew Rd, #520
239.495.3528
1.2 miles from Springs at Estero

Naples Flatbread has an extensive take-out menu that includes everything from its popular “appeteasers” to decadent desserts like chocolate molten cake or peanut butter explosion. With wraps, paninis, flatbreads, pasta, and pizzas, there’s something to satisfy any craving. Don’t miss some of the restaurant’s more distinctive flavors, like the Banh Mi panini with pork, caramelized onions, pickled cucumber, carrot, cilantro and Bang Bang sauce.

5. Rib City
10431 Corkscrew Commons Dr
239.949.1006
2.4 miles from Springs at Estero

Rib City is a local go-to for great barbecue, with an extensive take-out menu that lets you bring their rich flavors to your own kitchen. Enjoy tender bar-b-q pork, bar-b-q beef, smoked turkey, pulled pork, grilled chicken, and baby back ribs. Don’t forget some of the hearty sides, like corn-on-the-cob, fresh cole slaw, and southern green beans.

What are your favorite restaurants for take-out near Springs at Estero and Six Mile Cypress? Share your top picks in the comments section below.