Five Breakfast and Brunch Stops
A Sunday brunch at Cristof's, all-day breakfast at Ella Mae's, a plant-based café, Southern breakfast plates at Farmers Market Restaurant and an Irish breakfast plate at Bell Tower Shops.
Picked and checked by hand; updated when hours, venues, menus, or source pages change.
Ella Mae's Diner, inside the Luminary Hotel with an entrance on Bay Street, serves all-day breakfast and classic diner comfort food, including French toast. The room has booths, a counter and retro finishes. The diner is named for local philanthropist Dr. Ella Mae Piper.
- Open daily, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Address: Luminary Hotel, 2200 Edwards Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Green Cup Café on First Street is a plant-based café that has served Fort Myers since 2014. Its menu runs from burritos and crunchwraps to sandwiches, alongside cold-pressed juices and teas. The guava cold foam latte tops a maple latte with house-made guava cold foam.
- Open daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; dine in or order online for pickup.
- Address: 2400 First Street, Unit 104, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Farmers Market Restaurant on Edison Avenue serves Southern cooking and says it has served Southwest Florida since 1952. The breakfast menu includes corned beef hash grilled crispy, a country fried steak breakfast with hand-breaded ball tip steak under sausage gravy, and buttermilk biscuits with homemade sausage gravy.
- Breakfast Monday through Saturday, 7 to 10:30 a.m.; Sunday hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a separate Sunday menu.
- Address: 2736 Edison Avenue, Fort Myers, FL 33916
Cristof's on McGregor serves a dedicated Sunday brunch menu in a short morning window, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. French toast is made with Texas-cut raisin toast, strawberries and light syrup. The shrimp Benedict tops an English muffin with poached eggs, hollandaise and shrimp, with home fries or grits on the side.
- Sunday brunch, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Address: 10231 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33919
Oak & Vine Celtic Cafe, in Bell Tower Shops, is a Celtic-inspired café serving a traditional Irish breakfast plate and Sally's scones, made from a family recipe. There's also a fried egg sandwich, plus locally sourced coffee, espresso and tea.
- Breakfast Monday through Friday, 8 to 11 a.m., and Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Address: 13499 South Cleveland Avenue, Suite 107, Fort Myers, FL 33907