Growing Food Scene Puts Punta Gorda on the Map

The recently opened Hemingway's Grille in Punta Gorda. Dennis Lennox

Given its name, I assumed the restaurant was a tribute to Ernest Hemingway.

That seemed like a reasonable assumption since so many bars and restaurants claim some connection to one of the greatest authors in the American literary canon. Think Havana’s La Floridita, his eponymous bar at The Ritz in Paris, and Sloppy Joe’s in Key West.