Last day: Fast-casual Fort Myers restaurant closing after business on March 21
Maverick Grille in Fort Myers will close its doors for good at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 21.
“It’s been great,” said Amber Law, who opened the 4480 Fowler St. location in November 2018. “I just want to focus on the next chapter.”
The fast-casual restaurant in the Starbucks-anchored plaza on the corner of Fowler Street and Colonial Boulevard was known for its gyros, fresh food and healthy ingredients.
Customers would work their way down the counter building their bowls, salads, wraps and quesadillas.
“We’ve had a lot of customers who have been coming in over the last 5?, 6 years,” Law said. “I’ll miss them.”
This was the last remaining Maverick Grille. Two others opened in 2018 — the first in The Forum in Fort Myers, followed by another on Del Prado Boulevard in Cape Coral. They both closed in 2019.
“We’ve done really well,” Law said. “Up until when we stopped doing catering, we were plugging and chugging along.”
She said it’s just time to step away so she can have a more flexible family life.
“I want to be a more present mom,” said Law, who has a 5-year-old son. “He deserves it. I was taking catering orders while giving birth. My son is here when there is no school.”
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And while she’s stepping away from the restaurant business, she already has a new business in place.
“July is the target date for us,” she said. “Once I put what it is out there, it will make sense. It’s an Amber thing.”
In the meantime, Law will focus on finally fixing her Hurricane Ian-damaged house, which she's been too busy to get to.
“Follow Maverick on Facebook,” she said. “I’ll change it over to the new company. It’s certainly not the end. It’s just the end of this.”
Robyn George is a food and dining reporter for The News-Press. Connect at [email protected]
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Maverick Grille to close last remaining location in Fort Myers
