Dave Osborn | Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News Published March 13, 2026 What Captiva, Florida hotel is named in Southern Living's Best awards A Southwest Florida hotel has been named among the best in the South. Southern Living magazine March 12 released its 2026 South's Best Awards and rated [...]

Adam Regan | Gulfshore Business Published January 7, 2026 Keylime Bistro Brings Island Flavor to RSW Terminal Travel retailer and restaurateur Paradies Lagardère opened a new Keylime Bistro location at Southwest Florida International Airport, bringing the popular Southwest Florida restaurant inside RSW. Known for its tropical atmosphere, island-inspired cuisine [...]

VoyageTampa Published October 28, 2025 Community Highlights: Meet Sandy Stilwell Youngquist of Stilwell Enterprises & Restaurant Group Today we’d like to introduce you to Sandy Stilwell Youngquist. Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us [...]

David Dorsey | Gulfshore Business Published October 15, 2025 Captiva Island Inn begins $6M rebuild after Hurricane Ian Sandy Stilwell Youngquist almost shed tears when asked about her beloved Captiva cottages. She did not want to raze the historic Captiva Island Inn’s wood-frame structures after they were destroyed by Hurricane [...]

Camila Pereira | WINK News Published October 15, 2025 SUNSHINE SEAFOOD CAFÉ &Captiva Island Inn breaks ground, rebuilds stronger years after Hurricane Ian Captiva Island Inn is finally making a comeback after being destroyed by Hurricane Ian three years ago. The inn broke ground on Wednesday, marking the start of [...]

SUNSHINE SEAFOOD CAFÉ & WINE BAR RECOGNIZED WITH WINE SPECTATOR AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Sunshine Seafood Café & Wine Bar Selected as 2021 Award of Excellence Recipient Captiva Island, Florida. – July 7, 2021 – Sunshine Seafood Café & Wine Bar has been selected as a Wine Spectator award-winning restaurant for the second year in [...]

THE KEYLIME BISTRO CELEBRATES ITS 2OTH ANNIVERSARY WITH AN EMERALD RING GIVEAWAY The lively, tropical-themed American restaurant gave away an emerald ring to a lucky winner. May 18, 2021, Captiva Island, Fl: As part of an extraordinary celebration of The Keylime Bistro’s 20th anniversary this June, Stilwell Enterprises and Restaurant Group gave one lucky [...]

How Andy Rosse Lane became a dining destination on Captiva. Captiva Island's restaurants share many similarities: Gulf seafood, cocktails, breezy patios. Five of them share an entrepreneurial owner, as well. Gina Birch | Special to The News-Press Published 11:02 a.m. ET Aug. 18,2020 This has been the summer of canceled [...]

Owner marks 20th year at historical inn April 30, 2019 By TIFFANY REPECKI, Island Reporter, Captiva Current, Sanibel-Captiva Islander Twenty years ago, Sandy Stilwell Youngquist was in the market to purchase another inn and was considering a place in Great Guana Cay in the Bahamas when chance led her in a different direction. "I always [...]