FORT MYERS, Fla. — Story telling right here on Fox 4 contains highlighting individuals in our group who use their passions to affect the world. Folks just like the Lauren Daniels and her husband. The couple opened up Southern Attraction Bistro in Fort Myers in 2022. They’ve plenty of passions, together with her household and enterprise, and Lauren is utilizing all of them to carry individuals collectively.
Hanging on the partitions of Southern Attraction Bistro are iconic music legends. “I put individuals on the wall that folks ask questions on, so individuals can have conversations,” says Daniels. That is creating a spot the place individuals can come collectively to recollect, study and hang around however most significantly… eat!
The Daniels’ household love for Southern meals spans generations. She would cook dinner along with her mom and grandmother, listening to artists of the previous. This can be a custom she has handed right down to her personal youngsters. Whereas working 11 years as a stay-at-home house to her 4 youngsters, she thought, “you understand what? I feel I can do that [cook] professionally.”
What began as a small take-out menu really took off, touchdown right here in 2023 the place Black historical past and jazz meet Southern allure. The meals and setting rapidly turned her bistro into greater than only a spot to seize a meal. “Folks from the group meet right here! So that they have a spot to come back and really feel comfy.” Comfy in an area that celebrates the historical past of Black music.
The ability of group and the kind of cooking that brings individuals collectively, all beneath one roof… you will discover this on the Southern Attraction Bistro.