Sign up for JLB's weekly newsletter, never miss a bite More from JLB Follow the critic at /jeanleboeufswfl or on Twitter and Instagram. Jean Le Boeuf is the pseudonym used by a local food lover who dines at restaurants anonymously and without warning, with meals paid for by The News-Press or Naples Daily News. That doesn't mean it's bad - just reliable.Īnd when your arteries need a break from the deep-fried buns and the caramel-drizzled cakes, Newk's is a reliable place to be. The pick-two-sandwich-and-salad-or-soup concept seems to work for Newk's and for the others like it. Newk's tries its best to set a new trend, but really it's not accomplishing anything new. It's also tossed with nutty Gorgonzola, pecans, grape tomatoes and red onion. I enjoyed the black and bleu, with its shavings of petit tenderloin steak grilled till just medium-rare, a buttery smooth chew with each crunch of green. Priced around $8 or $9, it's not a bad way to go. A creamy smear of white barbecue sauce underneath binds it all together, along with a mass of melted mozzarella and provolone. One of its signature pies is the Newk's Q, topped with sliced, flame-grilled chicken breast echoing with a hint of smoke, crumbled bacon, tomatoes and jalapeno rounds.

The crusts bubble up nicely in the oven till blistered with just a little char. Newk's personal-sized pizzas are and made with semolina flour and pressed thin. Its chicken salad is pocked with sliced grapes, pecans and red onion. The sandwich bread, though, is nicely crusted on the outside and earthen and soft on the inside, a satisfying busted crease down its middle. It makes a little more sense once you realize that the Newcombs, the family who started Newk's in 2004, is the same one who started McAlister's.Ī turkey avocado sandwich is pretty ho-hum, with avocado that tastes a little stale and plastic-y. If I had to sum up Newk's in a few words, I'd call it a slightly elevated version of a McAlister's Deli or Panera Bread or Jason's Deli. But, if I'm being honest, it's hard to set it apart from the others that have come before it. Other Restaurants & Chains A A&W, Amazon Cafe, Applebee's, Argo Tea, Atlanta Bread Company B Boneheads, Buffalo Wild Wings, Bertucci's, Ben & Jerry's, Boston Pizza C City Barbeque, Chicken Out Rotisserie, Caribou Coffee, Camille's Sidewalk Cafe, Church's Chicken D Dickey's Barbecue, Dickey's Barbecue, Denny's, Donatos Pizzeria, Dig Inn E El Pollo Loco, Erik's Delicafe, Energy Kitchen, Eat'n Park, Erbert & Gerbert's F Flame Broiler, Frescos, Fatz Cafe, Fazoli's, Five Guys G Green Burrito, Grandy's, Go Roma, Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, Genghis Grill H Habit Burger, Hooters, HuHot Mongolian Grill, Houlihan's, Hardee's I Isaac's, Islands Restaurants, IHOP, Ikea, In-N-Out J Jet's Pizza, Johnny Rockets, Jack in the Box, Juice Stop, Joe's Crab Shack K Keva Juice, King Taco, KFC, Kolache Factory, Kwik Trip L Long John Silver's, Leeann Chin, Larry's Giant Subs, La Bou, Longhorn Steakhouse M McDonald's, Mighty Taco, Mellow Mushroom, Muscle Maker Grill, Mazzio's Pizza N Nordstrom, Nathan's Famous, Noodles & Company, Noah's, O On The Border, Old Chicago, Ono Hawaiian BBQ, Outback Steakhouse, On The Border P Pei Wei, Pollo Tropical, Pita Pit, Panera Bread, Pepperjax Grill Q Quiznos, QT Kitchens, QuikTrip, Qdoba Mexican Grill, R Raising Cane's, Ruby Tuesday, Red Lobster, Red Mango, Roly Poly S Shake Shack, Sweetgreen, Sonny's Bar-B-Q, Steak Escape, Sbarro T Ted's Montana Grill, The Chop House, Taco Bueno, Taco Bell, TGI Friday's U Uno Chicago Grill, UFood Grill, W Wahoo's Fish Taco, Wienerschnitzel, Wing Zone, Waffle House, Waba Grill Y Yard House, Yaya's, Yoshinoya, Yogurtland, Z Zpizza, Zaxby's, Zoe's Kitchen, Zoup!, Zippy's.

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