GETTING OUT > NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDE NAPLES ISLAND
GETTING OUT > NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDE NAPLES ISLAND
0 Comments | Daily News; Los Angeles, Calif., Jun 7, 2008 | by >Phillip Zonkel
djacent to Long Beach’s Belmont Shore is Naples Island. Named after the Italian city, this area has a three-tiered fountain, La Bella Fontana di Napoli, in the center of a small neighborhood traffic circle at Ravenna Drive and Corinthian Walk. Naples is known for its unofficial walking tours, which begin at Ravenna Drive, as well as its miles worth of canals and proximity to the beach.
>shopping
Need a pickle pincher, gourmet-flavored peanut butter, or repair on a wake board? You came to the right place.
Kitchen Outfitters
5666 E. Second St.
(562) 434-2728
www.kitchenoutfitters.net
If you live in the kitchen, this shop is for you. Co-owned by Ryan McIntyre, a former executive chef at the W Hotel in Westwood, the store stocks 10 brands of cutlery, 20 types of graters, herb scissors, 20 flavors of salt, and pickle pinchers. McIntyre also has initiated a series of gourmet cooking classes with a rotating stable of chefs.
Naples Gourmet Grocer
5650 E. Second St.
(562) 439-6518
www.naplesgourmetgrocer.com
Have an appetite after taking that elegant cooking class? This petite place is a few doors down from the kitchen emporium. Apart from deli sandwiches and a full espresso, the grocer sells wine and beer, a variety of olive oils and at least 15 varieties of peanut butter, including Asian curry spice and raspberry and white chocolate.
>recreation
Naples Island has leisure activities, too.
Gondola Getaways
5437 E. Ocean Blvd.
(562) 433-9595
www.gondo.net
Can’t make it to Venice, Italy, for a gondolier cruise? Here’s the next best thing — in Long Beach at least
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