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Blue Dog Bar & Grill

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Blue Dog Bar & Grill

Blue Dog Bar & Grill is located in Matlacha Florida. Our focus is on the small things that belong in a neighborhood restaurant. This is a great community.
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The goal of Blue Dog was to open a small, neighborhood restaurant in Matlacha, Florida the town we love. Being genuinely friendly, knowing the names of our guests and serving fresh local food at reasonable prices. Our hope is that the neighborhood grows to trust us and makes us an extension of their homes. The white boots (locally called ‘Pine Island Reeboks’) that ‘Blue’ wears on our logo are a n

od to the rich past and current fishing history of Pine Island and Matlacha. These boots are worn by commercial fishermen all along the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida. From our family, we’d like to give our thanks to every crabber, fisherman, shrimper, oysterman, and all the commercial fishermen on the entire Gulf Coast but particularly Matlacha and Pine Island, for the sacrifices you have made to carry on the traditions of your fathers. It’s one of the things that makes us proud to call Matlacha and Pine Island home. We have weathered storms…together. We work hard…together. We play hard…together and when the day is done…those white boots are put out to dry. Come, eat well, have a brew and sit with us for a while and the dog is happy.

07/22/2026

Wednesday!
Wow, great menu today including a “Campfire” smoked Mullet app and or super popular Indiana breaded pork tenderloin sliders!

Hi everyone, it’s Shrimp and Grits Day (or our amazing Mullet and Grits), AND…. we we’re cutting more fresh, Local Red Snapper and Tripletail this morning for our Fish of the Moment

We also have a new humongous Taco with over a half-pound of chopped prime rib, (USA) Romaine lettuce, shredded cheddar, diced tomato and cilantro all served with a homemade spicy chipotle ranch or dressing of your choice

Check us out below-

Pork Tenderloin Sliders- lightly breaded then golden fried, our sliders are crunchy on the outside, tender and extra juicy on the inside. Topped with shredded lettuce, mayo and pickles. Sandwich perfection!

Shrimp (or mullet) and Grits

Bacon Jam Scallops Bowl

Coconut Mahi with Bokeelia Rum Butter

Black Grouper with Champagne Cream Sauce

Tripletail with Lemon Butter Sauce and more!
Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake- homemade, decadent and just the right sweet and tart balance for summertime

Thank you everyone for the amazing support!!

Come in and see us !!

07/21/2026

Tuesday!
Softshell crabs and She-crab Soup today!
We’re cutting fresh local red snapper and black grouper for our Fish of the Moment.
We’ve also got a great surf & turf special- steak and chimichurri and grilled Garlic Shrimp

Don’t miss out on our Coconut Crusted Mahi with Bokeelia Rum Butter Sauce!

-She-crab Soup

-Pine Island Soft Shell Crab Tacos

-Seafood Shepherds Pie

-Tripletail with Champagne Cream Sauce

-fresh smoked mullet

-seafood Cobb salad

and soooo much more!

07/17/2026

Friday- American Red Snapper

Such a good menu today!
You’ve got to check out our Redfish “Broussard” dish!
Hi everyone, we are cutting fresh local American Red Snapper and Black Grouper right now to add to our Fish of the Moment today!

-Seafood Cobb Salad

-Ribeye Steak, hand cut USDA Prime, a huge 14 ounce prime American ribeye steak topped with herb garlic butter, a crispy onion nest and served with garlic rosemary mashed potatoes

Blackened Redfish “Broussard”- fresh, mild Louisiana Redfish lightly blackened and nestled on a bed of jasmine rice and homemade shrimp and crawfish Etouffee and flash fried fried summer scallions

Whole Fried Pompano (get it while you can, this is really rare for us to get)

-NOLA AF Cajun Pasta- a tasty mix of Gulf shrimp, andouille sausage, grilled steak, roasted red peppers, green peppers and onions in a homemade creamy Cajun Alfredo sauce over linguine

-Bacon Jam Scallops

-fresh Conch Chowder.

-Black Grouper with Champagne Cream Sauce

-Seafood Shepherd’s Pie

-Grilled Tripletail with Lemon Butter-

-Coconut Mahi with Rum Butter Sauce and Piña Colada Rice

-Conch Chowder

Fish of the Moment-
American Red Snapper, Black Grouper, Tripletail, Pine Island Mullet, Mahi Mahi, Large New Bedford, Mass Scallops

and more, lots more!

Don’t forget to save room for our Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake!

- See you soon!

check out pictures below!

07/16/2026

Thursday- Pompano! and it’s our Old School Beer Battered Haddock Fish Fry today!
also new menu items today

Blackened Redfish “Broussard”- (first time we’ve had this on the menu) fresh, mild Louisiana Redfish lightly blackened and nestled on a bed of jasmine rice and homemade shrimp & crawfish étouffée, a flash fried summer scallion nest tops this creole creation

Whole Fried Pompano!

- we’ve got Golden Tilefish today for our Fish of the Moment along with Tripletail

Come on out on this beautiful Thursday for….

-Old School Beer Battered Haddock Fish Fry made with Blue Dog Lager!

-Golden Tilefish with Champagne Cream Sauce

-Coconut Mahi with Rum Butter Sauce and Piña Colada Rice

-Seafood Shepherd’s Pie

Fish of the Moment-
Tripletail, Black Grouper, Golden Tilefish, Pine Island Mullet, Mahi Mahi, and Large New Bedford, Mass Scallops

and more, lots more!

Don’t forget to save room for our new Blueberry Limoncello Cheesecake! This is the perfect dessert for a Summer day!

- See you soon!

check out pictures belowe

07/15/2026

Wednesday! Great menu today!
It’s Shrimp and Grits day and we have fried oysters today too!

Campfire smoked Mullet “on the half shell” app- Pine Island’s finest! Fresh, skin on, house-smoked Mullet fillet served warm with crackers and creole tartar sauce

-Fried Oysters, almost a half pound of crispy, briny, juicy, fresh, select Chesapeake Bay Virginia oysters, hand breaded and lightly fried to a crispy golden finish, served with sea salt fries, small coleslaw and homemade tartar

-Seafood Shepherds Pie

-Coconut Crusted Mahi with Rum Butter

-Tilefish with Champagne Cream Sauce

-and soooo much more!

Fish of the Moment- Mahi Mahi, Golden Tilefish, Tripletail, Black Grouper, Pine Island mullet, New Bedford Scallops

Save room for the BEST summer dessert Limoncello Blueberry Cheesecake, this is soooo good (thanks Amanda at Silver Fox Cakes & Confections).

Come in and see us !!

07/10/2026

Friday- !

Hi everyone, it is beautiful (and warm) out, come see us in Matlacha! We finally got Hogfish back for our Fish of the Moment.

- Shrimp and Scallop Ceviche

-Fried Gulf Shark bites app

-USDA Prime Ribeye Steak topped with herbed garlic butter and a crispy onion nest

-Campfire Smoked Mullet on the half-shell

-Bacon Jam Scallops

-fresh Conch Chowder.

House-Smoked Mullet,

Black Grouper with Champagne Cream Sauce

-Seafood Shepherd’s Pie

-Grilled Tilefish with Lemon Butter-

-Coconut Mahi with Rum Butter Sauce and Piña Colada Rice

-Conch Chowder

Fish of the Moment-
Hogfish, Black Grouper, Golden Tilefish, Pine Island Mullet, Mahi Mahi, Large New Bedford, Mass Scallops

and more, lots more!

Don’t forget to save room for our summery Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake!

- See you soon!

check out pictures below!

07/09/2026

Thursday- Old School Beer Battered Haddock Fish Fry today and so much more!

- we’ve got Golden Tilefish today for our Fish of the Moment and we have a new Giant “Big Mac” and our Lemon butter Scallops Bowl and more

Come on out on this beautiful Thursday for….

Crispy Creole Fried Can Fingers (fried crab claws)- a healthy portion of blue crab claws hand breaded and fried golden. Just like a crack claw between your teeth and pull away a tasty bit of crab meat heaven with just the right combination of spicy flavor, served with our homemade Creole remoulade sauce

-Old School Beer Battered Haddock Fish Fry made with Blue Dog Lager!

Big “Big Mac”- the burger the Big Mac wishes it was. Start with a half pound of hand pattied, flame grilled all-American burger, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a brioche bun. Served with a small coleslaw and sea salt fries

-Golden Tilefish with Champagne Cream Sauce

-Coconut Mahi with Rum Butter Sauce and Piña Colada Rice

-Seafood Shepherd’s Pie

Fish of the Moment-
Black Grouper, Golden Tilefish, Pine Island Mullet, Mahi Mahi, and Large New Bedford, Mass Scallops

and more, lots more!

Don’t forget to save room for our new Blueberry Limoncello Cheesecake! This is the perfect dessert for a Summer day!

- See you soon!

check out pictures below

07/07/2026

Tuesday!
Hi everyone, today we’ve got a great Orange Ginger Pork Belly & Gulf Shrimp Rice bowl along with our Softshell Crab Sandwich and She-crab Soup today!

Hoping that everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July weekend. We’ve had the Smoker going and are featuring our skin-on smoked Mullet fillets on the half shell and have Golden Tile Fish added for our Fish of the Moment.
We’ve also got a great surf & turf special- steak and chimichurri and grilled Garlic Shrimp

-Coconut Crusted Mahi with Bokeelia Rum Butter Sauce!

-Grilled Tilefish with our Lemon Butter Sauce

She-crab Soup

Prime Rib Sandwich- over a half pound slab of in-house, slow roasted prime rib, topped with gooey multi Swiss cheese and sautéed onions on buttery toasty garlic bread. Then you dunk it all in a rich and beefy au jus.

-Pine Island Soft shell Crab Sandwich

-Seafood Shepherds Pie

-Tilefish with Champagne Cream Sauce

-Coconut Crusted Mahi with Rum Butter

and soooo much more!

Fish of the Moment- Mahi Mahi, Golden Tilefish, Black Grouper, Pine Island mullet, New Bedford Scallops

Save room for the BEST summer dessert Limoncello Blueberry Cheesecake, this is soooo good (thanks Amanda at Silver Fox Cakes & Confections).

Come in and see us !

07/04/2026

Hi all, we are closed tomorrow, Saturday, the 4th of July to celebrate Independence Day!!
Have a happy and safe 4th everyone and we’ll see you Tuesday!

07/03/2026

Friday!! It’s Prime Rib Day! let’s get this 4th of July weekend started right!! Prime Rib All Day, starting at 11 AM

Take it easy this weekend and let us do all the cooking (and cleaning) for you this warm Friday!

We have an awesome menu today including Coconut Crusted Mahi with Rum Butter Sauce, Shrimp and Watermelon Caprese app, Bacon Jam Scallops, Ground Prime Rib Sliders, Conch Chowder; and our amazing Sloooow roasted Prime Rib

Fish of the Moment- Mahi, Black Grouper, GoldenTilefish, Pine Island Mullet and New Bedford, Mass scallops,
We’ve also got…

Fresh Smoked Mullet on the “half-shell”

Grilled Tilefish with Lemon Butter Sauce

Black Grouper with Champagne Cream Sauce-

Seafood Shepherds Pie

PEI Mussels App

Save room for our local, summery Blueberry and Limoncello Cheesecake (thanks Amanda at Silver Fox Cakes and Confections). It’s sooo good.

…. and a LOT more. Really. come check us out! Don’t forget to snag your Fourth of July red white and blue dog shirt before they’re gone!

To all you beautiful firecrackers out there have a happy Fourth of July!
See you at the parade tomorrow!!

John, Jesse and the entire Blue Dog crew 💙

Address

4597 Pine Island Road NW
Matlacha, FL
33993

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 9pm
Wednesday	11am - 9pm
Thursday	11am - 9pm
Friday	11am - 9pm
Saturday	11am - 9pm

Website

http://www.bluedogmatlacha.com/

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