provided to The Santiva Chronicle
Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille’s celebration of National Mojito Day was a smash, with over 1,000 mojitos sold companywide and four lucky winners receiving $250 restaurant gift cards. The July 11 event at the restaurant’s four locations included mojito glass giveaways for every mojito sold and the culmination of a weeklong lime-guessing contest.
“National Mojito Day is a fun way to honor one of our most popular cocktails,” said Joe Harrity, a partner with HM Restaurant Group, which owns and operates Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille. “We sold a record number of mojitos and received 560 submissions for the guess-the-lime challenge.”
To enter the contest, customers estimate the number of miniature clay lime slices filling a 16-ounce mojito glass and enter their guess by scanning a QR code. Winners of the $250 gift cards are:
• Sanibel: Zach Fikes
• Fort Myers Beach: Angela Switzer
• St. Petersburg Pier: Sirisha Chirra
• Jungle Terrace: Taylor Wacker
Doc Ford’s, a popular venue for Caribbean Rim-inspired cuisine and cocktails, offers an extensive selection of mojitos for every taste, from classic to sweet and tart. The award-winning, family friendly restaurant features food with a unique balance of flavors and is known for its sauces, spices, passion and signature Yucatán shrimp served daily.
Beloved by locals and visitors alike as a spectacular seafood restaurant delivering a legendary guest experience, Doc Ford’s is open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Established on Sanibel in 2003, Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille has expanded from its original location to three others: Fort Myers Beach and two in St. Petersburg, on the St. Petersburg Pier and in Jungle Terrace. The restaurant is a perennial Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice winner. The pier location was named the country’s No. 1 restaurant for Best of the Best Restaurants for Everyday Eats in 2023.
Philanthropy and community outreach are engrained in HM Restaurant Group’s company philosophy. Proceeds from specialty cocktails at Doc Ford’s have raised over $133,000 to support children’s hospitals in Southwest Florida and St. Petersburg. HM Restaurant Group also supports local nonprofits dedicated to conservation, community, education and the environment. The “Ding” Darling Doc Ford’s Tarpon Tournament has donated over $1.57 million for conservation and water-quality research at Sanibel’s J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge since its inception in 2012. The 14th annual tournament is May 15, 2026.
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