Two of the least formal stops around Old Naples are changing addresses this fall. GLDN Hour Coffee lost its Sixth Avenue South storefront in July and reopened 51 days later, two minutes away. Brooks Burgers has been on Ninth Street South for more than 15 years. It has until Nov. 30 to leave a building that is set to be demolished, and its owner hopes to reopen half a mile north with less than two weeks of downtime.
Each business is moving only a few minutes away on short notice, so the coffee run and the burger night will mostly survive at new addresses. The fall calendar works the same way, with the Saturday farmers market moving from its summer lot back onto Third Street South. Here's where everything is going, and when.
Two Minutes Down the Road
GLDN Hour is the coffee and matcha shop that founder Lauren Barrow and her team ran at 900 Sixth Ave. S. On July 15, Barrow posted on Instagram that the landlord had given the shop less than 30 days to vacate, and the last day there was July 25, according to the Naples Daily News. The report didn't say why the landlord gave notice.
The shop reopened on Sept. 14 at 863 Fourth Ave. S., which the paper described as "just two minutes down the road." In a photo gallery published Sept. 16, the Naples Daily News showed a walk-up counter in front, with the rest of the café still being renovated behind a curtain.
A visit written up in Florida Weekly adds more about the new space. The shop is owned by three Naples natives and is about 800 square feet. Starlight Pilates is next door, Fifth Avenue South is a block away, and posted hours were 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. When that piece ran, the shop was takeout-only, and its sandwiches were "expected to return in about a month." That article has no visible date, and we couldn't confirm anything newer than mid-September. Check the shop's own channels before planning a sit-down morning there.
What the move keeps is the walk. The new counter is still a block off Fifth Avenue South, so a matcha on the way to the beach or after a class works the same way it did in July.
Half a Mile North, With a Chickee in the Plans
Brooks Burgers' situation is bigger and more permanent. The one-story, multitenant building at 330 Ninth St. S. is under contract and will be demolished for redevelopment, Naples Press reported. Owner Todd Brooks has to be out by Nov. 30.
Brooks had planned to buy the building himself. He told Naples Press that it sold for more than $5 million and that it had been listed at more than double what he'd planned to pay. "We had planned on purchasing it but did not know that the values had gone up that fast," he said. The reports call the building under contract and don't name a buyer or describe the project.
He was candid in the same interview with Naples Press:
"I get it. It's an old building. Nobody's going to buy that and not knock it down, but it's one more part of Naples that's disappearing."
The building on U.S. 41 is nearly 60 years old. Brooks told Naples Press its appeal was "kind of a dive feel, which I don't think you get a lot of that in Naples." He took over the spot in 2010 after relocating from St. Louis. It started as a Lindburgers chain restaurant, which he turned into Lindburgers & Bottles. He kept the aviation theme and later renamed it Brooks Gourmet Burgers & Dogs, which most people now just call Brooks Burgers.
The new spot is 1200 Central Ave., about half a mile away. It's in the block bordered by Goodlette-Frank Road, Central Avenue, 12th Street South and First Avenue South. Brooks leased the former Alley and Mini Bar spaces there, which closed in mid-June, and will open as Brooks Burgers & Bar. He isn't taking the neighboring District and Staff Only spaces. In its first-half 2026 restaurant roundup, Naples Press listed all four of those Central Square spots as closing in June. One block's vacancy is giving another block's displaced tenant a place to go.
Gulfshore Business laid out what Brooks plans for the new location.
- Opening: the first week of December, or possibly the last week of November. Brooks put it as "by Dec. 1, in that general area," and said he hopes to have "less than two weeks of down time."
- Inside: the airplane décor from Ninth Street comes along, and the feel stays casual.
- Outside: about 70% of the seating is outdoors on turf. Brooks wants city approval in early 2027 for a chickee with cooling fans over that area.
- Menu: still built around burgers, plus a bar menu, pizzas and appetizers for watching games.
- Feel: he said it will be more family-friendly and "not going to be bar-driven," with no live music every night.
Dec. 1 is a target, and nothing newer has confirmed an opening date or a final night on Ninth Street. Brooks' website still showed the Ninth Street address when we checked.
Where Each One Was, and Where It's Going
| GLDN Hour Coffee | Brooks Burgers | |
|---|---|---|
| Old address | 900 Sixth Ave. S. | 330 Ninth St. S. |
| New address | 863 Fourth Ave. S. | 1200 Central Ave. |
| Distance | About two minutes | About half a mile |
| Notice | Less than 30 days | Out by Nov. 30 |
| Gap | July 25 to Sept. 14 | Target is under two weeks |
| What's coming | Sandwiches; status after mid-Sept. unconfirmed | Chickee request planned for early 2027 |
Neither business left downtown, and each landed close enough that its old route still mostly works. The Brooks move is a longer walk from the south end of the neighborhood. The Central Avenue spot sits closer to Goodlette-Frank Road than to the Gulf.
The Saturday Market Makes Its Own Seasonal Move
The Third Street South Farmers Market moves every year. Through the summer it runs Saturdays from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the lot behind Tommy Bahama, according to the Third Street South market page. For season it goes back out onto the street.
The sources don't agree on when. The City of Naples calendar lists the Nov. 7, 2026 market on Third Street South between Broad Avenue South and 13th Avenue South, including part of 12th Avenue South, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Paradise Coast describes the street location as running mid-November through April. Third Street South's own page doesn't give a fall date. For the first Saturday or two of November, check before you walk over.
The Naples Pier is still closed for reconstruction. The pier, its stairs, restrooms and showers are all closed, and the western third of the pier parking lot stays open. The City lists beach bypasses with restrooms at Broad Avenue South and 13th Avenue South. Its latest milestone says the Sept. 18 concrete pour put the rebuild past 50% of the total concrete needed, and it gives no reopening date. The Broad Avenue South bypass is at the north end of the street stretch the City lists for the Nov. 7 market.
The Fall Calendar, in Order
These are the dated stops between now and the Brooks move:
- Oct. 15–18: Third Street South's Autumn Sidewalk Sale, with more than 25 participating businesses.
- Oct. 17, 10 a.m.: Books on Third hosts a story time and indigo-dye workshop.
- Oct. 31, 3–5 p.m.: Halloween Spooktacular at Cambier Park, followed by a special Evening on Fifth on the avenue from 5 to 8 p.m.
- Nov. 1, 2–3 p.m.: the Naples Concert Band opens its 55th season at Cambier Park with "Italian Masterpieces and American Pride."
- Nov. 7, 7:30–11:30 a.m.: the City calendar's first listed street-location farmers market on Third Street South.
- Nov. 9, 7–9 p.m.: Stardust Memories Big Band at Cambier Park.
- Nov. 12, 6:30–9:30 p.m.: Evening on Fifth.
- Nov. 15, 2–4 p.m.: Naples Big Band at Cambier Park.
- Nov. 30: Brooks Burgers' deadline to leave 330 Ninth St. S.
- Around Dec. 1: the target opening for Brooks Burgers & Bar at 1200 Central Ave.
Nov. 30 is the deadline for the Ninth Street location to close, and after that the building's future is up to the buyer and the redevelopment. No final service date or farewell event has been announced, so anyone who wants a last burger under the airplane décor at the original spot should go well before the deadline.
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