Bacchus finds a new downtown Fort Myers home — for now

Spirits of Bacchus has a new home.

If only temporarily.

"It's going to be called the Bacchus Room at Prime, or something along those lines," said Bacchus founder Suzy Lewis. "It will be owned and run by Prime. I'm sending my bartenders over there until I can get a new space ready."

Fans of the almost 15-year-old Bacchus, which will close June 1 when Lewis and her staff must vacate their longtime space at 1406 Hendry St. in downtown Fort Myers, will be able to find their favorite bartenders, drinks and wines at this stopgap location upstairs at nearby Prime de Leon.

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"I don't want to lose them. It's not easy to find bartenders like mine," Lewis said. "I was going to just keep paying them until we got the new place ready, but this is a much better solution."

Lewis said she has found a few downtown Fort Myers units that could work for her concept, but she declined to say where "until a lease is signed."

With June 1 fast approaching, Lewis couldn't say when Bacchus would fully reopen.

"We're going to have to do a build-out," she said, "and that always takes time."

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Prime de Leon is at 33 Patio De Leon in downtown Fort Myers; call 689-3984 or visit primedeleon.com for more.  For more on Bacchus call 689-2675 or visit spiritsofbacchus.com.

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