Andre’s Steakhouse exceeds expectations
by Paul Chaderjian Naples - Scents that would whet even a vegetarian's appetite waft through Andre's Steakhouse, at the northeast corner of Tamiami and 28th Avenue. The front and back parking lots are full, and there are no empty parking spots on the street. It's the last Saturday night of February, and Andre's is packed like it is every night during "the season," when tourists and retirees converge on Florida's Paradise Coast, off the Gulf of Mexico. Enter the epicurean wonderland of Andre's, and there is not one empty table. The steakhouse is full of loyal patrons of all ages - some in shorts and T-shirts and others in short-sleeved shirts or summer dresses. It's the dead of winter, but one can easily forget the blizzards blanketing the Midwest and Northeast in snow. There is laughter, people talking, someone making a toast in one corner, and half a dozen clean-cut waiters - dressed in white shirts and bowties - dance a perfectly chor...