Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille, Dixie Fish Company announce contest winners and prizes

Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille and Dixie Fish Company's handed out coolers and swag to the winners of the weeks-long celebration of National Yucatan Shrimp Day on May 24. The lucky winners were drawn from a pool of 14,000 entries, each representing a signature Yucatan item sold between May 1 and May 23 at and the four Doc Ford's and Dixie Fish locations in Southwest Florida.

At Dixie Fish Company on Fort Myers Beach, the winner was Kendall Rauk, of Fort Myers Beach. At Doc Ford's Rum Bar and Grille on Fort Myers Beach, the winner was Valencia Thomas, of Naples. Three other winners were named at the other Doc Ford's locations.

"We are grateful for the support of the community and thrilled by the popularity of our Yucatan shrimp menu items," said Joe Harrity, a partner with HM Restaurant Group, which owns and operates Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille and Dixie Fish Company. "It equates to nearly 600 dishes, drinks and bottles of Yucatan sauce sold every day at our restaurants."

Customers qualified for the drawing by ordering the restaurants' Yucatan shrimp tacos, half- and one-pound peel-and-eat shrimp, Yucatan bloody Mary or Yucatan baked oysters, or purchasing the retail Yucatan sauce.

The customized YETI coolers were filled with restaurant swag, including hats and bottles of Doc Ford's signature sauce, a mouth-watering blend of butter, garlic, fresh cilantro, lime juice and mild Colombian chilis.

Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille

and Dixie Fish Company, on Fishermans Wharf, are open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and have been the recipients of numerous awards.