The Perfect Caper

Stay cool Punta Gorda, juice it up! Fresh juice keeps you cool as well as provides many needed vitamins & nutrients your body needs right now. Chef Jeanie’s cookbook, The Perfect Caper Home Cooking tells you how! Stay Chilly😀

Simple is ALWAYS better during the holidays. Of course, ingredients and outcome are just as important. This easy dish with clams ( or mussels, shrimp, lobster) and Flounder with salsa verde makes for an amazing summer holiday dish. If you have Chef Jeanie’s cookbook, The Perfect Caper Home Cooking, flip to page 113 and go to town. Once it’s in the pan, you’re done.. Enjoy the 4th. If you don’t want to cook, then you just go to The Caper and let us do the driving. Enjoy your Independence from hassling in the kitchen. Go simple or go to the Caper😋💥💥💥 #🇺🇸

Yes! Happy Anniversary to us!! On behalf of Chef Jeanie, James & the entire team at the Caper, we wish to Thank you Punta Gorda & all of SW Florida and beyond for your continued passion and support of The Perfect Caper over the past two decades. It has been a great pleasure to welcome you and your families and could not have imagined in our wildest dreams how fantastic this journey has been. Once again, thank you and we trust that you look forward to the more fantastic food memories to come as much as we do!! ‘Enjoy Life… Eat Good Food!’ #22

It’s Wednesday so what’s for lunch! If you’re headed to the Perfect Caper the burger of the day is always a great choice. What’s the burger special gonna be today?! You have to stop in to find out😋 Happy Wednesday!

Sunday Comfort at the Caper. 1/2 roasted all-natural chicken… comes with a bunch of other stuff but, 1/2 roast chicken is enough! Don’t wait, they go fast. Happy Sunday!

Happy Easter from our Perfect Caper family to yours. Enjoy this marvelous day!

Hump day Pan Fried Chicken pic! Have you had a delicious, duck fat-pan fried Momma’s Chicken recently? If not, time to get on over to the Caper for this iconic dish! Served with cheddar grits & sweet corn butter blanc.. It’s just what your mid-week mood needs! Momma knows best😘

Dessert first.. In this case, Just Chocolate! Enjoy❤️
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Just a little Shrimp Tempura to brighten your day! Happy Tuesday❤️

Happy New Year 🥳 ! The Perfect Caper is closed today so our staff can rest & enjoy their holiday. We will return tomorrow for regular hours. Thank you!! #2024

From Chef Jeanie and all of us at The Perfect Caper, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas 🎁🎄. Peace & love to all. 🎄

Gingerbread Ice Cream sandwich is a great way to end your meal at the Caper. Well… not a bad way to start your meal as well. Either way, eat dessert! Enjoy😋❤️

Celebrate Old Fashioned week with us at the Caper. I think we make the best cocktail around, but that’s me, a bit biased. Stop in for one of these classically delicious cocktails to celebrate your evening. Happy Thursday❤️

No disagreement here, our roast rack of lamb with Chef Jeanie’s Moroccan spice rub is just about the best lamb ever… words from our diners. Well, we happen to agree. Enjoy a rack tonight!

Any day is a good day for a perfectly pan fried Chicken breast with fresh milled corn grits and a velvety corn butter. But Sunday is an especially good day to enjoy Momma’s Chicken. Delicious comfort food that’s good for your soul! I know… great idea, see you for dinner!

It’sSaturday, the paint is dry, the wine is chilled, the kitchen is ready! Come see us at 5 today!

Who’s looking forward to this??!! Yes, after over a week of demolition & renovations due to damage sustained from Hurricane Idalia, our amazing team has pulled it all together to get The Perfect Caper ready to open TOMORROW, Saturday 9/9. We will open at 5 pm and as you can imagine space will be limited due to the overwhelming support from all of you in getting the Caper back on our feet. We want to Thank Paul Maloney from Maloney Homes & his team for his amazing response to our critical needs. See you tomorrow at the Caper! Thank you. come support our team!!

Hello All and hope the last 24 hours have been calm for you. Please be advised that The Perfect Caper will be closed at least until Friday due to flood damage sustained at the Smith building. We are in the process of getting things ‘in order’ but will be a few days. Thank you for your patience and see you very soon.

Remember… The Perfect Caper is open today! That’s right.. if you didn’t get the message, we are now serving on Tuesdays. Treat yourself to some delicious duck and a glass of wine. We deserve it! On the obvious side note…It’s a little windy and we will get some rain but think we got lucky on this one!Please stay safe and watch out for each other.

Happy Sunday Funday. Who loves Chicken Flautas like we do? Slow cooked seasoned chicken with cheddar cheese rolled tight in a flour tortilla & fried deliciously crisp!! Oh.. and we serve that with Chile de Arbol salsa, sour cream & fresh avocado relish. This dish is what a relaxing evening is made for! Come by for Flautas! Happy Sunday.

Chef Jeanie says sometime you have to eat dessert first! Not a bad idea, especially now that we are open on Tuesdays. The Caper opens at 4 pm today for dessert.. and more. Happy Tuesday!

Happy Sunday! Make sure to stop in The Caper for one of these perfectly crafted Old Fashioned. It is a perfect way to slip into a Sunday evening. See you at the Caper. 🍸

Get ready for the weekend and make sure the Caper is in the plans. Enjoy Che Jeanie’s delicious Chicken Liver Pâté’ with all kinds of delicious accoutrements! Enjoy Life… Eat Good Food!!

If you’ve had it, you know! The rack of Lamb is just about the very best you will ever have. Trust me. Honey drizzle, herb butter, potatoes & olives! Make sure to try this next time you are in.

Great news all!! After 3 long years, The Caper is getting back to Tuesday night Dinners. Starting this week, August 8th, we will begin serving Dinner Tuesday thru Sunday. We begin service at 4 pm & hope to see you at the at The Perfect Caper this Tuesday.

How about a little Summer Style Lobster Bouillabaisse, New England Style. Great idea for your next dinner party or an epic dinner for two. Pair this with a nice loaf of crusty French bread & your favorite rose’ and thank Chef Jeanie for this marvelous idea from her cookbook, The Perfect Caper Home Cooking! Enjoy your kitchen, cook good food!

This version of our dish, the ‘Pig & the Fig’ @ Ella’s is equally delicious and absolutely remarkable. Grilled pork chop with house made - fig jam and brûlée of fresh strawberries is transfixing. If you’ve had one… you’ll want to try the other… believe me. Enjoy.

Grilled Shrimp on Pasta is so simple and remarkably satisfying. Lite & easy, straight out of Chef Jeanie’s cookbook, ‘The Perfect Caper Home Cooking’, try this at home or… come to The Perfect Caper and get a bowl of comfort pasta. Happy Sunday.

Sunday comfort with chef Jeanie’s warm goat dish. A little bit of everything going on here with tons of amazing flavors. Stop in for a glass of wine & a warm goat! If you want to do this at home, check out you copy of The Perfect Caper Home Cooking and whip it up yourself. Enjoy.

Need a quick meal plan for your Super Bowl party??! Well.. start by turning to page 100 in Chef Jeanie’s cookbook, The Perfect Caper Home Cooking. There you will find the easiest pizza recipes that EVERYONE will enjoy. Run to the store, get some pizza dough and get to work. Before kickoff you’ll be ready to relax and enjoy the game with some great pies! So easy!