The 4 restaurants we send every new client to

When someone flies in to look at houses, the listings tell them what they can buy. Dinner tells them what they're buying into. These are the four places I send every new client, in the order I send them.

1. Conchy Joe's, Jensen Beach

Old-Florida on the Indian River: stone crab in season, smoked fish dip always, live music under the tiki thatch. If a client doesn't smile here, the Treasure Coast probably isn't their place. That's genuinely useful information, and cheaper than a wrong house.

2. Riverwalk Café, downtown Stuart

Dinner on the boardwalk in the "happiest seaside town" and a walk down Osceola Street after. This is the stop that sells Martin County living: small downtown, water everywhere, nobody in a hurry.

3. Crawdaddy's, Port St. Lucie

A neighborhood institution, not a tourist stop. Cajun seafood, regulars at the bar, staff who remember you the second visit. I send PSL buyers here so they can feel what the city is like for the people who actually live in it, not the version from a relocation brochure.

4. Square Grouper, Jupiter

For clients also weighing the Palm Beaches: the tiki bar on the Jupiter inlet, boats idling past, sandy feet welcome. It's forty minutes south of Stuart and a different price of admission, and one sunset here usually tells a buyer which side of that line they belong on.

Want the longer list, from waterfront seafood to the diner locals defend with their lives? The full restaurant guide is here. And if you want a showing schedule built around lunch, that's negotiable. Tell us when you're in town.