Restaurateur Paul Fleming, founder of both an eponymous well-known steakhouse and a billion-dollar upscale Asian brand, is ordering more Florida for 2026 — and beyond.
The Sunshine State, says Fleming, founder of Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and sister brand Pei Wei Asian Diner, “is the best place in the country to do business. It’s just much more efficient — that’s the best word I can think of.”
Fleming and his wife and business partner, Jody Goodenough-Fleming, now want their growing company, Naples-based Paul Fleming Restaurant Group, to reflect that. One big move to back that up: in October the firm moved the corporate offices of its Paul Martin’s American Grill concept from California to Naples…