Tin City fully operational after hurricane, car crash damage

Tin City in Naples finally has the pedal to the metal and is fully operational months after the waterfront tourist and shopping destination sustained major damage from Hurricane Ian and a freak accident.  

The four shops damaged by a car that plowed into Tin City on Black Friday were able to reopen last Friday for the first time in more than three months. They were making progress cleaning out the muddy mess left behind from the Sept. 28 hurricane’s nearly 3 feet of storm surge in the series of wooden buildings when the crash occurred two months later.  

The driver escaped serious injury after his southbound car on Goodlette-Frank Road hopped the U.S. 41 curb at a high rate of speed and flew through the side of The Naples Winery at Tin City at about 1:45 a.m. Nov. 25. The wine shop, a beauty boutique, stone shop and jewelry store were damaged.

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