Noted restaurateur Paul Fleming moves brand from California to Florida

Veteran restaurateurs, with brands in several categories, make an all-in choice on Florida.

By Mark Gordon
| 10:00 a.m. November 25, 2025
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Jody Goodenough-Fleming and Paul Fleming have lived in Naples for about a decade.

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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.”