For the 14th consecutive year, Sale e Pepe, the gourmet Italian restaurant overlooking the Gulf of Mexico at Marco Beach Ocean Resort, has earned the AAA Four Diamond restaurant designation. Sale e Pepe was the only restaurant on Marco Island receiving the prestigious rating and one of just two restaurants in Southwest Florida included in the travel club's coveted program.

The award-winning Sale e Pepe has received the AAA Four Diamond rating since 2005. It represents the upper 2.1 percent echelon of the 31,000 AAA-approved restaurants annually reviewed by AAA's inspectors.