Late afternoon at the Dalí Museum ends at the gift shop, and then the waterfront doors open onto Bayshore Drive. From there, Central Avenue is a few blocks north. That short distance is why so many visitors look up restaurants near the Dali Museum before they even leave the galleries.

Kitchen Hours Downtown

Most downtown kitchens start dinner around 5 p.m. Fortu, for example, seats from 5 to 9 Sunday through Thursday and until 10 on Friday and Saturday. A visitor who leaves the museum at 5:30 can walk over, check in and be ordering before 6.

Booking From a Phone

Online booking forms ask for a date, a time and a party size. Fortu’s form offers half-hour slots and party sizes from one person up to 8+. Groups larger than that usually call the restaurant directly, and the number on Fortu’s site is (727) 500-2918.

The Walk North

The route follows the waterfront parks past the Mahaffey Theater. It is flat. Visitors parked in a city garage can leave the car where it is and walk both ways.

Shared Plates After the Galleries

A shared-plate menu arrives in rounds. Two or three dishes land on the table, everyone takes a bite, and the next order goes in when the table is ready for it. Fortu’s own site describes every plate as built to be shared, and that suits a group still talking about the paintings they saw an hour earlier.

Inside a Historic Hotel

Fortu occupies the ground floor of the Ponce de Leon Hotel at 97 Central Ave. Several restaurants near Dali Museum visitors walk to sit inside older downtown buildings like this one.

Reservations at Fortu cover its Michelin-recommended, Japanese-inspired menu of shared plates, a short walk from the museum.