Bonita Springs' Shangri-La resort, Buffalo Chips restaurant weather Hurricane Irma

Although parts of Bonita Springs remained flooded Tuesday — more than a week after Hurricane Irma roared across Southwest Florida — some of the city's venerable institutions weathered the storm.

The Shangri-La Springs, a historic resort in downtown Bonita Springs that was built in 1921, sustained "zero damage" to its building, General Manager Lee Bellamy said, and the property's two 80-year-old Mysore fig trees will pull through, too.

"They just need to get cleaned up," Bellamy said of the famous trees, which tower over the property's courtyard and had some of their mighty branches mangled by the powerful winds.

"They're going to be fine. ... Didn't damage the root system at all."

The giant Mysore fig trees are two of only four in all of Southwest Florida, said John Domanski, the property's facilities and maintenance manager.

That number grew even smaller after the ferocious hurricane uprooted a large Mysore fig tree on the property of the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers. Another — bigger — Mysore fig tree at the Estates survived the storm.

"These are pretty strong trees," Domanski said.

The resort suffered "a complete loss to very few trees," and its organic garden survived the storm, too, sustaining minimal damage, Bellamy said.

"We really didn't lose anything," he said. "It's just a lot of cleanup.

"We were very fortunate."

The hotel, which continues to conduct renovations in its main house, plans to bring in some heavier machinery, including a crane, to finish cleaning the courtyard.

"Now it's time to bring in the big boys," Bellamy said.

As has been the case throughout Bonita Springs, the resort's nearby waterway — the Oak Creek — rose threateningly high following the storm, but unlike other properties around town, the hotel was spared any flood damage.

The creek's water rose between 5 and 7 feet, Bellamy said.

"We couldn't access the south side of the property on either of our bridges," he said.

About a mile north on Old 41 Road, another longtime Bonita Springs establishment was spared the worst.

Buffalo Chips restaurant, which turned 35 years old this month, sustained some roof damage to its restaurant and a trailer behind the business where some of the employees live, General Manager Sally Majestic said, but was open for business in less than a week.

"This place has been here forever," said Majestic, who is the cousin of Chip Greenwood, the restaurant's owner. "We are really counting our blessings."

After the area suffered widespread flooding just weeks before the hurricane hit, the restaurant got rid of some nearby trees, Majestic said.

"We had a couple of big trees that were already coming out from the flooding that we were able to get a tree service out before the hurricane to get that cut down," she said. "Because that was, like, right by our lines, our power lines, that would've been a nightmare."

And in another stroke of luck, the restaurant's motel housed some Florida Power and Light employees who were able to restore power to the business early last week, allowing it to reopen Thursday.

"We were lucky that it wasn't a big issue and it wasn't the trees or anything involved," Majestic said.

The restaurant's motel blocked off its rooms online to keep the bulk of the 11 rooms available for cleanup crews or residents in need of temporary lodging, Majestic said.

Ever since the hurricane hit, the motel has been slammed with requests for rooms.

"We have so many people in this area," she said. "So we're closing down all our outside reservations and only taking care of our community."

FEMA town hall in Bonita Springs

When: 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22

Where: First Presbyterian Church, 9751 Bonita Beach Road

What: FEMA representatives will be at the town hall meeting to discuss FEMA eligibility and answer questions.

Needed to apply for FEMA assistance:Social Security number, daytime telephone number, current mailing address and address and ZIP code of the damaged property, private insurance information, if available.

Applicants can pre-register online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-FEMA (3362).