Business Food & Drinks
Park Hyatt Masters of Food & Wine South America Preview and Show
Park Hyatt hotel in Philly, D.C. and Chicago will each play host to local previews of the Masters of Food & Wine South America this September. The preview will provide a little taste of the five day food and wine festival, which will be held at the Park Hyatt Mendoza and Palacio Duhau-Park Hyatt in Buenos Aires. The U.S. events will feature visiting Argentine chefs, to showcase the Argentine cuisine, wine and entertainment of the country. They will go down as follows:
Park Hyatt Philadelphia - September 17, 2007
Park Hyatt Washington D.C. - September 19, 2007
Park Hyatt …
Date: August 13th, 2007 |
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Hilton & Doubletree Top Bar Chef
Hilton and Doubletree just announced the winners of the Top Bar Chef competition, held in New Orleans last week. Bartenders from hotels around the country duked it out for the honor and Mirjana Kucan from the Hilton in Austin, Texas took home the top honors for her cocktail creation the Hot Summer Night and Nathan Meyer from the Doubletree Hotel Denver, Colorado scored with his Thai Mojito Tini. Sounds tasty, huh? Don’t worry, recipes follow…
These cocktails will appear in the Hilton “Travel.Taste.Toast.” and Doubletree “Exotic Escapes” beverage menus …
Date: July 27th, 2007 |
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Restaurant Review: Riz Raz in Copenhagen, Denmark
* Name: Riz Raz
* Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
* Open For: Lunch, Dinner
* Under Review: Dinner
* Price Range: Medium
* Fare: Vegetarian
* Full Bar: Yes
* Food Score (out of 10): 6
* Service Score (out of 10): 5
* Reservations: Yes
* BT Blog Recommends?: No
* Booking Information:
2 locations - check with your hotel
* Website: None
* Review: I’m not normally a girl to go along with the crowd, in restaurant selection or otherwise, but I decided to join my co-workers for dinner at Riz-Raz on a recent trip to Copenhagen. This was my first trip …
Date: July 5th, 2007 |
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Odyssey Lifestyle Las Vegas: The Seventh Annual Food, Wine and Art Festival (November 8 - 11)
The Seventh Annual Odyssey Lifestyle Food, Wine and Arts Festival is set to take place in Las Vegas from November 8 to 11, 2007. And tickets are on sale now if you can’t wait to go. This festival showcases Las Vegas’ celebrity chefs, sommeliers, fine dining restaurants and renowned artists.
The festival was co-founded by Virginia and Mark Martino. “We have a lot of surprises in store this year, including some major celebrity guests. Anyone who is passionate about food, wine and the arts comes to Odyssey Las Vegas,” commented Virginia.
The four-day event …
Date: June 25th, 2007 |
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Restaurant Review: Jose Cuervo Tequileria in Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
* Name: Jose Cuervo Tequileria
* Location: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
* Open For: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
* Under Review: Lunch
* Price Range: Airport (what do you expect)
* Fare: Mexican
* Full Bar: Yes
* Food Score (out of 10): 4
* Service Score (out of 10): 8
* BT Blog Recommends?: No
* Website: none
* Review: I hate to give a bad review. Especially if the staff is SUPER nice, as they are at the Jose Cuervo Tequileria. But you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do. I had the tequila lime chicken tacos …
Date: June 17th, 2007 |
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Restaurant Review: La Casa Del Taco in McAllen, Texas
* Name: La Casa Del Taco
* Location: McAllen, Texas (just this side of Renosa, Mexico)
* Open For: Lunch, Dinner
* Under Review: Dinner
* Price Range: Low
* Fare: Mexican
* Full Bar: Yes
* Food Score (out of 10): 8
* Service Score (out of 10): 9
* Reservations: No
* BT Blog Recommends?: Yes
* Booking Information:
1100 W Houston Ave.
Mcallen, Texas
(956) 631-8193
* Website: None
* Review: Strange things were afoot at the Casa Del Taco, but the food was still pretty awesome. I had the Sombrero plate, which is code for fajitas with cheese melted on …
Date: August 11th, 2007 |
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Restaurant Review: Da Gennaro Restaurant in Little Italy, New York
* Name: Da Gennaro Restaurant
* Location: Little Italy, NYC
* Open For: Lunch, Dinner
* Under Review: Dinner
* Price Range: High
* Fare: Italian
* Full Bar: Yes
* Food Score (out of 10): 5
* Service Score (out of 10): 6
* Reservations: Yes
* BT Blog Recommends?: No
* Booking Information:
129 Mulberry Street
New York, NY 10013
* Website: None
* Review: First of all, I should know better than to eat at some tourist trap on Mulberry Street. That being said, my roommates and I plopped down at a table at Da Gennaro last night after …
Date: July 26th, 2007 |
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Date: June 30th, 2007 |
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Starwood Hotels Trans-Fat Free
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is the latest big corporation to announce its goal to eliminate all artificial trans-fats from the food and beverage operations at more than 400 hotels in the U. S., Canada and the Caribbean by the end of 2007. This includes food served at Starwood-operated restaurants, banquets, catering, room service, bars and lounges. Starwood’s efforts to eliminate artificial trans-fats in its food service is a result of a two-year process at its hotels in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, including Sheraton, Westin, Four Points by Sheraton, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Le Meridien, and …
Date: June 24th, 2007 |
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Restaurant Review: Cafe Klaser in Heber Springs, Arkansas
* Name: The Cafe Klaser
* Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas
* Open For: Lunch, Dinner
* Under Review: Lunch
* Price Range: Medium
* Fare: American
* Full Bar: Yes
* Food Score (out of 10): 9
* Service Score (out of 10): 8
* Reservations: Yes
* BT Blog Recommends?: YES!
* Booking Information:
Hwy 110 East (across from Swinging Bridge Resort)
Heber Springs, AR 72543
(501) 206-0688
cafeklaser@yahoo.com
* Website: http://www.cafeklaser.com/
* Review: Granted Heber Springs is a little out-of-the-way of the normal business travel circuit, but if you find your way there you’re in luck. …
Date: June 15th, 2007 |
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