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Renaissance Hotels' Iron Chef Bloody Mary's Are a Good Way to Celebrate Mother’s Day
Renaissance Hotels have partnered with Jose Garces, Food Network’s Iron Chef and the chef of Mercat a la Planxa inside the Renaissance Blackstone Chicago, to come up with a limited-edition Bloody Mary menu to honor mothers everywhere. These bloody good drinks get their inspiration from some of the world’s...
May 03, 2013
Where Should the NATO Bigwigs Stay in Chicago?
Any world leader would be a fool to miss dining in the Peninsula's opulent Lobby restaurant With more than two-dozen world leaders, thousands of attendees and nearly as many protestors making their way to Chicago this weekend for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, we’re tracking the action...
May 18, 2012
What Can You Get for $5 at the Blackstone Chicago? Quite a Lot Actually
Nowadays, it's hard to get a hotel breakfast for under $10, but the Blackstone Renaissance is doing what seems to be the impossible: offering breakfast and lunch for only 5 smackers at its new Bodega N. 5. Most foodies head to the hotel to dine at Mercat a la...
June 20, 2011
Batman and the Incredible Hulk Show Up at the Blackstone Renaissance
Chicago's Blackstone Renaissance may be 100 years old, but it's showing that you don't have to be stuffy in your old age. The hotel is keeping itself youthful with a new Pop Art exhibit that features everything from superheroes to cartoon characters. On display in the hotel's Art Hall,...
May 12, 2011
The Cochon 555 Traveling Pork Party Brings Top Chefs to Chicago and Denver Hotels
Foodies will want to pig out at Cochon 555, a traveling culinary competition that features five chefs cooking up a snout-to-tail menu of heritage breed oinkers. The pork party will come to the Renaissance Blackstone Chicago on March 20 and the Ritz-Carlton Denver, the Southwest regional contest, on April...
March 15, 2011
Two Last-Minute Hotels to Go Green for Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Festivities
If you plan on hitting up Chicago's Saint Patrick's Day Parade tomorrow but didn't reserve your hotel yet, the luck of the Irish must be on your side. The Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel, which is right off the parade route's end at South Columbus Drive and Balbo Drive, still...
March 11, 2011
Get Your Own Customized Graffiti Art at Chicago's Blackstone Renaissance
We've already told you about the cool "Outlaw" graffiti exhibit at the Blackstone Renaissance. But if you dig the exhibit, you can now get a personalized piece of graffiti art from an artist who has a piece in the show. As part of the hotel's Outlaw Art package, General...
March 19, 2010
Graffiti Artist Tags the Blackstone Renaissance's Walls
Looks like Chicago's Blackstone Renaissance is trying to earn more street cred with "Outlaw," a new graffiti exhibit at the hotel. Apparently this isn't the first time the Blackstone's gone a little gangsta. Charles “Lucky” Luciano and Al Capone used to hang out at the hotel. The latter notorious...
February 22, 2010
The US Grant and the Blackstone Renaissance Turn the Big 1-0-0
The US Grant Lobby. Two historic U.S. hotels are celebrating their 100th birthdays this year, but they want to give you a gift instead of vice versa. To mark the centennial festivities, San Diego's U.S. Grant and Chicago's Blackstone Renaissance are offering discounts and prizes.The Grant is asking former guests...
January 13, 2010
The Blackstone Chicago's Top Toque Gets Named the 'Next Iron Chef'
Mercat a la Planxa's chef de cuisine J. Michael Fiorello and executive chef/Iron Chef Jose Garces. Jose Garces recently won the Food Network's Next Iron Chef competition, putting him in the distinguished culinary ranks of Mario Batali, Cat Cora and Bobby Flay. But there seems to be a bit...
December 02, 2009
See Chicago With Flair With The Blackstone's Wheel Deal
Forget renting a car during your trip to Chicago. If you buy The Blackstone's Bike Chicago package, you'll get a duo of collapsible two-wheelers to take your own tour of the Windy City. It's a win-win, since it's environmentally friendly and it sure beats the hotel's staggering $47 daily...
August 18, 2009
A Fugly Hotel Carpeting Wonderland
Welcome to the latest installment of our Hotel Carpet series, where we take it upon ourselves to call out the most offensive hotel carpeting we come across. Behold this shot of the lobby of the historic Marriott Renaissance Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, which was recently given a gigantic makeover to...
March 04, 2009
"Stay In the Black" With $99 Rooms at The Blackstone Chicago
We thought we knew all of the hotels in Chicago, but apparently we didn't spend enough time indulging The Untouchables fantasies in the South Loop, as The Blackstone has just hit upon our radar because of their $99 room deal. Aptly named the "Stay In the Black" deal, The...
March 02, 2009
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