http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-25T02:37:05Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20Food http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/10/32742/328 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/palmerhousebrownie.jpg" class="top"> <p>Chicago's <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Palmer+House+Hilton/ian/151856">Palmer House Hilton</a></b> has some serious bragging rights when it comes to dessert. <b>The hotel invented the brownie</b>. According the Palmer House, socialite and owner Bertha Palmer asked the hotel chefs to create a sweet for the Women's Pavilion at the the World&#146;s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and they came up with the all-magnificent brownie. <p>We headed to the Palmer House to see if the first brownie house served up a killer dose of chocolatey goodness after 116 years. The newest brownie incarnation in the hotel restaurant, Lockwood, is different from the original treat, which supposedly had an apricot glaze and nuts. Our version, our waiter told us, is only the base of Bertha's original Jennifer Kester 2009-11-10T09:19:25-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/28/214727/477 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/LoewsM_chicken.jpg" class="top"><p> <p>Remember TV dinners? Oh, the excitement they signaled. A big TV show about to start (like <i>Knight Rider!</i>), getting to sit on the couch with a cute little tray in front of you, and, um, the food. Right. Well, two out of three ain't bad. And if the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Loews+Miami+Beach+Hotel/ian/150417"><b>Loews Miami Beach Hotel</b></a> gets its way, TV dinners will now be known as delicious.</p> <p>The property, one of the few on the South Beach strip that dares to promote itself as "family friendly" is introducing new kids' menus at its poolside Nautilus Bar and Grill, and at the hotel's signature restaurant, Preston's Brasserie, where "Floribbean" cuisine is the order of the day. And, yup, the new kiddie MsRebecca 2009-09-29T09:28:50-05:00 25.7890920 -80.130157 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/12/10/101450/45 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/fontainebleauext.jpg" class="top"> <p>Oh, Page Six. Not only can we always come to you for the dirtiest gossip, but we know we can always count on you for the classiest ledes. Like this one, kicking off a story about the newly renovated <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Fontainebleau+Resort/local/998">Fontainebleau in Miami</a></b>: "Miami Beach has changed a lot from the days when so many thousands of elderly Jews retired there, it was called "God's waiting room." <p>Delicate wording aside, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12102008/gossip/pagesix/kosher_in_exile_143451.htm">Page Six</a> in today's NY Post does raise a pretty good question: where did the kosher kitchen go? Apparently, the property closed for the massive renovations and reopened minus the separate, entirely kosher kitchen. Oh noes! <p>From the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12102008/gossip/pagesix/kosher_in_exile_143451.htm">Post</a>: <blockquote><p>Not that there won't be Orthodox Jenna 2008-12-10T11:15:28-05:00 25.8179250 -80.122103 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/8/161241/4669 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/palette_dc_madison.png" class="imgborder"> <p>Since the hotel industry is never one to shy away from banking off of whatever political happening may roll in some extra dough, the Loews <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Madison+Hotel+-+A+Loews+Hotel/ian/111990">Madison Hotel</a></b> is offering a special Inauguration Menu from January 10-25, 2009 to give you ample time to celebrate the inauguration of your candidate of choice -- or drown your sorrows in a bellyfull of toffee pudding or praline souffle. <p>Chef Arnel Esposo of Palette restaurant will cook up his versions of official inaugural luncheon food from over the years -- that is, a three-course, prix fixe menu inspired by (not replicating!) the food served at the luncheons hosted by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies over the last few Jenna 2008-09-08T17:40:32-05:00 38.9052950 -77.034029 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/18/11293/5405 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/denver2008.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p>Denver's getting into the the political spirit for next week's <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/DNC%202008%20Hotels">Democratic National Convention</a></b> -- and, apparently, that spirit has led to some inspired menu choices and some major scrambling at some of the city's hotels. <p>First up: food. The <a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/14/dining-briefs-foraging-at-the-dnc/">Rocky Mountain News</a> highlighted the <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Ritz+Carlton+Denver/ian/261391">Ritz-Carlton Denver</a></b>'s DNC-themed offerings at their restaurant Elway: <blockquote><p>Expect cocktails like Barack on the Rocks, the Changing Tide, the O'Pama Granite martini and Media Madness as well as Obamalettes, Ba'Rack shrimp appetizers, "Yes We Can!" pancakes, Ballot Box Brownies and Campaign '08 trail mix, complete, of course, with blue M&amp;M's.</p></blockquote> <p>As for those cocktails, we might suggest that none of them contain tequila -- you know, since Barack is Jenna 2008-08-18T11:32:20-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/