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Kosher Caterers Now Have to Schlep to Fontainebleau

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 4441 Collins Ave [map], Miami Beach, FL, United States, 33140

| December 10, 2008 at 11:15 AM | 1 Comment

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 Fontainebleau in Miami: "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."

Delicate wording aside, Page Six 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!

From the Post:

Not that there won't be Orthodox bar (or bat) mitzvahs or Jewish weddings anymore - the hotel will use kosher caterers for those events. A spokeswoman informed us, "Fontainebleau will provide kosher meals for holidays upon special request and for private events."

See, super rich kids? You can still have your over-the-top bat mitzvah at the Fontainebleau; no need to throw a fit.

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Hotels Still Making Money Off Politics-Themed Gimmicks :: D.C. Foodie Edition

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 1177 15th St Nw [map], Washington, DC, United States, 20005

| September 8, 2008 at 5:40 PM | 0 Comments

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 Madison Hotel 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.

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 decades.

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It's Crunch Time and Cocktail Time for Denver DNC Hotels

Where: Denver, CO

| August 18, 2008 at 11:32 AM | 0 Comments

Denver's getting into the the political spirit for next week's Democratic National Convention -- and, apparently, that spirit has led to some inspired menu choices and some major scrambling at some of the city's hotels.

First up: food. The Rocky Mountain News highlighted the Ritz-Carlton Denver's DNC-themed offerings at their restaurant Elway:

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&M's.

As for those cocktails, we might suggest that none of them contain tequila -- you know, since Barack is all about hope and we know that all hope (for us, anyway) evaporates when tequila gets involved.

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Dinner at The Peabody: Just Don't Try and Order Duck Confit

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 149 Union Ave. [map], Memphis, TN, United States, 38103

| June 1, 2007 at 3:02 PM | 3 Comments

For everyone with an oil portrait of Robert E. Lee hanging in the Billiard Room, you and your fellow Daughters of the American Revolution should venture from the plantation to enjoy a fantastic meal at Chez Phillipe, a Forbes Traveler story on the best hotel food reports.

The French-Asian establishment, located within The Peabody hotel in Memphis, is one of the highest rated restaurants below the Mason-Dixon.

Apparently, all the restaurant buzz proves the hotel now has more than marching ducks to offer its travelers. Since 1932, when a few drunken aristocrats left their duck decoys in the hotel fountain after a day of hunting, fowl have achieved royalty status at The Peabody. According to the hotel web site:

The ducks are housed in the "Duck Palace" on the hotel roof. Every day at 11 a.m., they are led by the Duckmaster down the elevator to the Italian travertine marble fountain in the Peabody Grand Lobby. A red carpet is unrolled and the ducks march through crowds of admiring spectators to the tune of John Philip Sousa's King Cotton March. The ceremony is reversed at 5 p.m., when the ducks retire for the evening to their palace on the roof of the hotel.

Somewhere, Scrooge McDuck seethes with jealousy.

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