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Order Up 'In the Raw' at Enchantment Sedona & Get Your Grill On

Where: 525 Boynton Canyon Road [map], Sedona, AZ, United States, 86336

Getting tired of the same ol', same ol' room service options? Cheeseburgers, club sandwiches, caesar salads... yawn? Then, you need to check into Enchantment Resort in Sedona and flip through the menu until you get to the section titled, Tastefully 'In the Raw.'

We had never seen such an option before, but we heartily approve: 'In the Raw' is a selection of barbecue favorites--raw meats--that are delivered to your room, with all the accompaniments, ready to cook.

Your grill is outside on your casita's patio--where it awaits your steak, along with this killer view...

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This is Not Your Usual Hotel Cheeseburger and Fries

Where: 6810 Collins Avenue [map], Miami Beach, FL, United States, 33141

Usually when we arrive at hotels, thanks to a long day of travel and the odd hotel check-in hour of 3pm, we're starving, bad. So once we get the room tour, unpack the bags, admire the view, we dial up room service and order a menu staple--cheeseburger and fries.

But at the Canyon Ranch Miami Beach which is all about healthy living and getting your diet back on track, there's no such thing as a cheeseburger and fries. There is however THIS--a Southwestern veggie burger served on a whole wheat roll and topped with avocado, lettuce, tomato and pico de gallo. On the side to much on? Healthy coleslaw.

It may be hard to believe but it was quite tasty. So much so that we ordered it from the Canyon Ranch Grill downstairs the next day. But true to spa cuisine, the portions are small and you don't feel very full. So you may have to order something else. Fortunately, each item on the menu lists the caloric intake to prevent you from totally binging.

Even better, the prices reflect the portion size. That burger is only $11. Most hotel burgers are $14 or more.

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Fairmont's New Menus Can Help You With At Least One New Year's Resolution

This is the scene from our stay at the Fairmont Pittsburgh last fall. Yes, there's both french fries and mac and cheese on that table, but hey, we were watching football. No judgements!

But if we were making New Year's resolutions about eating healthier in 2011, Fairmont Hotels would totally be our cheerleader, because on January 1 the brand launched its new Lifestyle Cuisine Plus menus. Bye bye, french fries; hello, vegan Curry Chick Pea Couscous!

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Chicken Soup For The Soul At Clift San Francisco

Where: 495 Geary Street [map], San Francisco, CA, United States, 94102

Feeling sick on the road sucks. But despite our best efforts with vitamins and flu shots, it happens to us a lot when we travel. We're going to blame the recent NY chill for our latest bout of sniffles--which we may have beaten into submission thanks to a bowl of good ol' chicken noodle soup while holed up at San Francisco's Clift Hotel this week.

We've had mixed results ordering soup from room service in the past--sometimes just getting what was clearly a packet of the cheap stuff from the market. But with its farm-to-table focus on organic California ingredients, the Velvet Room's New Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup was totally what the doctor (er, that would be us) ordered.

We knew as soon as we uncovered the bowl that the steaming clear broth would fix us right up. It had real chicken in it--can you imagine?!--along with onion, carrot and celery. After devouring it, we were feeling better already. (Making sure the room's AC was switched off also helped.)

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Park Plaza Hotel Guests Love Pizza And The Shawshank Redemption

Where: United States

What do you like to watch when kicking back in your hotel room? For us, football and ESPN tops the list but according to stats, the guests of Park Plaza Hotels love to order The Shawshank Redemption on demand, and enjoy the prison drama with a slice of pizza and a can of Red Bull.

Or, as the Ottawa Citizen put it: "Forget about what you see in the movies. The average hotel guest does not order Champagne and eggs Benedict while watching the latest big-budget epic by James Cameron."

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Will More Hotels Follow Courtyard by Marriott's Calorie-Counting Example?

Eat. Drink. Connect. Calorie-Count.

You never hear much about Courtyard by Marriott hotels ever, but when they have news at least it's pretty cool. The most recent bit is that the chain of budget hotels is about to revamp their Bistro dining concept—an open, grab-and-pay concept similar to what Aloft Hotels do—by upgrading the menus.

In particular, Courtyard by Marriott is adding calorie listings to their menu items, which includes everything from Starbucks coffee to low-fat/low-calorie muffins. Marriott claims that this will put Courtyard at the "forefront of the U.S. healthcare reform bill, which will require all chain restaurants in the U.S. to post calorie counts on their menus."

New York has already adopted a similar law, which means that we've grown used to seeing calorie listings for all food, including slices of coffeecake at Starbucks (500+!) and burritos at Chipotle (we don't even want to think about those numbers).

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Pitbull Films 'Hotel Room Service' Video at Miami's EPIC Hotel

Where: 270 Biscayne Blvd Way [map], Miami, fl, United States, 33131

Oh lordy. If you've been shopping in Forever21 lately, then you've probably heard the annoying new song from the rapper Pitbull called "Hotel Room Service." The song is just about doing it in a hotel room. Seriously. And Pitbull will get his girl whatever he wants--sort of redefining the definition of hotel room service. (But does he tip his room service waiters?)

Anyways, the video was filmed in Miami at The EPIC Hotel, of all places.

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