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Bite Into La Bistecca at the Millennium Biltmore

Where: 506 S. Grand Ave. [map], Los Angeles, CA, United States, 90071

For a long time, the cavernous Spanish-colonial gem of a former lobby at downtown Los Angeles’s Millennium Biltmore Hotel was going to waste as a way station for travelers checking in and out without giving the breathtaking hall the attention it deserved. Now, however, the hotel is putting the three-story space front and center as the location of its new Italian steakhouse, La Bistecca.

The lobby, which has touches of a bygone era like hand-carved wooden ceiling beams, Travertine walls, and an enormous chandelier that even the Phantom of the Opera would enjoy, has also added a huge rose marble fountain in the middle of the new 70-person seating area.

Carnivores can get six different cuts of steak, including a bone-in rib eye, and slow-roasted prime rib. The meats come, Sicilian-style, with a variety of simple accompaniments and sauces like the Barolo wine sauce, a mascarpone-horseradish cream, and a marinated porcini béarnaise.

Vegans might have a hard time finding something to eat here since even the salads have cream-based dressings, and all the antipasti and pasta dishes include some kind of meat, but you know what? You can hit a Whole Foods anytime, this is for a special night out at an old-school steakhouse.

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Millennium Hotels Start a Grander Version in Asia

The Asian region of the Millenium Hotels chain have just found a great way to increase room rates: just create a new brand by sticking the word "Grand" in front of your old one.

Okay, that's the cynical take on the news, and as we haven't yet been inside a Grand Millennium we should probably reserve our judgment. In any case, there are already four Grand Millennium Hotels operating, after Sukhumvit Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur opened last October, and then during 2008 the Grand Millennium Dubai and Beijing hotels have also started operations under the new branding.

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New Hotel Newsletter Ripping Off Marriott

As we reminded you earlier today, Bill Marriott has a blog. It's called Marriott on the Move. Which if you think about it is a funny name for the blog of a CEO who wants you to spend the night at his place.

Anyway, we were shocked (shocked!) when we got an email today from Millennium Hotels and Resorts, they of the Millennium Broadway in NYC. The title of their new e-newsletter? Millennium on the Move.

Despite ripping off the Marriott on the Move name, Millennium Hotels is steering clear of the blog format by publishing a quarterly e-newsletter. Guess that means we should look forward to more news from the chain on May 1. Thanks for keeping us up to date, guys!

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