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Killer View
Room with a Killer View: Hilton Monona Terrace
July 12, 2007 at 4:09 PM | 0 Comments
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.
Today we present the view from Room 1131 at the Hilton Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisc. The photo was dropped into the HotelChatter Flicr Pool by member ajbelongia--thanks you!
Ajbelongia writes of the view, which you may at first realize is not so killer:
It's not often I want a room with a few of the roof of the adjoining building but in this case the roof is a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
And that makes it all the better.
Related Stories:
· Hotels in Madison [HotelChatter]
Hotel News
Hotel Restaurant in Madison Spices Things Up
August 2, 2006 at 4:11 PM | 0 Comments
[Ed. Note: Every now and then we like to take some time out and recognize that the Midwest is not just a flyover zone between LA and NY. So if you ever get dropped in Madison, Wisconsin, stay calm. There are actually some things to do there, namely eating. Hotel Maven Courtney reports from her first-hand experience with the city.]
In a city that has more restaurants per capita than anywhere else in the country, you can bet on some good food to satisfy your taste buds while you study these strange Midwestern surroundings. This also means hotel restaurants have to compete harder to keep the food snobs interested.
Madison is an island in the sea of Wisconsin that is full of diversity, a place where haute cuisine sidles up cozily next to neighbors of a Lebanese cafe and a Vietnamese noodle shop. So the hotel restaurant scene has not really had it's time in the spotlight yet.
The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club is trying to fix that though. They have recently hired a new executive chef, Charles Lazzareschi from San Francisco to head up their new Mediterranean-cuisine restaurant called Ovations.
Dishes include "prosciutto and manchego terrine, roasted rack of lamb with artichoke mashed potatoes and the chef's signature dish, confit of duck with porcini filled crepes and orange-raspberry reduction."
Charles' vision is to use only the freshest ingredients and feature those flavors in each dish," said Stephen Zanoni, General Manager of The Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club. "He believes food should have a flavor that people recognize and presents each dish in an artistic, natural way.
Seeing as the hotel is located right on the "Square", a social part of the city, this hotel restaurant stands a real chance at bringing in hungry hoards, even the ones still trying to figure out where the heck they are.
Related Stories:
· Madison Concourse Hotel Appoints Lazzareschi as New Executive Chef [Hospitality.Net]
· Concourse Hotel Reviews [TripAdvisor]
Hotels
Offensive Floral Prints at Edgewater
May 24, 2006 at 4:09 PM | 0 Comments
Depsite this hotel's groovy history, the terribly gaudy and old-fashioned floral prints are ruining the fun at The Edgewater Hotel is downtown Madison.
The hotel sits right on Lake Monona and is within walking distance of Frank Lloyd Wright's Monona Terrace. This old school hotel puts you right in the action of Madtown, especially during the summer when the city comes alive. Plus it's a relatively cheap getaway with plenty of package deals.
But those damned floral printed duvets...oh yeah and on the carpet in the lobby...and the sofas! Thankfully, the great views of the lake outside and the ever-so-charming Pier Café and other adjoined restaurants offer some refuge from the floral prints. And besides, you can turn your duvet inside out if it comes down to that.
Further confirming our suspicions that no one likes these floral prints, the hotel web site offers no decent-sized pictures of the rooms for potential guests to look at.
Related Stories:
· Edgewater Hotel Reviews [Trip Advisor]
· Elvis on the Edgewater [HotelChatter]
