Restaurants at hotels throughout Florida are also making news nowadays, giving planners some interesting culinary ideas that attendees will remember long after they go back to brown-bagging it at home.
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Key West’s Casa Marina, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, introduced a "fish concierge" at the property’s Sun-Sun Beach Bar & Grill. The chef will identify, fillet and cook guests’ catch at the restaurant, located in an open-air wood pavilion and specializing in tantalizing seafood and tropical salads.
- The Seafoam Dining Room, an oceanfront classic for more than half a century at the AAA Five Diamond Ponte Vedra Inn and Club, has emerged from an elegant makeover, but the menu is still an epicure’s nirvana of continental favorites and fresh seafood.
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For unparalleled freshness and taste, the Augustine Grille at the Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa in Ponte Vedra Beach features farm-to-table cuisine, using ingredients sourced from local fishermen, farmers and culinary artisans.
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The Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa will unveil its renovated Barefoots Beachside Bar & Grill this spring.
- Meanwhile, groups can meet for a cocktail reception and sample signature dishes from participating restaurants during the new "Taste of the Village" at the Village of Baytowne Wharf, part of Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort.