Have a Seat at Marriott International's New Restaurant & Bar Showcase

BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --  JW Marriott, Sr. and Alice S. Marriott started the company in 1927 with a 14-seat root beer stand in Washington, D.C.  Now Marriott International has thousands of restaurants and bars and serves millions of guests each year in its more than 3,600 hotels the world over.  Today the company launches its new Restaurant & Bar Showcase, a website that tells the stories of some of the company's most popular restaurants and bars.  Whether partnering with a celebrity chef such as Laurent Tourondel or Kerry Simon or creating a destination restaurant or bar, these are among the best in the world, attracting both hotel guests and locals alike.

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The Restaurant & Bar Showcase is illustrated with photos from each of the locations, which are in JW Marriott, Marriott Hotels & Resorts and Renaissance properties.  It also links to the outlets' homepages and, where available, to Open Table or other equivalent sites, where a reservation can be made.  For those who want to try their hand behind the bar, the site features classic cocktail recipes from some of Marriott's top mixologists. For more information watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e-0Q1z85ig&feature=player_profilepage    

Divided by region, the restaurants and bars include:  

Americas  

• 606 Congress at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront;
• SolielK, featuring seasonal California dishes and Altitude, named by Playboy Magazine as one of the hottest bars in the US, both at the San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter;
• Rita's Kitchen and Laurent Tourondel's iconic BLT Steak, both at the JW Marriott Camelback Inn Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona;
• Brasserie Lipp at the JW Marriott Mexico City;
• High Velocity, the popular sports bar with a 120- foot wrap around video screen at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country;
• Rock-and-roll chef Kerry Simon's LA Market at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at  LA LIVE;  
• Chef Dean Max's Latitude 41 at the Renaissance Columbus in Ohio;
• Mercat A La Planxa at the historic Renaissance Blackstone in Chicago;
• Chef Melissa Kelly's award-winning Primo Restaurant, which features fresh ingredients picked from the hotel gardens at the JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes and the JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resorts;
• Summer Winter, Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier's restaurant at the Boston Marriott Burlington truly embodies the farm-to-table mantra.

Europe  

• The Berlin Marriott's hot Catwalk Bar featuring mixologist Lynn Stark's tea infused cocktails;
• London's Grosvenor House: A JW Marriott Hotel's authentic American steakhouse JW Steakhouse;
• Le Relais Du Parc at the Renaissance Paris Le Parc Trocadero;
• Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey's maze at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square;
• Pinxo at the Renaissance Paris Vendome;
• The historic Saddle Room at The Shelbourne Dublin – a Renaissance Hotel.

Asia

• Michelin-starred Cantonese restaurant Dynasty at the Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View in Hong Kong;
• Food Street at the China Hotel – A Marriott Hotel in Guangzhou celebrating the best of Chinese cooking;
• Fratelli Fresh, the Renaissance Mumbai Hotel & Convention Center's Italian restaurant, which uses its own garden to incorporate the freshest ingredients;
• Kabuki, the JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa's dramatic Japanese restaurant; the JW Marriott Beijing's sophisticated Loong Bar known for its Dragon Iced Tea;  
• Renaissance Bangkok Ratchaprasong's R Bar, which is a social hub from morning till night;
• Shakahari at the Pune Marriott in India, which offers authentic Asian cuisine from Thailand, Japan and China;
• Tsu and Nami, the JW Marriott Bangkok's sushi and teppanyaki bars linked by a sake bar in the middle.

For more information on both the hotels and their restaurants, visit www.marriott.com.

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