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The Charleston Grill
The hotel's fine dining option, this Mobil Four-Star, AAA Four-Diamond restaurant serves up incredibly delicious cuisine with excellent service. The menu is divided into four sections, each with its own theme. The Lush menu offers substantial French fare (caviar, duck confit with blackberries and prime beef tenderloin among the offerings). The Pure menu concentrates on simpler, lighter dishes (such as vegetarian plates and lamb chops in lemon rosemary jus). The Southern menu is just what it sounds like and includes dishes like Okeechobee catfish and fried oysters and guinea hen with country ham-butternut squash pirlou. The last category, the Cosmopolitan menu, highlights foreign food, such as Thai beef salad, tuna sashimi and creamy polenta and white truffle fondue. The restaurant's award-winning 1,300-label wine list, kept in a $1 million wine cellar, is equally impressive.
The children's menu offers a good selection of standard kid's fare.
The Charleston Grill is open for dinner daily from 6:00 p.m. (closing at 10 p.m. on weekdays and at 10:30 p.m. on weekends). The bar is open daily from 5 p.m. to midnight. (Jackets and ties are not required; business casual dress is acceptable.)
The Palmetto Cafe
The hotel's more casual, family-friendly eatery is located in a garden-like setting with potted palms and a central courtyard featuring a lovely bronze fountain. The fare here is American cuisine made with fresh, local ingredients. Saturday and Sunday brunch is a highlight, with gourmet omelets, eggs benedicts, apple wood smoked bacon, stone ground grits, caramel brioche, fresh fruit and pastries. The café is open daily for breakfast from 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Saturday and Sunday Brunch begins at 9:00 a.m.)
The Thoroughbred Club
The club is a bar located right off the lobby, adjacent to the grand staircase. It's home to the oldest Jockey Club in America, founded in 1792 (although the track closed in 1882). But this is not just a bar. Traditional English-style tea is served here on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. -- white tablecloths and all. (Some guests even wear hats and white gloves!) You can choose from a selection of imported loose leaf teas served in a hand-painted Austrian teapot with an assortment of finger sandwiches, freshly baked scones with preserves and honey, crumpets with whipped cream, fresh cream and lemon tarts, tea cookies, and truffles. Another option during teatime is the special South of Broad Tea, which includes open-faced tea sandwiches with smoked salmon and smoked duck topped with fig. As you sip and munch away, a classic pianist or guitarist performs live. The club is open daily from 11 a.m. until midnight.
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