Thursday, July 12, 2007

Ritz-Carlton and Fearing’s Restaurant set to open on August 15

By Pegasus News wire

DALLAS — The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas and Fearing's Restaurant are scheduled to open August 15 in Uptown, bringing a new level of luxury and guest service to the sophisticated and fast-growing Dallas market.

The 218-room Ritz-Carlton is set in a new 21-story Regency-style building designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. The location is home to a newly-announced stop for the picturesque McKinney Avenue Trolley, providing complimentary passenger service to Uptown's popular shopping and dining attractions. The American Airlines Center, home to sports and entertainment events including Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars games, is within walking distance of the new hotel.

The Ritz-Carlton features the largest luxury ballroom in Dallas, a 12,000 square-foot Ritz-Carlton Spa, and Fearing's Restaurant, created by celebrity chef Dean Fearing, one of the fathers of Southwest cuisine. Seventy elegant Residences at The Ritz-Carlton also occupy the block-wide complex, a project of Fort Worth-based Crescent Real Estate Equities Company.

Guest rooms and suites at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas promise the most sumptuous stay in the city, with oversized five-fixture baths, Frette bed and bath linens, upgraded Bulgari bath amenities, flat-panel Sony High Definition televisions with HD movies and HD TV programming, DVD players, iPod® docking stations, wired and wireless Internet access and sleekly-designed coffee and tea-making facilities. Hotel suites and The Ritz-Carlton Club Level rooms and suites also feature in-mirror bathroom televisions.

The exclusive Ritz-Carlton Club Level will deliver an opulent guest experience currently not available in Dallas, including private secured access and an exclusive Club Lounge offering dedicated concierge service and five complimentary food, beverage, wine and champagne presentations per day.

Fearing's Restaurant will have as its cuisine a new category called "Elevated American" with bold flavors, no borders, celebrating farm-to-market; seven dining and gathering venues including the Sendoro open-air pavilion; fine dining in the elegant Gallery; an interactive display-kitchen experience in "Dean's Kitchen"; the colorful Rattlesnake Bar; the high-ceilinged Wine Cellar; outdoor Live Oak Bar; and patio dining surrounding lush water and garden features.

Menu standouts include:

• Barbecue shrimp taco with mango-pickled red onion salad and smoky citrus vinaigrette
• Prime cut rib eye mopped over live mesquite with cauliflower twice potatoes and crispy asparagus
• Griddled day-boat scallops on wilted Brussels sprout leaves and smoked Kentucky ham with tangerine essence
• Caramelized peach and almond crisp with mascarpone ice cream and ginger peach sauce

Chef Fearing will be on-site full-time, readily identifiable by his larger-than-life friendly persona, his ever-changing pairs of custom cowboy boots and, on occasion, his willingness to put on a show with all-chef alternative country band, the Barbwires. The Barbwires will release their first CD in time for the August 15 hotel and restaurant opening, when there'll be a formal ribbon-cutting and opening ceremony.

Source: Ritz-Carlton

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Billusa99 Anonymous

Can I get a Restaurant Week reservation? If not, I'll have to pass that week and go to The Mansion.

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twisteddog Anonymous

Do I eat this or clean the floor with it?

"Prime cut rib eye mopped over live mesquite with cauliflower twice potatoes and crispy asparagus."

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Scott Miller Verified

Rudy G is right. I'd also recommend Dodie's. It's been awhile, but last time I had BBQ shrimp at Dodie's, it was almost as good as New Orleans.

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