Chef José Andrés and his team were debating the dining room’s gold facade. Was it too shiny? Would the travertine limestone be preserved? It was June 2015, a year before the chef was to open his fine-dining restaurant in the new Trump International Hotel. Plans were being finalized. Tentatively called Topo Atrio, the restaurant would
The former beverage manager at the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore is suing the hotel¿s operator for wrongful or abusive discharge, harassment, gender discrimination and for creating a hostile work environment.
In the suit, Tiffany Dawn Cianci claims she was harassed repeatedly by her superiors and ultimately terminated after refusing to sell alcohol that she believed was acquired outside of Maryland law. She also cites what the suit called ¿humiliating¿ practices related to pumping breast milk for her infant.
Two and a half stars for Loch Bar in Boca Raton, a new seafood restaurant in Mizner Park from the same Baltimore-based ownership group as Ouzo Bay. It's a striking room with some exquisite seafood, but miscues in preparation and service marred the pricey experience.