No visit to Key
West is complete without a trip to Café Marquesa. Adjoining the hotel on the
corner of Simonton and Fleming Streets, Café Marquesa offers "Contemporary
American Cuisine." Specialties include grilled meats and fresh, local
seafood, complemented by inventive appetizers and salads as well as fresh baked
breads and desserts made daily.
The 50-seat restaurant has a theatre-kitchen set behind a trompe l'oeil wall of
a kitchen scene. The walls are painted yellow-gold, set off by large
mahogany-framed mirrors, giving diners a view of the entire restaurant.
Specialties include Seared Brioche Dusted Yellowfin Tuna, Goat Cheese &
Pistachio
Crusted Rack of Lamb and Grilled Marinated Key West Shrimp.
Awards:
2004 - 2005 Triple A 4-Diamond Award, Zagats Survey - "Top Restaurant," DiRona
Award - (Distinguished Restaurants of North America)
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