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Old May 26, 2014 | 9:40 pm
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CalItalian
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Renaissance Downtown Chicago

Renaissance Downtown Chicago.

Been to the club lounge three times since Thursday over the long Memorial Day weekend. It was closed from noon Friday until 5 PM on Monday (normally reopens Sunday at 5).

Breakfast is served 6:30-9:30 am.
Hors d'oeuvres served from 5-7:30 pm
Dessert from 7:30-9:30 pm
Lounge closes at 10 pm (noon on Friday...open 5 pm to 10 pm on Sunday).

Wine and alcohol for an extra charge.

Staff is VERY nice.

Breakfast is fairly good except the bottled Tropicana orange juice vs. fresh squeezed in the restaurant. They self serve bottled water, Pepsi, Sierra Mist and Tropicana Juices. Scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage were offered as the hot items. There were assorted pastries and muffins (same as the restaurant) as well as fresh fruit, yogurt, cheese and breads.

Evening. Sort of lacking. Thursday they had Jalapeno poppers and empanadas. Today they had coconut chicken, egg rolls and fresh shrimp. Both days ---> Cold sliced turkey and prosciutto (both were yummy), two cheeses, salads, some fruit.

Dessert. Cookies (peanut butter both times), bite size cakes, a couple of pastries.

Over the weekend, you have the choice of the (extensive) cold buffet (includes served juices and coffee/tea) at the restaurant (voucher is for two people...up charge of $6 per person for the hot buffet which includes and omelette bar) or 175 points per day. They were highly disorganized this weekend in the restaurant and service was polite but poor.
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