No coupon required: discounts on dining in Miami

GONE are the days of paying for coupons. dinely, a restaurant discount application announced its official launch in Miami available for iOS and Android.

dinely features over 40 restaurants in the #Miami area giving offers up to 50% off the entire restaurant bill, including alcohol, just by booking through its platform at absolutely no cost.

The two best parts for the user besides it being free? You don’t even have to show a coupon. And the discounts cover your entire bill. That means drinks, meals, appetizers, and desserts are all included in your percentage off which ranges from 10-50%.


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Apulia & Salento Food & Wine Tours

IN today’s era, food and wine tours are the most attractive element of the tourism experience. Outside dining is common among tourists and the tasty food is supposed to rank alongside climate, accommodation, and scenery. Keeping all that points in mind, Italy Luxury Tours step forward to offer you the best food & wine tours to the famous cities of #Italy which are Apulia & Salento.

Food and wine tour to Apulia and Salento for 7 nights/8 days operated by Italy Luxury Tours have brought together the best local food collectives to give an amazing experience in and around this ancient Italy towns. As everyone knows that Apulia is a region whose symbolic side is the balance of foods and wines deriving both from land and sea, so this #foodandwine tours offered by Italy Luxury Tours will let you refine your senses for delicious wine and foods.

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Dine out down under the stars

AUSTRALIA'S first under-the-stars dining experience, the iconic Sounds of Silence, celebrated an incredible 25 years of operation this year, with a gala celebration held on 21 March 2018. Upon opening its ‘doors’ in 1993, guests from all over the world immediately embraced the concept of dining in the middle of the Australian desert with magnificent views of #Uluru and nothing but the vast expanse of the night sky above and the experience has wowed guests every night since. 

With the magic of sunset over Uluru combined with the drama of being surrounded in red dunes and, as night falls, the majesty of the night sky with thousands of stars, many of which are not able to be viewed elsewhere in the world, it is an unforgettable evening. With such a winning formula, the #experience has remained largely unchanged throughout the last 25 years – guests still arrive to the lyrical sound of the Didgeridoo and enjoy sparkling wine and canapes while viewing sunset over Uluru and Kata Tjuta, a star talk during dinner brings the night sky to life and telescopes are available for closer viewing. 

www.ayersrockresort.com.au/experiences/detail/sounds-of-silence   


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10th Anniversary of dineL.A.

THE milestone 10th anniversary of dineL.A. commemorates the city’s diverse and distinctive chefs and restaurants that have earned Los Angeles the title of “most exciting food city in America" - Discover Los Angeles announces the dates of Winter dineL.A. 2018, taking place January 12-26, 2018. 

The 15-day dining event kicks off a celebratory year commemorating the program’s landmark 10th anniversary, showcasing the diversity of culinary talent and dining excellence across Los Angeles, spanning the last decade.

Visitors and locals can enjoy specially-priced lunch and dinner menus at more than 300 dineL.A. restaurants. The value-driven lunch menus range from $15, $20, and $25, with dinner menus priced at $29, $39, and $49, and beginning at $95 for the Exclusive Series. 

Back by popular demand, the Exclusive Series presented by American Express offers diners a chance to enjoy some of L.A.’s most luxurious restaurants across the city, including Providence, Spago Beverly Hills, The Royce, BOA Steakhouse, and The Arthur J.

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Up in the air . . .

PROUDLY celebrating the country's talent and achievement during a banner year for Canadian culture, Air #Canada presents the top 30 nominees for Canada's Best New Restaurants, in partnership with lead sponsor American Express. The highly anticipated longlist will be made public today on CanadasBestNewRestaurants.com.

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Orlando Magical Dining returns in the Fall

FROM internationally renowned chefs to home-grown venues, #Orlando is a destination where the culinary possibilities are both fresh and seemingly endless. Theme parks restaurants keep Central Florida on the map with award-winning dining, and independent restaurateurs bring fresh concepts to the table. Whether locally owned or part of expanding franchises, many of the destination's newest restaurants mirror the national trends: American cuisine, farm-friendly menus and simple food with regional accents. Nationally, Orlando has emerged as a prominent dining destination, and continues to grow in both quantity and quality of flavors.

Visit Orlando's Magical Dining Month, sponsored by American Express, returns Aug. 25 - Oct. 1 with an unprecedented number of restaurants - more than 100 - each offering a three-course, prix fixe dinner menu for just $35 per person. 

Celebrating its 12th year, the popular dining initiative provides a variety of options for local foodies or visiting gourmands who are looking to try out a local favorite or one of the hottest new venues added to Orlando's growing culinary scene. For the first time, six restaurants from Walt Disney World Resort hotels join the program's growing line-up.

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Hong Kong: Old Town Central

THE #HongKong Tourism Board (HKTB) launched a new programme earlier this year – “Old Town Central”, consolidating unique tourism hotspots in Central and Sheung Wan.

To provide visitors with a unique perspective when exploring this area, five themed walking routes have been thoughtfully designed, highlighting historical architecture and landmarks, arts and culture, dining outlets and lifestyle boutiques.

The HKTB will also work with trade partners to promote guided tours focusing on the richness of Central, and local celebrities as well as long-time expats to introduce the district’s charms and hidden gems through PR campaigns and digital platforms.

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Raise your glass

PM & Vänner in Växjö is the first and only restaurant in Sweden to be awarded the Grand Award by Wine Spectator. 

Only 85 restaurants around the world have received Wine Spectator’s Grand Award. The Grand Award is symbolised by three glasses, which corresponds to the three stars of the Michelin Guide, that means the restaurant is considered to be “worth making a special trip for”. So why don`t you treat yourself with a trip to Sweden and PM & Vänner! 

http://www.pmrestauranger.se

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Al Fresco Dining tops in Palm Springs

SIX restaurants in Palm Springs have been ranked in OpenTable.com’s “100 Best Al Fresco Dining Restaurants in America 2017.” These awarded restaurants are a reflection of more than 10 million combined opinions from submitted reviews by verified OpenTable diners, which cover a range of over 25,000 restaurants across the United States.

In no particular order, the winning Al Fresco restaurants from #PalmSprings includes: Copley’s on Palm Canyon, Jake’s, Le Vallauris, Miro’s Restaurant, Spencer’s Restaurant, and The Tropicale. Restaurants were ranked according to OpenTable’s grading scale: “Qualifying restaurants were then scored and sorted according to the percentage of reviews for which ‘great for outdoor dining’ was selected as a special feature.”

Out of the states that made the best 100, #California boasts with 29 top #restaurants, followed by Florida closely behind with 28, and Arizona with 22.

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Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week

TAKING place June 2-11, 2017, Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week is back to celebrate ten years of showcasing the diverse dining and travel landscape found in the Coachella Valley region. With a selection of dining deals, exclusive hotel packages, and special rates at area attractions, spas, and more, GPSRW is the ideal opportunity to “Eat. Play. Stay.” at over 100+ participating locations.

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Toronto's Top Ten Places to Eat

TORONTO'S reputation for a dynamic and diverse culinary scene is well deserved. Home to over 9,000 restaurants, #Toronto has a vibrant multicultural population which continues to push culinary boundaries to the delight of all who visit. From a German beer hall to a much-anticipated Kensington Market arrival, there's lots to love about Toronto's #dining scene right now. 

Tourism Toronto reveals the current top 10 hottest restaurants:

La Banane (labanane.ca)
The French restaurant on Ossington is Instagram-famous for their dessert Disco Egg but you're also going to want to queue up to get a taste of their seafood offerings, whipped chicken liver and pastry-encrusted bass.

Lake Inez (lakeinezto.com)
A teeny lake in Michigan and global flavours are brought together at this restaurant located in the Little India neighbourhood, featuring Asian snacks to bolster cocktails like the Tokyo Hotel Bar with sake and yuzu.

STK Toronto (stkhouse.com)
International chain STK's swanky spot in Yorkville will serve you steaks costing hundreds of dollars, luxurious sliders, grits and donuts in a club-like environment.

Awai (awai.ca)
This unconventional plant-based restaurant in Bloor West Village is just as off-beat with their restaurant conventions as they are their menu, operating on a no-gratuity basis. This is hardly unusual from chef Nathan Isberg, formerly of the no-menu, pay-what-you-want Atlantic.

Baro (barotoronto.com)
Chef Steven Gonzalez is churning out fancy drinks with aged ice cubes and edible petals, ceviche flights, and tons of elevated bar finger food like empanadas and guacamole in the King West neighbourhood.

Planta (plantatoronto.com)
What’s hotter right now than eating ethically? Very little, it would appear, according to the popularity of this Yorkville plant-based eatery headed up by David Lee. Everyone is town is just itching to try this place’s beet juice cocktails, coconut ceviche and veggie burgers.

Piano Piano (pianopianotherestaurant.com)
From the folks behind Splendido, this wildly popular Italian restaurant is impossible to dine at. Located on Harbord in the student friendly downtown Annex neighbourhood, they’re not reinventing the wheel with rustic pizzas and pastas, but those who love carbs are willing to line up to fill up on their favourites.

Oretta (oretta.to)
This new Italian joint in the King West neighbourhood is just as impressive for its sweeping architecture and cool retro-influenced decor as its menu of comforting but upscale dishes straight from nonna’s kitchen. Diners will likely find themselves rubbing shoulders with the young urban professionals of this increasingly popular neighbourhood while enjoying dishes such as Mortadella and pistachio pizza, tagliatelle, and lamb.

Otto's Bierhalle (ottosbierhalle.com)
Nestled alongside the restaurants, boutiques and art galleries on West Queen West, this beer hall just recently rolled out the ability to make reservations, and it looks increasingly like they’re going to need it. With a packed house on weekends that resembles the Berlin clubs this place is inspired by rather than a German restaurant.

Grey Gardens (greygardens.ca)
Perfectly situated near Toronto’s famous Kensington Market, the Grey Gardens menu boasts a mix of excellent organic wine, local cider and elevated plates like ravioli and New York strip, along with bare necessities like chips n' dip and Coors Light.

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Gin Darling?

THE Rummer Hotel in Bristol will be holding a Gin Distilling Dinner, to celebrate New Years Eve where guests will be invited to choose botanicals at the start of the meal, and witness the new still being loaded up and started while enjoying a gin and tonic.

The regularly changing dining projects run by The Rummer's kitchens have provided numerous memorable dishes, which have been crafted into a seven course tasting menu to celebrate the New Year.

At the end of the meal guests will venture back to the micro distillery to sample their bespoke craft gin, and bottle some up to take home.

www.therummer.net

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