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My Restaurant

Type - Italian

Location - 5000 Bee Cave Road, Bee Cave TX 78738

Phone - (512) 555 1234

Web Site - www.myrestaurant.com

One of Atlanta's most highly acclaimed restaurants, the Dining Room is the domain of chef Guenter Seeger. Internationally renowned, Seeger received the coveted Michelin Star rating for his restaurant in the Black Forest of Germany-one of the few restaurants outside of France to be so honored. His traditional European haute-cuisine creations (with American regional overtones) are magical, drawing the maximum of flavor from the very freshest of ingredients.

Seeger's refined cuisine is a gem in a worthy setting. The Dining Room's mahogany-paneled walls are hung with a museum-quality collection of gilt-framed British hunt paintings. Diners sink into comfortable silk-upholstered armchairs and banquettes at elegantly appointed tables adorned with stunning arrangements of Hawaiian flowers-tropically hued orchids, birds of paradise, and anthurium. Shaded table lamps provide soft lighting, and background music is classical. Service is impeccable ("The waiters, the wine steward, all move in a well- orchestrated dance," raved one reviewer).

Menus change daily. On a recent visit, I began with delicately cubed tuna ceviche with cilantro and osetra caviar garnish in extra-virgin olive oil. It was followed by grapefruit-garnished Gulf red snapper in a croustade of thinly sliced potatoes with citrus vinaigrette. Next came a crispy fan of rosemary-garnished duck breast with date pur‚e in caramelized sherry-vinaigrette sauce. And dessert was a heavenly fig tart topped with vanilla ice cream and garnished with fresh mint and raspberries. Everything is sensational, and presentations, on white German Hutschenreuther china platters, are works of art. A very comprehensive list of over 300 wines is dominated by French and California selections, but also offers many German and Italian vintages. Master Sommelier Michael McNeill, one of only 24 master sommeliers in the United States, oversees wine selections and confers daily with Seeger to match wines for his prix-fixe menus.