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WHO: The Garden City Hotel
WHAT: Valentine Overnight & Dining Events
WHEN: Saturday, Sunday and Monday, February 12 - 14
WHERE: 45 Seventh Street, Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 747-3000 www.gardencityhotel.com

ROMANTIC VALENTINE CELEBRATIONS AT THE LEGENDARY GARDEN CITY HOTEL
*Romantic Retreats: All For Love or Love and Dreams
*Culinary Delights: Let’s Fall In Love or Valentine’s Day at Rein Dinners by Master Chef Steven De Bruyn
*Top Zagat-rated Brunch: Valentine’s Weekend Sunday Brunch

(Garden City, LI, NY . . . January 2011) The Garden City Hotel (45 Seventh Street, Garden City, NY 516-747-3000 www.gardencityhotel.com) presents five romantic celebrations at its legendary and luxury property from Saturday, February 12 to Monday, February 14.

“The Garden City Hotel is synonymous with romance year-round from proposals and engagements to weddings. Around Valentine’s Day, our guests really enjoy a weekend escape along with Chef De Bruyn’s culinary talents. It’s our pleasure to set the scene for these romantic celebrations,” says The Garden City Hotel Marketing Communications Director Kim Morrone.

The All For Love couple's retreat, $399 plus tax, features luxurious overnight deluxe accommodations and dinner. Included are in-room chilled champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries, Cupid's pink rose petal turndown service, and, a sumptuous three-course Valentine's dinner (menu below) for two by Master Chef Steven De Bruyn, complete with a glass of champagne and a red rose for the couple, in the hotel's signature restaurant Rein. Availability is Saturday and Sunday February 12 and 13.

The Love and Dreams couple's retreat, $299 plus tax, is a romantic overnighter with breakfast. A full breakfast for two in Rein is served after an evening with luxurious overnight accommodations and in-room chilled champagne, chocolatecovered strawberries and Cupid's pink rose petal turndown service. Availability is Saturday, Sunday and Monday from February 12-14.

Let's Fall In Love at Rein, a prix fixe dinner, is $75 per person plus tax and gratuity. The extraordinary Valentine's dinner (menu below) by Master Chef Steven de Bruyn, in the hotel's signature restaurant Rein, is complete with a glass of champagne and a red rose for the couple. Reservations are necessary for Friday and Saturday, February 12 and 13.

Valentine’s Day Dinner, a prix fixe dinner, is $95 per person plus tax and gratuity. Master Chef Steven de Bruyn’s extraordinary Valentine’s dinner (menu below), in the hotel’s signature restaurant Rein, includes a bottle of Paul Goerg Champagne, a box of hand-made chocolate trufles, a rose for each couple, and, a strolling violinist for romantic serenades. Reservations are necessary for Monday, February 14.

Valentine’s Weekend Sunday Brunch, $69 per person plus tax and gratuity, is a dazzling array of sumptuous culinary offerings in the hotel’s signature restaurant Rein. The celebrated brunch menu includes specialties from Master Chef Steven De Bruyn in a myriad of hot and cold entrées. Among the top-rated selections are a seafood extravaganza with whole lobster, snow crab claws and jumbo shrimp and an artful display of smoked salmon and whitefish. There is a live-action sushi station, a dedicated dim sum station and a carving station featuring roast prime rib on the bone. The are prepared-toorder gourmet pastas and sauces plus made-to-order omelets, Belgian waffles and French toast. Artful culinary presentation extends to sophisticated dessert displays. To compliment the brunch experience are unlimited brunch-beverage favorites including Bloody Mary, Screwdriver and Mimosa cocktails.

MASTER CHEF DE BRUYN VALENTINE’S 2011 DINNER MENU AT REIN

CHOICE OF APPETIZERS
*Cocktail duo of spicy lemongrass-poached shrimp and crab clawswith golden pineapple-mango salsa with hearts of palm, plantain chips and crispy noodles
*Sautéed scallops on a bed of red cabbage
with dates with succulent pork belly confit and apple-celery root coulis
*Wild mushroom and portobello tart draped with shaved cured duck breast and spicy greens
*Creamy potato leek soup with a moist lobster timbale, fresh chervil and caviar

CHOICE OF ENTREE
*Tender roasted La Bella Farms poussin breasts with tarragon, leg meat, white asparagus & crawfish fricassee and a monteed blood orange emulsion
*Wild salmon rubbed & macerated with chermoulah, steamy coconut-scented jasmine rice and chinese longbeans with cashew nuts
*Sterling Chateaubriand for two flanked by a French kiss brioche toast, diced roasted root vegetables and trapani sea salt-baked fingerling potatoes, Périgueux drizzle
*Lamb rack, stuffed lamb loin and braised lamb shank coming together in a trio with braised Belgian endives and a creamy gratin dauphinois

HAPPY ENDING
*Velvety milk chocolate mousse with a praline rice krispy, raspberry-Vermont fromage blanc swirl sorbet, lemon-olive oil foam

ABOUT THE GARDEN CITY HOTEL : No stranger to #1 ratings, The Garden City Hotel is recognized as a leader on the Long Island dining and lodging scene. Top rankings from best food to best service are given year-on-year. The luxury hotel is one of 185 members, internationally, of the Preferred Hotels and Resorts Group and the only hotel on Long Island, having met the highest standards of quality and extraordinary service earning it Preferred Standard of Excellence status. The legendary property has been a centerpiece of Garden City, attracting the great and good, since 1874. The 280-room hotel with 16 suites, four of which are penthouse suites, has 25,000-square-feet of meeting and banquet space including a grand ballroom, spacious meeting rooms, a private ultra lounge and a signature restaurant, Rein. It was originally designated as the focal point of Garden City - 7,000 acres of land 20 miles from New York City - by Alexander Turney Stewart to attract a famous and wealthy clientele from around the world. One of the most notable visitors, Charles Lindbergh, slept here in 1927 on the night before his trans-Atlantic flight. The hotel remains popular with today's high-flyers from the worlds of business, politics, sport and entertainment. For public information about The Garden City Hotel, call 516-747-3000. see www.gardencityhotel.com or follow on http://www.facebook.com/GardenCityHotel and http://twitter.com/GardenCityHotel

ABOUT REIN: Under the direction of award-winning Chef Steven De Bruyn, Rein is the signature restaurant of The Garden City Hotel. New American cuisine prepared with the finest and freshest seasonal ingredients are presented in breakfast, lunch, dinner and small plate bar menus, Saturday afternoon tea service and a #1 Zagat-rated Sunday brunch. Befitting the warm and inviting atmosphere is a menu ranging from simple and fun selections to a full and filling spectrum of imaginatively composed dishes. The chic-casual ambience of Rein extends from the restaurant to a seasonal outdoor patio and two private dining rooms. Warm, welcoming and exceptional service underscore Rein's world-class experience making it the home of Long Island's "power meal" for high flyers from the worlds of business, sports, politics and entertainment. For public information about The Garden City Hotel, call 516-747-3000. see www.gardencityhotel.com or follow on http://www.facebook.com/GardenCityHotel and http://twitter.com/GardenCityHotel

ABOUT ACTIVITIES IN GARDEN CITY: For those making a destination visit to The Garden City, the legendary Garden City Hotel is a hub for a day out at local museums at Museum Row and nearby shopping at Roosevelt Field. Those who enjoy ice-skating may visit Long Island’s Rockefeller Center, a cozy and seasonal outdoor rink located at the RexCorp Plaza in Uniondale, or, catch a New York Islanders hockey game at Nassau Coliseum. For concert-goers, there are regular events at Nassau Coliseum and Tilles Center. The hotel’s village setting sets the scene for a year-round strolls including bird watching from the local greens. For those seeking a day-trip or evening in Manhattan, a 45-minute train journey, the Long Island Rail Road is a walk across from the hotel.

ABOUT PREFERRED HOTELS & RESORTS : Preferred Hotels & Resorts is the ultimate luxury collection, featuring more than 185 exceptional hotels and resorts in the most desirable locations around the world. A member of the Preferred Hotel Group family of brands, Preferred Hotels & Resorts celebrates the individuality of its properties and intuitively understands the preferences of its guests. It embraces award-winning Standards of Excellence™, an extensive quality assurance program that has been honored with the "Best Practices Champion Award" by Cornell University. For more than 40 years, the brand's legendary commitment to quality has ensured an unparalleled guest experience, from the very best amenities to superb service.