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<p>The American Culinary Federation (ACF) is an organization of almost 20,000 culinary professionals in close to 150 chapters nationally. ACF offers a number of opportunities to foster the growth of professional chefs and food industry professionals. In Southwest Florida, The Caxambas Chapter of Naples and Marco Island is the local chapter rebranded under the moniker [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Palm Beach Par 3 Clubhouse, Palm Beach, FL The Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course is a public golf course in Palm Beach, Florida. It was opened in 1961 and completely remodeled in 2009 with the guidance of golf legend Raymond Floyd. The restaurant, Al Fresco, on the second floor of the golf club, opened [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Palladio Trattoria, Bonita Springs, FL Palladio Trattoria is a restaurant in Bonita Springs, FL serving Italian cuisine. The restaurant is owned by Emanuela Calcara (Chef Emma). Chef Emma is from the Piedmont region in Northeast Italy, and comes from a family of 6 generations of restaurateurs.  Although Chef Emma features items on her menu from [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The French Brasserie Rustique (The French) is a restaurant in Naples, FL which serves, as the erudite reader may surmise, French cuisine. A brasserie is typically a mid-range dining experience in the French hierarchy of restaurant types, with fine dining and well-trained staff being hallmarks in this type of venue. The French is the third [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Capital Grille, Naples, FL Darden Restaurants is the world&#8217;s largest casual dining operation in the world with over 1500 restaurants and 150,000 employees working under 8 different banners. These include Seasons 52, The Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze and Longhorn Steakhouse among others. One of these banners, The Capital Grille, was started in Rhode Island in 1990 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Martin Fierro Restaurant, Naples, FL Martin Fierro is an epic Argentine poem describing the contribution of the gaucho, or the cowboy, to the development of Argentina in the late 19th century. The gauchos in this era were apparently instrumental in Argentina&#8217;s secession and independence from Spain. In contemporary Naples, FL, Martin Fierro is an Argentine [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL The Naples Art Association was started over 60 years ago. In it&#8217;s present form, it is housed in the von Liebig Art Center (von Liebig) which contains it&#8217;s administrative, exhibition and educational facilities. The von Liebig is also an event space which was home that evening to the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Burma Superstar, San Francisco, CA Burma Superstar is a restaurant in San Francisco serving Burmese cuisine. The contemporary name for Burma is Myanmar, and the food takes on influences from India, Thailand and China mostly because of geography. Burmese cuisine draws heavily on fish sauces and a fermented fish paste used for flavoring known as [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Souvla, Divisadero St., San Francisco, CA Souvla is a restaurant in San Francisco, CA that prides themselves on spit-roasted meats with a Greek flair. They opened in 2014 and now have 3 locations. I read about this restaurant in The San Francisco Chronicle article, 20 Bargain Restaurants in Our Top 100. The restaurant will have [&hellip;]</p>

<p>House of Prime Rib, San Francisco, CA The House of Prime Rib (HPR) is a San Francisco institution that has been open almost 70 years.  Food trends come and go, but the cuisine here is as solid as the bedrock on Nob Hill where the restaurant is located. The present owner has been at the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sotto Mare, San Francisco, CA Sotto Mare is a restaurant serving seafood in the North Beach area of San Francisco, CA otherwise known as &#8220;Little Italy&#8221;. Sotto mare means under the sea in Italian, a very good name for this establishment. The restaurant space originated in 1919 and was restored to it&#8217;s original look in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Abandoned warehouse, Wynwood, Miami Wynwood is an area in Miami, FL that has seen an amazing transformation. The Wynwood area was originally a prominently lower income Latin neighborhood. It was also home to a Florida East Coast Railway yard having many abandoned warehouses adorned with street graffiti. Wynwood Walls, Miami, FL In a play on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Doce Provisions indoor seating Little Havana is a neighborhood in Miami, FL that is home to many Cuban, Central and South American immigrants. Little Havana was the name given to this area after a marked increase in immigration from Cuba during the political changes there in the 1960s. In 2017, The National Trust for Historic [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Wynwood Yard, Miami, FL Wynwood is an area in Miami, FL that has seen a marked development since the beginning of the 21st Century as a center for the visual and culinary arts. With the fairly recent residential development in the area, Wynwood is well on it&#8217;s way to become a major venue in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Interior, Satsuma Shimuja, Miami Satsuma Shimuja (Shimuja) is a restaurant in the lower Brickell area of Miami that specializes in Japanese cuisine, specifically, ramen. What is ramen you may ask. It is a noodle-based broth seasoned with soy sauce or miso, and finished with a variety of toppings. Shimuja&#8217;s parent restaurant is located in the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Limbo dancing, Spice It Up Miami Spice It Up Miami is an event that has been held the second Friday of every month since April of 2017. Participants experience Caribbean-themed music, dance, libations and food. As an added plus, some of these activities are hands on allowing for a more immersive, and fun cultural experience. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>BoxElder BoxElder craft beer market, Wynwood is a craft beer market and taproom in the Wynwood district of Miami, FL. I stopped there recently for a beverage and liked what I saw. I chatted briefly with Adam, one of the owners. He told me his business had been open for about 3 years. I asked [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Fresh Catch Bistro, Fort Myers Beach Fresh Catch Bistro (Fresh Catch) is a restaurant on Fort Myers Beach. I called tonight to ask how long they had been around for this writing, but the employee who answered said she &#8220;didn&#8217;t know&#8221;. When I asked if there was anyone there who did, she said &#8220;not really&#8221; [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Cavo Lounge Cavo Lounge (Cavo) is a restaurant in the mixed use commercial/residential development in North Naples, Mercato. Cavo has been open for almost two years. In keeping with the mixed use theme of the surrounding community, Cavo becomes a nightclub after 10 PM on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday with it&#8217;s dance floor, sound [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Ginza Ginza restaurant, Fort Myers is a restaurant specializing in Japanese cuisine; mainly sushi and &#8220;hibachi&#8221;. Instead of hibachi which employs charcoal, the restaurant really uses teppanyaki techniques, which involve cooking on a flat iron surface, but why be picky? The restaurant is named for the Ginza district in Tokyo which is a major shopping [&hellip;]</p>