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Table 8 in South Beach features the acclaimed California-style cuisine of celebrity chef Govind Armstrong (34), a charismatic culinaire who launched his career at the tender age of 13 with Wolfgang Puck at L.A.’s legendary Spago. At the South Beach location, Armstrong serves his innovative cuisine – simple food created with the freshest, natural products and local ingredients – while tapping the region’s rich cornucopia of fish, fruits and vegetables creating an exciting new South Florida dining destination. Possessing a distinctly relaxed yet sophisticated ambiance, equal parts L.A. glam and South Beach chic, the restaurant features entrances from both Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue. Encompassing 255 seats, Table 8 consists of a main dining room (seating 160), a private dining room (seating 40) and a wine room, which seats 15 and has become one of South Beach’s most sought after private event spaces. Complementing all of this is the 40-seat lounge, dramatically situated beneath the Regent’s glass-bottom pool, the perfect place to sip cocktails, see and be seen, and sample the small plate lounge menu.
In addition to dinner service, Table 8 handles all food & beverage for the hotel. Diners can look forward to sampling Armstrong’s signature dish, salt roasted porterhouse: a carnivore’s delight for two, which Robb Report cited for excellence in their 2004 “The Best of the Best” issue. Open since August 2003, Table 8 Los Angeles has remained one of the country’s hottest restaurants by virtue of its acclaimed cuisine and Armstrong’s unabashed charisma. That combination has made him a media darling, notching several Iron Chef America and Today Show appearances, drawing critical acclaim from Food & Wine, Gourmet, and Bon Appetit, and attracted a slew of celebrity devotees, including Jennifer Aniston, Elton John and Leonardo DiCaprio, and secured him the coveted role as co-host of the American Express Grand Tasting at the 2006 South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Overseeing day-to-day operations and ensuring the South Beach location honors the concept’s national reputation for impeccable food and service, general manager Nick Fielding (30). Fielding was formerly with Wolfgang Puck at Spago in Beverly Hills, where he was director of service, and with The Turnberry Resort in Aventura, Florida, where he served as director of restaurants. Table 8 South Beach is owned and operated by Meridian Entertainment Group, in partnership with Levy Restaurants. Meridian is a boutique LA-based restaurant management and development company responsible for such acclaimed venues as Table 8 Los Angeles, Rokbar and L Scorpion. Levy Restaurants is a private company that currently operates 95 foodservice outlets in 41 international markets.
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