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Hotel Monaco - a Kimpton Property at Charles Center, with the B&O American Brasserie Inside


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Location and RatesWebsite - B&O American Brasserie

On 10/24/2011 at 10:15 PM, bettyjoan said:

Staying at the Hotel Monaco, so ate at B&O last night - bartender was friendly and knowledgeable. Pumpkin bisque with apples, cranberries, and bacon was like fall in a bowl - so good, and really well seasoned. Seared rockfish with sauteed broccoli rabe and pumpkin seed "risotto" was exactly what the doctor ordered. The pumpkin seeds were insanely good, both in terms of texture and flavor - they were creamy, nutty, and really lovely. Apparently there is a pressure cooker involved, as they were super tender and actually very reminiscent of risotto. Yum!

I stayed at the Hotel Monaco a couple nights ago (and stopped into B&O) - it was $136, booked on the hotel's website using the AAA rate (AAA and AARP consistently give deep discounts). The hotel is very nice, with a second-floor lobby that's full of splendor, and a coffee station that's set up in the mornings. No complaints at all about the hotel, except that our room (1118) smelled of marijuana in a big way - whoever stayed there on Sunday or Monday night had a smoking fiesta.

Note: Do not make the mistake (as I did last year) of staying in the Hotel Indigo, and thinking it's a Kimpton property; it isn't, and it's a clear step down from this. (It is, however, an IHG hotel, but that's not a guarantee of quality - these are independently operated hotels.)

If you want to park on the street, it's $2.75 an hour beginning at 8 AM (park on E. Fayette St, immediately to the northeast of Hotel Monaco, about one block away). The problem is that they don't use ParkMobile, so you need to physically be at the meter at 8 AM to get a ticket to put on your dash - not sure how much valet parking costs, but the underground public lot in the area is $26 for overnight parking.

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We have stayed here a couple times with Max (our dog), once for the grand prix, once for a wedding, and another time to see friends, they have been very nice, and arranged travel for him to and from doggy daycare when needed (one time we found out the daycare wasn't running their shuttle, and we had already left Max with the front desk person, so they took him over in the limo, hahahahhahha).  They have been very generous and given us a large corner room that he just adores (I think they wanted to keep us at the far end of the hall not to disturb anyone if he barked).  We like the location as not too far to get to or from anything, not necessarily walking distance for where we were going, except the Grand Prix, but easy to drive to different locations, as well.  

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