Tracht's to Open on 07/07/07 at Renaissance Long Beach

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. October 14, 2008

JUNE 9, 2007. Nationally acclaimed Chef Suzanne Tracht and the Renaissance(R) Long Beach Hotel, in partnership with Sunstone Hotel Investors and CZH Hospitality, will open Tracht's, in Long Beach on July 7, 2007. The restaurant is part of the lavish $11 million renovation to Renaissance(R) Long Beach in the heart of the city, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and adjacent to many attractions, including the Pike Complex, Pine Street entertainment district, Long Beach Convention Center, Aquarium of the Pacific, Belmont Village, and the Queen Mary. Tracht's menu is inspired by Chef Suzanne Tracht's successful restaurant, Jar, in Los Angeles.

Tracht's will feature many of the signature steaks, roasts and braised foods from the Jar menu, along with Tracht's imaginative market-inspired appetizers, salads and highly rated 'sides.' It will be the first venture outside of Los Angeles for Suzanne Tracht, and her second restaurant. Leading the kitchen is Chef de Cuisine Jessica Alexander, former Sous Chef of Studio at the prestigious Montage resort in Laguna Beach. Managing the front of the house is General Manager Duc Newtran, whose recent experience includes Director of Restaurants at the San Francisco Marriott and the Hyatt Huntington Beach in California.

The street side restaurant, with 30 foot high windows providing a view of some of the city's major attractions, will have its own entrance from Ocean Boulevard, independent of the hotel lobby. The open dining room, designed with rich tones and contemporary textures, seats 85. A sleek bar features a glass-encased temperature controlled wine cellar boasting 1100 bottles. Guests may also opt for the 62-seat outdoor patio with radiant heating, cantilevered market umbrellas and a sumptuous lounge with a central fire pit. Two private dining rooms for special events complete the design.

The licensing agreement with Tracht was brought to the Renaissance(R) Hotels and its owner, Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., by The CZH Hospitality Group, LLC, as part of the Renaissance(R) Hotels and Resort's growing interest in creating superior dining by aligning themselves with top American chefs across the country. General Manager Nusrat Mirza is excited about bringing Tracht's food to its new home in Long Beach. "I believe that with the opening of Tracht's, our hotel guests - and the city's residents - will finally have a chef-driven restaurant and the dining experience they've needed to match the dramatic changes in our city's life style," says Mirza. "Suzanne now joins Todd English, Bradley Ogden, Michael Mina and Melissa Kelly in another great chef partnership with us, and helping to raise the culinary standards at the Marriott and Renaissance(R) Hotels & Resorts."

Long Beach, like downtown Los Angeles, has been thriving with new construction and influx of a younger, more urban audience seeking alternative living spaces. Contemporary lofts, artist communities, and creative neighborhood businesses have changed the face of the downtown area in recent years.

Tracht has been prominently featured in Bon Appetit, Los Angeles, Angeleno, Los Angeles Times, the Wall St. Journal, New York Times, InStyle, Elle, and New York. Gayot.com named Jar among the top 10 Los Angeles Steakhouses and one of the best Los Angeles restaurants for Brunch in 2007; the restaurant and Tracht were inducted into the Fine Dining Hall of Fame by Nation's Restaurant News in May 2007. Tracht was also honored as one of Food and Wine magazine's America's Best New Chefs 2002; Jar restaurant was named as one of Los Angeles' top 25 restaurants by restaurant critic Patric Kuh in Los Angeles Magazine 2005 and one of 99 Essential Los Angeles Restaurants by Jonathan Gold in the LA Weekly 2007.