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Everyday Mini-bar Items Not in Vogue at Kimpton Hotels; Managers Seek the Creative Twist
- Yo Yos, Local Microbrews

 
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2003 - In addition to offering traditional, everyday mini-bar items such as peanuts, pretzels and chips, Kimpton Boutique Hotels entices guests with unique beverages, signature souvenirs, and a clever mix of classic and contemporary snacks.  "Kimpton Boutique Hotels offers a variety of colorful choices when it comes to honor bar selections," said Steve Pinetti, Kimpton Boutique Hotels vice president of sales and marketing.  "Our guests have purchased everything from Etch A Sketch key chains, Beanie Babies and massage oil to Tootsie Rolls and bathrobes."

Select Kimpton Boutique Hotels honor bars include the following top selling and unique honor bar items:

Chicago

Hotel Burnham
1 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.
  • Tootsie Rolls($1.50) and Oreos - both invented in Chicago
  • Burnham Pilsner (named after the famed architect who designed the building that houses the hotel)
  • Pop-Out Map of Chicago
  • Hotel Burnham Corkscrew
  • Flyer Caramel Bar
Cupertino
Cypress Hotel
10050 S. DeAnza Blvd., Cupertino, Calif.
  • Cypress Hotel Tiger and Cheetah Beanie Babies
  • Terry cloth leopard print bathrobes
Denver
Hotel Monaco Denver
1717 Champa Street at 17th, Denver, Colo.
  • Colorado chocolate bar
  • Red Bull energy drink
  • Hotel Monaco playing cards
  • Hotel Monaco yo-yo
  • Plush Jack Russell Terrier dog toy
New Orleans
Hotel Monaco New Orleans
333 St. Charles Ave, New Orleans, La, 70130
  • Local well-known brewer, Abita Beer
  • Cajun mix
  • KMX energy drink
  • Doggy "Yip Yaps"
  • Voodoo dolls
Portland, Ore.

5th Avenue Suites Hotel 
506 SW Washington at Fifth Avenue, Portland, Ore.,

The 5th Avenue Suites Hotel unveils its uniquely designed "Imagination" Menu.  During their stay, guests can indulge in a variety of special amenities, some including:

  • Signature 5th Avenue Suites Hotel plush mink teddy bear
  • Feather or hypo-allergenic foam pillow
  • Cuddly chenille throw
  • Chocolate dipped strawberries
  • Light stick
  • 5th Avenue Suites umbrella
  • Aveda(tm) massage oils
Hotel Vintage Plaza
422 SW Broadway, Portland, Ore., 97205
  • Professional wine opener with hotel logo
  • Vintage Plaza Chardonnay and Pinot Noir through Willamette Valley Vineyard
  • Vintage Plaza umbrella, complete with hotel's signature grape cluster
  • Unique Bobile(tm) created by Portland toy maker Eric Hartman
  • Power Bars
  • Essential Oil bath salts
  • Moonstruck chocolate truffles
  • Vintage Plaza chocolate dipped shortbread cookies
San Francisco

Carlton Hotel
1075 Sutter Street, San Francisco, Calif., 94109

  • Gummi Bears
Harbor Court Hotel
165 Steuart Street, San Francisco, Calif.
  • In honor of the hotel's proximity to Pac Bell Park, all mini bars feature a "Beer of the Quarter" provided by local microbreweries as well as peanuts
  • With a state-of-the-art health facility next door, there are plenty of activities to keep guests in shape.  It's only natural that granola bars and energy drinks are a hot mini bar item.
Monticello Inn
127 Ellis Street, San Francisco, Calif.
  • Travelers looking for a good read on the road can enjoy the convenience of the Monticello Inn's uniquely-designed Book Honor Bar.  By partnering with San Francisco's Union Square Borders Books & Music flagship store, the Monticello Inn has created an in-room honor bar featuring a variety of books available for guests to purchase.  Available in the hotel's 20 Jefferson Suites, the Book Honor Bar menu features 10 paperback books chosen from either the Oprah Book Club, New York Times or Borders Books & Music bestseller lists.
Hotel Palomar
12 Fourth Street, San Francisco, Calif.
  • Vacuum-packed white T-shirt with "Palomar" imprinted on back collar and a "P" on left chest
  • Cliff Bar
  • Power Bar
  • Vitamin Water
  • Intimacy kit
Serrano Hotel
405 Taylor Street, San Francisco, Calif.
  • With a "play while you stay" motto, the Serrano Hotel features a game honor bar complete with a selection of games for purchase, in addition to games to remain and be enjoyed in the guestroom.  Games include Twister, Etch A Sketch, Monopoly, puzzles, and a signature Serrano Hotel yo-yo
Hotel Triton
342 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, Calif.
  • In honor of Jerry Garcia, "Fat Sammies" Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stouts available in the Jerry Garcia Celebrity Suite
  • Red Bull energy drink
  • Triton signature rubber duck
  • Triton signature baby duck key chain
  • Barnum & Bailey Animal Crackers
  • Designer cotton tissues
Seattle

Alexis Hotel
1007 First Avenue, Seattle, Wash.

  • Mini Etch-a-Sketch key chains
Hotel Vintage Park
1100 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Wash.
  • Wine bottle shaped compressed t-shirt
  • Grapefruit sweet and sour candies
  • Jelly Belly beans
  • Hotel Vintage Park corkscrew
  • Discovering Washington Wines book
Washington, D.C.

Hotel Helix
1430 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

  • Campbell's Tomato Soup
  • Red wax lips
  • Pez
  • Pop Rocks
  • A pack of Groovy Candy from the Sixties including: Candy necklaces, Boston Baked Beans, Sweet Tarts, Black Toffee and Pink Owl Bubble Gum
Hotel Madera
1310 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
  • Make your own Martini kits
Hotel Monaco Washington DC 
700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 

Hotel Monaco Washington DC offers an in-room full martini bar.  The hotel offers a great selection of these Vodkas in large bottles:

  • Belvedere (375 ML)
  • Ketel One (375 ML)
  • Bombay Sapphire (200 ML)
  • Grey Goose L'Orange (50ML)
  • Other vodkas also available
  • 2 large Martini glasses and a full size stainless steel shaker
  • Ice is delivered nightly or upon request; garnishes (olives, mini olives, orange and lemon twists) are delivered complimentary upon request as well
Hotel Rouge
1315 Sixteenth St. NW, Washington, D.C.
  • Red wax lips
  • Red pistachios
  • Red jellybeans
  • Red Bull energy drink
  • Red Hook Beer
  • Red m&m's
  • Zebra striped terrycloth robes
Topaz Hotel
1733 N Street, NW, Washington, DC
  • Bath salts
  • Massage lotion
  • Energy bar
  • Energy elixir
Vancouver, B.C.

Pacific Palisades Hotel
1277 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Yo-yos in three different styles - sparkling, glow in the dark and scented
  • Colorful paddle balls
  • Mr. Noodles
  • Instant oatmeal
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is a San Francisco-based company known for its collection of stylish boutique hotels that are coupled with fine chef-driven restaurants. Founded in 1981, the company currently operates 38 hotels and 34 restaurants across the United States and Canada and its combination of boutique, four-star service and an adjacent destination restaurant has proven a great success. These popular pairings include the fashionable Hotel Monaco Seattle with Sazerac restaurant, the historic Hotel Burnham Chicago with Atwood Café and the sophisticated, chic Hotel Palomar with the award-winning Fifth Floor restaurant in San Francisco. The company recently opened the Topaz Hotel, the Hotel Rouge, the Hotel Madera, the Hotel Monaco and Hotel Helix in Washington DC; the Sky Hotel in Aspen; the Cypress Hotel in Cupertino, Calif; and the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Mass. The Argonaut Hotel, slated to open in summer 2003, is currently under development in San Francisco at Fisherman's Wharf and the Onyx Hotel in Boston will open in the fall of 2003. 

 
Contact:

Kathleen Bertolani
Director of Public Relations
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group
222 Kearny Street, Suite 200
San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415-955-5407
Email: [email protected]
www.kimptongroup.com

Also See: Kimpton Group Hotels Add Creative Twist to the Standard Mini Bar / Mar 2001
Pinnacle Realty Investments Arranges Financing for New Kimpton Hotel to be Developed in Downtown Boston / June 2002


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