Sometimes you don't want to go very far once you've gotten to your hotel. You've valet parked your car and just want a quick bite at the restaurant in the hotel, but cringe at the prices and the lack of taste. Lucky for you, the Marriott at the Richmond Convention Center actually has a decent restaurant, The Bluefire Grill. I ordered their Bluefire salad and asked if they could put some grilled steak on it. For under $25 I had an amazingly well cooked medium rare steak of decent size over a delicious salad with a glass of red wine. It pays to be creative since that exact dish wasn't exactly on their dinner menu.Watch out on this place at lunchtime though, I went there with two other PMs during a same city and it was a slow-and-painful hell hole. The kitchen cannot support feeding the local government types along with a seminar crowd, so if you want lunch there order early. Also, don't push it from the pulpit during the announcement, you'll get lots of angry participants who got their lunch at the last second.
The Place: The Bluefire Grill at the Marriott in Downtown Richmond, VA
The Food: They cook a decent steak. Also, they have many "gourmet" options that actually come out well... the portobello burger is tasty and their salads avoid iceberg (well, except for their tasty-looking wedge salad)
The Price: Lunch under $20, some under $10, Dinner under $30
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