Gloria & Emilio Estefan Set to Open Bongo’s Cuban Café at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in 2010
The Estefan’s and CB5 Restaurant Group will bring Authentic Latin Flavor & Rhythm to the Popular Nightlife and Restaurant Scene.
The rhythm and flavor of Bongos Cuban Café is gonna get you when it salsas its way into Seminole Paradise at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in the spring of 2010.
The cutting edge Cuban-inspired venue will be located across from Hard Rock Live and will include two outside dining areas, one featuring an open air Cuban street festival setting and the other a portico with an indoor/outdoor bar and open grill for late night dining. The main dining room is designed as a Cuban supper club, with tiered seating, custom upholstered banquettes, dual drum kits over the bar and a 25 foot open display rotisserie. Twin glass elevators whisk you up to the roof bar featuring a collection of built in cabanas and open air cocktail seating, as well as two additional bars, a VIP tower and high rollers suite. The cool soothing white palette reflects a modern tropical aesthetic and brings to Florida a fresh and contemporary expression of traditional Cuban culture.
Bongos Cuban Café will feature the glory days of Cuba’s tropical ambience, musical style and authentic cuisine. Inspired by the personal flair of its founders, International Superstar Gloria Estefan and her Grammy-Award winning husband, producer Emilio Estefan; Bongo’s Cuban Café will add a new dimension of entertainment and dining to the immensely popular nightlife and restaurant scene at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
“We couldn’t be more honored to become a part of the Seminole Paradise Family. First with our music and now with our restaurants and hotels Gloria and I are able to showcase our Latin roots on a world-wide stage. Opening at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is the next step in what we believe will be a global partnership,” says Emilio Estefan
Currently there are on-going discussions to expand Bongos Cuban Café in other international Hard Rock properties both in the US and abroad.
“We are very excited to welcome this partnership with the Estefan’s and Bongos here at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood,” said James Allen, CEO of Seminole Gaming & Chairman of Hard Rock International. “Bongos fills a void in Seminole Paradise by offering our first Latin-themed restaurant and lounge. We feel like the Seminole Hard Rock has something to offer everyone and Bongos will be a unique and prized addition to our property.”
About Estefan Hospitality
Estefan Hospitality encompasses restaurants, nightclubs and hotels. The world-famous Larios on the Beach, on Miami’s Ocean Drive, led the way for the successful chain of Bongos Cuban Café restaurants in Orlando, Downtown Miami, and Puerto Vallarta. The Estefan’s have redefined and set the bar for Latin entertainment and cuisine with Bongos Cuban Café., the flagship 550-seat restaurant in the heart of Downtown Disney in the Walt Disney World Resort . After the enormous success in Orlando, the Estefan’s inaugurated their American Airlines Arena/Miami location showcasing the Miami skyline and Biscayne Bay in April of 2000. Characterized by its giant pineapple shape which encompasses the restaurant, the Havana-style architecture and Cuban cuisine blends seamlessly with South Beach’s multi cultural flavor. A restaurant by day and dance club by night, this 16,000-square-foot venue includes two floors with both indoor and outdoor dining areas plus two bars. In addition the Estefans own and operate both the Cardozo Hotel & Restaurant on Miami’s South Beach, and the crown jewel on Florida’s Treasure coast . . .Vero Beach’s Costa d’ este Resort & Spa.
About CB5 Restaurant Group
CB5 Restaurant Group consists of a national consortium of restaurant and design specialists who conceptualize, manage and own innovative restaurants collaborating with celebrities, casinos and hotels across the globe. CB5 will be joining Gloria and Emilio to expand their Bongos Cuban Café empire as this new venue expands the Estefan iconic cultural brand. Family heritage recipes from the Estefan kitchen are being artfully crafted utilizing local green market farms and a team of culinarians who are totally immersed in an effort to capture the “beat” of the modern Cuban experience as it plays on in south Florida.
About Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino provides quality guest experiences where South Floridians can play, stay, dine, and shop. Eighty-nine tables offer Blackjack, Baccarat, Mini-Baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Three Card Poker, Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker and Let it Ride on a nearly three-acre casino floor. Play one of the more than 2,400 Vegas-style slots including the Native-American casino linked Multi-Area Progressive Jackpots and Mega Jackpots. Separate high-limit rooms for table games and slots, in addition to a non-smoking room are available for guests to enjoy. Loyal Player’s Club members experience an exclusive VIP Plum Lounge and celebrity show kitchen. Convene in The Poker Room at Seminole Paradise for Texas Hold ‘em, limit Texas Hold ’em, Seven Card Stud and two dollar and four dollar limit Omaha Hi Lo games. Located inside the casino is Hard Rock Café-Hollywood, part of Hard Rock’s 127 globally recognized rock ‘n roll themed restaurants. The Green Lodging Certified by the State of Florida, AAA, Four Diamond rated resort showcases 500 luxurious guest rooms, 16 restaurants and lounges, 40,000-square-feet of meeting room space, a European-style spa, auto salon, 22 retail shops, 14 nightclubs, Paradise Live, and Hard Rock Live. Located on State Road 7 (U.S. 441) in Hollywood, Florida. Take I-95, exit Stirling Rd. and travel west to 1 Seminole Way.
For more information, call (954) 327-ROCK, 1 800-937-0010 or visit us online at www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com.