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Santé Magazine Honors Cibo Bistro & Wine Bar
Date: September 7, 2007
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The 2007 Santé Restaurant Awards has honored Cibo Bistro & Wine Bar with the Wine Hospitality Award for the Bistro category. This award recognizes OTG Management’s outstanding achievement in wine service and hospitality. Cibo Bistro & Wine Bar offers 36 wines by the glass and features a distinctive selection of choice wines from around the world. Cibo Bistro was honored along with some of the nation’s premier restaurants, chefs and hotels including Charlie Trotter, Bellagio, and Smith & Wollensky.
“To be honored among such a diverse field of operators is very exciting.” said Rick Blatstein, CEO of OTG Management. “Santé Restaurant Award winners include some of the nation’s premier dining establishments. This is a testament to the passion and commitment to excellence of the OTG Team and our business partners. And is further proof that dining in airports can rival the world’s best restaurants. ” Cibo Bistro & Wine Bar is an innovative Italian eatery with an expansive menu and wine list. Currently, OTG operates Cibo Bistro at three airports – LaGuardia International Airport US Airways Terminal; Washington National Airport and two locations at Philadelphia International Airport. The expansive wine list compliments the menu and encourages customers to experiment with new flavors and textures. OTG Management is an award-winning airport food & beverage operator with restaurants in JFK, LaGuardia, Boston Logan, Tucson, Washington National, Washington Dulles, and Philadelphia Airports. Additional locations will open soon in Orlando and Chicago O’Hare airports. OTG original concepts include Sky Asian Bistro, Jet Rock Bar & Grill, Deep Blue Sushi, Boar’s Head Deli, and many other full - serve and quick-serve restaurants.
Now in its tenth year, the Santé Restaurant Awards program was created to recognize excellence in restaurant food, wine, and spirits service and hospitality. Santé Magazine is the premier national resource for restaurant and hospitality professionals. Now in its eleventh year of publication, Santé magazine features award-winning editorial on food, wine, and spirits management for restaurant professionals. Santé has a qualified circulation of 55,000 and a pass-along readership of over 200,000 in full-service restaurant and hospitality establishments across the nation.