| Orlando is not the only big city in Florida. In the | | | | will be targeted at the crowds of tourists who |
| one state there are other such notables as Miami, | | | | have come to see Mickey Mouse. It is generally a |
| Tampa, Jacksonville and Tallahassee to name but | | | | more adult world which does not appeal greatly to |
| a few. So in order to keep people coming back, | | | | children. |
| the city needs to have more than the two | | | | If you are in Orlando for business, however, you |
| admittedly excellent theme parks that seem to | | | | can tell that your hosts are taking you very |
| get most of the press. Whatever people may | | | | seriously if they take you out to dine at a |
| think, Orlando has a lot more than those. It has | | | | restaurant like Christini's. The food is exquisite, the |
| not become a successful business city on the | | | | wine perfect, and as for the service - well, it is |
| back of two places which, after all, are targeted | | | | totally of a piece with the brilliance of the food |
| in large part at children. Its success goes much | | | | and drink. |
| deeper than that. | | | | Taking a customer out to eat at Christini's is a |
| Few cities worldwide would not cast envious | | | | very bold strategy, directed at saying "this is how |
| glances at Orlando's technological industry - the | | | | much we value your custom, and this is how big |
| industry which, more than any theme park, | | | | an effort we will put into keeping you as a |
| employs a core of the city's workforce. This | | | | customer". The same can arguably be said of |
| industry alone is worth billions, and where you find | | | | anyone taking a partner there on a date, although |
| big business you will find a lot of other businesses. | | | | the word "custom" would not apply in that case. |
| It is not for nothing that Orlando has more than a | | | | Regardless of context however, anyone seeking |
| thousand restaurants, and they certainly are not | | | | to impress a dining partner would be well advised |
| just for tourists. | | | | to make reservations for Christini's. It is a place |
| While many people may come here in search of | | | | that reflects its many years of service in the |
| the most famous mouse in all the world, those | | | | industry with incredible quality.When people come |
| are not the people who will generally be dining in | | | | to Orlando, they have done so out of choice, and |
| an exclusive restaurant. Fine dining is not | | | | that choice is mostly nearby in places like Miami, |
| something which, with the best will in the world, | | | | Tampa and the others. |