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Menu Development |
Bahama Breeze rolled out a Pineapple Coconut Martini. (Company Release)
Bahama Breeze added Barbecue Chicken Flatbread with roasted red peppers, grilled red onions, applewood bacon, sweet
and smoky guava barbecue sauce and mozzarella cheese on a thin and crispy herb-cheese crust. (Company Release)
Bahama Breeze added 12 new items to its menu, including entrées, starters, salads and sandwiches. New selections include
Almond Crusted Fresh Fish, Margarita Chicken, Breeze Wood-Grilled Chicken Breast, Fresh Fish Havana, Coconut Shrimp
Dinner, Lobster & Shrimp Pasta, Barbecue Chicken Breast, Simply Grilled Fresh Fish, Grilled Chicken Breast Tostada, Oak
Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich, Herb-Roasted Chicken Sandwich, Spinach Dip & Island Chips, Crispy Chicken Club Salad
and Grilled Chicken “BLT” Wrap. (Company Website)
Bahama Breeze added three new entrées and a new dessert to its menu. Selections include: • Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad—
with slices of Island chicken breast, bacon, sliced egg, tomato, cheese, toasted pumpkin seeds and avocado over mixed
greens, served with island vinaigrette and blue cheese dressing • Crab Claws St. Thomas—blue crab claws simmered in
Island citrus butter and served with fire-toasted Cuban bread • Flatbread and Salad or Soup—wood-fired Island flatbread with
a choice of Breeze salad, Caesar salad or any homemade soup • Warm Chocolate Pineapple Upside-Down Cake—with a
chocolate molten center, topped with caramelized pineapple, raspberry sauce, butterscotch brandy sauce and fresh whipped
cream. (Company Website)
News & Other |
Fish and seafood items are being removed from the menu because of concerns about the sustainability of certain species.
According to a recent report in Science from leading ecologists and economists, it was theorized that the world would run out
of seafood by 2048 if declines in marine species continue at the current rate. The report said that overfishing, pollution and
other environmental factors are destroying wild fisheries and threatening the ocean’s ecological balance. The seafood industry
has said that the study is too alarmist. Many restaurants, however, are making adjustments. Darden Restaurants, which owns
Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Smokey Bones and Bahama Breeze brands, and Compass Group’s America division have both
declared changes in seafood purchasing habits based on sustainability concerns. The study also found that nearly one-third of
commercially fished species have already been depleted to the point where catches are now only 10% of historic highs. These
include bluefin tuna, Atlantic cod, Pacific salmon and Alaskan king crab. The study also says that it is not too late to reverse
the trends. Several environmental groups are working to help consumers, restaurants, distributors and retail stores make
responsible choices. (Nation’s Restaurant News 11/27/06 p1)
Darden Restaurants is closing down its Smokey Bones chain. The company shuttered 54 Smokey Bones outlets and two test
Rocky River Grillhouse restaurants. Darden plans to sell the remaining 73 Smokey Bones restaurants still in operation, located
primarily on the East Coast. The move will allow Darden to continue to pursue the purchase of a casual-dining chain with high
growth potential. In related news, the company has also closed nine Bahama Breeze locations in the Midwest and Southwest.
Darden will keep the remaining 23 Bahama Breeze locations open. (Orlando Sentinel 5/08/07 & 5/09/07; NRN Daily NewsFax
5/07/07; Nation’s Restaurant News Online 5/05/07; AFX International Focus 5/07/07; NRN Daily NewsFax 5/08/07;
Indystar.com 5/03/07)
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