The Red Room Tapas Lounge Wins Best of the Triangle 2010 Awards

Raleigh, NC, July 09, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality (www.rockytophospitality.com), has announced that The Red Room Tapas Lounge has been named the best place to salsa dance and the best place to eat appetizers by Independent Weekly’s 2010 Best of the Triangle awards. The Red Room was also a finalist for best romantic restaurant. Winners are selected through readers’ polls.

The Red Room, the only Spanish-influenced tapas lounge in downtown Raleigh, transforms into the area’s trendiest salsa party every Thursday night with free dance lessons offered early in the evening. Appetizer-sized portions are reasonably priced and made for sharing, along with other specialties including sangria, wine and signature red cocktails.

Quotes:
“The Red Room Tapas Lounge could not be more pleased to receive these honors,” said Ogan. “We are especially grateful to our customers and Independent Weekly readers for making the restaurant a unique and vibrant experience.”

New Media Content:
Rocky Top Hospitality’s Twitter Home Page
http://twitter.com/DeanOgan

The Red Room Tapas Lounge’s Facebook Home Page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Raleigh-NC/The-Red-Room/95782941800

Details:
- The Red Room Tapas Lounge features a live DJ during dinner and a memorable night life after 10 p.m.

- Other Rocky Top Hospitality restaurants include: The Twisted Fork, Market & Bar, Bogart’s American Grill, Michael Dean’s Seafood Grill and Oyster Bar, Hi5, The Mash House Brewery & Chophouse and Tribeca Tavern.

About The Red Room Tapas Lounge:
The Red Room Tapas Lounge, located at 510 Glenwood Ave. in downtown Raleigh, is Raleigh’s only Spanish-influenced tapas lounge. Appetizer-sized portions are reasonably-priced and made for sharing. Menu items can be served with sangria, any one of the signature red cocktails or wine from the extensive and unique Spanish wine list. With the lounge groove of the disc jockey, The Red Room offers a unique atmosphere that is perfect for festive and intimate gatherings. Lounge and Latin music is played Sunday through Monday, and on Thursday the restaurant offers free salsa lessons for Salsa Night. For more information, visit www.redroomraleigh.com.

About Rocky Top Hospitality:
Rocky Top Hospitality has been devoted to improving Raleigh, North Carolina’s local dining scene since 1998, when its first restaurant opened. Michael Dean’s Seafood Grill and Oyster Bar was the culmination of years of planning by Dean Ogan. Six other restaurants have now opened under the Rocky Top Hospitality name and include The Twisted Fork Grill, Market & Bar, The Red Room Tapas Lounge, Bogart’s American Grill, Hi5, The Mash House Brewery & Chophouse, as well as 1705 Prime Catering & Events, a thriving events facility and catering business. Rocky Top Hospitality always builds restaurants from the menu-out, so the emphasis is always on the food and how to create an experience you cannot find anywhere else. For more information visit the website at www.rockytophospitality.com.

Michelle Fowler
MMI Public Relations
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