Salt & the Cellar by Akira Back

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Inside the Ette Hotel in Kissimmee, Salt & the Cellar by Akira Back is a dim, polished room that feels like an occasion: elegant, warm and quietly luxurious. The menu crosses steakhouse, Mediterranean and Japanese-leaning flavors, with a tuna pizza to start and a Chilean sea bass guests praise for its crispy skin and buttery center. Service draws words like fabulous, and the afternoon tea gives the room a second life beyond date night.

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