Hidden inside the bland box architecture of Westin's brand-new hotel on Tampa's Courtney Campbell Causeway lies the posh, sleek Aquaknox, a new restaurant featuring fine-dining seafood. Once you see the uber-cool waterfall wall veiling the wine room, you kinda know something different this way comes.
A recent sneak peek of the dining room — dripping with modernity — and the goodies emerging from Chef Jim Sheibler's kitchen — thanks to a soft opening lunch — confirmed my suspicions.
This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2009.