Caffe Luna Rosa Welcomes Longtime Delray Wine Expert Bill Blakeman as Evening Host 3X a Week

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - July 11, 2014 - PRLog -- Bill Blakeman Joins Team at Caffé Luna Rosa

Veteran Delray Businessman to Serve as Evening Host at

Popular Beachside Restaurant Three Nights a Week

(Delray Beach, FL – July 7, 2014) Longtime Delray Beach businessman Bill Blakeman has joined the staff of Caffé Luna Rosa, Delray Beach’s favorite beachfront restaurant, where he will serve as evening host three nights a week.

"I've been coming to Caffé Luna Rosa for 20 years and I feel lucky to now be part of a restaurant of this quality,” Blakeman said. “I really do love this place.”

A part of the Delray Beach community for more than two decades, Blakeman first came to the area in 1990 as the manager of the Colony Wine & Liquor Shoppe on Atlantic Ave.

"Wine is my passion,” he said. “My whole life since I was 19 has been about wine.”

While at the Colony, Blakeman focused on bringing boutique brands from small vineyards to customers.  He was also instrumental in making the business one of the first shops on Atlantic Avenue to stay open after regular business hours.

After the shop closed in 2000, Blakeman began working for a wine wholesaler, with Delray Beach included in his territory.

"I spent 10 years on Atlantic Avenue and 10 years walking Atlantic Avenue, all in the name of wine,” he said.

In his new position at Caffé Luna Rosa, Blakeman has seen many of his former customers as well as many of the friends and acquaintances he met during his years in Delray Beach.

"I've already seen 40 or 50 people who remember me from the Colony,” he said.

Working three nights a week – Sunday, Monday and Thursday – Blakeman says he is impressed with how the staff at the restaurant works so well together to ensure that customers have an outstanding experience.

From the front of the house to the back of the house, there’s an amazing chemistry,” he said. “It’s like synchronized swimming in a restaurant.”

About Caffé Luna Rosa:

Located at 34 S. Ocean Boulevard, directly across from the ocean in Delray Beach. Caffé Luna Rosa offers a memorable and authentic Italian dining experience in a casual atmosphere. The restaurant is designed on two levels with alfresco seating and an elevated open-air dining room highlighted by granite, authentic artwork and magnificent woodwork. Perfect for congenial conversation and people watching along the shoreline during the day.

The professional wait staff offers epicurean service including the decanting of wine and tableside filleting of whole fish, and the restaurant’s carefully researched wine list offers superior Italian and American selections. Full bar service is available.

A recipient of the prestigious TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award for 2014, Caffé Luna Rosa is open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.  To make reservations, please call 561.274.9404 and for hassle-free online ordering for easy pick-up, please visit www.caffelunarosa.com.

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