Mood is mega-Mesozoic at Schussler’s latest over-the-top eatery

May 10, 2010 by David Graw · Leave a Comment 

Mood is mega-Mesozoic at Schussler’s latest over-the-top eatery. Twin Cities restaurant creator extraordinaire Steve Schussler’s favorite childhood “toy” was a coffee pot, his mother, Gloria Palazzo, said. “With a percolator,” she added with emphasis.

So Palazzo wasn’t entirely surprised that her son went into the restaurant business. But the expression in her eyes last week suggested that she never imagined that Schussler’s fascination would percolate into something quite as mammoth as T-Rex, a new restaurant at Walt Disney World in Orlando.

Frattalone and Associates Rain Forest Cafe Galveston Island Project

May 7, 2010 by David Graw · Leave a Comment 

The Rainforest Café® on Galveston Island, Texas is a restaurant and entertainment venue for the truly courageous. At the entrance, visitors are greeted by an erupting volcano, and inside, the Rainforest River Adventure Ride™ invites the patrons to explore the lush tropical jungle and mysterious temples along a river. Small rafts are waiting to take visitors on a voyage through real and artificial plant life, passing by cascading waterfalls, exotic animals – and an angry river god!