St. Pete hotel to get pan-Asian restaurant, a $1M project

St. Petersburg will get a pan-Asian restaurant inside the Ponce De León Hotel at the end of September or early October, according to Cory Saffran, vice president of operations for Benson Hospitality Group and its eatery, Fortu.

Fortu will be based inside the hotel along Central Avenue. It will feature dishes based on traditional Asian cuisine with new techniques and ingredients, including aged steak, miso sea bass, Korean fried chicken and wagyu beef, Saffran says.

The menu is finalized as is the cocktail selection, says Saffran, a former director of food and beverage department at the Four Seasons Resort of Orlando.