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Marco Polo Restaurant Executive Chef Maxime Ribera and owner Tom Naifeh share a triumphant moment after serving a succesful dinner to Marco Island Fine Dining Club members.

Photo by JENINE C. OUILLETTE, Special to the Eagle

Marco Polo Restaurant Executive Chef Maxime Ribera and owner Tom Naifeh share a triumphant moment after serving a succesful dinner to Marco Island Fine Dining Club members.

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  • Marco Island Fine Dining Club members were served a fabulous sabayon of strawberries and blueberries for the dinner’s eighth course.
  • Marco Polo Restaurant Executive Chef Maxime Ribera and owner Tom Naifeh share a triumphant moment after serving a succesful dinner to Marco Island Fine Dining Club members.
  • Marco island Fine Dining Club members, left, Lorraine Knipe, Joan Stetson and Marya Hedrick were enjoying cocktail hour with other members at the clubs dinner event hosted by Marco Polo Retaurant and Lounge.
  • Seventh Course: Bouillabaisse with lobster, snapper, grouper, mussels, and clams
  • Marco Island Fine Dining Club co-founder Wes Robinson, left, Tom Naifeh, Marco Polo Restaurant owner and dinner host, and club founder Richard M. Fonte, share a joke and pre-dinner drink during the cocktail hour.
  • The Marco Polo Restaurant’s elegant dining room provided a perfect setting for 32 Marco Island Fine Dining Club members and 18 regular restaurant patrons who were enjoying dinner Thursday.
  • Fourth Course: Spinach salad with strawberries and pecans.
  • Marco Polo Restaurant server Angel Pacheco was pleased to be serving the superb second course: Stuffed quail with a madeira sauce entree to Marco Island Fine Dining Club members.
  • Marco island Fine Dining Club members, from left, Margaret Robison, Janet Keefe and Sharon Reiman joined the other members for cocktail hour at the clubs dinner event hosted by Marco Polo Retaurant and Lounge.
  • Third Course: Scallop and Foie Gras Salad with Rhubarb Compote.

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