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But this incarnation seems to have been tempered with a dining arrangement tables, chairs, etc. more suited for serious dining. The stern of the restaurant called Zona Red has an outdoor deck with a patio dance floor and bar. Live bands were housed on the stage until last weekend, but that has been discontinued as Zona Red prepares to hibernate for the winter. Beginning next Friday, DJs will provide music inside on weekends. No cover charge. Blu Water is comfortable and has a great river view, as Elis fans no doubt will recall. The menu is big on seafood, prices are moderate and portions, large and artfully arranged on oversized plates. There are a number of exceptional appetizers. Highlighting favorites starts with the cold sweet-and-sour Asian-style angel hair pasta Then there are the interestingly grilled portobello mushrooms with seafood, yellow tomatoes and pesto 7, made to look like a pizza, and the wonderful salmon gravlax thats rolled into a cone shape and perched upright atop a colorful maze of mousse piping And, yes, we cant forget the huge plateful of crisp fried onions 5 called Maui Wowees. Spinach salad was huge and featured red onion, some good-tasting tomato, goat cheese, sesame seeds and a lime-mint dressing The crabcake entree 16 came with a light apricot coulis, and while the crabmeat was fine, it was overpowered by a heavy herb seasoning that the game dreams greatly from the dish. Blu Water features one of those gigantic wooden plank creations that artistically arranges scallops, mussels, stuffed mushrooms, fish and shrimp inside a wall of potatoes And speaking of potatoes, the mashed which come with some entrees and can also be ordered on the side 3 are a thick and creamy concoction that includes roasted onion. Blu Water has lobster tails 22; a dish called baked salmon Rockefeller 17 stuffed with oysters and spinach, and grilled shrimp scampi served over penne Blu-ray is here to stay, and while initial players were expensive and problematic, the newest generations are much more user-friendly and offer advantages not available in the early models. One feature sorely missed was the ability to play SACD and DVD-Audio discs, and even CDs on very early units. Fast forward to the present and we are finally seeing such universal players allowing a single source for everything in your home theater. Lexicon has just released such a high-quality player with their BD-30 Blu-ray player. The Lexicon will spin any disc you can fit into its drawer, including CD, SACD, DVD, DVD-Audio, Blu-rays and even AVCHD files, listing for 3, 5 The Lexicon BD-30 has the best build quality of any Blu-ray player I have seen to date. The thick, machined faceplate with deeply indented lettering and recessed area for the drawer and display are exceptional-looking, while the remainder of the case is rock solid. This isnt the game dreams Japanese stamped steel player, and for the price, it shouldnt be. The unit comes with topnotch packing as well, with high-density foam surrounding the player. It comes double boxed. I was going through the accessories, caught sight of the combined stereo analog composite video cable and felt my heart fail. Since the first players, most have come without an HDMI cable, and this has always frustrated me. I was thrilled to see Lexicon did include a nice quality HDMI cable, power cord, remote, a bound manual and one other bonus, a copy of Digital Video Essential HD: Basics DVD International on Blu-ray, to help users calibrate their displays to get maximum performance out of the player. This is missing from every other Blu-ray player at any cost that I have seen in the marketplace so far. The front controls are pretty simple: a small power button is on the bottom left with the disc tray over the display in the center of the unit. An eject button is to the right of the tray, and further to the right is a plus sign arrangement of buttons that control all the transport function and menu navigation. There is a USB 0 port is on the far right side of the fascia.