birch in Providence Opens Thursday, June 20, 2013
birch, Heidi and Benjamin Sukle’s first restaurant venture, “serving modern American cuisine rooted in classical technique,” opens on Thursday, June 20th at 5 p.m. The Sukles kindly invited Eat Drink RI‘s David Dadekian to their pre-opening where he made a few exclusive first photographs of the 200 Washington Street space. Reservations are now being accepted [...]
This is what your grocery store looks like without bees.
The Providence Whole Foods Market at University Heights participated in a remarkable project to visually illustrate the effects bee colony collapse disorder could have on our food system. I was invited to document the project and it was amazing to see in person. The following is Whole Foods Market’s national release of “This is what [...]
Chef Kevin Thiele named Rhode Island March of Dimes 2013 Signature Chef
March of Dimes 12th Annual Signature Chefs Auction Thursday, September 19, 2013 Belle Mer, Newport March of Dimes Rhode Island is delighted to announce that award-winning Chef Kevin Thiele will be its 2013 Signature Chef. Thiele is Director of Food and Beverage/Executive Chef at the venerable Hotel Viking in Newport, RI, part of Noble House [...]
Rhode Island Community Food Bank 2013 Summer Food Drive and “Word Soup”
From the Rhode Island Community Food Bank comes the following two news releases. The first covers this year’s Summer Food Drive, which kicks off on June 3rd. The number of those without food in Rhode Island—a third of which are children under the age of 18—has doubled over the last six years and donations in [...]
News Bites: Tallulah’s Tacos, Homestead Hard Cider and Sundays at Farmstead
Three current news releases—Eat Drink RI is not the source for these items—please follow any links for more information. Tallulah’s Tacos Tallulah’s Tacos Is Happy To Announce The Grand Opening Of The Shack at Dutch Harbor! Tallulah’s Tacos brings fresh, traditional Mexican style tacos and burritos that embrace the flavors reminiscent of the West Coast. [...]
Taste Trekkers Tickets Now On Sale with $15 off from Eat Drink RI
Tickets for September’s Taste Trekkers Food Tourism Conference go on sale this Thursday, May 23rd at noon and Eat Drink RI has an exclusive promotional code you can use to get $15 off the main event on Saturday, September 21st at the Providence Biltmore. For more information on the entire conference weekend, including links to [...]
Travel + Leisure Names Providence Number Eight in America’s Best Beer Cities
Just in time for American Craft Beer Week, Travel + Leisure magazine’s “America’s Favorite Cities” 2012 poll has placed Providence at number eight on the list of America’s Best Beer Cities. The magazine made special mention of Trinity Brewhouse, Foolproof Brewing and Revival Brewing Company in their write-up of Providence brews. Eat Drink RI contacted [...]
Cluck! Approved By Providence Zoning, Next Steps to Open the Store’s Doors
On Monday evening, May 13, 2013, the Providence Zoning Board of Review approved Drake Patten’s request for a zoning variance for the property at 399 Broadway so that she can open an urban farm supply store named Cluck. If this seems like a bit of déjà vu it’s because the Zoning Board approved the request [...]
News Bites: Dave’s Marketplace & North Kingstown Food Pantry, Kountry Kitchen and DD Iced Coffee for Hasbro Children’s Hospital
Three current news releases—Eat Drink RI is not the source for these items—please follow any links for more information. Dave’s Marketplace Makes Donation to North Kingstown Food Pantry Dave’s Marketplace, a locally owned RI grocery chain has donated $25,000 to the North Kingstown Food Pantry’s Capital Campaign to relocate to the Little Red Schoolhouse. The [...]
Local Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” on May 11, 2013 – The Biggest Single Food Drive in the Nation
The second Saturday in May has special significance to members of the National Association of Letter Carriers. For 21 years, it’s been the day when they teamed up with their postal patrons to “Stamp Out Hunger” in the nation’s largest single-day food drive. This year’s food drive takes place Saturday, May 11, across Rhode Island [...]
