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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Cochon 555 Returns to Boston on Sunday, March 24, 2013 – UPDATED: Chef Michael Scelfo Wins
Cochon 555, the 10-city culinary competition that promotes sustainable farming of heritage breed pigs, returns to Boston on Sunday, March 24, 2013. Providence’s own Chef Matt Jennings of Farmstead won the Boston competition it’s first three years, passing the baton to Chef Jamie Bissonnette of Toro and Coppa last year. This year the Boston event will see [...]
Eat Drink RI Festival Rhode Island’s First-Ever Three-Day Local Food Celebration Comes to Providence
EAT DRINK RI FESTIVAL RHODE ISLAND’S FIRST-EVER THREE-DAY LOCAL FOOD CELEBRATION COMES TO PROVIDENCE Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21 PROVIDENCE, RI (March 1, 2013) – Celebrating the best of the culinary world in Rhode Island, the Eat Drink RI Festival is set to take the stage as the state’s very first three-day local [...]
Interview with Andy Husbands, appearing at The Sun WineFest, January 25-27, 2013
The Sun WineFest ’13 is this weekend and as always it attracts some of the best names in the food, wine and spirits world to the Mohegan Sun Resort in southeastern Connecticut. One of those food personalities is Andy Husbands, the chef/owner of Tremont 647 in Boston, Massachusetts. Readers of this site may recognize Husbands [...]
Eater National Covers The Dorrance for “One Year In”
Normally we would just FaceTwitInstaPin this story instead of making it a standalone post, but then we saw the article’s practically buried. When you go to the list of “One Year In” interviews for December, Providence’s Lester and Sukle interview isn’t in the list! Let’s show Eater that Providence can get twice as much traffic [...]
2012 Gift Guides: Wine, Oysters and a Book
It’s that time of year again: gift giving season. Holidays abound, everyone’s going somewhere where they want to bring something. Heck, sometimes when you’re buying things for others you feel like buying something extra for yourself. There wil be a series of posts this week and next based around a number of items that either [...]
News Bites: Campus Fine Wines, Castle Hill Inn, Dave’s Marketplace, XO Café and 2 Pauls Good Food
Three current news releases—Eat Drink RI is not the source for these items—please follow any links for more information. Campus Fine Wines Campus Fine Wines under new ownership for 1st time in nearly 40 years The new owners of Campus Fine Wines will celebrate the store’s Grand Reopening throughout December, with Champagne tastings every Friday [...]
Gracie’s “Wines of the World” Returns on Monday, October 22, 2012
AAA Four-Diamond Award restaurant to showcase 40 wines and canapés from 10 international regions, beer and spirits tasting with sweet sensations, and live music. Culinary fans and wine lovers from throughout New England know Gracie’s as one of the best palate-pleasing locations in Providence. For the third time, the award-winning team at Gracie’s will be [...]
