News Bites: Gracie’s, Farmstead Inc. and Temple Restaurant & Lounge
Three current news releases—Eat Drink RI is not the source for these items—please follow any links for more information. Gracie’s Allan Industries hosts 2nd annual Thanksgiving Dinner for Re-Focus clients at Gracie’s For the second Thanksgiving in a row, Allan Industries will join Gracie’s to proudly welcome approximately 60 clients and staff of Re-Focus, Inc., [...]
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 [...]
March of Dimes Rhode Island 11th Annual Signature Chefs Auction
In what has become the best annual culinary event in Rhode Island, on Thursday, September 20th, twenty-two of Rhode Island’s best chefs assembled at Belle Mer in Newport for the 11th Annual March of Dimes Rhode Island Signature Chefs Auction. This year’s honoree was Jonathan Cambra of the Boat House in Tiverton. A proud husband and father [...]
Gracie’s Outstanding in the Field dinner in Portsmouth, R.I.
On Wednesday, September 12, the Gracie’s team moved from Providence to Portsmouth for a spectacular evening with the Outstanding in the Field tour. This year’s dinner was held at Aquidneck Farms on what could only be described as a picture-perfect setting with the table for 150 guests extending down to the western bank of the [...]
Gracie’s Star Chefs Series with Chef Ciril Hitz – Monday, August 6, 2012
It’s time again for one of my favorite dinners of the entire year, and I have some pretty spectacular dinners—just recently I tasted most of the items on 2012 James Beard Foundation Award semifinalist Chef Benjamin Sukle’s new menu at The Dorrance and had incredible wines with dinner at the Troquet wine cellar clear out [...]
Gracie’s Chosen Again to Showcase Rainier Cherries for Northwest Cherries’ Tree-to-Table
For the second year in a row, Northwest Cherries has commissioned Gracie’s restaurant in Providence to represent Rhode Island while celebrating the Rainier cherry. As part of the annual Northwest Cherries’ Tree-to-Table event one restaurant in each state is asked to create a unique menu offering featuring Rainier cherries. The cherry is regarded for its “crisp bite and [...]
Celebrate Earth Day with a local Earth Dinner to benefit Chefs Collaborative
This week a number of Rhode Island area restaurants are participating in Earth Dinner events. The Dinners are a series of events sponsored by Chefs Collaborative and Organic Valley to promote local, sustainable and organic foods. Over 100 restaurants around the country are participating in this event and donating a portion of their proceeds to [...]
March of Dimes Rhode Island Names Chef Jonathan Cambra Their 2012 Signature Chef
Not everyone likes surprises, but when leaders from March of Dimes Rhode Island recently showed up on the doorsteps of the Boat House in Tiverton to surprise the restaurant’s Executive Chef Jonathan Cambra with an important announcement, cheers and elation ensued. That’s because Chef Cambra was named Signature Chef of the 11th Annual March of [...]
News Bites: Gracie’s, The Capital Grille/Share Our Strength, Mama Kim’s Korean BBQ and Temple Downtown
Gracie’s Congratulations to Gracie’s restaurant in Providence on receiving the AAA Four Diamond Award. Gracie’s is one of only three restaurants in Rhode Island to earn the award in 2011 and one of only 754 restaurants in the nation to hold the AAA Four Diamond rating. The AAA Four Diamond Award was presented to Gracie’s [...]
Vote for Gracie’s Melissa Denmark in Food & Wine’s “People’s Best New Pastry Chef” Award
Food & Wine magazine has named Gracie’s Pastry Chef Melissa Denmark one of the 50 best new pastry chefs in the country, by nominating her for their first-ever The People’s Best New Pastry Chef Award. Now it’s up to the people who have experienced Denmark’s great talent at turning out world-class desserts to vote online [...]
