By David Dadekian on May 14, 2013
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 [...]
Posted in farms, news | Tagged agriculture, Broadway, Cluck, Coryndon Luxmoore, desert, Drake Patten, farm, food, garden, hardware, Indiegogo, insecurity, Providence, Rhode Island, RI, Sts. Vartanantz Church, urban, urban farm supply, variance, zoning |
By David Dadekian on April 29, 2013
I’ve written twice before about Cluck’s attempts to open an urban farm supply store at 399 Broadway in Providence. Unfortunately, after many months of planning, build-out, stocking the store with inventory and constant persistence from Cluck’s owner Drake Patten, the store has still not been able to open it’s doors. Now, more than ever, in [...]
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By David Dadekian on March 1, 2013
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 [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, farms, news, wine & drinks | Tagged Aquidneck Honey, Benjamin Sukle, Blackbird Farm, Boat House, Champe Speidel, Championship Melt, chef, Clam Jammers, culinary, Curt Columbus, Daniele, Derek Wagner, event, festival, Flour Girls Baking Co., food, Garden Grille, Gracie's, Hewtin's Dogs Mobile, Jake Rojas, James Mark, Jessica Abernethy, Joe Simone, Joedega, Johnson & Wales University, Jon Dille, Jonathan Cambra, Jonathan Edwards Winery, Jonathan Joseph Peters, Jordan Goldsmith, Kaitlyn Roberts, Like No Udder, Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails, Melissa Denmark, Mijos Tacos, Narragansett Brewery, Nick Pini, Nick's on Broadway, North, Persimmon, Philharmonic, Providence, Providence Monthly, Ravenous Brewing, restaurant, Revival Brewing, Rhode Island, RI, Rocket Fine Street Food, StyleWeek Northeast, Tallulah, Tazza, The Grange, The Sunnyside, Travel + Leisure, Trinity Repertory Company, truck, United States Bartenders' Guild |
By David Dadekian on January 20, 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 [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, news, wine & drinks | Tagged Andrea Pyenson, Andy Husbands, barbecue, book, Boston, burger, Celebrity Chef Dine Around, chef, Chris Hart, Connecticut, food, hamburger, iQUE, liquor, Massachusetts, Mohegan Sun, restaurant, spirits, Sun Winefest, Tremont 647, Uncasville, Wicked Good Barbecue, Wicked Good Burgers, wine |
By David Dadekian on January 15, 2013
Here is my final recipe in the BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival Lambs + Clams Original Recipe Contest. The other three entries utilized either Border Springs Farm lamb or shellfish, either Rappahannock River Oysters or Olde Salt Clams. This time out we were gifted with both lamb and shellfish, more specifically ground lamb and Olde Salt [...]
Posted in cooking | Tagged A Cook Blog, Border Springs, Bunkycooks, Cecilia Stoute, Charleston, clam, clambball, contest, cooking, Craig Rogers, farm, Farmgirl Gourmet, festival, food, gravy, ground, Guinness, Gwen Pratesi, Heather Scholten, Irish, kale, lamb, Lynda Balslev, Mango Tomato, mashed, meat, meatball, middleneck, Olde Salt, Olga Berman, One Vanilla Bean, Peter Barrett, potato, Rappahannock River, recipe, South Carolina, Taste Food Blog, Travis Croxton, Virginia, Vivek Surti, Vivek’s Epicurean Adventures, wine |
By David Dadekian on January 7, 2013
From the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau comes the news of the next Providence Restaurant Week. As has become the tradition in the area, Restaurant Week has grown to Restaurant Weeks, running for two full weeks beginning Sunday, January 13. All the information, including the complete list of participating restaurants can be found at [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, news | Tagged 1149 Bar & Grill, 2 Pauls, America's Favorite Cities, Anthony Bourdain, Bacaro Restaurant, Blaze East Side, Blue Grotto Restaurant, Bravo Brasserie, Cafe Nuovo, capital grille, Capriccio, cassarino's, CAV, centro chapel grille, chardonnay's, Chez Pascal, coco pazzo, Cook & Brown Public House, Cucina, DeWolf Tavern, dining, dinner, Don Jose Tequilas Restaurant, duck & bunny, Elizabeth of Portofino's, Eric Ripert, Farmstead, fire + ice, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, food, geppetto's, Good vs. Evil, Gracie's, Grille on Main, Harry's Bar & Burger, Hemenway's Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar, Hourglass Brasserie, Iron Works Tavern, jacky's waterplace, Joe's American Bar & Grill, kon asian bistro, Kristen Adamo, Ladder 133 Bar and Grill, Legal Sea Foods, libations, Local 121, lunch, Luxe Burger Bar, Martha Sheridan, Matunuck Oyster Bar, McCormick & Schmick's, Mediterraneo, melting pot, meritage, Mill's Tavern, New Rivers, Open Table, Pane e Vino, Paragon + Viva, Parkside Rotisserie & Bar, pearl restaurant & lounge, Pizzico Ristorante, Pot au Feu, PPAC, prix fixe, Providence, Providence Oyster Bar, Providence Performing Arts Center, providence prime, Providence Restaurant Week, Providence Restaurant Weeks, Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau, redlefsen's rotisserie & grille, restaurant, Rhode Island, RI, Ri Ra Irish Pub, Rick's Roadhouse, Rue De L'Espoir, Ruffino, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Sawaddee Thai Restaurant, Siena, Siena Cucina, Sophia's Tuscan Grille, spats, sweepstakes, Ten Prime Steak & Sushi, the grille, The ROI, Trattoria Zooma, Travel + Leisure, Twist, Union Station Brewery, vanity, vintage, Waterman Grille, wine, XO Café |
By David Dadekian on December 12, 2012
Congratulations to Providence’s Gracie’s and Newport’s Bouchard Restaurant and Inn and Castle Hill Inn. All three are in a list of the top 100 restaurants in the country, alongside such worldwide best restaurants as Eleven Madison Park and The French Laundry, as chosen by OpenTable reviews. According to OpenTable, “Out of more than 5 million restaurant [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, news | Tagged Bouchard, Castle Hill Inn, food, Gracie's, Inn, Newport, OpenTable, Providence, restaurant, Rhode Island, RI, top 100 |
By David Dadekian on December 11, 2012
Note: for the latest news on Cluck! please see this story: The Latest on the Battle for Cluck! Your Help Is Still Needed. Cluck! is a planned urban farm supply business that is trying to establish itself in a lot with a vacant garage at 399 Broadway in Providence. Unfortunately, what seems to be a good [...]
Posted in farms, news | Tagged agriculture, Angel Taveras, Broadway, Cluck, DEM, Department of Environmental Management, desert, Drake Patten, farm, food, insecurity, mayor, Peter Carnevale, Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island Community Food Bank, RI, Steel Yard, urban, variance, WBNA, zoning |
By David Dadekian on December 11, 2012
It is time for cooking contest number three in the BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival Lambs + Clams Original Recipe Contest. As with the first entry, this one involved a piece of Border Springs Farm lamb. I have to be honest, the leg of lamb that I used in the first contest didn’t wow me. I [...]
Posted in cooking | Tagged A Cook Blog, Border Springs, braise, Bunkycooks, Cecilia Stoute, Charleston, contest, cooking, Craig Rogers, Daniele, farm, Farmgirl Gourmet, festival, food, garlic, Gwen Pratesi, Heather Scholten, Irish, lamb, Lynda Balslev, Mango Tomato, meat, Olga Berman, One Vanilla Bean, oyster, Peter Barrett, Rappahannock River, recipe, shoulder, South Carolina, Taste Food Blog, thyme, Travis Croxton, Virginia, Vivek Surti, Vivek’s Epicurean Adventures, whiskey, wine |
By David Dadekian on December 9, 2012
On Tuesday, December 11 through Thursday, December 13, Hood is bringing the Soup Boutique, Inspired by Hood Cream, a touring food truck sampling chef-created soups featuring Hood Cream, to Providence. From 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Soup Boutique will be in downtown Providence offering free soup samples, one from a recipe created by Executive Chef [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, news | Tagged Ben Lloyd, Boston, boutique, chef, Chris Coombs, contest, cream, Deuxave, donation, Eric Gregory, food, Grafton Street Pub and Grill, Hood, Jeff Landry, Jonathan Dunn, Lavishly Dunn Catering, Lynne Bohan, mobile, New England Dairy Cook-Off, Portland, Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island Community Food Bank, RI, sample, soup, Tazza, The Farmer’s Table, truck |
