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Giusto “Secret” Winter Menu Items and Lunch
At Giusto in Newport there are two off-menu ‘secret’ items now available for the winter months only. Both are in limited quantity, so they are available until they sell out each night.
On Sunday evenings, it’s the Chicken Parm ($28), Giusto’s take on a Sunday Supper. The pan-fried crispy chicken breast is topped with tomato sauce and melted mozzarella and served with housemade bucatini pasta. Image attached.
On Monday nights, it’s the Giusto Smashburger ($19), a double stack burger with fontina cheese, sweet and tangy housemade bread & butter pickles and n’duja aioli on Martin’s potato roll.
Additionally, lunch is back at Giusto, on Saturdays and Sundays from 12pm – 2:30pm. Giusto’s sandwiches are back on the lunch menu. New this year is the Chicken Parm Sandwich, alongside the Giusto Smashburger, Local Fish Sandwich with pickled jalapeno and Porchetta Sandwich with giardiniera and white bean and harissa spread. All sandwiches come with a choice of salt & vinegar potatoes or green salad with baby gem, pear and dill.
View the full lunch menu here.
Curling Now Available at Track 15
Food Hall Leans into Winter with Dining Igloos and Curling
The Track 15 food hall, located at 1 Union Station in downtown Providence, is embracing the winter season with outdoor dining igloos, a menu of cozy cocktails and mocktails, and the addition of “street curling” rinks.
The sport of curling has exploded in popularity in recent years, and Track 15 is proud to offer two street-versions of the rink, the perfect way to enjoy the brisk winter air. Lanes are available for walk-ins or reservations during regular operating hours. Each lane can accommodate two to six players; the cost is $20 per lane per hour. For more information, visit track15ri.com/events/street-curling.
“With the bustle of the holiday season behind us, we are leaning into winter!” said Christopher Marsella, Owner, Track 15. “We are proud to give guests a new way to enjoy their Track 15 favorites in this season. These additions exemplify our ongoing commitment as a true gathering place for great food, drinks, and fun in the heart of downtown Providence – even when we’re under a blanket of snow.”
Guests can enjoy their favorite Track 15 food and drink in one of two new dining igloos on the outdoor plaza. Each igloo accommodates up to eight guests, and contains a dining table and chairs, mini electric fireplaces for heat, rugs, blankets, and soft lighting. The “Hearthside” igloo boasts a warm winter lodge feel while the “Encore” igloo is glamorous and dramatic. Igloos are available for booking during regular opening hours in two-hour increments. A $50 reservation fee is required and there is a $150 food and beverage minimum. To more information and to reserve an igloo, visit www.track15ri.com. https://track15ri.com/events/dining-igloos/.
Indoors or out, guests can enjoy a variety of winter libations at the food hall, including the Winter Sangria: Courvoisier VS Cognac, PAMA liqueur, housemade grenadine, orange, red wine, and ginger beer; the Blood Orange Spritz: sparkling rosé, Campari, triple sec, blood orange; and Slings & Arils: Track 15 ISCO gin, Genepy alpine herbal liqueur, housemade grenadine, and lime. The beverage team has also launched an Old Fashioned of the Month program. January featuresOld Grandad Bonded Bourbon with sugar, Angostura and Regan’s Orange Bitters, and orange peel.
Hot drinks include Mulled Hot Apple Cider with Minard Farms cider, winter spices, Planteray Original Dark Rum; Cinnamon Hot Cocoa featuring Track 15’s hot cocoa blend, Grainger’s Organic Vodka, and whipped cream; and the Hot Toddy: Slane Irish Whiskey, English breakfast tea, honey, and lemon.
Seasonal zero proof libations include the Blood Orange “Rita” with Clean Co. non-alcoholic “tequila,” blood orange, and lime; the Hee Haw: Clean Co. “whiskey” with apple cider, lemon, and ginger beer; Dry Cane Swizzle with Lyre’s Dark Cane “rum”, housemade winter spiced pineapple shrub, lime, soda water, and fresh mint; the Italian Spritz with DelConte NA Aperitif, soda water, and rosemary; and the Bramble On!: Lyre’s London Dry “Gin”, housemade blackberry-sage shrub, lemon, and soda. Non-alcoholic beers include Notch IPA or Pilsner, Collective Arts Guava Gose, and Best Day Electro Lime Cerveza.
Anna’s Taqueria Makes its Ocean State Debut with $3.50 Burritos on February 24
Boston’s beloved homegrown brand opens first location in Rhode Island, features 1995 throwback burrito pricing on opening day
Anna’s Taqueria – the homegrown Boston brand that has been delivering warm bundles of burritos, tacos and quesadillas as well as heaping Mexican bowls and salads since 1995 – will open its first location in Rhode Island on February 24 at the Garden City Center in Cranston.
Inspired by San Francisco’s Mission District, Anna’s Taqueria was first conceived with the goal of bringing the homestyle flavor of Mexican street food to the people while celebrating community. With its entry into the Ocean State, Anna’s is continuing its exciting expansion in southern New England having opened four new locations in the past year.
Debuting within the area’s premier open-air lifestyle plaza that features the best local flavors, Anna’s Taqueria’s newest outpost features a bright and welcoming nearly-3,000 square foot dining space complete with high-top communal tables, booths and traditional table seating options for 42 guests. Anna’s Taqueria carefully prepares every order using the finest and freshest ingredients including a lineup of signature proteins like birria, carnitas, al pastor, and more. Additionally, Anna’s Taqueria at Garden City Center will serve Anna’s new protein bowls that pack up to 98 grams of protein per order.
On its opening day, in honor of rolling burritos since 1995, Anna Taqueria will dial back the hands of time and offer its legendary super burritos – 12″ fresh hot flour tortillas customized to your taste and packed with a main filling, cheese, rice, beans, lettuce, pico, hot sauce and jalapeños – at its original 1995 pricing, $3.50* per oversized bundle of love. Rounding out the festivities will be a prize wheel, swag, and availability of limited-edition Anna’s Cranston t-shirts.
“The Anna’s brand has so much love to share, and we couldn’t be happier to be bringing that to Rhode Island,” said Rob Favuzza, President of Anna’s Taqueria. “With Garden City Center’s mission of bringing community together, it is the perfect home for us.”
Anna’s Taqueria is located at 185 Sockanosset Cross Road in Cranston. For more information, please call (401) 593-3223 or visit www.annas.com. For access to exclusive insider perks, download the Anna’s Taqueria app.
*Redeemable in-store only, one burrito per person. Premium add-ons priced à la carte.
