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Providence Restaurant Week, July 8 – 21, 2012

by David Dadekian June 30, 2012

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, July 8. All the information, including the complete list of participating restaurants can be found in the release below and at http://www.goprovidence.com/rw/

Nearly 100 Eateries from Across Rhode Island Participate in Seventh Annual Providence Restaurant Weeks

New Partnerships with Yelp, Foodspotting Add Interactive Component to the Event
Providence has recently emerged as a top culinary destination, including being named the #2 Food City in the U.S. by the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine in its 2011 “America’s Favorite Cities” poll. Find out what all the fuss is about during the seventh annual Providence Restaurant Weeks, July 8-21.
Nearly 100 restaurants from across Rhode Island will be offering three-course, prix fixe lunches for $14.95 and/or three-course, prix fixe dinners for $29.95. Some are even offering two-for-one deals and other special promotions. Complete information about participating restaurants, including menus, may be found at www.ProvidenceRestaurantWeeks.com.
Providence Restaurant Weeks is sponsored by American Express®, Newport Storm, Creekstone Farms, Rhode Island Monthly and OpenTable.com. New partnerships with two popular websites, Yelp.com and Foodspotting.com, add an interactive component to the event. “Yelpers,” a substantial community of online reviewers, can “check in” at participating Providence Restaurant Week venues to receive special offers good for a return visit, all done via smartphone. Foodspotting, the popular website and mobile app that focuses on dish reviews, will promote the event to its online community. People who upload photos of their recommendations at any of the Restaurant Weeks locations on Foodspotting will be eligible to win gift cards from participating restaurants.
“Working with social media partners allows the event to take on a virtual life of its own,” said Martha Sheridan, president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (PWCVB), which organizes the event. “The high-tech element balances nicely with the simple pleasure of enjoying a beautifully prepared meal.”
Participating restaurants include: 1149 Bar & Grill (Seekonk); Amici Bar & Grille; Andino’s Restaurant; Aspire Restaurant; Audrey’s at The Johnson and Wales Inn; Bacaro Restaurant; Blaze East Side; Blue Grotto Restaurant; Blush Winebar; Bravo Brasserie; Cafe Nuovo; Caffe Dolce Vita; Camille’s; The Capital Grille; Capriccio; Carrie’s Restaurant; Cassarino’s Ristorante; CAV; Centro Restaurant and Lounge; Chardonnay’s Restaurant; Chez Pascal; Cook & Brown Public House Ltd.; Cucina & The Grille; Cucina Twist; d. Carlo Trattoria; DeWolf Tavern; Don Jose Tequilas Restaurant; The Duck and Bunny; Eleven Forty Nine Restaurant (Warwick); Elizabeth of Portofino’s; Fire + Ice Restaurant; Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar; Fred & Steve’s Steakhouse; Gracie’s; Grille on Main; Harry’s Bar & Burger; Hemenway’s Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar; Hewtin’s Dogs Mobile; Hourglass Brasserie; India Restaurant; Iron Works Tavern; Jacky’s Waterplace Restaurant; Joe’s American Bar & Grill; Kartabar Restaurant; La Laiterie at Farmstead; La Masseria; Legal Sea Foods; Libations Restaurant at the Radisson Hotel Providence Airport; Local 121 Restaurant; Loie Fuller’s; LUXE Burger Bar; McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant; Mediterraneo; The Melting Pot; Meritage Restaurant; and Mill’s Tavern Restaurant.
As well as: New Rivers; Pane e Vino; Paragon + Viva; Parkside Rotisserie & Bar; Pizzico Ristorante; Pot Au Feu; Potenza Ristorante; Providence Oyster Bar; Providence Prime Steakhouse; Rare Burger Bar; Red Stripe; Redlefsen’s Rotisserie & Grill; Remington House Inn; Ri Ra Irish Pub; Rick’s Roadhouse; The ROI; Rue De L’Espoir; Ruth’s Chris Steak House; Sawaddee Thai Restaurant; Siena Cucina (East Greenwich); Siena (Providence); Snooker’s Sports, Billiards, Bar & Grill; Spats Restaurant and Bar; Spirito’s Restaurant; Tazza; Temple Downtown; Ten Prime Steak & Sushi; Trattoria Roma; Trattoria Zooma; Twist Restaurant; Union Station Brewery; Uno Chicago Grill; Vanity Restaurant & Lounge; Vintage Restaurant; Waterman Grille; Waterplace Restaurant; The Whiskey Republic; XO Café; and Z Bar & Grille.
The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau is an accredited, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization whose mission is to create vibrant growth for the local hospitality economy by promoting, developing, and expanding a united visitor industry. For more information, contact 401-456-0200 or visit www.pwcvb.com.

June 30, 2012 0 comment

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Providence Restaurant Week, January 15 – 28, 2012

by David Dadekian January 8, 2012

written by David Dadekian

Providence Restaurant Week, January 15-28 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 15. All the information, including the complete list of participating restaurants can be found in the release below and at http://www.goprovidence.com/rw/

The PWCVB Invites Residents, Visitors to Take a Bite Out of Winter with 2nd Annual Winter Restaurant Weeks
The popular dining event will feature more than 80 restaurants dealing discounts for two weeks
PROVIDENCE –It’s back! The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (PWCVB) is once again heating up the Rhode Island winter with a cold weather edition of Providence Restaurant Weeks.
Due to the popularity of last year’s winter event, this year’s version will run for two weeks and feature even more restaurants throughout the state. From January 15-28, diners can sample three-course, prix-fixe lunches for $14.95 and three-course, prix-fixe dinners for $29.95 at more than 80 restaurants. Several restaurants are also offering two-for-one meals at those price points.
“Our Winter Restaurant Weeks was not only brought back this year, but extended to two full weeks,” said Kristen Adamo, Vice President of Marketing & Communications for the PWCVB. “The diners love it. The restaurants love it. It’s just a great event – and a great excuse to try any number of our great restaurants.”
Providence Restaurant Weeks will also use a social media component to this season’s event, encouraging both use of the Twitter hashtag #prw12 and reviews on the dedicated Yelp! event page, found here.
The PWCVB also organizes Providence Restaurant Weeks for two weeks each July, an annual event that has filled restaurants – and bellies – since 2006. This past year, Providence was once again named one of “America’s Favorite Cities” by the readers of by Travel + Leisure magazine, placing as the second best culinary city in America.
Participating restaurants include:
Amici Bar & Grille, Andino’s Restaurant, Angelo’s Civita Farnese, Bacaro, Blue Grotto Restaurant, Blush Winebar, Bravo Brasserie, Cafe Nuovo, Caffe Dolce Vita, The Capital Grille, Capriccio, Cassarino’s Restaurant, CAV, Centro Restaurant and Lounge, Chardonnay’s Restaurant, Chez Pascal, Cook & Brown Public House Ltd., Cucina & The Grille, DeWolf Tavern, The Dorrance, The Duck and Bunny, Eleven Forty Nine East Restaurant, Eleven Forty Nine Restaurant, Elizabeth’s Portofino, Fire + Ice Restaurant Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Fred & Steve’s Steakhouse, Gracie’s, Grille on Main, Harry’s Bar & Burger, Hemenway’s Seafood Grille & Oyster Bar, Hourglass Brasserie, Iron Works Tavern, Kartabar Restaurant, La Masseria, Ladder 133 Bar and Grill, Legal Sea Foods, Libations Restaurant and Lounge, Lobster Pot, LUXE Burger Bar, McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon, Mediterraneo, The Melting Pot, Meritage Restaurant, Millonzi’s Bar & Grille, Mill’s Tavern Restaurant, Murphy’s Deli, New Rivers, Pane e Vino, Paragon + Viva, Parkside Rotisserie & Bar, Pearl Restaurant and Lounge, Pizzico Ristorante, Potenza Ristorante, Providence Oyster Bar, Providence Prime Steakhouse, The Red Fez, Red Stripe, Redlefsen’s Rotisserie & Grill, Ri Ra Irish Pub, Rick’s Roadhouse, Rue De L’Espoir, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Shula’s 347 Grill, Siena, Siena Cucina, Snooker’s Sports, Billiards, Bar & Grill, Sophia’s Tuscan Grille, Spats Restaurant and Bar, Spirito’s Restaurant, Tazza Caffe, Temple Downtown, Ten Prime Steak & Sushi, Trattoria Roma, Trattoria Zooma, Twist Restaurant, Union Station Brewery, Uno Chicago Grill, Vintage Restaurant, Waterman Grille, Waterplace Restaurant, Wicked Good Bar & Grill, XO Café, and Z Bar.
The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization whose mission is to create vibrant growth for the local hospitality economy by promoting, developing, and expanding a united visitor industry. For more information, contact 401-456-0200 or visit http://www.pwcvb.com/.

January 8, 2012 0 comment

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March of Dimes Rhode Island 10th Annual Signature Chefs Auction

by David Dadekian March 16, 2022

written by David Dadekian

Pork terrine from Gracie's Chef Matthew Varga

In a show of support for Rhode Island’s tiniest citizens, more than 260 guests turned out for the March of Dimes Rhode Island 10th Annual Signature Chefs Auction event held recently at Belle Mer on Goat Island in Newport. The event—which featured the culinary talents of 24 of the state’s leading chefs, and restaurant, theater, accommodation and vacation packages auctioned off by celebrity auctioneer and entertainer Sir Jeremy Bell of Edinburgh, Scotland—raised $95,000 to help support the March of Dimes mission. The event also paid tribute to Chef Sai Viswanath of DeWolf Tavern in Bristol. He was presented with the March of Dimes 2011 Signature Chef Award. Commenting about the event, Rhode Island March of Dimes Director Betsy Akin said, “We are thrilled about the outcome of this wonderful event and the participation of Chef Sai and all the other top-notch chefs who came to Belle Mer from all parts of the state and on their own time to prepare samplings of their signature dishes for guests. These unforgettable dishes combined with the fantastic packages Sir Jeremy Bell auctioned off to guests made for a hugely successful night. We are grateful to those involved in the event’s success; especially to the many individuals and companies that turned out to support the Signature Chefs event.” story by Dawn Ratte

In front row from left to right are: Rizwan Ahmed of Hourglass Brasserie, Ryan Escudé of Centro, Chris Kattawar of D. Carlo Trattoria, Matthew Varga of Gracie’s, Kevin Gaudreau of The Pier, Melissa Denmark of Gracie’s, David Blessing of Belle Mer and Jennifer Chapman of DeWolf Tavern. In back row from left to right are: Michael Conetta of Trio, Raymond Montaquilla of the Coast Guard House, Eric Haugen of Ocean House, Rick Allaire, David Cardell of Temple, Andrew Shotts of Garrison Confections, Karsten Hart of Castle Hill Inn, Ben Lacy of Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro, Sai Viswanath of DeWolf Tavern, Christian Pieper of Salvation Café and Brian Kingsford of Bacaro. Missing from the photo are the following chefs: Jules Ramos of 1149, Kevin Thiele of One Bellevue, Kim Lambrechts of Grill at 41 North, Jonathan Cambra of the Boat House, and Antonio Franco of Pane e Vino

Chef David Cardell of Temple carving suckling pig

Centro's Chef Ryan Escude plating braised beef cheek

Chef Rick Allaire's tomato salad with stracciatella

Gracie's preparing the pork terrine

Fish cake with fresh corn from Chef Jonathan Cambra at the Boat House

Dessert from Garrison Confections

Host and auctioneer Sir Jeremy Bell

Co-chairs of the 2011 March of Dimes Signature Chefs event Annette Picerne of East Greenwich and Gracie's restaurant owner Ellen Gracyalny; DeWolf Tavern Chef Sai Viswanath; and Rhode Island March of Dimes Director Betsy Akin.

The silent auction portion of the evening

March 16, 2022 0 comment

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Newport Restaurant Week, March 25 – April 3, 2011

by David Dadekian March 21, 2011

written by David Dadekian

Newport Restaurant Week, March 25 - April 3

Newport Restaurant Week returns on Friday and it’s grown quite a bit more than it’s name covers. There are over 40 restaurants participating from not only Newport County, but also Bristol County. On top of the large region, the “week” is going for ten days, encompassing two full weekends for dining out at great prices. A three-course lunch is $16 and three-course dinners are $30. There are a lot of excellent restaurants on the list including one of the best in the area, Persimmon. eat drink RI contacted Persimmon for their take on the dining event:

“It’s a great opportunity to introduce folks to Persimmon, and it’s also a nice treat for regulars. We always try to push the envelope a bit in terms of the Restaurant Week menu (past the proverbial green salad) and really have fun with it! We like to look at it as a window to showcase what we do night in and night out: source the best possible ingredients and serve incredibly personal, technique driven food.”

In addition to the three-course prix fixe meals there are a number of events listed on the Newport Restaurant Week site, along with further comments from chefs and restaurateurs. Chef Rizwan Ahmed of Hourglass Brasserie in Bristol said, “This is a really great opportunity for us to showcase our menu and food.” From Tucker Harris, owner of Tucker’s Bistro in Newport, “It’s a great way to get people to come who haven’t been here before. Our chef, Richard Allaire, creates a really nice menu at a really nice price.”

For a complete list of restaurants, menus, events and accommodation packages, please see gonewportrestaurantweek.com.

March 21, 2011 0 comment

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