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Eat Drink RI Festival 2015 – April 30 through May 3

by David Dadekian March 12, 2015
written by David Dadekian

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Eat Drink RI Festival — April 30 through May 3
Fourth Annual All-Local Food and Drink Celebration Returns To Providence

Showcasing the best of the ever-expanding Rhode Island culinary scene, the fourth annual, all-local Eat Drink RI Festival returns Thursday, April 30th through Sunday, May 3rd. The Festival, sponsored by Daniele, Inc., will be held throughout Providence, a city which has received numerous accolades for it’s food, including being named among the best small cities for restaurants and dining in the world in Saveur magazine’s 2013 and 2014 Culinary Travel Awards, as well as being named the 2012 #1 Food City in the United States and the 2014 America’s Favorite City by Travel + Leisure readers.

“Over past few years, Rhode Island has seen our small farms and food and beverage manufacturers grow. Our local food and beverage entrepreneurial ventures have a big ripple effect on our economy, helping to attract and sustain jobs across our state,” said Governor Gina Raimondo. “I am proud to support the Eat Drink RI Festival, which highlights our amazing restaurants, breweries, vineyards, and thriving food industry.”

Daniele, Inc.The Eat Drink RI Festival will feature a star-studded line-up of over 80 chefs, farmers, bartenders and producers including: StarChefs.com Rising Star Sustainability award winner Chef Derek Wagner of Nick’s on Broadway, Gold Medal Cheese Competition award-winning Narragansett Creamery, World Whiskies Award winner for Best Flavored Whiskey Sons of Liberty Spirits, multiple Good Food Award winner Daniele Inc., Blackbird Farm, Carolyn’s Sakonnet Vineyard, Granny Squibb’s Iced Tea, Matunuck Oyster Bar, Revival Brewing Company and Rhody Fresh, among many others.

Festival highlights include:

Dinner by Dames photo by David Dadekian

Dinner by Dames photo by David Dadekian

THURSDAY, APRIL 30
Dinner by Dames to benefit AIDS Project RI – Casino at Roger Williams Park
This unique dining experience brings together five of Rhode Island’s most talented chefs for a multi-course dining event. Chefs Melissa Denmark of Gracie’s & Ellie’s Bakery, Jordan Goldsmith formerly of the Garden Grille, Maria Meza of El Rancho Grande, Kaitlyn Roberts of Easy Entertaining Inc., and Jessica Wood of Fire and Water Restaurant Group partner with local female farmers and food artisans to prepare signature dishes for dinner guests. Jen Ferreira, the East Coast Brand Ambassador for Lucas Bols, will lead a group of RI’s top female bartenders in creating cocktail pairings for each course.

Eat Drink RI Festival Truck Stop 2014 photo by Stacey Doyle Photography

Eat Drink RI Festival Truck Stop 2014 photo by Stacey Doyle Photography

FRIDAY, MAY 1
Truck Stop to Benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank – Alex and Ani City Center
The largest food truck event in Rhode Island returns in 2015! The Truck Stop showcases the excellence and variety of Rhode Island’s mobile restaurants while also benefitting an organization dedicated to ending hunger. Last Festival’s Truck Stop raised over $106,000 for the RI Food Bank. Live music will be performed by the Superchief Trio, featuring Keith Munslow and friends, who perform a repertoire of swing, New Orleans R&B, jump blues and boogie woogie. Some of this year’s participants include Acacia Café, Like No Udder, Mijos Tacos, Noble Knots, Rocket Fine Street Food and Tallulah, among many others.

“We are so excited for the Food Bank and Eat Drink RI to partner once again for this year’s Festival,” said Hugh Minor, Director of Communications for the RI Community Food Bank. “Our relationship continues to strengthen and grow as David Dadekian repeatedly seeks out new and exciting ways to work with us to address the issue of hunger in Rhode Island.”

Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting 2014 photo by Stacey Doyle Photography

Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Tasting 2014 photo by Stacey Doyle Photography

SATURDAY, MAY 2
Grand Tasting presented by Providence Monthly – Providence Biltmore Grand Ballroom
The Grand Tasting is a showcase of over forty local food, wine, beer and spirit exhibitors, as well as an abundance of local food artisans. During the Tasting there will be three Culinary Demonstrations featuring local chefs with farmers and producers at 12:30 p.m., 1:45 p.m. and 3 p.m. Some of this year’s participants include American Mussel Harvesters, Bully Boy Distillers, a group of over 10 new culinary businesses via Hope & Main, Jonathan Edwards Winery, Narragansett Brewing Company, Olneyville NY System, RI Mushroom Company, Yacht Club Soda and many, many more.

Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Brunch 2014 photo by Brad Smith Photography

Eat Drink RI Festival Grand Brunch 2014 photo by Brad Smith Photography

SUNDAY, MAY 3
Grand Brunch to benefit the RI Philharmonic Music School – Providence Biltmore Grand Ballroom
The Festival will come to a close with the Grand Brunch, prepared by some of the state’s best chefs and pastry chefs including: Chef Christopher Champagne of 84 Tavern on Canal, Martha Stewart Weddings baker Kelly Dull of north bakery, Mexican icon Maria Meza of El Rancho Grande, PBS’s The Chefs of Cucina Amore’s Joe Simone of Simone’s, baking maven Chef Jennifer Luxmoore of Sin, and more. In addition to the food, the Brunch features entertainment by jazz students from the Music School, a coffee bar by New Harvest Coffee Roasters, and a cocktail bar by Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails.

Betty Ann Kearney, Director of Development for the RI Philharmonic said, “We were so pleased to partner with the Eat Drink RI Festival last year. The funds we received from the Festival are used to support our efforts to bring music education to every elementary school child (50,000 in all) in our region over the next 4 years.  Through efforts like Eat Drink RI we were able to bring 11,000 children to the Vets Auditorium to play and sing with the RI Philharmonic Orchestra in 2014 and expect over 12,000 this year.”

For more information about the Eat Drink RI Festival or to purchase tickets, please visit eatdrinkri.com/festival, on Facebook at facebook.com/eatdrinkri.

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News Bites: Providence Named in Saveur Culinary Travel Awards 2014, Renee Bessette’s The Lil Rhody Clam Cake Crawl, George’s of Galilee Annual Lobsterfest

by David Dadekian September 9, 2014
written by David Dadekian

Saveur Culinary Travel Awards 2014Current news releases—Eat Drink RI is not the source for these items—please follow any links for more information.

Providence Wins Culinary Travel Awards, International Recognition from Saveur

The city’s food and drink scene recognized as some of world’s best with pair of awards

For the second year in a row, Saveur magazine has hailed Providence among the best small cities for restaurants and dining in the world. Part of its 2014 Culinary Travel Awards, Providence was just one of a handful of American cities to make the list.

In addition to its dining distinction, this year Providence was recognized as one of the best domestic destinations for “Best Cocktails & Drinks”.

“Once again, we are very pleased to be recognized in Saveur, an influential publication at the intersection of food and travel,” said Martha Sheridan, president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. “When marketing Providence, we emphasize the quality of food and drink in our destination, so we are delighted to see both praised on an international level.”

“When you combine our award-winning food scene with the city’s great beverage options, it’s a perfect pairing,” Sheridan said.

The magazine defined small cities as those with a population under 800,000. Its panel of experts awarded New Orleans, La. as the top domestic small city for restaurants and dining, while readers tapped Portland, Ore. for that distinction. Saveur then chose three cities as “Outstanding”: Oaxaca, Mexico; Charleston, S.C.; and Seattle, Wash. It then recommended an additional 10 cities as “Notable,” which included Providence. The others were: Boston, Mass.; Atlanta, Ga.; Washington, D.C.; Vancouver, B.C., Canada; Asheville, N.C.; Honolulu, Hawaii; Minneapolis, Minn.; Portland, Maine, and Louisville, Ky.

A full listing of award winners and the methodology used to discern them may be found here: http://www.saveur.com/content/culinary-travel-awards-2014

 


Clam cake photo by Renee Bessette

Clam cake photo by Renee Bessette

August 2014: The Lil Rhody Clam Cake Crawl

Trio travel around Narragansett Bay in search of the best clam cake

by Renee Bessette from Only in Lil Rhody

After completing an epic journey of stubborn will and intestinal fortitude, I look back at the Clam Cake Crawl with utter pride. Proud of the time spent on the road with my compadres Joe and Carol Mecca in a highly convivial atmosphere (well, except when we engaged in a very verbose discourse on our routing on Aquidneck Island), proud of the motivation to do something of this nature (it takes a bit of the wackadoo to eat 12+ clam cakes aka sand donuts with clams in a compressed period of time), and proud of the biggest little, the one and only State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (of our gorgeous landscapes and jabrony drivers).

Read the rest and view a ton of photos at Only in Lil Rhody

 


George’s of Galilee Kicks-Off September with Annual Lobsterfest

RI Landmark Restaurant to Offer Variety of Lobster Specials to Welcome Fall

George’s of Galilee, located at 250 Sand Hill Cove Road, Port of Galilee, RI, is holding on to summer with the return of its annual Lobsterfest, now through September 30th. For more information, and weekly specials, please call 401-783-2306 or visit www.georgesofgalilee.com.

“Nothing says summer in New England like lobster, and we are excited to celebrate it with the return of Lobsterfest this September,” said Kevin Durfee, Owner, George’s of Galilee. “Our culinary team will be crafting delicious dishes featuring the New England specialty, promising to give our guests a taste of summer just a little bit longer.”

In addition to its full menu, George’s Lobsterfest offerings, changing daily, will include:

  • Twin Lobsters ($29.99)
  • Lobster Triplets ($39.99)
  • Lobster Sauté ($19.99)
  • Buckets of Claws, Lobster Fra Diavolo, Lobster Club Sandwiches, Lobster Ceviche, Lobster Thermidor and Lobster Mac ‘n’ Cheese
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Eat Drink RI Festival Rhode Island’s All-Local Food Celebration Expands to Four Days in Providence

by David Dadekian March 11, 2014
written by David Dadekian

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EAT DRINK RI FESTIVAL
RHODE ISLAND’S ALL-LOCAL FOOD CELEBRATION
EXPANDS TO FOUR DAYS IN PROVIDENCE
Thursday, April 24 through Sunday, April 27

PROVIDENCE, RI (March 11, 2013) – Showcasing the best of the ever-expanding Rhode Island culinary scene, the Eat Drink RI Festival is returning to Providence for an expanded four-day all-local food festival. Taking place Thursday, April 24th through Sunday, April 27th, the Festival, now in it’s third year, will be held throughout downtown Providence, which was named among the best small cities for restaurants and dining in the world in Saveur magazine’s 2013 Culinary Travel Awards.

The Eat Drink RI Festival will feature a star-studded line-up of over 80 chefs, farmers, bartenders and producers including: James Beard Foundation Best Chef Northeast semifinalists Benjamin Sukle of birch and Champe Speidel of Persimmon, eight top culinary instructors from Johnson & Wales University, Gold Medal Cheese award-winning Narragansett Creamery, Blackbird Farm, two-time James Beard Foundation Rising Star nominee Chef Derek Wagner of Nick’s on Broadway, Easy Entertaining Inc., Good Food Award winner Daniele Inc., Dave’s Coffee, Walrus and Carpenter Oysters, among many others.

“The food and beverage community is a powerful economic generator in Rhode Island – and an oft-cited reason tourists and meetings choose to visit the Ocean State,” said Martha Sheridan, President and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. “The Eat Drink RI Festival presents a wonderful opportunity to celebrate one of the country’s finest culinary scenes.”

Festival highlights include:

THURSDAY, APRIL 24
Rhode Island Chefs Feast – Gracie’s
Eight of the finest Rhode Island chefs to graduate from Johnson & Wales University, paired with eight of the best culinary faculty at JWU, present a culinary experience like none other, hosted at Ellen Slattery’s Gracie’s in Providence. Guests at this unique Eat Drink RI Festival opening event will be treated to a reception with passed canapés, breads baked in a mobile wood-fired oven, a seated six-course dinner with dessert, and treats—all prepared by a group of sixteen chefs with over 300 years of combined culinary experience. These experiences include winning World Champion awards, Chef of the Year awards, James Beard award nominations and more. Wines will be paired by Jonathan Edwards Winery, along with beers paired by Rhode Island’s own Revival Brewing Company. A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit AIDS Project Rhode Island.

FRIDAY, APRIL 25
Truck Stop to Benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank – Bank of America Center, Kennedy Plaza
This hugely popular Festival event returns in 2014 with 50% more trucks! Admission includes tastings from sixteen of Rhode Island’s best mobile restaurants, along with wine and beer from several local producers. Benefiting Rhode Island Community Food Bank, the Stop’s participating trucks include Acacia Café, Championship Melt, Ellie’s Bakery, Flour Girls Baking Co., Fugo, Gilded Tomato, Like No Udder, Lotus Pepper, Mijos Tacos, Noble Knots, Presto Strange O, Portu-galo, RISD’s Rosie Eats to Go, Rocket Fine Street Food, and Tallulah.

“Truck Stop is an amazing celebration of Rhode Island’s culinary creativity, and we are so honored to be the beneficiary of this event,” said Andrew Schiff, Chief Executive Officer of the RI Community Food Bank. “This important fundraiser will help us put food on the table of thousands of hungry families in Rhode Island.”

SATURDAY, APRIL 26
Grand Tasting presented by Rhody Bites – Providence Biltmore Grand Ballroom
The Grand Tasting is our showcase of over forty local food, wine, beer and spirit exhibitors, all gathered in the Biltmore Grand Ballroom overlooking the city of Providence. During the Tasting there will be four expanded Local Food & Drink Seminars, all included with admission to the Grand Tasting, these seminars include cooking demonstrations and discussions with birch’s Chef Benjamin Sukle and Indie Growers’s Lee Ann Freitas, Easy Entertaining’s Chef Kaitlyn Roberts and Blackbird Farm’s Ann Marie Bouthillette and Nick’s on Broadway’s Chef Derek Wagner.

SUNDAY, APRIL 27
Grand Brunch – Providence Biltmore Grand Ballroom
The Festival will come to a close with two seatings for Brunch. There will be ten stations with dishes prepared by several of the area’s top culinary stars including: Ellie’s Bakery’s Melissa Denmark, Food & Wine “People’s Best New Pastry Chef 2012” nominee, local pioneer Chef Ben Wood of Wildwood, Martha Stewart Weddings baker Kelly Dull of the soon-to-open north bakery, Chef Kevin Thiele of the world-renowned Hotel Viking in Newport, Joe Simone of PBS’s The Chefs of Cucina Amore, Mexican icon Maria Meza of El Rancho Grande and more. Specialty cocktails will be created by Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails and a coffee bar will be provided by New Harvest Coffee Roasters.

The Grand Brunch is accompanied by live jazz performances from Rhode Island Philharmonic musicians, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Philharmonic’s Music Education programs. “The funds we receive from the Festival are used to support our efforts to bring music education to every elementary school child (50,000 in all) in our region over the next 4 years,” said Betty Ann Kearney, Director of Development for the RI Philharmonic. “Through efforts like Eat Drink RI we were able to bring 10,000 children to the Vets Auditorium to play and sing with the RI Philharmonic Orchestra.”

For more information about the Eat Drink RI Festival or to purchase tickets, please visit www.eatdrinkri.com/festival online, on Facebook at facebook.com/eatdrinkri.

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Providence Restaurant Week, January 5 – 18, 2014 – UPDATED

by David Dadekian January 3, 2014
written by David Dadekian

Providence Restaurant WeeksFrom the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau comes the news of the winter 2014 Providence Restaurant Week. Restaurant Week has grown to Restaurant Weeks, running for two full weeks beginning Sunday, January 5. All the information, including the complete list of participating restaurants can be found at http://www.goprovidence.com/rw/

UPDATED: More Than 30 Participants to Extend Providence Restaurant Weeks (see details here).

Restaurants Statewide are on the Menu
For Providence Winter Restaurant Weeks January 5-18

Start the New Year with some fabulous food in one of the world’s top culinary destinations during Providence Restaurant Weeks. Diners may choose from more than 70 restaurants offering three-course, prix fixe lunches for $14.95 and three-course prix fixe dinners for $29.95. A comprehensive list of all participating restaurants, along with their Restaurant Weeks menus, may be found at www.ProvidenceRestaurantWeeks.com.

“Providence was honored by Saveur magazine at their recent Culinary Travel Awards as one of the noteworthy small dining destinations worldwide,” said Martha Sheridan, president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (PWCVB), which coordinates the annual event. “We encourage people to sample some of the many restaurants that have put Providence on the culinary map.”

Reservations for each restaurant may be made online at www.ProvidenceRestaurantWeeks.com (unless otherwise noted) or by calling the restaurants directly. Providence Restaurant Weeks is sponsored by the PWCVB, Taco, Open Table, Sterling Vineyards, Terraza’s de Los Andes and Keel Vodka.

List of participating restaurants is below.

Providence

  • Amici Bar & Grille
  • Andino’s Restaurant
  • Bacaro Restaurant
  • Blaze East Side
  • Blue Grotto Restaurant
  • Bluefin Grille
  • Bravo Brasserie
  • Cafe Nuovo
  • Caffe Dolce Vita
  • Camille’s
  • Capital Grille
  • Capriccio
  • Cassarino’s Restaurant
  • CAV
  • Centro Restaurant and Lounge
  • Chez Pascal
  • Cook & Brown Public House
  • Don Jose Tequilas
  • Duck & Bunny
  • Fire +Ice Restaurant
  • Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
  • Geppetto’s
  • Gracie’s
  • Harry’s Bar & Burger
  • Hemenway’s Seafood Grill & Oyster Bar
  • India
  • Jacky’s Waterplace Restaurant
  • Local 121 Restaurant
  • Luxe Burger Bar
  • McCormick & Schmick’s
  • Mediterraneo
  • Mill’s Tavern
  • Nara
  • Nordstrom’s Marketplace Cafe
  • New Rivers
  • Pane e Vino
  • Paragon + Viva
  • Parkside Rotisserie & Bar
  • Pizzico Ristorante Providence
  • Pot au Feu
  • Providence Oyster Bar
  • Providence Prime
  • Public Kitchen & Bar
  • Rick’s Roadhouse
  • Ruth’s Chris SteakHouse
  • Sawaddee Thai Restaurant
  • Shula’s 347 Grill
  • Siena – Providence
  • Snooker’s Sports, Billiards, Bar & Grill
  • Ten Prime Steak &Sushi
  • Trattoria Zooma
  • Vanity Restaurant & Lounge
  • Waterman Grille
  • XO cafe

Barrington

  • Pizzico Ristorante Barrington

Bristol

  • DeWolf Tavern
  • Hourglass Brasserie
  • Redlefsen’s Rotisserie & Grille

Cranston

  • Bonefish Grill
  • Chapel Grille

East Greenwich

  • Meritage Restaurant

East Providence

  • 2 Pauls

Lincoln

  • Fred & Steve’s Steakhouse
  • Wicked Good Bar & Grill

Seekonk, Mass.

  • Chardonnay’s Restaurant

South Kingstown

  • Matunuck Oyster Bar

Warwick

  • Elizabeth of Portofino’s
  • Iron Works Tavern
  • Legal Sea Foods
  • Libations Restaurant & Lounge

Woonsocket

  • Vintage Restaurant
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