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Restaurants Statewide are on the Menu For Providence Winter Restaurant Weeks January 11-24
People who received restaurant gift cards this holiday season can put them to good use during Providence Winter Restaurant Weeks, January 11-24. Diners will be able to choose from about 80 restaurants offering three-course, prix fixe lunches for $14.95 and three-course prix fixe dinners for $29.95 and $34.95. A comprehensive list of all participating restaurants, along with their Restaurant Weeks menus, may be found at www.ProvidenceRestaurantWeeks.com.
“In the decade since it began, Providence Restaurant Weeks has become a local tradition,” said Martha Sheridan, president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (PWCVB), which runs the twice-yearly event. “As the city’s culinary reputation has grown nationally, so has the opportunity to affordably sample some of the best restaurants in the country.”
This year, the PWCVB is partnering with the Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England to promote their annual cookie sale. Some restaurants will be offering cocktail and dessert specials that incorporate popular Girl Scout cookie varieties.
Reservations for each restaurant may be made online at –www.ProvidenceRestaurantWeeks.com (unless otherwise noted) or by calling the restaurants directly. Restaurants participating in the Girl Scout promotion and their special creations are also noted on the website.
Providence Winter Restaurant Weeks are sponsored by Taco, Navigant Credit Union, Yuengling Beer and the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Girls on the Run Rhode Island Hosts 2nd Annual “Brewing Boldness” Friend-raiser at Foolproof Brewing Company
WHAT: Girls on the Run Rhode Island will host its 2nd Annual “Brewing Boldness” Friend-raiser on February 6, 2015 at Foolproof Brewing Company in Pawtucket.
The event will feature food from Easy Entertaining and beer from Foolproof. One hundred percent of the proceeds will support Girls on the Run’s mission of inspiring girls in 3rd through 8th grade to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.
For more information, to purchase tickets, or to view sponsorship opportunities, please visit https://brewingboldness2015.eventbrite.com
WHEN: Friday, February 6, 2015
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Foolproof Brewing Company
241 Grotto Avenue #1
Pawtucket, RI
TICKETS: $50 – entrance, 1 drink & small bite food
$75 – entrance, 3 drinks, small bite food & Foolproof Pint Glass
Tickets available at https://brewingboldness2015.eventbrite.com
About Girls on the Run Rhode Island
Girls on the Run Rhode Island provides a life-changing, youth development program for girls in the 3rd through 8th grade. The program inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.
The 20- lesson Girls on the Run curriculum combines training for a 5K (3.1 miles) running event with lessons that empower girls to become independent thinkers, enhance their problem solving skills and make healthy decisions. All of this is accomplished through an active collaboration with girls and their parents, schools, volunteers, staff and the community.
Girls on the Run Rhode Island was established as a nonprofit in fall 2011, and is an independent council of Girls on the Run International, which has a network of 220+ councils across the United States and Canada. For more information, please visit www.gotrri.org.
Providence’s Waterman Grille Debuts New Specialty Drink Menu
Fight off the Winter Blues this January with new libations from Waterman Grille
WHO: Waterman Grille of the Newport Restaurant Group offers guests a new, craft cocktail menu to indulge in this winter.
WHAT: Waterman Grille is helping guests fight off the Winter Blues this season with a new tantalizing cocktail menu. Created by Beverage Director Shawn Westhoven, the new menu’s most anticipated libation is the Figa. Made with Westhoven’s own Figcello that he created by soaking figs in a jar of vodka for 4 weeks, chilled Earl grey tea and tangerine juice, it’s sure to become a fan favorite for its refreshing yet complex spin on an Italian classic. The menu offers 11 thoughtfully curated cocktails that highlight Waterman Grille’s house-made infusions and locally-sourced ingredients. The new specialty drink menu includes:
FIGA
9
House-made fig cello, chilled Earl grey tea, tangerine juice
TRES CHIC
11
Prosecco, double Cross Vodka, St. Germain, edible hibiscus flower
BEAM N’BITTER
9
Jim Beam, Amaro Averna, cinnamon, rosemary, fresh lemon juice, star anise
UPTOWN NEGRONI
10
Fifty Pounds Gin, Cocchi Americano, Cocchi Torino, Campari, orange twist
RED BRIDGE SANGRIA
8/30
House Sangria recipe finished with red or white wine and fresh fruit
PINEAPPLE DOLI
9
House-made pineapple-infused vodka,shaken well, served on the rocks
STATESMAN
12
Cognac, Cointreau, Lillet Blanc, lemon juice, twist, sugar rim
TEACHER’S PET
12
Tito’s vodka, local apple cider, pear puree, cinnamon, lemon juice
BOHEMIAN RYE
12
Rittenhouse Rye, absinthe, vermouth, bitters, cherry
POMEGRANATE MOJITO
9
Bacardi, POM juice, fresh lime juice, mint, simple, splash of soda water
BLOOD ORANGE JALAPENO MARGARITA
11
House-infused jalapeno Tequila Reposado, blood orange puree, cointreau, fresh lime juice,
Thai chili-sea salt rim
WHERE: Waterman Grille
4 Richmond Square
Providence, RI 02906
401.521.9229
www.watermangrille.com
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 
