(10.5) The annual Ocean State Oyster Festival has moved to the 195 District Park this year with food trucks, craft beer, wine, a margarita bar, and live music. The festival is celebrating its tenth year! Join the OSOF in its celebration of locally grown oysters and aquaculture in Rhode Island. Eating oysters helps the local […]
Providence restaurant and raw bar, Gift Horse, has been named to the 2024 New York Times list of the 50 best restaurants in the country, what they call The Restaurant List. Publications generate lists daily, but this one counts. So congratulations to owners Ben Sukle, his business partner and general manager Bethany Caliaro, and chef
(9.8) Head over to India Point Park this weekend for the Rhode Island Seafood Festival. Rain or shine. Menu includes: Oysters, little necks, clam cakes, burrito bowl, fish and chips, lobster rolls, jerk chicken, lobster banh mi, corn dogs, steamers, calamari, fish tacos, brisket grilled cheese, and . . . Del’s. Note that the festival
Ellie’s will officially reopen Saturday in their new location at the corner of Union and Westminster Streets. They held a soft opening today and I can vouch for the macarons . . . they are ready. In fact everything seemed to be moving smoothly along. Ellie’s will feature both indoor and outdoor seating for breakfast
A new restaurant from chef Diego Alcantar has opened downtown across from Grant’s Block. Cielito will be serving dinners for this first week (Thursday thru Saturday) expanding to lunches and dinner after that. From In Downcity: Cielito is the second restaurant opened by chef and owner Diego Alcantar. He previously opened the popular taco spot
(7.17) “First 50 customers get a free, raw, whole jumbo scup to take home!” Stop by the Dune Brothers Seafood Shack this Wednesday for live music, oysters, squid cart, sweet treats, a special beer drop, and limited edition merch. Get ready to celebrate 7 awesome years with us! Join our anniversary bash from 11am-7pm and
Walking into CHOP, the new cafe in the Providence Public Library, is a bit disorienting. Like Doctor Who’s TARDIS, it is clearly bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. This “dimensionally transcendental” space easily accommodates a food counter with stools, community tables as well as four-tops and deuces, and (not visible in
The weekend is just beginning; why not head over to the Carousel Village in Roger Williams Park for Food Truck Fridays, running now through September 27th. Food trucks, live music, train and carousel rides (additional cost), and local beer and wine from Trinity Brewhouse (with ID). Attendance is free, tickets are not necessary. Just pay
(6.29) Wes’ Rib House celebrates its grand opening (some would say reopening — the sign does say 1973) this Saturday with live music, wrestling, and a pig roast. Providence’s own Sage Francis*, forefather of indie hip-hop and founder of Strange Famous Records, headlines a day of music. Looks like plenty of room (hope they invited
(6.19) Head over to Farm Fresh Wednesday afternoon to celebrate and experience the culinary heritage of the African diaspora, including the American south, Haiti, and Jamaica. Gail Ciampa writes in the ProJo: The more than two dozen local vendors will include the Empanada Assassin, with her primarily gluten-free empanadas; Ja Patty, with their Jamaican patties
Gone: “We had a good run, it is the end of an Era.” This was the farewell message from Minerva’s Pizza this past weekend when they turned out the lights for the last time, after having served the East Side for 22 years. Owners Kabalan and Kaylin Habchi noted that business had been down as
Locals rejoiced when the paper finally came off the windows at Frank & Laurie’s, a new neighborhood spot for breakfast and lunch. Owners Eric Brown and wife Sarah Watts had already established a following at Thick Neck in the Dean Hotel, so anticipation and curiosity was high. Eric grew up in Wakefield, Massachusetts, near his
The weather is looking good for Saturday, May 4, just in time for the return of the Hope Street Farmers’ Market in Lippitt Park. You can put together an entire dinner here, including the cut flowers. Gardeners can usually find seedling six-packs while getting their pruners (and knives, etc.) sharpened at Slowhand Sharpening. (Cory recommends,
Maruichi Japanese Food and Deli opens this Saturday downtown on Washington Street (where the Rory’s used to be). They will be welcoming the neighbors with a gyoza (pork potstickers) demo and tasting from 10am to 6pm on opening day. Gail Ciampa writes at the ProJo: Maruichi boasts a variety of prepared foods. Nakama said their
How is this even possible? Angelo’s Civita Farnese on Federal Hill has been operated by one family for one hundred years. Opened in 1924 by Angelo Mastrodicasa, it is now in the capable hands of Jamie Antignano, the fourth generation to run the restaurant, and she wants to celebrate. Events are planned for three days
(4.4) Tinned fish! I’ve been on board with this food trend since the first grade when I brought my first sardine sandwich into the Gordon School lunchroom, much to the horror of my classmates. I did not care. I knew people would come around sooner or later . . . and now they have. Fans