Sink Your Teeth Into Chomp
To say that Warren, RI, has a shortage of high-quality eateries would be a mistake. The secluded coastal town is home of the original Blount Clam Shack, Trafford, The Cheese […]
Events:
Spring Awakening
March 1 - March 22Soul Power
Soul, funk, and disco.
March 14 @ 10:00 pm - March 15 @ 2:00 amCELEBRATE SPRING
March 15 - April 27Newport St. Patrick’s Day Parade
One of the three big parades that split the Saturdays of March. Ends at St Augustine’s Church. Featuring all kinds of bands, clowns, reenactors, organizations and oh, so much green.
March 15 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pmRoomful of Blues
Locally based masters of blues music.
March 15 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmEric Lindell
New Orleans-based singer/songwriter and guitarist who melds West Coast rock, swampy Gulf Coast R&B, hard country, and Memphis soul into a hybrid that blazes a trail of its own.
March 15 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmPlaying Dead
Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead birthday show by a tribute band.
March 15 @ 9:00 pm - March 16 @ 12:00 amSchool Of Rock Seekonk
Spring mid-season performance.
March 16 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pmGreg Abate Quartet
Tribute to famed old-tiimey saxophonist Charlie Parker.
March 16 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pmThe Splinters
Bluegrass and old-time string band delivers a relentless groove to accompany their tight 3-part harmonies.
March 19 @ 8:30 pm - 11:30 pmJim Carpenter
Electric blues saxophonist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer.
March 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmInto The Woods
This classic musical follows a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would
March 21 - April 6
Don’t Despair — It’s Still Chowder Season!
It’s a natural New England phenomenon to associate clam chowder with the summertime. There’s nothing like relaxing next to the beach and dunking a fist full of clamcake into some […]
Opened/Closed
Opened Mexican food might be the trend of 2013 with the arrival of another taco joint, Amigos Taqueria Y Tequila, to Canal Street in Westerly. It delivers what its name […]
Food Trek! This Weekend’s Food Tourism Conference; A conversation with host Seth Resler
Rhode Island foodies get legit at Taste Trekkers In case you haven’t heard, Providence is home to the nation’s first food tourism conference. It starts Friday, September 20 with a kick-off […]
Opened and Closed
Hello-goodbye: closed and new food spots OPENED As the light fair of the summer gets replaced with heartier menus, Jo’s American Bistro has arrived in Newport just in time at […]
Locale Profile: Cook and Brown Public House
Providence Gastro Pub treats locals to a fresh fall menu “The farmers come in in the morning and give us what they have. We design a menu from there,” Cook […]
School – On the Rocks
Its back to (bar tending)school this season When my friends heard I’d be driving down to Westerly to take bartending classes on what happened to be the perfect beach day, […]
Eating Cthulhu
In honor of Lovecraft’s birthday and this weekend’s Necronomicon, we thought we’d look at some of H.P.’ s monstrosities and turn the tables. The dinner tables, that is. While traditionally […]
Locale Profile: The White Horse Tavern | Opened and Closed
PROFILE LOCALE The White Horse Tavern, located at 26 Marlborough St in Newport, is without exaggeration, as far away from being a “new restaurant” as it gets. Founded in 1673, […]
Tastes Like … Watermelon?
Before Andrew Zimmern and Anthony Bourdain, there was Renfield. If you’ve read, or seen, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, you might recall him as the vampire’s sidekick with a mad craving for […]
