Restaurant Week 2010

Ok, so I posted about this last year, and I'm continuing to be enamored by the glory that Providence Restaurant Weeks brings to the area!

 Providence Restaurant Week and there are some great specials going around. Check out the links and menu's Ive included!

Choose from more than 75 Restaurants

$12.95 for a three-course lunch

 $29.95 for a three-course dinner

Places that I will definitely NEED to check out: 


CAV  for their fish tacos or bison burgers, salmon frittata! Whew.

Local 121 Point Judith Fried Calamari Po'Boy, Big Train Farm Cucumber Puree
native corn relish, queso fresco, chili oil, hand cut fries!

Loie Fullers smoked tomato bisque soup, snapper burger, and Pot de creme! Yum!

Pane E Vino Carpaccio di Manzo -Thin Slices of Raw Beef, Tangy Horseradish Aioli, Rucola & Capers, Ravioli con Polpa di Granchio- Lump crabmeat Ravioli, Roasted Garlic & Saffron Cream Sauce- Sign me up!

Pot Au Feu Quiche Du Jour- Freshly baked in a pastry crust with a variety of seasonal ingredients, Pate Maison-
Chicken liver mousse with French Brandy and croutons, Crepes aux Fruits Frais-
A pair of house made crepes - hand flipped – thin and tasty, Quarter folded around sweet brandied cream and topped with fresh fruit of the season. Oh my heavens.

90% Off Restaurant Gift Cards

Hey out there.
I was scouting online for some free deals and whatnot, and I came across this promo that www.restaurant.com is having right now. Seriously.. every single giftcard is 90% off, read that again: NINETY PERCENT OFF. I was like what is the catch, no way. This is ridiculous. But my coworker was like, yeah I get those all the time.

So I went through, found some rhode island place to eat, added them to my cart, and check out, and I seriously was only charged $6.40 for buying 7=SEVEN $25 gift cards for some AWESOME places to eat. The only catch with these, is that most of the $25 gift cards say that you have to atleast spend $35 all together in order for them to be valid. But that means, if you take 3 people out to eat, get 3 meals totalling $40, you only have to pay $5 each at the end. That is ridiculously cheap for a whole meal. In my opinion atleast. So I just wanted to let you know about it. All you do is type in the discount code "ninety" when you go to check out and it should take off the percent.

Make sure the discount came off before you send it all the way through to your credit card. And don take the survey at the end.

Let me know if you have any questions or if you partook in this glory.

Okey dokey.

Mouth Watering

Dear Lordy in heaven. This week is Providence Restaurant Week, and there are some great specials going around. We all know the glorious and beautiful cuisine that Prov has to offer, my my taste buds are being tempted by reading the menus for the week. Oh my.

Choose from more than 75 Restaurants

$12.95 for a three-course lunch

$29.95 for a three-course dinner

Places that I will definitely NEED to check out:

(click links for menus)

Aspire for their lunch and their BLAST WRAP (bacon, lettuce, avocado, sprouts, and tomato)

Legal Seafood for their dinner selection, especially Crispy Montauk Calamariregular, Rhode Island style (hot peppers and garlic)or Thai style (pineapple and peanuts)

McCormick and Schmicks for the Asian Salmon Burgeron a Bulkie Roll with Shredded Cabbage and Wasabi Mayo &&& Chocolate CupFilled with Raspberry Mousse and Fresh Berries

Trinity Brewhouse for their dessert option of Banana Spring Rolls Cinnamon sugar dusted bananas, lightly fried and served over vanilla ice cream with our own porter chocolate sauce.

Holy moly. Seafood, rhode island cuisine GALORE. I cant handle myself. Thank goodness that my mom and sister are here this week, as it gives me an excuse to dine out =)

Not Your Average Joes

Not Your Average Joe's, a restaurant with locations scattered across the Boston area as well as random Virginia locations, its a place that prides itself on cruisine that is budget minded, creative, and casual. But the food is fricken amazing. Let me just say. Its fricken amazing.

They start you out with Focacia bread and oil parmesan mixture. My favorite bread in the world is Focaccia bread people, and if its not yours, then you need to try some no joke. There is plenty to go around, and the cheesey mixture is a great dipper.

Dang then there is the food. They pride themselves on their pizzas, and they are also willing to take anything on the menu and alter it in anyway that you want. I would describe their food as Americana, but times one hundred in the taste department, made creatively. Crazy mac and cheese, intense sandwiches and salads. I personally had a spicy hawaiian chicken pizza that they turned into a calzone. Its huge too. And pretty reasonably priced. It was tasty and perfectly cooked.

I would recommend going there right now.

Ive Got one Hand in My Pocket (and the other in East Side's Pocket)

So you like falafels, hummus, tabouleh? Then East Side Pockets is the best place to go. I went there today, for the FIRST time ever, whats wrong with me, and it was glorious. I chose the Falafel wrap with everything on it minus onions, and the total was a grand $5.50! And its a HUGE wrap full of falafel glory.
Its located on Thayer St, of course. Kitty Corner from Urban Outfitters and up the hill from the Brown bookstore.
GO THERE NOW!