Sail away to Block Island for their first annual Restaurant Week. From June 14-23, over 25 restaurants will be participating. The restaurants include Block Island favorites such as Eli’s, The Manisses and Ballard’s Beach Club. Restaurants will be offering breakfast specials and three-course specially priced prix fixe lunches and dinners. Prices vary by restaurant.
Smith’s Castle in North Kingstown is hosting its annual Strawberry Festival on June 15 from 12-4pm. Help celebrate the humble fruit known as the strawberry once enjoyed by the early colonists. Besides enjoying strawberry shortcake, there will be pony rides, balloon art, vendors, musicians, food, and early childrens’ games and crafts and a tour of the first floor of the Castle. Admission is $7.
Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island located in Westerly, has rolled out its summer seasonal brew called Hazy Day Belgian Wit. It’s available on draft and in 16 oz. four packs. This unfiltered brew is reminiscent of the white beers made in the Wallonia region of Belgium and is perfect for a hot summer day.
Holistic health coach and raw food chef Katie McDonald is offering a cooking class on raw entrées in her private kitchen overlooking Narrow River in Saunderstown. The class will focus on “the exquisite flavors and textures of raw entrées.” It is being held on June 19 from 7-8pm and costs $60. To reserve a seat call 965-4486.
The Greene School in West Greenwich is hosting a 100 Mile Radius Dinner on June 14 at 6:30pm in Schaub Hall at Canonicus in Exeter. The fundraising event for the school will feature foods from local farms. Students will be presenting the dinner as a culminating event for their learning expedition on local food and agriculture.
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