There's a reason why dining hot spots in Newport and Bristol County have been featured on programs including Good Morning America, TODAY, Giada's Weekend Getaways with Giada De Laurentiis, Road Tasted with the Neelys', $40 a Day with Rachel Ray and in countless programs, newspapers and magazines across the globe. In addition to our diverse restaurants (buttery lobster roll from a shanty clam shack? We got that. Critically-acclaimed, James Beard-nominated chefs? Check. Pubs serving a fine burger and a beer? Done and done.),there's a whole calendar of food and wine related events on the horizon. Consider planning your next stay around one of these appetite-enticing happenings:
ONGOING: Newport Gourmet Tours: Two chef-led tours visit beloved kitchens and artisan food makers throughout
Newport. The first tours Newport’s Broadway neighborhood, a bustling thoroughfare with new restaurants and old favorites, the other is of tony Bellevue Avenue: www.zerve.com/NewportFoods
ONGOING: Newport Cooks! (cooking classes featuring leading local chefs). Contact , or call the Newport Cooks! hotline 401.293.0740
9/5, 12, 19 & 26: Dockside New England Lobster Boil and Sunset Sail on Schooner Aurora. Dinner: 5pm-6:30pm, sailing 6:30-8pm, www.newportexperience.com
9/21 – 9/23: Newport Mansions Food & Wine Festival featuring Emeril Lagasse & Jacques Pépin: www.newportmansions.org/events/wine-and-food-festival
9/27: Frog's Leap Wine Dinner at Muse by Jonathan Cartwright: 5 Course Dinner with the famous Winery Frog's Leap: www.vanderbiltgrace.com/restaurant-events.php
10/6 - 10/7: International Oktoberfest at the Newport Yachting Center featuring a spirited International Biergarten, authentic Austro-German cuisine, nationally-acclaimed bands, dance troupes and yodelers, and two stages hosting German entertainment all day long: www.newportwaterfrontevents.com/international-oktoberfest
10/13 – 10/14: Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival: www.bowenswharf.com/bowens_wharf_events.html
10/20: The Newport Food Truck Festival at the Newport Yachting Center: foodtruckfestivalsofne.com/newport-fest-info/
11/2 – 11/11: Newport Restaurant Week: www.gonewportrestaurantweek.com
“Eating with the Ecosystem” featuring Tallulah in Thames in Newport this November: eatingwiththeecosystem.org/Dinner_series_2012.html