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Spark

Another winner in Newport
Spark is Newport’s new kid on the block, or rather those three blocks along Broadway that have become the city’s restaurant row.

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | January 24, 2007

Café Andiamo

Let’s go — and make a reservation
It was déjà vu all over again.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | January 17, 2007

Neo Pizza

The pizza matrix, reloaded
We'd recently been on a roll.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | January 10, 2007

Tip-top Chinese on the Hill

Mumu Cuisine
Two nights after Christmas and all through the house: “no more turkey nor pasta or even lobscouse!” (a Scandinavian meat stew).

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | January 03, 2007

22 Bowen’s

Amiable elegance on the cheap
Finally. After events conspired on two prior occasions to keep us from sitting down to a meal at 22 Bowen’s, the stars aligned and we finally arrived.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 27, 2006

Celestial Cafe

Heavenly delights
You might wonder what could be “celestial” about a café in an out-of-the-way strip mall on a country road in South County.

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | December 20, 2006

Valuna

Better than ice cream
We’d heard good things about Valuna, which opened this spring, and for months had been meaning to go.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | December 06, 2006

LJ’s BBQ

Same great taste, better location
We first discovered LJ’s in a storefront on an out-of-the-way corner near Providence College, and it was love at first bite.

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | November 29, 2006

Rincon Salvadoreño

Delightful Central American variety
Rincon means “corner” in Spanish, so Rincon Salvadoreño offers us a cozy and transplanted corner of El Salvador in which to rest and to have a bite.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 21, 2006

Seafood with sophistication
Though I was not a frequent diner at the Mooring’s previous incarnation, friends remind me that it was considerably more like a venerable waterfront bar and seafood shack than its current spiffed-up self.

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | November 15, 2006

Nordic Lodge

Feasting worthy of a Viking
Founders Richard and Karl Persson opened the Nordic Lodge in 1963 and their Scandinavian roots helped inspire the “Viking Buffet” concept back in 1981.

By CHRIS CONTI | November 08, 2006

Solomon Korean Restaurant

Simple and spicy
The Solomon Korean Restaurant is about as informal an eatery as you’ll come across, short of pulling up a chair in someone’s kitchen.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 01, 2006

195 Franklin

A place for the adventurous
What does an enterprising caterer do when the perfect building turns up, but with a high mortgage tab?

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | October 25, 2006

Twin Willows

Still worth the trip
Over the past 80 years, Twin Willows has matured from a URI hangout and post-beach party spot to a family-friendly, seafood-first establishment.

By CHRIS CONTI | October 18, 2006

Canfield house

A mischievous history
The taste of history in Newport can put a pucker on your lips.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | October 11, 2006

Markos Kabob and More

Cheap eats for the masses
Though many years have passed since I patiently had to explain what “pita bread” was to local supermarket managers, it’s still not that common to find a Middle Eastern restaurant smack in the middle of small-town Rhode Island.

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | October 04, 2006

La Luna

A place to snack and chat
La Luna hovers above Thayer Street, not quite in the sky, but above the horizon, in a manner of speaking.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 27, 2006

OV’s

Manhandling the munchies
Consider it much more than a promising start for Hovannes, or “Hovik,” Dolarian, better known as “O.V.” to the faithful horde of hungry regulars who fill OV’s Restaurant, an easily accessible, toaster-oven sized diner on Allens Avenue.

By CHRIS CONTI | September 20, 2006