Sometime between the holidays in December and Valentine’s Day in mid- February, the winter doldrums hit. One remedy: Providence Restaurant Weeks returns January 26 to February 8. Organized by the Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau (PWCVB), restaurants throughout the city will be drawing attention to themselves by offering special deals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with signature cocktails, family-sized entrees, and specialty products. Time for indulgence!
2 – weeks of dining in local restaurants with special offers
45– restaurants participating in Providence + 18 in nearby towns in RI and MA
50– restaurants offering a 3-course prix-fixe menu; 35 in Providence
2 – restaurants featuring French cuisine: Fleur at 1 Exchange St. and Parkside at 76 South Main St.
8 – restaurants located on Atwells Ave. will take part: Angelo’s Civita Farnese, Cassarino’s, Don Jose Tequilas, Il Massimo, Pane e Vino, Providence Oyster Bar, Trattoria Appia, and Varsity Luxury Sports Bar
4 – Mexican restaurants featured in Providence: Casa Azul Taqueria at 840 Allens Ave., Diego’s Providence East Side at 192 Wayland Ave., Don Jose Tequilas at 351 Atwells Ave., and Viva Mexico! at 129 Washington St.
2006 – year the first event took place with 41 participating restaurants
64 – restaurants participated in 2023
2 – times a year the Restaurant Week event is sponsored by PWCVB
$250 – cost for a restaurant to participate if not a member of the PWCVB
15 – hospitality professionals serving on the PWCVB’s Board of Directors
28 – hospitality enthusiasts who staff the PWCVB
1992 – the first Restaurant Week was created in New York City by Tim Zagat and Joe Baum, the creator of the Zagat Survey and a famous New York restaurateur, respectively
2023 – year the PWCVB was the winner of the Stella Awards for being the “Best Convention and Visitors Bureau in the Northeast”

Source:
https://www.goprovidence.com/rw/
Nini Stoddard is a proud Providence resident. After living abroad as the child of a US diplomat, she returned to the United States to attend college. She lived in Connecticut and enjoyed working as a librarian, as a director of a regional non-profit, and as a prospect researcher. Nini moved to Providence in 2006 to work at Brown University as a senior prospect researcher. Now retired, she loves local history and volunteering.