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If a meal reflects the chef’s personality, then the Bruce Tillinghast Star Chefs Dinner at Gracie’s will be warm and welcoming, like sitting down with an old friend. I met Chef Bruce at New [...]

We are excited to announce that Gracie’s Executive Chef Matthew Varga is featured in the current issue of Art Culinaire: The International Magazine in Good Taste. Art Culinaire is published [...]

Chances are if you see a pig walking the streets of Smithfield, Rhode Island, it belongs to Ann Marie Bouthillette. “They like to go out for a stroll occasionally,” Ann Marie jokes. The truth is, [...]

Ann Marie Bouthillette began working with animals when she was three years old. Her childhood included showing livestock, active participation in the Future Farmers of America, and learning as [...]

This post is from our Star Chef Dinner with Chef Michael Ginor in June of 2014. Chef Ginor will be joining us again, on March 16, 2015. Minor edits have been made to reflect this.  One of the [...]

The Star Chef Series at Gracie’s is a tradition we love and look forward to every year. These special dinners began in 2007, during our Share Our Strength: No Kid Hungry dinner. In order to [...]

On Sunday, March 9, the Gracie’s team hit the road for West Kingston to visit the RI Mushroom Company. The RI Mushroom Company is currently featuring the blue oyster, crimini, golden oyster, king [...]

    April 15, 2014 marks a special day for us here at Gracie’s and Ellie’s. Our friend and pastry chef, Melissa Denmark, will be honored as a Rising Star in the Coastal New England [...]

A daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. – Chinese Proverb   The story of tea begins over 4,000 years ago. The Camellia Sinensis bush is native to the Yunnan Province of China, [...]

There is something undeniably classy about Big Band music. The intricate arrangements, tight harmonies, and spotlighted solos are the defining music of America in the first half of the 20th [...]