For those of you wanting to venture out of the Westerly/Mystic area, here are some recommended towns to visit & a few spots in each to check out!

Newport, RI

Restaurants:

-Bar’Cino

-Wally’s Wieners

-Cluck House

-Pasta Beach

-The Nitro Bar (coffee shop)

-Newport Vineyards

Things to Do in Newport:

-Cliff Walk (walk along the water, great views of the mansions)

-Newport Mansions (take a tour of one of the mansions) https://www.newportmansions.org/

-Brenton Point State Park (great views of the water)

-Rail Explorers (super fun activity for all, pedal along the railway with great views of the water) https://www.railexplorers.net/tours/rhode-island

Narragansett & Wakefield are two towns nestled between Westerly & Newport, great for visiting or making a pitstop!

Narragansett, RI

-grab a bite to eat at Crazy Burger

-grab dinner at Celeste

-check out Boon Street Market, a fun new food hall with lots of options for drinks & food, outdoor games, TVs to watch the games, etc.

-Iggy’s & Aunt Carries both offer fried seafood…definitely order some chowder & some clam cakes, and doughboys for dessert!

-go for a stroll along the seawall & watch the surfers

-Grab a yummy meal at the Coastguard House while overlooking the water

Wakefield, RI

-stroll through the downtown area & along the river, many cute shops

-grab dinner & wine at Duck Press

-grab a coffee & some avocado toast at Caf Bar

-want a bowl of ramen? Check out New Wave Kitchen

-enjoy a really cool ambiance & yummy dinner & drinks at Purslane

Branching out of RI into Boston?? Here are some recs for there:

Restaurants:

Buttermilk & Bourbon (southern comfort food, a fave of S&J’s when in Boston)

Citrus & Salt

Bricco (Italian)

Neptune Oyster

Kava Neo taverna (Greek)

Nautilus (Asian fusion tapas)

Saltie girl (Newbury St)

Grotto

Salty Pig

Crazy Good Kitchen (newbury st)

Dirty Water Dough (Newbury St)

Things to do:

Duck Boat Tour

Boston Commons (park to explore)

Quincy Market/Faneuil Hall (market, food hall, shops)

Freedom Tour (historical tour around Boston visiting many revolutionary era landmarks)

Beacon Hill Books & Cafe (cute bookstore & yummy cafe beneath it! A fave spot of Jules’)

Newbury St/prudential center (lots of good shopping)

-The View (top of the

Prudential)

North End (cannoli from Modern)

Salem for the day (for Halloween)

Museum of science

Swan boats in the public garden

Fenway park tour

Richardson’s (mini golf and ice cream- outside the city)

Walk the esplanade along the Charles River

Breweries:

Trillium

Harpoon

Night shift brewing

Cisco